JP2546492B2 - 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 surely updating an interface of a higher layer drawing accompanying an interface updating of a lower layer drawing without burdening a user.

[0002]

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

Conventionally, in such a case, the user finds an update location in the upper hierarchy drawing based on the lower hierarchy drawing and the upper hierarchy drawing, and updates the found update location according to the update content of the lower 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 upper hierarchy drawing, and to update the update location in accordance with the update content in the lower hierarchy drawing. Therefore, there is a problem that the user is burdened and mistakes are likely to occur.

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

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides (A) a lower hierarchy drawing updating means for updating an interface of a lower hierarchy drawing according to an updating instruction, and an updating performed by the lower hierarchy drawing updating means. File writing means for storing contents in a lower update file; upper hierarchy drawing display means for displaying a higher hierarchy drawing including lower hierarchy drawings whose interfaces have been updated by the lower hierarchy drawing updating means on a display device; and the lower update Mark display means is provided for displaying a mark corresponding to the updated content in a portion of the upper hierarchy drawing displayed on the display device by the upper hierarchy drawing display means on the basis of a file, which needs to be updated.

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

[0008]

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

The upper layer drawing display means displays an upper layer drawing including the lower layer drawing whose interface is updated by the lower layer drawing updating means on the display device, and the mark display means is displayed by the upper layer drawing display means. The mark corresponding to the updated contents is displayed in the portion of the upper hierarchy drawing displayed in which the update is required.

In the configuration of (B), the interface name display means sets the updated interface name to a portion of the upper hierarchy drawing displayed on the display device by the upper 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. A lower layer information file 1 and a lower update file 2 are shown.
, Upper hierarchy information file 3, lower hierarchy drawing update means 4, mouse 5, CRT 6, keyboard 7, file writing means 8, upper hierarchy drawing display means 9, mark display means 10, interface name. Display means 11
The upper layer information file updating means 12, the lower layer drawing display means 13, the mark display means 14, and the interface name display means 15.

The lower layer information file 1 stores information about the lower layer drawings such as connection information of the lower layer drawings and coordinate values of interface names.

In the lower update file 2, as the information indicating the contents of the update made to the interface in the lower layer drawing, the interface name before updating, the interface name after updating, and the lower layer connection destination (updated A symbol name indicating a lower layer drawing connected to the interface) and a mode indicating whether the update type is addition, replacement, or deletion are stored.

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

The lower layer drawing updating means 4 has a function of updating the interface of the lower layer drawing in accordance with instructions from the mouse 5 and the keyboard 6.

The file writing means 8 includes an interface name before update, an interface name after update, a symbol name indicating a lower hierarchical drawing connected to the updated interface, and update types of addition, replacement, and deletion. It has a function of storing the mode indicating which is the lower update file 2. In this embodiment, the mode information M
1 indicates addition, M2 indicates replacement, and M3 indicates deletion.

The upper layer drawing display means 9 has a function of displaying on the CRT 6 an upper layer drawing whose interface needs to be updated as the interface of the lower 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 upper hierarchy drawing displayed on the CRT 6 by the upper 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 upper layer drawing displayed on the CRT 6 by the upper layer drawing display means 9.

The upper layer information file updating means 12 has a function of making the contents of the upper layer information file 3 represent the updated upper layer drawing.

The lower layer drawing display means 13 has a function of displaying on the CRT 6 the lower layer drawing which is the connection destination of the updated interface in the lower layer drawing.

The mark display means 14 has a function of displaying a mark corresponding to the update type on a portion of the lower layer drawing displayed on the CRT 6 by the lower layer drawing display means 13 that needs to be updated.

The interface name display means 15 has a function of displaying the updated interface name on the lower hierarchy drawing displayed on the CRT 6 by the lower hierarchy drawing display means 13.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, the user uses the keyboard 7 to instruct a lower hierarchy drawing for updating the interface.

As a result, the lower layer drawing updating means 4 retrieves the information corresponding to the instructed lower layer drawing from the lower layer information file 1 and displays the lower layer drawing on the CRT 6 according to this information. Now, for example, it is assumed that the lower layer drawing 62 corresponding to the symbol of the symbol name MAC1 is displayed on the screen 61 of the CRT 6 according to the instruction of the user, as shown in FIG.

