Patent ID: 6253257
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of linking an application comprising an applications program interface (API) having at least one function call with a library set implementing the function, comprising the steps of:identifying the libraries required by the API by determining whether the API is in a first program environment or a second program environment wherein:said API is a TOPEND API,said first program environment is a runtime environment,said second program environment is a remote program environment, andsaid determining whether the TOPEND API is in a first or second program environment comprises determining if an environment variable is set, wherein said determining if an environment variable is set comprises examining a registry of an operating system hosting a TOPEND runtime or remote environment to determine if a TOPENDDIR entry exists;scanning to detect and select libraries available to the determined program environment, wherein said scanning to detect and select libraries available to the determined program environment comprises:setting up a default library, andattempting to load each library in a current library list;dynamically loading the selected libraries into the application; and,binding the selected libraries associated API function call.