Patent ID: 6115544
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for using a computer system to display error messages, the error messages being associated with a user's source code, the computer system being communicatively connected to a remote computer and said computer system having a processor, a memory and means for receiving user input, comprising the steps of:transmitting the source code to the remote computer for processing;receiving remote error identification data from the remote computer identifying one or more errors detected in the source code and for each error designating an error type and specifying a location of the error in the source code;storing data in an error list in the computer system memory indicative of each error in the remote error identification data;displaying data in human readable form indicative of a selected error, received from said means for receiving user input, from the error list and dynamically locating, in response to said selected error, a portion of the source code containing the error, and displaying, concurrently with but separately from said displayed data, said portion of the source code;modifying the displayed portion of the source code containing the error responsive to said means for receiving user input;altering the error list in the memory responsive to the step of modifying the displayed portion of the source code; andrepeating the modifying and altering steps until input, received from said means for receiving user input, indicative of a command to halt is received.