Patent ID: 6385567
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a programmable digital computer having an emulator for executing an application program written for a first platform on a different second platform, a method for loading software modules external to and callable from within the application program, comprising the steps of:before execution of the application program, reading a load list associated with the application program containing the names of modules called from within the application program; accessing a name list separate from the load list having multiple entries for modules shared among a group of application programs, each entry containing a name of a first-platform module and a corresponding name of a second-platform module; for each module in the load list, selecting an entire one of the modules associated with the application program as a current module; determining that the current module is written for the first platform; finding an entry in the name list containing the name of the current module as the name of a first-platform module; loading the module having the corresponding name for the second platform.