JPH03209519A - Program generating method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain an accurate program by checking the contents of an environment defining file and selecting one of plural files for each of modules forming the program. CONSTITUTION:The contents of an environment defining file 31 are checked by an installing program INSTALL 27, and the name of a module file is obtained from a generation table 61. Thus an operator can automatically obtain a desired program 54 without giving any instruction to the program INSTALL 27 and furthermore has no fear to produce the discordance between the environment of an operating system and the obtained program 54. Thus the accurate program 54 is obtained.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention provides an installation program that generates a program consisting of a plurality of modules. This invention relates to a program generation method in which a program is generated by selecting an optimal file from a plurality of files for each module necessary for the program.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, when all or part of the modules constituting a program depends on the environment of the operating system on which the generated program runs, multiple module files exist for the dependent modules. Therefore, when creating a program, you can select the operating system environment in which the program will run, for example in a menu format, or instruct the installation program by giving parameters when starting the installation program, and select which operating system environment to run for each module. The program was generated after determining whether to use the module file for program generation.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] According to the above-mentioned conventional technology, when generating a program, the operator who performs the generation grasps in advance the environment contents of the operating system on which the program to be generated runs, and installs the installed program. There was a problem in that it was necessary to respond to the items asked by the l-gram in a menu format, or otherwise provide parameters when starting the installation program, which took time to generate. In addition, in cases where there is no clear one-to-one correspondence between the specified items and the operating system environment, specialized knowledge is required. There were problems such as the need for assistance from someone familiar with the operating system.

Furthermore, if an incorrect specification is given to the installation program, a program that is not suitable for the operating system environment will be generated, resulting in problems such as a decrease in the operating efficiency of the program, or failures such as not even operating. It was necessary to regenerate the program or change the contents of the environment definition file to match the operating system environment to the already generated program.

An object of the present invention is to automatically generate a program without the operator having to instruct the installation program about the operating system environment and the like.

[Means for Solving Problem i5] The present invention provides a program consisting of a plurality of modules, in which the contents of each file of the plurality of modules constituting the program depend on the environment of the operating system on which the program operates. Therefore, a plurality of files exist for each of the modules, and in order to generate a program suitable for the operating system that runs the program,
Check the contents of an environment definition file that stores environment definition information of the operating system on which the program runs, select which file from the plurality of files to use for each module that makes up the program, and run the program. It is characterized by generating.

[Operations] According to the present invention, the program can be generated by selecting the module file most suitable for the operating system environment in which the program to be generated runs without specifying any parameters to the installation program for program generation. You will get an installation program.

[Example] Specific examples will be described below based on FIGS. 1 to 6.

Figure 1 shows the general module configuration of the program to be generated, including System All, System B12, and Kana-Kanji conversion driver 13 that supports the Kana-Kanji conversion function.
, memory management driver 1 that supports memory management functions
It is made up of 4.

Figure 2 shows the contents of the installation disk 20 for installing programs.
Files system A21 and system B corresponding to l
Two types of driver files KNJABC and DRV that support the Kana-Kanji conversion method, the file systemB22 that supports Kana-Kanji conversion driver 12, and the Kana-Kanji conversion method that supports Kana-Kanji conversion driver 13.
Two types of driver files MEMEGF', DRV25 and MEM that support memory management methods compatible with 23 and KNJLMN, DRV24, and memory management driver 14.
XYZ, DRV26, and an installation program IN5TALL27 for generating programs are stored respectively.

Figure 3 shows the contents of the environment definition file 3I that defines the environment of the operating system that runs the generated program.
It is defined that the XYZ method is used as the memory management method. When the operating system starts for the first time, this environment definition file 3
1, as shown in FIG.
The XYZ system memory management 52 operates.

The generated program 54 needs to be generated using appropriate module files to operate on this environment.

Next, a description will be given of how the installation program 1N5TALL 27 generates the program 54 according to the flowchart 1 shown in FIG.

When the installation program 1NsTALL 27 is started, processing 41 is performed first. In process 41, the contents of the environment definition file 31 that defines the environment of the operating system are read and the contents are analyzed. here,
"KANJ I=A" in the first line of the environment definition file 31
BC", the kana-kanji conversion method is the ABC method,
From "MEMORY=XYZ" in the second line, it is determined that the memory tube system is the XYZ system.

Next, the installation program IN5TALL 27 executes process 42 and reads the generation table 61.

Next, execute process 43 to check the correspondence between the operating system environment and the module file name to be used for generation from the generation table 61 read in process 42, and select the file name KNJ as the kana-kanji conversion driver 13.
ABC, DRV62 are obtained as the memory management driver 14, and file names MEMXYZ, D'RV63 are obtained, respectively.

The installation program IN5TALL27 executes this post-processing 44 and generates the program 54.
ernA21 to file syst for system B12
emB22, the files KNJANC and DRV for the kana-kanji conversion driver 13, and the files MEMXYZ and DRV for the memory management driver 14, respectively.

Finally, in process 45, the loaded module file is 1
, and is written as a program 54, and the process ends.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the installation program IN5TALL 27 examines the contents of the environment definition file 31 and attempts to generate the program 54 by obtaining the name of the module file to be generated from the generation table 61. The operator must run the installation program
This has the effect that a program can be automatically generated by giving instructions to the N5TALL 27.

Furthermore, there is no fear that the operating system environment and the generated program will be inconsistent, and accurate program generation becomes possible.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a layout diagram of a general module configuration of a program to be generated according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing a file layout of a disk for generation according to the present invention, and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an environment definition file of an operating system. 4 is a flowchart showing how the system is generated according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the relationship between the program to be generated and the operating system, and FIG. 6 is a diagram of the generation table. 11-14...Modules configuring the program to be generated, 23...Kana-Kanji conversion driver file compatible with the Kana-Kanji conversion method ABC, 26...Memory management driver file compatible with the memory management method XYZ, 31. ...Environment definition file, 4I...Flowchart of installation program, 54...Program to be generated, 61...Correspondence table between program 54 to be generated and operating system environment.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a program consisting of multiple modules,
The contents of each file of a plurality of modules constituting the program differ depending on the environment of an operating system in which the program operates, and therefore a plurality of files exist for each of the modules,
In order to generate a program suitable for the operating system on which the program runs, the contents of an environment definition file that stores environment definition information for the operating system on which the program runs are examined, and each module constituting the program is generated. A program generation method characterized in that the program is generated by selecting which file to use from the plurality of files.