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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1995
Yasumasa Kawashima, Hitachi, JP;
Shiro Nonaka, Hitachi, JP;
Shinji Tokumasu, Hitachi, JP;
Takayuki Ishikawa, Hitachi, JP;
Motomi Odamura, Katsuta, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To edit data, a plurality of automatic processes are defined. Icons representing those processes may be displayed in a library frame of a display of the data editing system. The user may then select one or more of those processes by moving the corresponding icon from the library frame to an editing frame which also displays an image representing the data to be edited. When the user edits the data, each selected automatic process monitors the relationships between the data wherein, the corresponding icon provides a visual indication of the status of the automatic process. Preferably the progress of the automatic process is indicated by changes in the appearance of the corresponding icon. A generation frame may be provided on the display so that the user can generate new processes, represented by a corresponding icon, which may then be moved to the library frame or the editing frame. Icons may be grouped to permit simultaneous selection of a group of corresponding automatic processes.