Patent ID: 6735759
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for editing textual data for a software program, comprising:displaying a first textual data within a first window on a computer display by making a call to a software object stored in a localization file on a computer storage medium that includes source data related to the first textual data, the software object having source data attributes wrapped with a Java component object, wherein the source data includes contextual data that identifies the user interface within which the first textual data is displayed; examining, in response to a user input, the software object to identify the source data; receiving a second textual data within the second window, corresponding to the first textual data, from a user input; storing the second textual data in the localization file on a computer storage medium according to the source data, including the contextual data such that the resulting software object is stored having source data attributes wrapped with a Java component object; and displaying the second textual data in place of the first textual data in the first window on the computer display.