Patent ID: 6763497
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of displaying a control-flow path leading to a computer program's error as linked hypertext regions in a computer system having a display, the method comprising:displaying a first function in the error's control-flow path as a hypertext document in a first region within the display; selecting a first hypertext link marker located within the first function, associated with a second function called by the first function which also lies on the error's control-flow path; displaying the second function as a hypertext document associated with the first link marker in a second region without obscuring the text of the first document, wherein displaying the second function comprises: inserting the second function's text below the position of the first link marker; and displacing the text of the first function originally positioned below the first link marker to below the second region, wherein the second region includes a first tab area that surrounds the first link marker; selecting a second hypertext link marker located within the first function, corresponding to a second function called by the first function and also lying on the error's control-flow path; and determining whether the second link marker is located on the same line of text of the first function as the first link marker, and if not, displaying a third function as hypertext associated with the second link marker in a third region without obscuring the text of the first and second functions.