Display control apparatus and display control method

A display control apparatus that controls a display device capable of displaying display information with same content to be displayed, in a plurality of screen layouts for a plurality of different languages, said display control apparatus comprising:

• a processor to execute a program;
• a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, performs processes of,
• acquiring a language selection flag indicating which one of said plurality of languages has been selected as a display language to be displayed on said display device;
• and
• acquiring layout information appropriate to said language selection flag from each of a plurality of databases, and controlling said display device such that said display information is displayed based on said acquired layout information;
• and
• a storage to include said plurality of databases, said plurality of databases separating said layout information about each of said screen layouts into a plurality of display elements forming said screen layout, and storing, for said respective display elements, said layout information in association with said language selection flag, wherein
• said plurality of databases include:
• an alignment/progression database that stores alignment information and progression information among said plurality of display elements, said alignment information indicating a position of characters in a character display area in which said characters are to be displayed, and said progression information indicating order of said characters;
• and
• a component position database that stores component position information among said plurality of display elements, said component position information indicating positions, in said screen layouts, of components including said character display area.

A display control method that controls a display device capable of displaying display information with same content to be displayed, in a plurality of screen layouts for a plurality of different languages, said display control method comprising:

• acquiring a language selection flag indicating which one of said plurality of languages has been selected as a display language to be displayed on said display device;
• separating layout information about each of said screen layouts into a plurality of display elements forming said screen layout, and storing said layout information in a plurality of databases for said respective display elements in association with said language selection flag;
• and
• acquiring, when said language selection flag is acquired, said layout information appropriate to said acquired language selection flag from each of said databases, and controlling said display device such that said display information is displayed based on said acquired layout information, wherein
• when said layout information is stored in said plurality of databases, said layout information is stored in at least:
• an alignment/progression database that stores alignment information and progression information among said plurality of display elements, said alignment information indicating a position of characters in a character display area in which said characters are to be displayed, and said progression information indicating order of said characters;
• and
• a component position database that stores component position information among said plurality of display elements, said component position information indicating positions, in said screen layouts, of components including said character display area.