Patent ID: 6851117

Claim:
A method for supplanting a Motif dialog box, comprising: interposing a functionality between a graphical interface of an application and an Xt Library layered on top of an X-Window system; intercepting an original function call from the graphical interface for a display of a Motif dialog box from the X-Window system; determining whether the Motif dialog box is to be supplanted; and supplanting the Motif dialog box; wherein determining whether the Motif dialog box is to be supplanted includes: calling a naming function to identify the Motif dialog box in the intercepted call; and comparing the name returned by the naming function against a plurality of Motif dialog box names that are to be supplanted; wherein supplanting the Motif dialog box includes: modifying at least one parameter in the intercepted function call, re-calling the display of the Motif dialog box with the modified parameter; and displaying a modified Motif dialog box.