Patent ID: 6243861
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of developing an object-oriented, visual program sequence, comprising the steps of:preparing program entities symbolized by icons, each of said program entities defining an object included in an object library and a method for the object, each of said program entities comprising:a function section linking a corresponding one of the icons that symbolizes the program entity with the method for the object in an object library,a pre-processing section coded in a computer language and defining, in response to a request provided from another of the objects, a parameter in a first message issued for the method of the linked method, anda post-processing section coded in a computer language, interpreting a second message which has been returned from the method, when executed, and is representative of a result from operation of the method, and notifying a first interpreter of a result from interpretation of the second message to determine one of the objects to successively be processed; andgenerating a diagram composed of a combination of the icons using a graphical user interface based on an object-oriented programming to develop the program sequence.