Patent ID: 6275790
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for editing textual data for a software program, comprising:displaying a user interface containing a first textual data within a non-data, user interaction portion of the user interface;responsive to selection of the first textual data within the displayed user interface by a user for editing, introspecting source code for generating the user interface to identify a software object that includes the first textual data;receiving a second textual data which the user desires to replace the first textual data from a user input while the user interface is being displayed;storing the second textual data in a machine-readable form within the software object in place of the first textual data; andduring execution of the source code for generating the user interface display after storing the second textual string within the software object, displaying the second textual data in place of the first textual data within the user interface.