JPH11242590A - Graphic screen program generation support device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] It is troublesome to check whether or not a behavior program is assigned to a graphic component and to check the number of the assigned behavior programs. SOLUTION: In a tree structure diagram representing a hierarchical structure of graphic parts arranged on a graphic screen for each graphic screen, a symbol representing the presence / absence of a behavior program assigned to the graphic part is displayed near a symbol representing the graphic part. Display only that number. In addition, when the executable program is executed in a program execution environment for verifying the operation of the executable program, the trace display and recording of the behavior program are performed without interrupting the execution.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for displaying an image on a workstation by arranging a graphic component on a screen creation window on a workstation and describing a behavior program associated with the graphic component for each graphic component. The present invention relates to a graphic screen program generation support device that automatically generates an executable program for displaying a graphic screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a graphic screen program generation support system, a hierarchical structure of graphic parts arranged on a screen creation window on a workstation is displayed as a tree structure diagram, and a behavior program associated with the graphic parts is allocated. In order to check whether or not the behavior program has been assigned and the number of behavior programs assigned, a list window of behavior programs corresponding to individual graphic parts is displayed separately from the tree structure diagram. Further, when the execution format program is executed in a program execution environment for verifying the operation of the execution format program, a step execution and a program source list corresponding to the lines of the program source list of the behavior program associated with the graphic component The execution verification was performed by suspending the execution by setting a breakpoint on the line of.

[0003]

According to the prior art, it is determined whether or not a behavior program is allocated to a graphic component arranged on a screen creation window on a workstation, and the number of behavior programs when the behavior program is allocated. To do so, a list window of the behavior program corresponding to each graphic component must be displayed. Therefore, when trying to confirm them for all graphic parts, the list window of the behavior program must be displayed for all graphic parts, and when the number of graphic parts is large, the operation for displaying is complicated. Workability was not good.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to enable an operator to check at a glance whether or not a behavior program is assigned to a graphic component arranged on a screen creation window. Another object of the present invention is to enable an operator to confirm at a glance the number of behavior programs assigned to graphic components arranged on a screen creation window.

Further, according to the prior art, when executing the executable program in a program execution environment for verifying the operation of the executable program, trace of the behavior program associated with the graphic component is performed. Either perform step execution corresponding to the line of the program source list, or suspend execution by setting a breakpoint on the line of the program source list where the call of the behavior program associated with the graphic component is described. However, the operator has to confirm and record the contents of the call of the behavior program associated with the above-mentioned graphic parts, and the operation is troublesome and the workability is not good. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to reduce the work of confirmation and recording by these operators and improve the work efficiency.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for arranging one or more graphic parts on a screen creation window on a workstation based on an input operation of an operator, and a behavior program associated with the graphic parts. Is described for each of the graphic parts, and in a graphic screen program generation support device that automatically generates an executable program for displaying a graphic screen on a workstation, a hierarchical structure of graphic parts is displayed as a tree structure diagram, and the tree is displayed. A symbol representing the presence or absence of a behavior program assigned to the graphic component is displayed near the symbol representing the graphic component in the structure diagram. In this way, the invention of claim 1 enables the operator to check at a glance whether or not the behavior program is assigned to one or more graphic components arranged on the graphic screen.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the tree structure diagram according to the first aspect of the present invention, a behavior in which a symbol indicating the presence or absence of a behavior program assigned to a graphic part near the symbol representing the graphic part is assigned to the graphic part. Display several minutes of programs. In this way, the invention of claim 2 enables the operator to check at a glance the number of behavior programs assigned to one or more graphic components arranged on the graphic screen.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, one or more graphic parts are arranged on a screen creation window on a workstation based on an input operation by an operator.
By describing a behavior program associated with a graphic component for each graphic component, a graphic screen program generation support device that automatically generates an executable program for displaying a graphic screen on a workstation is used to verify operation of the executable program. During execution of the executable program in a target program execution environment, trace display and recording of a behavior program associated with the graphic component are performed without interrupting execution. Thus, the operator can only execute the executable program, and can omit the step execution of the executable program or the continuous execution operation of the executable program at the time of setting a breakpoint, thereby improving work efficiency.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a display example of the embodiment according to the first aspect of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 2B is a tree structure diagram showing the hierarchical structure. In this embodiment, graphic components a1, b are displayed on the graphic screen P1.
1 are arranged, and graphic parts b2 and p1 are arranged on the graphic part a1. The tree structure diagram T1 represents the hierarchical structure of the graphic parts on the screen P1.

On the tree structure diagram T1, symbols S-P1, S-a1, S-b1, S-b2, and S-p1 representing graphic components are displayed, and symbols representing graphic components to which behavior programs are assigned. , Symbols S-b1-A and S-b2-A indicating that a behavior program is allocated are displayed. Further, the symbols of the behavior program are not displayed on the symbols S-P1, S-a1, and S-p1 representing the graphic components to which the behavior program is not allocated. Thereby, the operator determines whether or not the behavior program is assigned to the graphic component arranged on the graphic screen.
You can check at a glance.

