Patent ID: 6735721
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A system for dynamically providing a message during the execution of a computer application comprising:a computer on which the application executes; a message file containing at least one message record on the computer the message record comprising: a message number field; an error number field; a severity field; a flags field; and a message field; a message handler executing on the computer, the message handler comprising: an initialization process which, when the application is started, opens the message file to obtain the message record, and stores the message record as a message entry in a message table stored in a memory of the computer, and then closes the message file; a get process to get the message entry the message table when a message trap occurs during execution of the application, a format process to generate the message in accordance with the message entry; and an output process to output the message.