JP2001075795A - Device and method for managing program and file item and recording medium stored with program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically retrieve related program specifications on the basis of the specification of a file item by registering the relation of program-file items as data and to improve the efficiency of influence range inspection work due to correction generated in a data item common to a system. SOLUTION: A specifications storage part 31 stores program specifications information, a program-file item storage part 32 stores correlation between program names and file item names and the correlation information can be retrieved by using a file item name as a retrieval key. When a file name 'FILEA' and its item name 'amount' are applied to an I/O device 1, a retrieving means 22 retrieves a program-file item storage part 32 by using the file name and the item name as a retrieving key and obtains correlated program names 'PROGA' and 'PROGB' as the result of retrieval. The means 22 retrieves the storage part 31 by using the program names as a retrieving key and displays the specifications information on the program names 'PROGA' and 'PROGB' to an output device 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to management of program specifications, and more particularly, to a management method for managing the correspondence between a program and a file item and managing the correspondence.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, since correspondence between a program and a file item is not managed by data, a character string search is performed for a file item to be investigated from a program source created in a development process, and the result is used as a management table. Was created by work.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-1191989 discloses a "program specification management system" which reads a designated program, analyzes program logic information, divides the logic information into processing blocks for each layer, and describes the mutual relationship, item information and file information. There is disclosed a technique of storing a document, processing it as a flowchart or a document, and editing and outputting the document under specified conditions.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Sho 61-123934 discloses a "table specification automatic creation method" in which a source program is input, a data description part in the source program is read, and a table definition for associating the data description part with the table specification is provided. There is disclosed a technique for generating a field, creating a table specification using a table definition body, and outputting the table specification.

[0005]

Conventionally, it took a long time to search for an enormous program source, or there was an omission in the search range, and the number of search steps was increased.

[0006] In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-1191989, "Program Specification Management System", it is not possible to inquire and display the relationship between a program and a file.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Sho 61-123934, "Table Specification Automatic Creation Method" only creates a table specification, and cannot inquire and display the relationship between a program and a file.

The present invention provides a program and file item correspondence registering means for solving the above problems, a management formula for managing the correspondence and data, and an inquiry method for displaying the relationship.

[0009]

A first program and file item management device of the present invention manages the relationship between a program and a file item by data, and uses the file item by specifying the file item. A program and file item management device for outputting a program specification, wherein the program specification is registered in a specification storage unit, and a correspondence between the program name and the file item is registered in a program file storage unit. Means, second means for retrieving the program specification by designating the file item, and searching for the program file storage unit using the file item obtained by the second means, and the corresponding program name A third means of obtaining
It comprises a fourth means for searching the specification storage from the program name obtained by the third means and obtaining the program specification, and a fifth means for displaying the program specification.

The second program and file item management device of the present invention is the first program and file item management device of the present invention, and selects the program specification when displaying the program specification. And sixth means.

According to the first method of managing a program and a file item of the present invention, the relationship between the program and the file item is managed by data, and by specifying the file item, a program specification using the file item is searched. A method for managing a program and a file item, comprising: a first procedure of registering the program specification in a specification storage unit and registering a correspondence between the program name and the file item in a program file storage unit; And a third procedure for searching the program file storage unit based on the file items obtained in the second procedure to obtain a corresponding program name. And searching the specification storage from the program name obtained in the third step, Consisting fifth procedure of displaying a fourth procedure for obtaining a write the program specifications.

The second program and file item management method of the present invention is the first program and file item management method of the first invention, and selects the program specification when displaying the program specification. And six procedures.

A first recording medium according to the present invention is a second recording medium according to the present invention in which a program for causing a computer to execute the first to fifth procedures of the first program of the present invention and the file item management method is recorded. Recorded a program for causing a computer to execute the first to sixth procedures of the second program and the file item management method of the present invention.

