EP0268293A2
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Display method in software development support system
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1987-11-19
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2007-11-19
Abstract
Abstract A display method in an information processing device for use in software development support comprises the steps of analyzing a software product before change and a software product after change, respectively to form structure information before change and structure information after change, which consist of software element informations correlated with each other, in accordance with the respective structures of the software products; forming structure information that forms a union set of the before-change structure information and said afterchange structure information, which includes all the software element informations before and after change, and appending identification information representative of the manner of change in each software element to the union set structure information; and converting at least a part of the union set structure information into its graphic format so as to be produced together with the representations of the change manners represented by the identification information.
Inventors
- 👤 Ichiro Naito
- 👤 Hiroyuki Maezawa
- 👤 Junko Yamaguchi
- 👤 Hidetosi Katumata
- 👤 Takeshi Oshio
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 11:22
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F11/00; G06F11/36; G06F11/3604; G06F11/3608; G06F11/3698; G06F8/00; G06F8/70; G06F8/71
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
66 words
A display method in a software development support system provided with an information processing device, comprising the steps of: comparing (7) before-change structure information of software products with after-change structure information to form (8) structure information that forms a union set of both before-change and after-change informations; and producing (9, 10, 11) at least a portion of said union set structure information in a graphic format.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
66 words
A display method in a software development support system provided with an information processing device, comprising the steps of: comparing (7) before-change structure information of software products with after-change structure information to form (8) structure information that forms a union set of both before-change and after-change informations; and producing (9, 10, 11) at least a portion of said union set structure information in a graphic format.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
A display method according to Claim 1, wherein said step to form structure information includes the step (7) of forming identification information representative of the manner of change in the elements of each software product.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
A display method according to Claim 1, wherein said step to form structure information includes the step of analyzing said before-change software products and said after-change software products to form the before-change structure information and the after-change structure information which consist of software element information, respectively.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
151 words
A display method in an information processing device for use in software development support, comprising the steps of: analyzing (5, 6) a software product before change and a software product after change, respectively to form structure information before change and structure information after change, which consist of software element informations correlated with each other, in accordance with the respective structures of the software products; forming (7) structure information that forms a union set of said before-change structure information and said after-change structure information, which includes all the software element informations before and after change, and appending identification information representative of the manner of change in each software element to the union set structure information; and converting (9, 10, 11) at least a part of said union set structure information into its graphic format so as to be produced together with the representations of the change manners represented by said identification information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
151 words
A display method in an information processing device for use in software development support, comprising the steps of: analyzing (5, 6) a software product before change and a software product after change, respectively to form structure information before change and structure information after change, which consist of software element informations correlated with each other, in accordance with the respective structures of the software products; forming (7) structure information that forms a union set of said before-change structure information and said after-change structure information, which includes all the software element informations before and after change, and appending identification information representative of the manner of change in each software element to the union set structure information; and converting (9, 10, 11) at least a part of said union set structure information into its graphic format so as to be produced together with the representations of the change manners represented by said identification information.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A display method according to Claim 4, comprising the step of comparing said before-change structure information with said after-change structure information to the identification information.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
A display method according to Claim 4, comprising the step of directly comparing (40) texts of said before-change and after-change software products to provide said identification information.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
40 words
A display method according to Claim 4, wherein said third step comprises the step (50, 51) of selecting at least one of said union set structure information, its corresponding before-change software product information and its corresponding after-change software product information.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
44 words
A display method according to Claim 7, wherein in said selection step said union set structure information and at least one of said two corresponding before-change and after-change software product informations are selected, and in said third step the selected informations are simultaneously produced.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
63 words
A display method in a system having a display terminal for software development support, comprising the steps of: defining (70) the display positions of variables specified in a program to be tested; and displaying (73) the values of said specified variables, which are provided in synchronism with the execution of each step of said program, at the defined positions of said display terminal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
63 words
A display method in a system having a display terminal for software development support, comprising the steps of: defining (70) the display positions of variables specified in a program to be tested; and displaying (73) the values of said specified variables, which are provided in synchronism with the execution of each step of said program, at the defined positions of said display terminal.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
A display method according to Claim 9, said first step defines said display positions in accordance with a prescribed notation.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
29 words
A display method according to Claim 9, said display step (70) defines said display positions in accordance with the position specifying information provided for each of said specified variables.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
A display method according to Claim 9, wherein said display step (81, 82) displays updated values of said specified variables in addition to the old values thereof.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
33 words
A display method according to Claim 9, wherein said display step (79, 80) displays the execution positions of the program at respective times as well as variable values on the same display screen.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
A display method according to Claim 13, wherein said execution positions are displayed after the variable values and said program are graphically displayed on the same screen,
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