Sara K Swanson

US Patent:

56007787, Feb 4, 1997

Filed:

Sep 8, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/525895

Inventors:

Sara J. Swanson - Mountain View CA
Robert F. Andrews - San Jose CA
Gary M. Mandelstam - Cupertino CA

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 314

US Classification:

395333

Abstract:

A graphical resource editor for selectively modifying graphical resources in software applications provides a main window graphical user interface object for interaction with the graphical resource editor. The main window contains a resource category selection object including a list of selectable resource category objects. These objects contain resource category descriptors corresponding to categories of editable resources. The resource category selection object provides a user activatable interface for selecting among the list of resource category objects an editable resource category. The graphical resource editor further includes a system responsive to user activation of the resource category selection object for generating in the main window a list of resource descriptors corresponding to the selected category of editable resources. A plurality of resource value display fields are provided in the main window for displaying resource values representing the status of the selected category of editable resources. Also provided in the main window is a set of resource value selection objects providing user activatable interfaces for setting editable resource values.

US Patent:

56030347, Feb 11, 1997

Filed:

Jun 7, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/479262

Inventors:

Sara J. Swanson - Mountain View CA

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 314

US Classification:

395701

Abstract:

A graphical resource editor for selectively modifying graphical resources in software applications provides a main window graphical user interface object for interaction with the graphical resource editor. The main window contains a resource category selection object including a list of selectable resource category objects. These objects contain resource category descriptors corresponding to categories of editable resources. The resource category selection object provides a user activatable interface for selecting among the list of resource category objects an editable resource category. The graphical resource editor further includes a system responsive to user activation of the resource category selection object for generating in the main window a list of resource descriptors corresponding to selected category of editable resources. A plurality of resource value display fields are provided in the main window for displaying resource values representing the status of the selected category of editable resources. Also provided in the main window is a set of resource value selection objects providing user activatable interfaces for setting editable resource values.