JP2546491B2 - Interface update method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an interface updating method capable of reliably updating an interface of a lower layer drawing accompanying an interface updating of an upper layer drawing without burdening a user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the case of a drawing having a hierarchical structure, if the interface of a higher hierarchy drawing is updated, it is necessary to update the interface of a lower hierarchy drawing accordingly.

Conventionally, in such a case, an operator finds an update location in a lower hierarchy drawing based on an upper hierarchy drawing and a lower hierarchy drawing, and updates the found update location according to the update content of the upper hierarchy drawing. I am trying to do it.

[0004]

As described above, conventionally, it has been necessary to manually find the update location in the lower hierarchy drawing, and the update location is updated in accordance with the update content in the upper hierarchy drawing. Therefore, there is a problem that the operator is burdened and mistakes easily occur.

An object of the present invention is to provide an interface updating method capable of reliably updating an interface of a lower layer drawing accompanying an interface updating of an upper layer drawing without burdening a worker.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides (A) an upper hierarchy drawing updating means for updating an interface of an upper hierarchy drawing according to an updating instruction, and an updating executed by the upper hierarchy drawing updating means. File writing means for storing contents in an upper update file; lower hierarchy drawing display means for displaying a lower hierarchy drawing connected to the interface updated by the upper hierarchy drawing updating means on a display device; and the upper update file Based on the above, there is provided mark display means for displaying a mark corresponding to the updated content at a portion of the lower hierarchical drawing displayed on the display device by the lower hierarchical drawing display means that needs to be updated.

Further, according to the present invention, in order to make it possible to easily know the interface name after replacement when the interface name is replaced in the upper hierarchy drawing, in addition to the configuration of (A), B) Interface name display means for displaying the updated interface name in a portion of the lower hierarchy drawing displayed on the display device by the lower hierarchy drawing display means, based on the upper update file, where the interface name needs to be updated. It is provided.

[0008]

In the configuration of (A), the upper layer drawing updating means updates the interface of the upper layer drawing according to the user's instruction, and the file writing means writes the updated contents in the upper updating file.

The lower hierarchy drawing display means displays a lower hierarchy drawing connected to the interface updated by the upper hierarchy drawing update means on the display device, and the mark display means is displayed by the lower hierarchy drawing display means. A mark corresponding to the updated content is displayed in the part of the lower layer drawing that needs to be updated.

In the configuration of (B), the interface name display means provides the updated interface name to the portion of the lower hierarchy drawing displayed on the display device by the lower hierarchy drawing display means, which requires updating. indicate.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. An upper layer information file 1 and an upper update file 2 are shown.
, Lower hierarchy information file 3, upper hierarchy drawing update means 4, mouse 5, CRT 6, keyboard 7, file writing means 8, lower hierarchy drawing display means 9, mark display means 10, interface name. Display means 11
And the lower layer information file updating means 12.

The upper layer information file 1 stores information about upper layer drawings such as connection information of upper layer drawings.

The upper update file 2 is connected to the interface name before the update, the interface name after the update, and the updated interface as information indicating the contents of the update made to the interface in the upper layer drawing. The symbol name indicating the lower hierarchical drawing and the mode indicating whether the update type is addition, replacement, or deletion are stored.

The lower layer information file 3 stores information about the lower layer drawings such as connection information of the lower layer drawings and coordinate values of interface names.

The upper layer drawing updating means 4 has a function of updating the interface of the upper layer drawing in accordance with instructions from the mouse 5 and the keyboard 7.

The file writing means 8 includes in the upper update file 2 the interface name before the update, the interface name after the update, the symbol name indicating the lower hierarchical drawing connected to the updated interface, and the update type. It has a function of storing a mode indicating whether it is addition, replacement, or deletion. In this embodiment, the mode information M1 indicates addition, M2 indicates replacement, and M3 indicates deletion.

The lower layer drawing display means 9 has a function of displaying on the CRT 6 a lower layer drawing which needs to be updated when the upper layer drawing is updated.

The mark display means 10 has a function of displaying a mark corresponding to the update type on a portion of the lower hierarchy drawing displayed on the CRT 6 by the lower hierarchy drawing display means 9 that needs to be updated. In this embodiment, ● is displayed when the update type is replacement, ◆ is displayed when the update type is added, and ▲ is displayed when the update type is deleted.

The interface name display means 11 has a function of displaying the updated interface name on the lower layer drawing displayed on the CRT 6 by the lower layer drawing display means 9.

The lower layer information file updating means 12 has a function of updating the contents of the lower layer information file 3 to show the updated lower layer drawing.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, the user uses the keyboard 7 to instruct the upper layer drawing for updating the interface.

