JPH06119152A - Specification generating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To generate specifications corresponding to various formats and then reuse the specifications without wasting data which are already inputted even when the format of the specifications needs to be modified. CONSTITUTION:When a format of specifications is specified, format information corresponding to the specified format is read out among plural pieces of format information on respective specifications stored in a figure information file 5, and when data entered into the specifications are stored in a contents file 4, the data are read out, but when the data to be entered into the specifications are not stored in the contents file 4, on the other hand, data which are newly inputted are used and arranged at item positions specified with the format information so that they are at positions specified by an item position specification file 6, thereby printing the data on a printer 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a specification creation apparatus used when creating specifications used in software development, etc., and in particular, specification creation capable of creating specifications in various formats. Regarding the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In software development, when creating a program, each desired function is modularized, a detailed design document is created for each module, and then an actual object program is created based on this detailed design document. Creating.

In this case, since the detailed design document of each module has a different specification format depending on the development department and department, the specifications are prepared in a format suitable for the development department and department.

[0004]

However, in such a specification creating method, it is necessary to manually create a specification for each development department and department, and therefore it takes too much time to create the specification. There was a problem.

Therefore, in order to solve such a problem,
It is also possible to use a specification creation tool to streamline the creation of specifications.

However, since such a specification writing tool has a certain fixed single format and the user cannot change the format, a specification writing in a different format is made. In this case, a specification creation tool that can output specifications corresponding to this must be used.

Therefore, even if an attempt is made to create a specification similar to the specification created by one specification creation tool, the data input by the previous specification creation tool cannot be used and the data There was a problem that the usage efficiency was poor.

Further, when the specification format is changed during the preparation of the specification, there is a problem that all the data must be re-input to the specification creation tool capable of outputting the specification in the changed format. there were.

In view of the above circumstances, the present invention can create specifications corresponding to various formats, and even if it is necessary to change the format of specifications, the previously input data is wasted. It is an object of the present invention to provide a specification creation device capable of reusing a specification without doing so.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a specification creating apparatus according to the present invention is a graphic information file in which format information of various specifications is stored, and contents described in the specification. When a content file that stores data, an item position specification file that stores information indicating what content data is described in which item part of the specification, and the format of the specification are specified, Format reading means for reading the format information corresponding to the specified format from the graphic information file, and if the content data described in the read specification is stored in the content file, this data is taken in. On the other hand, if the data described in the specification is not stored in the content file, the newly input data is collected. And a new data fetching means for arranging the fetched new data at the item position designated by the format information so as to be at the position designated by the item position designation information stored in the item position designation file. And an editing unit for printing out from the printer.

[0011]

According to the above configuration, when the format of the specification is specified, the format information corresponding to the specified format is read out from the format information of each specification stored in the graphic information file.
If the data described in this specification is stored in the content file, import this data, and if the data described in the specification is not stored in the content file, newly input data By capturing, arranging it at the item position specified by the format information so that it becomes the position specified by the item position specifying information stored in the item position specifying file, and printing it out from the printer, Even if the specifications corresponding to various formats are created and the format of the specifications needs to be changed by this, reuse of the specifications is made so as not to waste the previously input data.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a specification creation device to which an embodiment of the specification creation device according to the present invention is applied.

The specification creating apparatus shown in this figure is a computer 1
, Display 2, printer 3, content file 4
And a figure information file 5 and an item position designation file 6, and when the format of the specification is designated, the format information of each specification stored in the figure information file 5 is designated. Read the format information corresponding to the specified format, and if the data described in this specification is stored in the content file 4, this data is imported, and the data described in the specification is stored in the content file 4. If it is not stored, the newly input data is fetched, arranged at the item position designated by the format information so as to be the position designated by the item position designation file 6, and printed from the printer 3. Let it out.

The display 2 is equipped with a CRT having a display capacity necessary to display the entire specification sheet to be prepared at once or a part thereof, and when a screen signal is output from the computer 1. , Create the screen indicated by this screen signal and display it.

