Abstract: A universal event browser operable for viewing and browsing network and system events for a number of different product specific applications is presented. The universal event browser isolates generic graphical user interface functionality from the implementations of the product specific applications by requiring each product specific application to have a product specific interface operable to communicate with the product specific application to retrieve event data from an event repository specific to the product. In addition, each product specific application is associated with a product specification file which contains window display configuration parameters, preferably written in a generic specification language.

Abstract: A localizable date/time spinner mechanism and method allows a user to select a field in a date or time, select a spin direction, and spin through the selected date/time field in accordance with the enumerated field type. The date/time and selected fields are displayed according to the customs and conventions of the user's default locale as defined in the user's operating environment. This allows the date/time spinner run on any platform and display the date/time in the format of the user's locale.