Method of carrying out modifications to a software application

An apparatus having a processor for carrying out modifications to a software application having an application code that has a graphical user interface (GUI), the apparatus being adapted to:

• inject a dynamic library into the software application to allow a control of the software application, wherein the application code is executable code in which the injection takes place during the runtime of the application code;
• read at least one portion of the application code, with the at least one portion relating to the GUI;
• decompile the at least one portion of the application code to produce a source code associated with the at least one portion of the application code;
• modify a section of the GUI, wherein the modifying of the section of the GUI includes modifying a graphical element, and the modifying of the section of the GUI effecting a modification of the source code corresponding to modification of the at least one portion of the application code and/or of an instance of the at least one portion of the application code;
• compile the modified source code, the modified source code representing the modified section of the GUI;
• and
• save the modified section of the GUI in a location selected from the group consisting of a volatile memory location, a non-volatile memory location, a combination thereof, and a memory location separate from a memory location associated with the application code.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program code on it that, when executed implements a method of carrying out modifications to a software application having an application code that has a graphical user interface (GUI), said method comprising:

• injecting a dynamic library into the software application to allow a control of the software application, wherein the application code is executable code in which the injection takes place during the runtime of the application code;
• reading at least one portion of the application code, with the at least one portion relating to the GUI;
• decompiling the at least one portion of the application code to produce a source code associated with the at least one portion of the application code;
• modifying a section of the GUI, wherein the modifying of the section of the GUI includes modifying a graphical element, and the modifying of the section of the GUI effecting a modification of the source code corresponding to modification of the at least one portion of the application code and/or of an instance of the at least one portion of the application code;
• compiling the modified source code, the modified source code representing the modified section of the GUI;
• and
• saving the modified section of the GUI in a location selected from the group consisting of a volatile memory location, a non-volatile memory location, a combination thereof, and a memory location separate from a memory location associated with the application code.