公开(公告)号：GB2346786A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-16

申请号：GB9902734

申请日：1999-02-09

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： ENGLEFIELD PAUL JONATHAN ,  FARMER MARK ,  ONIONS DANIEL ,  TIBBITS MARK JUSTIN PAUL

IPC: G06F3/0481 ,  G06F17/30

Abstract: An image map Java Bean or ActiveX control has a display image property and a mapping image property. The mapping image comprises a plurality of regions coloured from a pre-determined sequence of colours. When instantiated the image map displays the display image. The image map is, responsive to user interaction with the display image, to obtain a coordinate in the display image and to reading an index colour of a corresponding coordinate in the mapping image. If the index colour is from the pre-determined sequence of colours, the image map indicates user selection of a region of the display image by highlighting the region.

公开(公告)号：GB2340008A

公开(公告)日：2000-02-09

申请号：GB9816098

申请日：1998-07-24

Applicant: IBM

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

IPC: G06F3/048 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F3/14

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.