METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR LINKING STACK MESSAGES TO RELEVANT INFORMATION

Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for linking stack messages to information relevant to stack entries and for generating the stack messages by adding link information to the stack messages. The stack messages are displayed to the user without the link information. Portions of the visible stack messages pertaining to the link information are highlighted, and upon selection by the user of the highlighted portion of the stack message, information relevant to the highlighted stack message is automatically displayed, for example, by running an editor, loading the source file corresponding to the message, and displaying the relevant portion of a source file.