Patent ID: 9003285
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for incorporating late-binding documentation into an application, the method comprising: initiating startup, by a processor, for an application; reading, by the processor, a documentation file having late-binding documentation content for the application, wherein the documentation file includes at least one indicator that associates a portion of the late-binding documentation content with an application component of the application, wherein the documentation file is a readme text file; identifying, by the processor, a first indicator within the at least one indicator, wherein the first indicator associates a given portion of the late-binding documentation content with a given application component, wherein the first indicator comprises a markup language tag identifying a graphical user interface control of the application using a unique identifier that identifies the application component; identifying, by the processor, a second indicator within the at least one indicator, wherein the second indicator associates a given portion of the late-binding documentation content with the given application component, wherein the second indicator comprises a markup language tag identifying that the application component has associated readme information within the readme text file; and modifying, by the processor, the given application component based on the given portion of the late-binding documentation content at runtime.