Patent ID: 7603183

Claim:
An editing apparatus, comprising: first editing means for generating a display content program for setting a content of a display screen for displaying states of input-output apparatuses by using display symbols, the display content program including screen data including variable names and the display symbols, the variable names being set with respect to the input-output apparatuses respectively; second editing means for generating a control procedure program for setting, by control symbols representing commands, a procedure of control for controlling the input-output apparatuses, the control procedure program including control data including the control symbols and the variable names; and a single file integrally storing (1) the screen data, (2) the control data, and (3) variable data, which is common to (a) the display content program, (b) the control procedure program, and which includes the variable names; and data generating means for obtaining the variable data by searching out of the file, causing the first editing means to generate, in the file, data of the display symbols and causing the second editing means to generate, in the file, data of the control symbols based on the variable name of the obtained variable data.