[0014]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a management device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The management device of the present invention includes an input / output device 1 such as a terminal device, a data processing device 2 that operates under program control, a storage device 3 that stores specification information and the like, and an output device 4 such as a display device or a printing device. It is composed of Storage device 3
Has a specification storage unit 31 and a program-file item storage unit 32. The specification document storage unit 31 stores processing specifications, screen specifications, file specifications, form specifications, and the like as program specification information, and the specification information can be searched using the program name as a search key.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a management device program file record according to the embodiment of the present invention. The program-file item storage unit 32 stores the correspondence between programs and file items, and includes a program name 32A, a file name 32B, an item name 32C, and a processing section 32D as shown in FIG. The file name 32B and the item name 32C are search keys. "Registration" in the processing category
・ There are “Update”, “Reference”, and “Delete” categories. "Registration" indicates that the file item is registered, and "
"Update" indicates that the file item has been updated, "Reference" indicates that the file item is being referenced, and "Delete" indicates that the file item has been deleted. The data processing device 2 includes a registration unit 21 and a search unit 22.

The registration unit 21 registers the program specification information provided from the input / output device 1 in the specification storage unit 31. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a management device program file item entry screen according to the embodiment of the present invention. At the time of registration, Figure 2
The file specification is registered using the program file item input screen 21A shown in FIG. The items of the program file item input screen 21A correspond to the items of the program file item storage unit 32, and the registration means 21
The input information from the program file item input screen 21A is registered in the program file item storage unit 32.
After the specification information registration is completed, the search unit 22 searches the program file item storage unit 32 using the file name and the item name designated by the input / output device 1 as search keys,
Get the program name that uses this file name and item name. Using the program name as a search key, specification information is searched from the specification storage unit 31, and the specification information is displayed on the output device 4.

Next, the operation of the management apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG.
It is a figure which shows the management apparatus program file related information of embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a management device input record according to the embodiment of this invention. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the management device according to the embodiment of this invention.

The program specification information provided from the input device 1 is supplied to the registration means 21. Registration means 21
Registers the program specification information in the specification storage unit 31. At this time, the program file item related information is registered in the program file item storage unit 32 using the program file item input screen 21A shown in FIG. 2 (step A1 in FIG. 6). After the program specification information is registered in the specification storage unit 31 and the program file item correspondence information is registered in the program file item storage unit 32, the program specification information is searched by specifying the file item. The file item name given from the input / output device 1 is supplied to the search means 22. Search means 22
Searches the program file item storage unit 32 with the given file item name, and obtains the corresponding program name (step A2 in FIG. 6). Based on the program name obtained in step A2, the search means 22 searches the specification storage unit 31, obtains specification information of the program, and displays the specification information on the output device 4 (FIG. 6). Step A of
4). If there is no corresponding program name, a message to the effect that the program name does not exist is displayed on the output device 4 (step A5 in FIG. 6).

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described using a specific example. Assume that the relationship information between the program and the file item as shown in FIG. In this case, the record shown in FIG. 5 is registered in the program file item storage unit 32. (Step A1 in FIG. 6) The file name "FILE2" and the item name "ITEM3" are retrieved from the input / output device 1 by the search means 22.
Suppose you were passed to The search unit 22 searches the program-file item storage unit 32. (Step A in FIG. 6)
2) From the program file item storage unit 32, "FI
2 records including “LE2” and “ITEM3” (“PROG1” and “PROG1”
G2 ”) is searched, and the search means 22 searches for the program name“ PR
OG1 ”and“ PROG2 ”as search keys,
And displays the corresponding specification information on the output device 4 (step A4 in FIG. 6).

Next, a second embodiment of the management device of the present invention will be described. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the management device according to the second embodiment of the management device of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a management device program file record according to the second embodiment of this invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a correspondence table in which processing contents of file items used for each program of the management device example of the second embodiment of the present invention are described. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display format selection screen of the management device example according to the second embodiment of this invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the present embodiment is different from the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in that the data processing device 5 has a display selecting means 23 in addition to the configuration of the data processing device 2 in the embodiment shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8, the program file item storage unit 32
In that a process description 321E is added to the process. The program file item storage unit 321 stores the process description 321
E, processing section 321D, item name 321C, file name 3
21B and a program name 321A. If there are many programs that use the specified file item, a large number of specifications may be displayed.
A selection is made as to whether the object to be displayed by the display selection means 23 is specification information or a correspondence table between programs and file items. FIG. 9 is a correspondence table in which the processing contents of the file items used by the program are described for each program. The original information is the program file item storage unit 321 of FIG. The description content on FIG. 9 is an example when the relationship information between the program and the file item shown in FIG. 4 is registered in the program-file item storage unit 321. FIG.
Display format selection screen 23A displayed on input / output device 1
From this screen, the display selection means 23 obtains display format selection result information through the input / output device 1.

