公开(公告)号：AT254776T

公开(公告)日：2003-12-15

申请号：AT99934977

申请日：1999-07-21

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： ENGLEFIELD PAUL JONATHAN ,  TIBBITS MARK JUSTIN ,  LILLINGTON ,  TRAINER RAYMOND ,  WHITING JAMES

IPC: G06F3/048 ,  G06F9/44

Abstract: 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.

公开(公告)号：PL345626A1

公开(公告)日：2002-01-02

申请号：PL34562699

申请日：1999-07-21

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： ENGLEFIELD PAUL JONATHAN ,  TIBBITS MARK JUSTIN ,  TRAINER RAYMOND ,  WHITING JAMES

IPC: G06F3/048 ,  G06F9/44

Abstract: 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.