As a result, the upper layer drawing updating means 4 retrieves the information corresponding to the instructed upper layer drawing from the upper layer information file 1 and CRs the instructed upper layer drawing.
Display at T6. Now, for example, it is assumed that the upper layer drawing 62 shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the screen 61 of the CRT 6.

After that, the user can use the mouse 5 and the keyboard 7
Is used to issue an update instruction to the upper layer drawing update means 4.

Now, for example, the upper hierarchy drawing 6 shown in FIG.
Interface name a1 in 2 is interface name b
If the update to replace with 1 is performed, the update to add the interface with the interface name a6 to the symbol with the symbol name MAC1, the update to replace the interface name a5 with the interface name b5, and the update to delete the interface with the interface name a7 are performed. To do.

When replacing the interface name a1 with the interface name b1, the user first inputs the information M2 indicating that the update is in the replacement mode from the mouse 5 or the keyboard 7, and then moves the cursor on the interface name a1. , And then input the updated interface name b1 from the keyboard 7.

As a result, the upper layer drawing update means 4 is C
The interface name a1 in the upper layer drawing 62 displayed on the screen 61 of the RT6 is updated to the interface name b1, and the information M2 indicating that the update is the replacement mode, the interface name a1 before the update, and the interface after the update Name b1 and the symbol name MAC indicating the lower layer drawing connected to the updated interface
1 is passed to the file writing means 8.

When the file writing means 8 receives the above information from the upper layer drawing updating means 4, as shown in FIG. 3, the information M2 indicating that the update is in the replacement mode, the interface name a1 before update, and the update The subsequent interface name b1 and the symbol name MAC1 indicating the lower layer drawing connected to the updated interface are stored in the upper update file 2.

When adding the interface with the interface name a6 to the symbol with the symbol name MAC1, the user first inputs the information M1 indicating that the update is in the addition mode, and then adds it using the cursor. The start point and end point of the interface are specified, and then the interface name a6 of the above interface is input.

As a result, the upper layer drawing updating means 4 adds the interface with the interface name a6 instructed to be added to the upper layer drawing 62, and at the same time, the information M1 indicating that the updating is in the addition mode, and the updated interface name. a6 and the symbol name MAC1 indicating the lower layer drawing connected to the updated interface are passed to the file writing means 8.

When these pieces of information are passed, the file writing means 8 sends the upper update file 2 as shown in FIG.
, M1 indicating addition as a mode, MAC1 as a symbol name indicating a lower layer drawing connected to the interface of the updated interface name a6, null as an interface name before updating, and a6 as an interface name after updating. To store.

When updating the interface name a5 to the interface name b5, the user gives the upper layer drawing updating means 4 the same instruction as the case of replacing the interface name a1 with the interface name b1.

By receiving this instruction, the upper layer drawing updating means 4 replaces the interface name a5 in the upper layer drawing 62 displayed on the screen 61 of the CRT 6 with the interface name b5, and the update is the replacement mode. The information M2 indicating the above, the interface name a5 before updating, the interface name b5 after updating, and the symbol names MAC1 and MAC2 indicating the lower layer drawing connected to the updated interface are passed to the file writing means 8.

In this case, two symbol names MAC1 and M
Since AC2 is passed, the file writing means 8 is set in FIG.
2, the two symbol names MAC1 and MAC2 are stored in different areas of the upper update file 2, and information M2 indicating that the update is in the replacement mode is stored in each area, the interface name a5 before update and the post-update The interface name b5 of

When deleting the interface with the interface name a7, the user first inputs the information M3 indicating that the update is in the delete mode, and then uses the cursor to select the interface with the interface name a7 to be deleted. Give instructions.

As a result, the upper layer drawing updating means 4 deletes the interface having the designated interface name a7 from the upper layer drawing 62, and at the same time, the information M3 indicating that the update is in the delete mode and the interface name a7 before updating. And the symbol name MAC2 indicating the lower layer drawing connected to the updated interface to the file writing means 8.

When these pieces of information are passed, the file writing means 8 sends the upper update file 2 as shown in FIG.
, M3 indicating deletion as a mode, MAC2 as a symbol name indicating a lower layer drawing connected to the interface of the updated interface name a7, a7 as an interface name before updating, and null as an interface name after updating. To store.

When the update of the upper layer drawing is completed, the user inputs the update end of the upper layer drawing from the keyboard 7.

As a result, the upper layer drawing updating means 4 reflects the contents of the update made to the upper layer drawings so far in the upper layer information file 1.