After that, the user uses the mouse 5 and the keyboard 6.
Is used to instruct the lower layer drawing updating means 4 to update.

Now, for example, updating the interface name a1 in the lower layer drawing 62 with the interface name b1, updating the interface with the interface name a6 to the symbol with the symbol name C, and updating the interface name a5 with the interface name b5. It is assumed that an update that replaces the interface name with a.

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 6 or the keyboard 7, and then moves the cursor on the interface name a1. , And then input the interface name b1 after replacement from the keyboard 7.

As a result, the lower layer drawing update means 4 is C
The interface name a1 in the lower level drawing 62 displayed on the screen 61 of the RT6 is replaced with the interface name b1, and the information M2 indicating that the update content is in the replacement mode, the interface name a1 before the update, and the updated interface name a1 The interface name b1 is the file writing means 8
Pass to.

The file writing means 8 receives the information M2 indicating that the update contents are in the replacement mode,
The following processing is performed. First, as shown in FIG. 3, information M2 indicating that the update content is the replacement mode, the interface name a1 before the update, and the interface name b1 after the update are written in the lower update file 2. After that, the file writing means 8 uses the interface name a before the update.
The lower hierarchy information file 1 is searched based on 1, and the lower hierarchy drawing to be the connection destination of the interface with the interface name a1 is searched. Then, when the lower layer drawing as the connection destination can be found, the information indicating the lower layer drawing is
If not found, null is written in the lower update file 2 as the lower layer connection destination. The example of FIG. 3 indicates that the interface with the interface name a1 does not have a lower layer drawing as a connection destination.

When adding an interface with the interface name a6 to the symbol with the symbol name C,
The user first inputs the information M1 indicating that the update is in the addition mode, then uses the cursor to specify the start point and the end point of the interface to be added, and then inputs the interface name a6 of the interface.

As a result, the lower layer drawing updating means 4 adds the interface having the interface name a6 instructed to be added to the lower layer drawing 62, and at the same time, the information M1 indicating that the update is in the addition mode and the updated interface name. Pass a6 to the file writing means 8.

When the information indicating the update contents passed from the lower layer drawing updating unit 4 is M1 indicating addition, the file writing unit 8 is passed from the lower layer drawing updating unit 4 as shown in FIG. The information M1 indicating addition and the updated interface name a6 are written in the lower update file 2, and null is written as the interface name before the update and the lower layer connection destination.

When replacing the interface name a5 with the interface name b5, the user gives the lower 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 lower layer drawing updating means 4 replaces the interface name a5 in the lower 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, and the interface name b5 after updating are passed to the file writing means 8.

When these pieces of information are passed, the file writing means 8 causes the lower update file 2 as shown in FIG.
Into, the information M2 indicating the replacement mode, the interface name a5 before update and the interface name b5 after update are written, and the interface name a before update a
The lower layer information file 1 is searched based on 5, and if there is a lower layer drawing connected to the interface with the interface name a5, information indicating the lower layer drawing is present, and if not, null is connected to the lower layer. First, the lower update file 2 is written. The example of FIG. 3 shows that the lower layer drawing corresponding to the symbol name MAC2 is connected to the interface of the interface name a5.

When deleting the interface with the interface name a4, 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 a4 to be deleted. Give instructions.

As a result, the lower layer drawing updating means 4 deletes the interface having the instructed interface name a4 from the lower layer drawing 62, and at the same time, the information M3 indicating that the update is in the deletion mode and the interface name a4 before updating. To the file writing means 8.

When the information M3 indicating the delete mode is passed, the file writing means 8 updates M3 indicating delete as the mode and a4 as the interface name before update, as shown in FIG. Write null to the lower update file 2 as the subsequent interface name,
Further, the lower hierarchy information file 1 is searched based on the interface name a4 before the update, and the interface name a4
If the lower hierarchy drawing connected to the interface of 1 is found, the information indicating the lower hierarchy drawing is written, and if not found, null is written to the lower update file 2 as the lower hierarchy connection destination.

When the updating of the lower layer drawing is completed, the user inputs the updating end of the lower layer drawing from the keyboard 7.

As a result, the lower layer drawing updating means 4 reflects the update contents of the lower layer drawings that have been performed so far in the lower layer information file 1.

