Unisys Corporation

Unisys Corpoation

Mark Jeffrey Tadman

Leon A Krantz

Richard Mike Holmes

James Albert Fontana

Anthony Reginald Pitchford

Christopher E Smith

Randy Alan Steuckrath

Viraj Byakod

John Earl Pittaway

Rajarshi Majumdar

Sunil Vasudeo Abhyankar

Jack Ju-Qing Chang

Linjun Zhou

The present invention is a process for intercepting a .NET&#x2122; method at runtime in order to enable modifying the method in order to capture data about the method, trace the method, modify the method's behavior, enforce constraints, modify the method's parameters and/or return, throw (halt method execution and let the user know that an error has occurred) user-defined exceptions, and in any other manner to affect the runtime behavior of the application without having to modify and re-deploy the application.

Process and system for intercepting a .NET method at runtime

A method in a computer system is disclosed for programmatically locating any file and building a shortcut for future reference to that file. First, a shortcut cache is created if one does not exist. Then, the shortcut cache is searched for a shortcut for the file. The shortcut contains the location and name of the file. If the shortcut name is not found, then the shortcut directory for the current user is located in the system registry, and it is searched for the shortcut name. If the shortcut name is still not found, the shortcut directory for all users is located in the system registry, and it is searched for the shortcut name. If the shortcut name is found then it is stored in the shortcut cache; and, the location and name of the file is returned to the requester.

Generic method for programmatically locating and executing any application

A system and method for dynamically saving the properties of transient controls in a general screen dialog and enabling these properties to be restored at a later time. In a typical GUI based computer program, a number of user interface objects or &ldquo;controls&rdquo; are presented graphically to a user on a form to allow the user to input information by interfacing these controls. The activation of the various controls on the form by a user is referred to as the screen dialog. The present invention allows a user of the computer system to save the current properties of a form's transient controls to a database, where this form can later be restored with its transient controls having the same properties as when the form was saved. A screen dialog save procedure loops through all of the controls on a form and inserts a record of each control type along with its respective property values into a database. A user may browse through saved screen dialogs in the database and select a desired screen dialog to restore. A screen dialog restore procedure loops through all of the controls saved in the database for the selected screen dialog, where a record of the control information for each control is obtained and the property values for each respective control is set on the restored form. The present invention allows the properties of objects in a screen dialog to be saved and restored without the need for scripting.

Method and apparatus for dynamically saving/restoring the properties of controls in a screen dialog

A method in a computer system is disclosed for programmatically locating any file and building a shortcut for future reference to that file. The method also enables the arrangement of the shortcuts in an organized and hierarchical fashion. First, a shortcut cache and a mapping file is created if one does not exist. Then, the shortcut cache and the mapping file is searched for a shortcut for the file. The shortcut contains the location and name of the file. If the shortcut name is not found, then the shortcut directory for the current user is located in the system registry, and it is searched for the shortcut name. If the shortcut name is still not found, the shortcut directory for all users is located in the system registry, and it is searched for the shortcut name. If the shortcut name is found then it is stored in the shortcut cache and the mapping file; and, the location and name of the file is returned to the requestor.

Generic method for programmatically locating any document in a computer network system

A method is provided in a computer system, which employs a multiplicity of diverse software tools, for monitoring and capturing a pattern of all file usage of each of the software tools. The usage pattern for each of the software tools is migrated into the computer system. The method includes invoking a first process for interfacing with a first one of the software tools and the computer system. Next, the first one of the software tools is invoked through the first process inside the computer system. The first process and the first one of the software tools are then registered with a control module in the computer system. A second process is informed through the control module that the first one of the software tools is being operated upon and to start recording information about the tool. After this, the second process captures information about all files opened and closed by the first one of the software tools during its operation. The information captured in the preceding step is recorded through a third process inside the computer system logging the recorded information into a monitor file. Upon termination of operation of the software tool, the control module is requested to inform the first process to stop capturing information about the tool. Finally, the recorded information is transformed and migrated to the computer system through a fourth process.

Method and system for monitoring and capturing all file usage of a software tool

A method and system for facilitating use of a tool in heterogeneous environments and application categories in a software development framework having a storage device. First, a context object is created for storing all intermediate information generated while the tool is being used. Next, the specific environment in which the tool is going to be used is identified information about the environment is stored in the context object. The specific tasks the tool typically performs are identified and searched for any previously accomplished tasks in the framework. The results of the search are stored in the context object. Information needed for the tool to operate is retrieved from the repository and the information is supplied as input files to the tool. The tool is run with the input files and the output derived is stored as a result of running the tool. The context object is updated by analyzing the output derived from the tool. Then, the analyzed output of the operation performed by the tool is stored in the repository for the environment.

Method and system for interfacing to a variety of software development tools

A system whereby a receiving module, in a mixed network of hardware and software-emulated modules, requires an Interrupt before it can use a Get Message OP to access a message from a message queue and which also provides a Fast Empty of messages in a message queue by eliminating the need for an Interrupt before each succeeding message access.

Interrupt handling system for message transfers in network having mixed

A method for message transfers between digital modules in a network where some modules are hardware implemented and some modules are emulated in software. An Auxiliary Message Arbitrator Unit utilizes Main Memory storage for messages destined for receiving modules. Algorithmic sequencing means maintains chronological transfer operations of messages and uses hard and soft Interrupt signal queues to inform respective hard and soft modules of pending messages for them to retrieve.

Control method for message communication in network supporting software

A method and system of message transfers in a multiple sender-multiple receiver network provides a specialized sequence for a Sender to acquire a message slot and place a message in a message queue, and a retrieval sequence for the Receiving module that insures message transmission integrity and proper chronological sequence of message delivery.

Message transfer system and control method for multiple sending and

A hardware message transfer control unit designated as the Auxiliary Message Arbitrator Unit (AMA) manages message transfers and transfer protocols in a network of sending and receiving digital hardware modules. Flexibility of network expansion to include software emulated digital modules to the hardware modules is provided in RAM circuitry at the message transfer control unit.

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Mark Jeffrey Tadman