Further, when the update end of the upper layer drawing is input, the lower layer drawing display means 9 receives the upper update file 2
To get all the symbol names stored in it. Assuming that the contents of the upper update file 2 are as shown in FIG. 3, the lower layer drawing display means 9 displays the symbol name MA.
C1 and MAC2 will be acquired.

Thereafter, the lower layer drawing display means 9 uses the symbol names MAC1 and MA acquired from the upper update file 2.
Information regarding the lower layer drawing corresponding to C2 is extracted from the lower layer information file 3, and the lower layer drawings corresponding to the symbol names MAC1 and MAC2 are displayed on the screen 61 of the CRT 6 based on the extracted information. By this processing, C
The display on the screen 61 of the RT 6 is as shown in FIG. 4, for example. In FIG. 4, 63 is a lower layer drawing corresponding to the symbol name MAC1 and 64 is a lower layer drawing corresponding to the symbol name MAC2.

The lower layer drawing display means 9 displays the lower layer drawings corresponding to the symbol names MAC1 and MAC2 on the CRT.
When displayed on the screen 61 of No. 6, the mark display means 10 and the interface name display means 11 perform the following processing.

The mark displaying means 10 first obtains the mode M2, the symbol name MAC1, the interface name a1 before the update, and the interface name b1 after the update stored in the top area of the upper update file 2 shown in FIG. To do.

In this case, the obtained mode is M indicating replacement.
Since it is 2, the mark display means 10 performs the following processing.

The mark display means 10 searches the lower hierarchy information file 3 based on the interface name a1 before updating, and acquires the coordinate value of the interface name a1. now,
For example, if the contents of the lower layer information file 3 are as shown in FIG. 5, (100, 150) will be acquired as the coordinate value of the interface name a1. However,
FIG. 5 shows only the portion of the contents of the lower layer information file 3 related to the lower layer drawing of the symbol name MAC1.

The coordinate value of the interface name a1 (10
0,150), the mark display means 10 is displayed in FIG.
As shown in, the mark ● indicating the replacement is displayed at the position indicated by the coordinate value (100, 150) of the lower layer drawing 63 corresponding to the symbol name MAC1, and the updated interface is displayed on the interface name display means 11. The name b1, the coordinate value (100, 150) and the symbol name MAC1 are passed.

As a result, the interface name display means 11, as shown in FIG. 6, has the coordinate values (100, 150) of the lower layer drawing 63 corresponding to the symbol name MAC1.
The updated interface name b1 is displayed at a position having a predetermined relationship with the position indicated by.

When the processing for the top area of the upper update file 2 shown in FIG. 3 is completed, the mark display means 10 causes the mode M1, the symbol name MAC1, and the interface name before update null stored in the second area. , Obtain the updated interface name a6.

In this case, the obtained mode is M indicating addition.
1, the mark display means 10 firstly, as shown in FIG. 6, the lower layer drawing 6 corresponding to the symbol name MAC1.
The mark ◆ indicating addition is displayed at a predetermined position in 3, and then the coordinate value of the position where the mark ◆ is displayed, the updated interface name a6 (interface name of the added interface) and the symbol name MAC1 are displayed. Pass to means 11.

As a result, the interface name display means 11, as shown in FIG. 6, is updated to a position having a predetermined relationship with the position indicated by the coordinate values in the lower hierarchical drawing 63 corresponding to the symbol name MAC1. The interface name a6 of is displayed.

When the processing for the second area of the upper update file 2 shown in FIG. 3 is completed, the mark display means 10 and the interface name display means 11 will operate for the third, fourth and fifth areas. Are sequentially performed.

Since the mode stored in the third and fourth areas is M2 indicating the correction, the mark display means 10 and the interface name display means 11 are the same as in the processing of the first area described above. Is processed. As a result, the mark ● indicating replacement and the interface name b5 after replacement are displayed on the lower layer drawings 63 and 64.

Since the mode stored in the fifth area is M3 indicating deletion, the mark display means 10 and the interface name display means 11 perform the following processing.

First, the mark display means 10 stores the mode M3, the symbol name MAC2, the interface name a7 before the update and the interface name after the update null stored in the fifth area of the upper update file 2 shown in FIG.
To get.

In this case, the obtained mode is M indicating deletion.
Therefore, the mark display means 10 performs the following processing.

The mark display means 10 searches the lower hierarchy information file 3 based on the interface name a7 before updating, and acquires the coordinate value of the interface name a7. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 6, the mark display means 10 displays a mark ▲ indicating deletion at the position indicated by the coordinate value in the lower hierarchical drawing 64 corresponding to the symbol name MAC2.

