System support code
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorGregory Lee Harrington
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Abstract
A method and implementing system are provided in which, in an exemplary embodiment, application programs are modified using supported developer's kits to be compatible with referenced prior coded versions. Pages presented in an application are processed, and functional features are separated from non-functional or cosmetic features. The failing cosmetic features are removed, and functional features are re-coded to provide a functionally equivalent application based upon a supporting referenced code.
Claims15
A method for conforming application software features to system support code, said method comprising:
- separating navigational features of said application software from cosmetic features of said application software;
- and
- separately modifying said navigational features and said cosmetic features to conform to said system support code.
A computer system comprising:
- a system bus;
- a processing device connected to said system bus;
- a memory device connected to said system bus;
- and
- a display device connected to said system bus, said computer system being selectively operable for running application software, said application software being dependent upon system support code, said application software being selectively operable for effecting presentations of application screens on said display device, said application screens including both navigational and cosmetic features, said computer system being further effective for separating navigational features of said application software from cosmetic features of said application software, and separately modifying said navigational features and said cosmetic features to conform to said system support code.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.