COBOL COPYBOOK CONFIGURATION SYSTEM USABLE IN AN EMULATED INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT (IDE)

1 . A method of referring to one or more copy processes (copy-procs) within an integrated development environment, comprising:

receiving an input term comprising one or more workfile names;

displaying a list of workfile contents;

creating a file-path map for one or more of the workfile contents;

receiving a query input; and

displaying the file-path corresponding to the query input.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more workfiles contain definition elements for one or more copy-procs.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the list of workfile contents comprises:

a procedure table; and

an element table.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein creating the file-path map comprises:

parsing the procedure table;

creating a procedure map;

parsing the element table;

creating one or more sequence numbers;

correlating the procedure map and the one or more sequence numbers;

constructing one or more tile-paths; and

storing the file-path map in a local memory.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

receiving a file-path selection;

retrieving the file corresponding to the file-path selection from the local memory; and

displaying the definition elements stored in the file.

6 . A computer program product, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code to perform the steps of:

receiving an input term comprising one or more workfile names;

displaying a list of workfile contents;

creating a file-path map for one or more of the workfile contents;

receiving a query input; and

displaying the file-path corresponding to the query input.

7 . The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the one or more workfiles contain definition elements for one or more copy-procs.

8 . The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the list of workfile contents comprises:

a procedure table; and

an element table.

9 . The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein creating the file-path map comprises:

parsing the procedure table;

creating a procedure map;

parsing the element table;

creating one or more sequence numbers;

correlating the procedure map and the one or more sequence numbers;

constructing one or more file-paths; and

storing the file-path map in a local memory.

10 . The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising code to perform the steps of;

receiving a file-path selection;

retrieving the file corresponding to the file-path selection from the local memory; and

displaying the definition elements stored in the file.

11 . An apparatus, comprising:

a network interface card (NIC);

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and to the network interface card (NW), the processor configured to execute the steps of:

receiving an input term comprising one or more workfile names;

displaying a list of workfile contents;

creating a file-path map for one or more of the workfile contents;

receiving a query input; and

displaying the file-path corresponding to the query input.

12 . The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the one or more workfiles contain definition elements for one or more copy-procs.

13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the list of workfile contents comprises:

a procedure table; and

an element table.

14 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein creating the file-path map comprises:

parsing the procedure table;

creating a procedure map;

parsing the element table;

creating one or more sequence numbers;

correlating the procedure map and the one or more sequence numbers;

constructing one or more tile-paths; and

storing the file-path map in a local memory.

15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising code to perform the steps of:

receiving a file-path selection;

retrieving the file corresponding to the file-path selection from the local memory; and

displaying the definition elements stored in the file.