A code server operates in a data processing system having an operating system
or
environment, such as OS/2 or Windows, which processes coded programs in discrete
code modules. The code server maintains linkage information between the various
code modules forming an association representing all the linkage data for the entire
program. This information is gathered by way of searching through the files of
the computer network or by direct insertion into the code module information table.
Once the associative data has been gathered, a coded program may be retrieved quickly
and efficiently without the need for repetitive on-line searching because the user
need refer only to the code server which contains a look-up tables storing the
data representing the associative information.