Apparatus, system and method of automatically assigning mnemonics in a user interface
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSanaa F. Abdelhadi, Sandip A. Amin, James Lee Lentz, Brian David Nelson, John Diehl Sillers
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Abstract
A method, system and apparatus for automatically assigning mnemonics to text strings in a GUI are provided. First, all text strings used in the GUI that are associated with controls requiring mnemonics are stored in a table. Then using common assignment rules, each text string is automatically assigned a unique mnemonic. Text strings that are generally assigned particular mnemonics (i.e., standard mnemonics) are assigned those standard mnemonics. Each mnemonic used is registered into another table to ensure against duplication of mnemonics.
Claims24
A method of automatically assigning mnemonics to text strings in a GUI comprising the steps of:
- creating a file containing a list of the text strings;
- and
- automatically assigning each text string in the list a mnemonic.
A computer program product on a computer readable medium for automatically assigning mnemonics to text strings in a GUI comprising:
- code means for facilitating a file containing a list of the text strings to be created;
- and
- code means for automatically assigning each text string in the list a mnemonic.
An apparatus for automatically assigning mnemonics to text strings in a GUI comprising:
- means for creating a file containing a list of the text strings;
- and
- means for automatically assigning each text string in the list a mnemonic.
A computer system for automatically assigning mnemonics to text strings in a GUI comprising:
- at least one storage device for storing code data;
- and
- at least one processor for processing the code data to create a file containing a list of the text strings, and to automatically assign each text string in the list a mnemonic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.