Patent ID: 9043724
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of generating a user interface help dialog for a computer system, the computer system having a plurality of system parameters, the plurality of system parameters including the state of the computer system hardware, the user interface including a plurality of command options that may be enabled or disabled and a cursor for indicating one of the command options, the method comprising: determining the identity of a single disabled command option to which the cursor indicates, each command option having an associated help routine specifying a subset of the system parameters that relate to the associated command option, wherein a status of the subset of system parameters contributes to whether the command option is enabled or disabled; in response to determining the identity of the single disabled command option, directly determining the status of each of the system parameters within the subset of the system parameters, and generating a help dialog to be displayed to the user the content of which is dependent on the status of the evaluated system parameters.