Patent ID: 6782529
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for editing text in a translation verification procedure for a target software program, the apparatus comprising:a processor; a monitor connected to the processor; a storage system connected to the processor, wherein a target software program for controlling the processor is stored in the storage system, and wherein the processor is operative with the target software program to generate a user interface display on the monitor, the display being for the target software program, and wherein generating the display comprises displaying text responsive to a user interface object; a user interface device connected to the processor, wherein the user interface device is operable with the processor and the target software program to accept a selection in the user interface for the executing target software program, by a translation verification user, of a portion of the text displayed on the monitor for changing and to accept input of a change in the text portion, the change being inputted by the translation verification user while the target software program is running; and a localization file stored in the storage system, wherein the processor is operable with the certain program responsive to the user selection of the text to perform the steps of: introspecting the user interface object, wherein the text object is stored in the localization file and has the selected text portion, and the introspecting of the user interface object directs the certain program to the localization file and the text object; and directing a source code version controller to check out the localization file found by the introspecting and to check in the localization file, wherein the localization file is checked while the target software program is running and the checked in localization file has the changed text portion.