When the processing for all the information stored in the upper update file 2 is completed, the mark display means 1
0 displays the end of processing on the screen 61 of the CRT 6.

When the end of processing is displayed on the screen 61, the user gives an update instruction to the lower layer information file updating means 12 from the mouse 5 and the keyboard 7 to update the contents of the lower layer information file 3. Updated to show lower level drawings of

This processing will be described in detail as follows.

The user looks for the marks ●, ▲, ◆ on the screen 61 of the CRT 6 shown in FIG.

Mark indicating replacement of interface name ●
If you search for, move the cursor to that position, then enter the interface name displayed in a predetermined positional relationship with the mark ● from the keyboard 7,
Further, the replacement instruction is input. For example, if the “●” displayed for the interface connected to the symbol A in the lower layer drawing 63 shown in FIG. 6 is searched for,
After moving the cursor to the position where the mark ● is displayed, enter the interface name b1 displayed in a predetermined relationship with the mark ● from the keyboard 7,
Further, a replacement instruction is given.

When the above-mentioned operation is performed, the lower layer information file updating means 12 first obtains the coordinate value of the mark ● pointed by the cursor, and then searches the lower layer information file 3 to obtain the coordinate value. Is searched for, and then the interface name in the found area is replaced with the input interface name b1.

When the mark ▲ indicating deletion is found, the cursor is moved to that position and then a deletion instruction is input.

When the above operation is performed, the lower layer information file updating means 12 first obtains the coordinate value of the mark ▲ indicated by the cursor, and then searches the lower layer information file 3 to find the coordinate value. Find the stored area, and then null all the contents of the above area.
To

When the mark ◆ indicating addition is found, the user firstly connects the interface with the interface name displayed near the mark ◆ to any symbol in the lower hierarchy drawing. Ask for what. Now, for example, if the mark ◆ displayed in the lower layer drawing 63 shown in FIG. 6 is searched for, the user finds the interface with the interface name a6 displayed in the vicinity of the mark ◆ in the lower layer drawing 63. Which one of the symbols A, B and C is connected is determined.

If it is determined that the interface with the interface name a6 connects to the symbol C, the user displays the interface connected to the symbol C, then displays the interface name a6 in the vicinity thereof, and then , Enter additional instructions.

When the above-mentioned operation is performed, the lower layer information file updating means 12 causes the interface name a6.
And the coordinate value where the interface name a6 is displayed and the symbol name C of the symbol to which the interface of the interface name a6 is connected are added to the lower layer information file 3.

[0069]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the interface of the upper layer drawing is updated, the lower layer drawing connected to the interface is displayed, and the lower layer drawing needs to be updated. A mark according to the content of the update is displayed in this area, and the user can easily update the lower layer drawing based on the mark.
Since the updated contents can be known, there is an effect that the user can accurately update the interface of the lower layer drawing accompanying the interface update of the upper layer drawing without burdening the user.

Further, since the present invention is provided with the interface name display means for displaying the updated interface name in the portion of the lower hierarchy drawing where the interface name needs to be updated, the interface update of the upper hierarchy drawing can be performed more reliably. With this, there is an effect that the lower hierarchy drawing can be updated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a display image of a screen 61.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of contents of a higher-level update file 2.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display image of a screen 61.

5 is a diagram showing an example of contents of a lower layer information file 3. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a display image of a screen 61.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Upper layer information file 2 ... Upper layer update file 3 ... Lower layer information file 4 ... Upper layer drawing updating means 5 ... Mouse 6 ... CRT 7 ... Keyboard 8 ... File writing means 9 ... Lower layer drawing displaying means 10 ... Mark displaying means 11 ... Interface name display means 12 ... Lower layer information file updating means

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An upper layer drawing updating unit for updating an interface of an upper layer drawing according to an update instruction, a file writing unit for storing the update content performed by the upper layer drawing updating unit in an upper update file, and the upper layer drawing. A lower hierarchy drawing display means for displaying on the display device a lower hierarchy drawing connected to the interface updated by the updating means; and a lower hierarchy drawing display means for displaying on the display device based on the upper update file. An interface updating method comprising: a mark display unit for displaying a mark corresponding to the updated content in a portion of the lower hierarchical drawing that needs to be updated. 2. An interface name for displaying the updated interface name in a portion of the lower hierarchy drawing displayed on the display device by the lower hierarchy drawing display unit based on the upper update file, where the interface name needs to be updated. The interface updating method according to claim 1, further comprising display means.