Patent ID: 6234689
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for providing a user with access to a user defined custom routine through a standard interface of an application program executing on a computer, comprising the steps of:(a) providing at least one predefined interface point in the standard interface, each interface point associated with a predefined access point in the application program;(b) inputting configuration data including data associated with the user defined custom routine;(c) linking the application program with the user defined custom routine indicated by said configuration data so that the user defined custom routine is incorporated into the application program at said predefined access point;(d) displaying the standard interface on a display device of the computer;(e) presenting on the standard interface said at least one interface point;(f) executing the user defined custom routine located at said access point associated with said at least one interface point immediately in response to a user activation of said at least one interface point; and(g) testing a plurality of integrated circuit (IC) devices located on a wafer via said step (f) of executing,wherein source code of the application program having said predefined interface point and said predefined access point is not modified in order to provide the user with access to the user defined custom routine.