1. A printing controller having a printer driver configured to display a GUI using language-dependent files containing display character strings of corresponding languages, the printing controller comprising:
a compressed language-dependent file into which the language-dependent files are compressed;
a language selection part configured to cause one of the languages which one is used by the printer driver to be selected; and
an expansion part configured to expand one of the language-dependent files related to the selected one of the languages from the compressed language-dependent file,
wherein the printer driver displays the GUI using the one of the language-dependent files expanded by the expansion part.
2. The printing controller as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
a deletion part configured to delete one of the language-dependent files which one has been used by the printer driver before the language selection part causes the one of the languages to be selected.
3. A printing controller having a printer driver configured to display a GUI based on a resource file containing temporary display character strings directly related to corresponding display components, the printing controller comprising:
a language-dependent file configured to contain a display character string for each of a plurality of languages with respect to each of the temporary display character strings contained in the resource file; and
a language selection part configured to cause one of the languages which one is used by the printer driver to be selected,
wherein the printer driver obtains one or more of the display character strings related to the one of the languages selected by the language selection part based on the temporary display character strings contained in the resource file, and displays the GUI using the obtained one or more of the display character strings.
4. The printing controller as claimed in claim 3, wherein the language-dependent file contains the display character strings in text format.
5. A method of displaying a GUI in a printing controller having a printer driver configured to display the GUI using language-dependent files containing display character strings of corresponding languages, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) causing one of the languages which one is used by the printer driver to be selected;
(b) expanding one of the language-dependent files related to the selected one of the languages from a compressed language-dependent file into which the language-dependent files are compressed; and
(c) displaying the GUI of the printer driver using the one of the language-dependent files expanded in said step (b).
6. The method as claimed in claim 5, further comprising the step of (d) deleting one of the language-dependent files which one has been used by the printer driver before said step (a) causes the one of the languages to be selected.
7. A method of displaying a GUI in a printing controller having a printer driver configured to display the GUI based on a resource file containing temporary display character strings directly related to corresponding display components, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) causing one of a plurality of languages which one is used by the printer driver to be selected;
(b) obtaining, from a language-dependent file configured to contain a display character string for each of the languages with respect to each of the temporary display character strings contained in the resource file, one or more of the display character strings related to the one of the languages selected in said step (a) based on the resource file; and
(c) displaying the GUI using the obtained one or more of the display character strings in said step (b).
8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the language-dependent file contains the display character strings in text format.
9. A printer driver for causing a computer to execute the method of displaying the GUI as set forth in claim 5.
10. A computer-readable recording medium on which a printer driver for causing a computer to execute the method of displaying the GUI as set forth in claim 5 is recorded.
11. A printer driver for causing a computer to execute the method of displaying the GUI as set forth in claim 7.
12. A computer-readable recording medium on which a printer driver for causing a computer to execute the method of displaying the GUI as set forth in claim 7 is recorded.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A windscreen wiper device, comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade is of the flat blade type and includes at least one groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, and wherein said windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for detachably connecting said wiper blade to an oscillating arm near one end thereof around a pivot axis, wherein said connecting device is fixated to said flexible material of said wiper blade by deformation of said connecting device in order to block any lateral movement between said longitudinal strip and said wiper blade at the location of their interconnection and between said connecting device and said wiper blade at the location of their interconnection.
2. A windscreen wiper device according to claim 1, wherein said connecting device is fixated to said flexible material of said wiper blade by plastic deformation of said connecting device.
3. A windscreen wiper device according to claim 1, wherein said connecting device has an at least substantially U-shaped cross-section having legs and a base, wherein said legs have inwardly bent edges at their outer ends, wherein opposite sides of said wiper blade rest in respective slits formed by said inwardly bent edges and outwardly bent parts of said legs.
4. A windscreen wiper device according to claim 3, wherein said connecting device is deformed at the location of said inwardly bent edges and outwardly bent parts of said legs.
5. A windscreen wiper device according to claim 4, wherein said connecting device is deformed by a pinching operation.
6. A windscreen wiper device according to claim 4, wherein said connecting device is deformed by a melting operation.
7. A windscreen wiper device according to claim 4, wherein said connecting device is deformed near outer ends of said connecting device.
8. A windscreen wiper device according to claim 7, wherein said connecting device is deformed at near said outer ends of said connecting device on opposite sides of said connecting device.
9. A windscreen wiper device according to claim 3, wherein said legs are provided near said base with a pair of opposite protrusions having co-axial through holes.
10. A method for fixating a connecting device for detachably connecting an elongated wiper blade of the flat blade type and made of a flexible material to an oscillating arm near one end thereof around a pivot axis, to the flexible material, wherein the wiper blade includes at least one groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, wherein the connecting device is fixated to the flexible material of the wiper blade by deformation of the connecting device in order to block any lateral movement between the longitudinal strip and the wiper blade at the location of their interconnection and between the connecting device and the wiper blade at the location of their interconnection.
11. A method according to claim 10, comprising the following steps the connecting device having an at least substantially U-shaped cross-section with legs and a base, is mounted onto the wiper blade such that opposite sides of the wiper blade rest in respective slits formed by inwardly bent edges at outer ends of the legs and outwardly bent parts of the legs, the longitudinal strip is subsequently inserted inside the groove of the wiper blade, the connecting device is finally deformed at the location of the inwardly bent edges and outwardly bent parts of the legs and at the location of the base near outer ends of the connecting device on opposite sides of the connecting device.