Abstract: The placement of trace points in software code being developed in a software development tool leads to the generation of trace point messages when the code is executed. These trace point messages are listened for by aspects of the software development tool. Responsive to receiving one of the trace point messages, the software development tool may write information to a trace file. Advantageously, the trace file is formatted using a standard markup language format, such as HTML. Consequently, the trace file is readily readable (including information-conveying formatting) by a standard, freely available web browser, rather than a proprietary tool.

Abstract: A method and system for installing and configuring a software product on a data processing system that associates setup interface panels with individual components of the software product and that builds a setup interface based upon the data processing system context at the time of installation and configuration. Components may be available on an installation media or may already be installed on the data processing system. A list of all available components is gathered and a corresponding list of all panels associated with the available components is created. Panels may have conditions governing whether or not they are displayed and those conditions may include the state of their associated component. The panel list is filtered to remove any panels that, because of their conditions, are not to be displayed in the current system context. The setup interface is built based upon the filtered panel list and it is displayed to the user.

Abstract: The placement of trace points in software code being developed in a software development tool leads to the generation of trace point messages when the code is executed. These trace point messages are listened for by aspects of the software development tool. Responsive to receiving one of the trace point messages, the software development tool may write information to a trace file. Advantageously, the trace file is formatted using a standard markup language format, such as HTML. Consequently, the trace file is readily readable (including information-conveying formatting) by a standard, freely available web browser, rather than a proprietary tool.