The operation of the management device according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the management device according to the second embodiment of the management device of the present invention. Step A3 and Step A5 in FIG.
The operation of the search means 22 in the present embodiment, which is indicated by, is the same as the operation of the search means 22 shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 11, the registration means 21 registers the program file item input screen 21A in the program file item storage section 321 including the processing description (step A1 in FIG. 11). In the case of the present embodiment, the specification information retrieved by the retrieval means 22 and the program file item correspondence information are passed to the display selection means 23 (step A2 in FIG. 11). The display selection means 23 displays a display format selection screen 23A on the input / output device 1 (step B in FIG. 11).
1). When "1" is selected and input on this screen, the specification is displayed on the output device 4, and when "2" is selected, a correspondence table between the program and the file item of FIG. 9 is displayed (FIG. 11). Step B2 to Step B4).

The above operation can be executed by a combination of instructions by a computer program.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a computer 60 for executing the management method according to the embodiment of the present invention and a recording medium 61 on which the processing is stored.

[0026]

By registering the relationship between program and file items as data, it becomes possible to automatically search related program specifications by designating file items. As a result, when a data item common to the systems is corrected, the work of investigating the range of influence due to the correction can be made more efficient.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a management device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a management device program file item input screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a management device program file record according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing relation information of a management device program file according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an input record of the management device according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of the management device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a management device according to a second embodiment of the management device of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a program file record of the management device according to the second embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a correspondence table in which processing contents of file items used for each program of the management device according to the second embodiment of the present invention are described.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display format selection screen of the management device according to the second embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the management device according to the second embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a computer that executes a management method according to an embodiment of the present invention and a recording medium in which the processing is stored.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 input / output device 2 data processing device 3 storage device 4 output device 5 data processing device 21 registration unit 22 search unit 23 display selection unit 23A display format selection screen 21A program file item input screen 31 specification storage unit 32 program file item Storage unit 321 Program-file item storage unit 321A Program name 321B File name 321C Item name 321D Processing description 321E Processing description 32A Program name 32B File name 32C Item name 32D Processing classification 60 Computer 61 Recording medium

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A program and file item management device that manages the relationship between a program and a file item by data and specifies a file item to output a program specification using the file item. First means for registering a program specification in a specification storage unit and registering the correspondence between the program name and the file item in a program file storage unit, and searching for the program specification by designating the file item A second means, a third means for searching the program file storage unit by the file item obtained by the second means and obtaining a corresponding program name, and the third means obtained by the third means A fourth means for searching the specification storage from the program name to obtain the program specification and displaying the program specification Manager programs and files items characterized by comprising a fifth means that. 2. When displaying the program specification,
6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a sixth unit for selecting the program specification. 3. A method for managing a program and a file item by managing a relationship between a program and a file item by data, and searching for a program specification using the file item by designating the file item. A first procedure of registering a program specification in a specification storage unit and registering a correspondence between the program name and the file item in a program file storage unit, and searching for the program specification by specifying the file item A second procedure, a third procedure of searching the program file storage unit by the file item obtained in the second procedure to obtain the corresponding program name, and a third procedure obtained in the third procedure. A fourth procedure for searching the specification storage from the program name to obtain the program specification and displaying the program specification Programs and files item management method which is characterized in that it consists of a fifth procedure that. 4. The program and file item management method according to claim 3, further comprising a sixth step of selecting said program specification when displaying said program specification. 5. A recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the first to fifth procedures according to claim 3 is recorded. 6. A recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the first to sixth procedures according to claim 4 is recorded.