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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1997
Yuzuru Tanaka, Sapporo, JP;
Satoshi Kikuchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Takamoto Imataki, Kawasaki, JP;
Koichi Sakamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Munechika Nishida, Yokohama, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A graphical programming system (1) allows a user to visually create a program. The system employs and input unit (12) and a display (11). The system includes, for example, a graphic-component memory (3) storing graphic components each corresponding to a program that achieves a task such as an operation task or a database task, and displaying the graphic components on the display (11), a task memory (5) storing the programs corresponding to the graphic components and providing the graphic-component memory (3) with data obtained by executing the programs, and a graphic component generator (6) automatically generating data on the graphic components and storing the data in the graphic-component memory (3).