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Display method in software development support system

US5191646A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 1991
Grant dateMar 2, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/3698
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display method in an information processing device for use in software development support includes the steps of analyzing a software product before change and a software product after change. Respectively forming structure information before change and structure information after change, which consist of software element informations correlated with each other, in accordance with the respective structures of the software products. Forming structure information that forms a union set of the before-change structure information and said after change structure information, which includes all the software element informations before and after change, and appending identification information representative of the manner of change in each software element to the union set structure information. Converting at least a part of the union set structure information into its graphic format so as to be produced together with the representations of the change manners represented by the identification information.

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