Further, when the update end of the lower layer drawing is input, the upper layer drawing display means 9 outputs the lower layer drawing 62 corresponding to the symbol of the updated symbol name MAC1.
The information regarding the upper layer drawing including the above is extracted from the upper layer information file 3 and displayed on the screen 61 of the CRT 6. By this processing, the screen 61 of the CRT 6 is displayed, for example, as shown in FIG.
As shown in. Incidentally, in FIG. 4, reference numeral 63 represents an upper layer drawing including the symbol of the symbol name MAC1.

CRT 6 by upper layer drawing display means 9
When the upper layer drawing 63 is displayed on the screen 61, the mark display means 10 and the interface name display means 11 perform the following processing.

The mark display means 10 first obtains the mode M2, 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.

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 upper layer information file 3 based on the interface name a1 before update, and acquires the coordinate value of the interface name a1.
Now, for example, the upper layer drawing 6 of the upper layer information file 3
Assuming that the content of the portion related to 3 is as shown in FIG. 5, the coordinate value of the interface name a1 is (100,
150) will be acquired.

The coordinate value (10
0,150), the mark display means 10 causes the coordinate value (10
(0, 150), a mark ● indicating the replacement is displayed at the position indicated by the interface name display means 1
Interface name b1 after updating to 1, coordinate value (1
00, 150).

As a result, the interface name display means 11, as shown in FIG. 6, updates the interface to a position having a predetermined relationship with the position indicated by the coordinate value (100, 150) in the upper layer drawing 63. First name b1
Is displayed.

When the processing for the top area of the lower update file 2 shown in FIG. 3 is completed, the mark display means 10 stores the mode M1, the interface name before update null, and the post-update area stored in the second area. The interface name a6 is acquired.

In this case, the obtained mode is M indicating addition.
Therefore, the mark display means 10 first displays the mark ◆ indicating addition on the symbol of the symbol name MAC1 in the upper layer drawing 63, and then displays the mark ◆, as shown in FIG. The coordinate value of the position and the updated interface name a6 (interface name of the added interface) are passed to the interface name display means 11.

As a result, the interface name display means 11, as shown in FIG. 6, is located at a position having a predetermined relationship with the position (the position where the mark ◆ is displayed) indicated by the coordinate values in the upper layer drawing 63. The updated interface name a6 is displayed.

When the processing for the second area of the lower update file 2 shown in FIG. 3 is completed, the mark display means 10 and the interface name display means 11 sequentially perform the processing for the third and fourth areas. To do.

Since the mode stored in the third area is M2 indicating the replacement, the mark display means 10 and the interface name display means 11 perform the same processing as the processing of the first area described above. .

Since the mode stored in the fourth 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 stored in the fourth area of the lower update file 2 shown in FIG. 3, the interface name before update a4, the interface name after update null, and the lower hierarchy connection. Destination ul
Get l.

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 upper layer information file 3 based on the interface name a4 before updating, and acquires the coordinate value of the interface name a4. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 6, the mark display means 10 displays the mark at the position indicated by the coordinate values in the upper layer drawing 63.
Displays ▲ for deletion.

When the processing for all the information stored in the lower update file 2 is completed, the mark display means 1
0 indicates 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 upper layer information file updating means 12 from the mouse 5 and the keyboard 6 to update the contents of the upper layer information file 3. Updated to show higher level drawings of.

This processing will be described in detail below.

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, when the “●” displayed for the interface connected to the symbol MAC1 in the upper layer drawing 63 shown in FIG. 6 is searched for, after moving the cursor to the position where the mark “●” is displayed, The interface name b1 displayed in a predetermined relationship with the mark ● is input from the keyboard 7, and further a replacement instruction is input.

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

If the mark ▲ indicating deletion is found, the user moves the cursor to that position and then inputs a deletion instruction.

When the above-mentioned operation is performed, the upper layer information file updating means 12 first obtains the coordinate value of the mark ▲ indicated by the cursor, then searches the upper 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 displays the interface to be connected to the symbol with the mark ◆, then displays the interface name in the vicinity thereof, and further adds Enter the instructions. If, for example, the mark ♦ displayed on the symbol MAC1 is searched for, the user displays the interface to be connected to the symbol MAC1, displays the interface name a6 in the vicinity thereof, and then inputs an additional instruction. To do.

