Abstract: There is provided an event management system and a storage media for identifying and logging event information for a plurality of loosely coupled subsystems. The event management system and the storage media include an application for reporting an event message in response to an occurrence of a particular event, and an event logging routine, responsive to receiving the error message, for identifying a source of the error message and for obtaining detailed error information for the error message at a time frame when the particular event occurs. In addition, the event management system and storage media include an event viewer for viewing the detailed error information.

Abstract: A system for, and method of, emulating, on a non-native computer, a native environment for a visual display object file for a real time process control system and a real time process control system employing the emulator. The visual display object file contains a drawing command, an address pointer for communicating data with the real time process control system and a rule for interpreting data received from a touch-sensitive screen.