FIG. 2 shows a display example of the embodiment according to the second aspect of the present invention, and FIG. 2A is a graphic screen.
(b) is a tree structure diagram showing the hierarchical structure. In this embodiment, graphic components a2, b3 are displayed on the graphic screen P2.
Is placed on the graphic part a2
b4 and p2 are arranged. The tree structure diagram T2 represents the hierarchical structure of the graphic parts on the screen P2. In the tree structure diagram T2, symbols S-P2, S
-a2, S-b3, S-b4, S-p2 are displayed, and a symbol S-b3-A1 indicating that the behavior program is assigned is displayed near the symbol representing the graphic component to which the behavior program is assigned. , S-b3-A2, S-b4-A1 are displayed.

Here, symbols S-b3-A1 and S-b3-A2 indicating that the behavior program is allocated are displayed near the symbol S-b3 representing the graphic component, and the symbol S-b3-A2 representing the graphic component is displayed. Since the symbol S-b4-A1 indicating that a behavior program is allocated near b4 is displayed, two behavior programs are allocated to the graphic part b3, and one behavior program is allocated to the graphic part b4. It can be seen that is assigned. Further, the symbols S-P2, S-a2, and S-p2 representing the graphic components to which the behavior program is not assigned do not display the symbols representing that the behavior program is assigned. Thus, the operator can check at a glance the number of behavior programs assigned to the graphic components arranged on the graphic screen.

FIG. 3 shows a display example and an operation example of the embodiment according to the third aspect of the present invention. FIG. 3A is a graphic screen showing an example of a trace display of a behavior program associated with a graphic component. FIG. 2B is a flowchart showing an operation example of the executable program. In this embodiment, graphic components b5, b6, g1 are displayed on the graphic screen P3.
Is placed on the graphic part b5 and the behavior program b5-o
p is assigned, and the behavior program b6-op is assigned to the graphic part b6.

When the execution format program PROJ of the graphic screen P3 is executed from the input device IN in a program execution environment for verifying the operation of the execution format program, the behavior programs b5-op and b6-op are called and traced. In the display window H1, trace information b5-op-trc1 and b5-op-trc2 corresponding to the behavior program b5-op and the behavior program b6-op
The trace information b6-op-trc1 corresponding to is displayed in chronological order. This eliminates the need for the operator to step through the executable program or continuously execute the executable program when a breakpoint is set by the operator, thus improving the work efficiency.

[0015]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the hierarchical structure of the graphic parts arranged on the graphic screen for each graphic screen is displayed as a tree structure diagram, and the symbols representing the graphic parts are displayed. By displaying a symbol indicating the presence or absence of a behavior program assigned to a graphic component in the vicinity, the operator can see at a glance whether or not a behavior program is assigned to one or more graphic components arranged on the graphic screen it can.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the tree structure diagram for displaying the hierarchical structure of the graphic parts according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is determined whether there is a behavior program assigned to the graphic parts near the symbol representing the graphic parts. By displaying as many symbols as the number of behavior programs assigned to the graphic components, the operator can check at a glance the number of behavior programs assigned to one or more graphic components arranged on the graphic screen.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the executable program is executed in a program execution environment for verifying the operation of the executable program, the behavior program associated with the graphic component is not interrupted during execution. By executing the trace display and recording of the executable program, only the execution of the executable program is performed, and the operator can omit the step execution of the executable program or the continuous execution operation of the executable program due to the setting of a breakpoint. Efficiency can be increased.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a display example according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of the embodiment according to the second invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example and an operation example of the embodiment according to the third invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

a1, a2 Graphic part (area) b1 to b6 Graphic part (button) b5-op, b6-op Graphic part behavior program b5-op-trc1, b5-op-trc2 Behavior program trace information b6-op-trc1 Behavior Program trace information g1 Graphic part (graph) H1 Trace display window IN input device P1 to P3 Graphic screen p1, p2 Graphic part (graphic) PROJ Executable program of graphic screen S-a1, S-a2, S-b1, S -b2, S-b3, S-b4, S-p1, S-p2,
Symbols representing graphic parts S-b3-A1, S-b3-A2, S-b4-A1 Symbols T1, T2 representing behavior programs Tree structure diagram

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A method according to claim 1, wherein one or more graphic parts are arranged on a screen creation window on a workstation based on an input operation of an operator, and a behavior program associated with the graphic parts is described for each graphic part. In a graphic screen program generation support device for automatically generating an executable program for displaying a graphic screen on a workstation, a means for displaying a hierarchical structure of graphic parts as a tree structure diagram; Means for displaying the presence of the behavior program as a symbol in the vicinity of the symbol of the graphic component on the tree structure diagram when the behavior program is allocated, the graphic screen program generation support device comprising: 2. The graphic screen program generation support device according to claim 1, wherein a symbol of the behavior program assigned to the graphic part is displayed in the vicinity of the graphic part symbol displayed on the tree structure diagram. A graphic screen program generation support device, comprising: means for displaying minutes. 3. Arranging one or more graphic parts on a screen creation window on a workstation based on an input operation of an operator, and describing a behavior program associated with the graphic parts for each of the graphic parts. In a graphic screen program generation support device for automatically generating an executable program for displaying a graphic screen on a workstation, execution of the executable program is interrupted when the executable program is executed in a program execution environment for verifying the operation of the executable program A graphic screen program generation support device, comprising: means for displaying and recording a trace of a behavior program associated with the graphic component without performing.