Patent ID: 6446135
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a data processing system, a method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:providing a first stand alone application program; providing a second stand alone application program, the second stand alone application program having a plurality of commands, each of the commands representing an action that is performable by the second stand alone application program and having a status that indicates a current condition of that command; requesting at the first stand alone application program through a command dispatch protocol that supports a command based interface the status of one of the commands of the second stand alone application program; under control of the second stand alone application program and through the command dispatch protocol, determining the status of the requested one of the commands; forwarding the status of the requested one of the commands to the first stand alone application program; and receiving the status of the requested one of the commands at the first stand alone application program from the second application.