Patent ID: 6025836
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for generating a plurality of object oriented user interfaces for use in an object oriented program, the steps comprising:reading a parameter structure containing commands identifying each user interface, each user interface including a plurality of user interface components, and each user interface being associated with a respective language;generating a language class for each user interface based on the commands in the parameter structure, each language class containing methods and data for creating the user interface components of the respective user interface;providing a decision class operative to instantiate one of the language classes as a function of a selected language;determining the selected language;instantiating, in the object oriented program, a first object from a derived class which inherits from the decision class;instantiating a second object from one of the language classes as a function of the selected language; anddisplaying the user interface associated with the selected language.