发明名称 |
METHOD AND TOOL FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING A DESCRIPTIVE ANNOTATION OF SELECTED APPLICATION DATA |
摘要 |
A set of software components, a system and a method provide to a user of a data processing system per-value interpretative information relating to application data values. The method includes the following steps: in response to user selection of a set of an application component's data values, generating per-value interpretation information corresponding to the selected data values; and, in response to subsequent movement of an input device pointer into a display screen area associated with a data value within the set, presenting the interpretation information to the user via an output device connected to the data processing system. A processing component selectable by the user from set of processing components preferably responds to user selection of both the operation to be performed and a set of application data by performing the processing operation on the set of data to produce a result, and then generating per-value interpretation information corresponding to that result. The presentation of interpretation information to the user preferably uses a flyover text box in a GUI, as is known in the art for application-specific Bubble Help.
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申请公布号 |
WO0005647(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2000.02.03 |
申请号 |
WO1999GB02433 |
申请日期 |
1999.07.21 |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION;IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED |
发明人 |
ENGLEFIELD, PAUL, JONATHAN;TIBBITS, MARK, JUSTIN;TRAINER, RAYMOND;WHITING, JAMES |
分类号 |
G06F3/048;G06F9/44;(IPC1-7):G06F9/44 |
主分类号 |
G06F3/048 |
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