DISPLAYING AN APPLICATION IN THE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE OF A COMPUTER DISPLAY

• US 20160154789A1
• Filed: 11/25/2015
• Published: 06/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: He, Jenny J., Kyte, Adrian P., Winchester, Joseph R., Zhou, Beichun, Zhou, Jun T.
• Granted Patent: US 10,229,110 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/151 Transformation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/242 Dictionaries

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention includes a method of displaying an application in the GUI of a computer display, where the application has been instructed to display text objects using a first language locale, and the GUI of the computer display is set to use a second language locale. The method includes a processor intercepting a command from the application to display a text object in the GUI, where the text object incorporates a text string corresponding to the first language locale and the processor retrieving, from the text object, a reference to a set of text strings associated with the text object, where each text string in the set of text strings has an associated language locale. The method also includes the processor sending a command to the GUI to display the object using a text string from the set of text strings associated with the second language locale.

Claims

1. A method of displaying an application in the GUI of a computer display, wherein the application has been instructed to display text objects using a first language locale, and wherein the GUI of the computer display is set to use a second language locale, the method comprising:

intercepting, by a processor, a command from the application to display a text object in the GUI, wherein the text object incorporates a text string corresponding to the first language locale;

retrieving, by the processor, from the text object, a reference to a set of text strings associated with the text object, wherein each text string in the set of text strings has an associated language locale; and

sending, by the processor, a command to the GUI to display the object using a text string from the set of text strings associated with the second language locale.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, by the processor, the application in the GUI of a second computer display, wherein the GUI of the second computer display is set to use the first language locale.

3. A method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second computer display is a primary display in a computer system, on which the processor can control the application, and the first computer display is a secondary display, on which the application is displayed only.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of text strings is used by the application to display text objects using the first language locale.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the reference comprises an identifier for a file comprising the set of text strings and an identifier for the text object.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

compiling, by the processor, source code for the application, the compiling comprising;

identifying, by the processor, a text object in the source code;

inserting, by the processor, code into object code for the text object, the inserted code providing a reference to the set of text strings associated with the text object.

7. A computer system for displaying an application in the GUI of a computer display, wherein the application has been instructed to display text objects using a first language locale, and wherein the GUI of the computer display is set to use a second language locale, comprising:

a memory;

one or more processor in communication with the memory; and

program instructions executable by the one or more processor via the memory to perform a method, the method comprising;

intercepting, by the processor, a command from the application to display a text object in the GUI, wherein the text object incorporates a text string corresponding to the first language locale;

retrieving, by the processor, from the text object, a reference to a set of text strings associated with the text object, wherein each text string in the set of text strings has an associated language locale; and

sending, by the processor, a command to the GUI to display the object using a text string from the set of text strings associated with the second language locale.

8. The computer system of claim 7, the method further comprising:

displaying, by the processor, the application in the GUI of a second computer display, wherein the GUI of the second computer display is set to use the first language locale.

9. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the second computer display is a primary display in a computer system, on which the processor can control the application, and the first computer display is a secondary display, on which the application is displayed only.

10. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the set of text strings is used by the application to display text objects using the first language locale.

11. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the reference comprises an identifier for a file comprising the set of text strings and an identifier for the text object.

12. The computer system of claim 7, the method further comprising:

compiling, by the processor, source code for the application, the compiling comprising;

identifying, by the processor, a text object in the source code;

inserting, by the processor, code into object code for the text object, the inserted code providing a reference to the set of text strings associated with the text object.

13. A computer program product for displaying an application in the GUI of a computer display, wherein the application has been instructed to display text objects using a first language locale, and wherein the GUI of the computer display is set to use a second language locale, comprising:

a computer readable storage medium readable by one or more processor and storing instructions for execution by the one or more processor for performing a method comprising;

intercepting, by the processor, a command from the application to display a text object in the GUI, wherein the text object incorporates a text string corresponding to the first language locale;

retrieving, by the processor, from the text object, a reference to a set of text strings associated with the text object, wherein each text string in the set of text strings has an associated language locale; and

sending, by the processor, a command to the GUI to display the object using a text string from the set of text strings associated with the second language locale.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, the method further comprising:

displaying, by the processor, the application in the GUI of a second computer display, wherein the GUI of the second computer display is set to use the first language locale.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the second computer display is a primary display in a computer system, on which the processor can control the application, and the first computer display is a secondary display, on which the application is displayed only.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the set of text strings is used by the application to display text objects using the first language locale.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the reference comprises an identifier for a file comprising the set of text strings and an identifier for the text object.

18. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising:

compiling, by the processor, source code for the application, the compiling comprising;

identifying, by the processor, a text object in the source code;

inserting, by the processor, code into object code for the text object, the inserted code providing a reference to the set of text strings associated with the text object.