When the above operation is performed, the upper layer information file updating means 12 causes the interface name a6
Then, the coordinate value in which the interface name a6 is displayed and the symbol name MAC1 of the symbol to which the interface of the interface name a6 is connected are added to the upper layer information file 3.

When the processing of the upper hierarchy information file updating means 12 is completed, the lower hierarchy drawing display means 13 searches the lower hierarchy connection destination column of the lower updating file 2 so that the lower hierarchy drawings already updated. It is determined whether or not there is a lower layer drawing to which the interface of is connected.

When it is determined that there is a lower layer drawing to be connected to, that is, when a symbol name is searched for, the mode stored in the lower update file 2 corresponding to the symbol name and the pre-update Interface name,
Get the updated interface name.

After that, the lower layer drawing display means 13 displays C
The display on the screen 61 of the RT6 is cleared, then the information of the lower layer drawing corresponding to the symbol name is taken out from the lower layer information file 1, and the lower layer drawing is displayed on the screen 61 of the CRT6 according to the information.

Further, the lower layer drawing display means 13 passes the acquired mode and the updated interface name to the mark display means 14, and the coordinate value of the acquired interface name before the update from the lower layer information file 1. It is obtained based on the acquired information, and it is also passed to the mark display means 14.

Now, for example, when the contents of the lower update file 2 are as shown in FIG. 3, the lower layer drawing display means 13
CRT the lower layer drawing corresponding to the symbol name MAC2
6 on the screen 61 and mode M2 indicating the replacement on the mark display means 14, the updated interface name b
5 and the coordinate value of the interface name a5 before updating are passed.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of the screen 61 at this time, and 64 is a lower hierarchy drawing corresponding to the symbol name MAC2.

When the mark display means 14 receives the coordinate values of the mode M2 indicating the replacement, the updated interface name b5 and the pre-update interface name a5 from the lower layer drawing display means 13, the above coordinate in the lower layer drawing 64 is passed. A mark ● indicating replacement is displayed at the position indicated by the value, and the coordinate value and the updated interface name b5 are passed to the interface name display means 15.

When the coordinate value and the updated interface name b5 are passed from the mark display means 14, the interface name display means 15 displays the interface name b near the position indicated by the coordinate value in the lower hierarchical drawing 64.
5 is displayed.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of the screen 61 at this time.

After that, the user searches for the marks ●, ◆, ▲ indicating the update contents existing in the lower layer drawing 64 corresponding to the symbol name MAC2 displayed on the screen 61. And
When the mark is found, the interface is updated by giving an update instruction corresponding to the found mark to the lower layer drawing updating means 4.

If there is a portion to be updated other than the portion where the marks ●, ◆, ▲ are displayed, the user
Perform the same operation as described above.

Thereafter, the same processing as described above is performed,
On the screen 61 of the CRT 6, an upper layer drawing in which a mark according to the update type is displayed in the update part is displayed.

[0082]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the interface of the lower hierarchy drawing is changed, the upper hierarchy drawing including the lower hierarchy drawing is displayed and the upper hierarchy drawing needs to be updated. A mark corresponding to the updated content is displayed in a certain portion, and the user can easily know the portion in the upper layer drawing that needs to be updated and the updated content based on the mark, thus burdening the user. Without calling
Further, there is an effect that the interface of the upper layer drawing can be accurately updated with the interface update of the lower layer drawing.

Further, according to the present invention, the interface name display means for displaying the updated interface name is provided in a portion of the higher hierarchy drawing where the interface name needs to be updated. As a result, there is an effect that the interface of the upper 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 a display example of a screen 61.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of contents of a lower update file 2.

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

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

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

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of a screen 61.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of a screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Lower layer information file 2 ... Lower layer update file 3 ... Upper layer information file 4 ... Lower layer drawing updating means 5 ... Mouse 6 ... CRT 7 ... Keyboard 8 ... File writing means 9 ... Upper layer drawing displaying means 10 ... Mark displaying means 11 ... Interface name display means 12 ... Higher hierarchy information file updating means 13 ... Lower hierarchy drawing display means 14 ... Mark display means 15 ... Interface name display means

Claims (2)

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