Patent ID: 7149971
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of extracting character strings from one or more string definition files into one or more intermediate text files in order to provide support for converting the character strings to multiple languages, the method comprising: identifying one or more destination languages in which to convert the extracted character strings; receiving a designation as to whether all character strings or only character strings not represented by one or more destination languages in the string definition files are to be extracted from the string definition files; in response to an all character strings designation being received, copying into an intermediate text file for each destination language, a source language version of each character string and storing in each intermediate text file, a file identifier for each character string that identifies the string definition file from which each character string was extracted; in response to an only character strings not represented designation being received, for each destination language, searching the string definition files for the source language version of each character string not represented by the destination language; and in response to locating the source language version of each character string not represented by the destination language, copying into the intermediate text file for the destination language, the source language version of each character string not represented by the destination language of the intermediate text file in the string definition files and storing in each intermediate text file, a file identifier for each character string that identifies the string definition file from which each character string not represented was extracted.