System and method for managing resource loading in a multilingual user interface operating system
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsShenghua Ye, Wei Wu, Julie Bennett, Kenneth Hsu, Laura Gomez, Mohammed El-Gammal
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Abstract
A system and method is provided to manage different UI language settings in a central place by merging different UI language settings and related dependency data to an integrated UI language preference list. A set of API functions is provided that enables each resource loader to gain consistent UI language support by interacting with the integrated UI language preference list.
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A computer-implemented method for creating an integrated UI language preference list (“the List”), operating in a computer system having multiple UI language settings including an application UI language preference list (“APL”), a user UI language preference list (“UPL”), and an ultimate fallback UI language (“original UI language”), comprising merging one or more of the multiple UI language settings to the List.
A computer system for creating an integrated UI language preference list (“the List”), comprising:
- (a) a memory;
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- (b) a data processor, coupled with the memory, for merging a plurality of UI language settings to an integrated UI language preference list (“the List”).
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