The printer 3 is composed of a high-speed printing device such as a laser printing device. When a printing command is output from the computer 1, the printing data and the printing data output together with the printing command are fetched. Print out the specifications of the contents indicated by the data.

The content file 4 is a file created in a storage device such as a magnetic disk device or a floppy disk device. When a write command is output from the computer 1, the content file 4 is output together with the write command. The data, that is, the data indicating the contents described in the specification, is taken in, stored as a file, and stored in the computer 1
When a read command is output from, the data in the file designated by the read command is read and supplied to the computer 1.

The graphic information file 5, like the content file 4, is a file created in a storage device such as a magnetic disk device or a floppy disk device,
When a writing command is output from the computer 1, the format information output together with the writing command, that is, the format information indicating the frame contents of the specification sheet, the fixed document contents, etc. is captured and stored as a file. When a read command is output from the computer 1, the format information designated by the read command is read and supplied to the computer 1.

The item position designation file 6 is a file created in a storage device such as a magnetic disk device or a floppy disk device, like the content file 4 and the graphic information file 5, and is written from the computer 1. When a command is output, the item position specification information that is output together with this write command, that is, the information indicating what kind of data is described in which item part of the specification, is stored as a file. Then, the computer 1
When a read command is output from, the item position specifying information specified by the read command is read and supplied to the computer 1.

The computer 1 has a central processing unit that performs various processes and operates as a document creation tool 7, and various keys. When these keys are operated, various commands and data are generated. And a keyboard for supplying it to the central processing unit. The text creation tool 7 of the computer 1 constitutes the format reading means, the data loading means, and the editing means described in the claims.

When the keyboard is operated to specify the format of the specification to be created,
Document creation tool 7 consisting of central processing unit of computer 1
The graphic information file 5 is searched by and the format information of the specification to be created is read.

After that, the document creation tool 7 checks whether or not the data described in the specification to be created is stored in the content file 4. If the data is stored in the content file 4, this data is saved. If the data captured and described in the specification is not stored in the content file 4, new data input from the keyboard is captured.

Next, the item position specifying information stored in the item position specifying file 6 is retrieved by the document creation tool 7 and the item position specifying information indicating the relationship between the item contents of the specification document to be created and the described position. Is read, based on this item position designation information, it is determined in which item position in the specification the data to be described is described, and the data is inserted into each item position in the specification and The print data is created and displayed on the display 2.

When the keyboard is operated and a print command is input, the document creation tool 7 supplies the print data to the printer 3 and prints it out.

As described above, in this embodiment, when the format of the specification is designated, the graphic information file 5
If the format information corresponding to the specified format is read out from the format information of each specification stored in the file, and if the data described in this specification is stored in the content file 4, this data is In addition, if the data described in the specification is not stored in the content file 4, the newly input data is imported, and this is stored in the item position specification file 6
Since it is arranged to be printed out from the printer 3 by arranging it at the item position specified by the format information so that it will be the position specified by, it is possible to create specifications corresponding to various formats. Even if it becomes necessary to change the format of the specifications, the specifications can be reused without wasting the previously input data.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, specifications corresponding to various formats can be created, and even if it becomes necessary to change the format of specifications, it is necessary to input the specifications first. The specifications can be reused without wasting the created data.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a specification creation device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Computer 2 Display 3 Printer 4 Content file 5 Graphic information file 6 Item position specification file

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A graphic information file storing format information of various specifications, a content file storing content data described in the specification, and what content data is stored in which item portion of the specification. An item position designation file in which information indicating whether to be written is stored, and a format reading means for reading the format information corresponding to the designated format from the graphic information file when the format of the specification is designated, When the content data described in the issued specification is stored in the content file, this data is taken in, while when the data described in the specification is not stored in the content file , Data importing means for importing newly input data, and specifying the item position for the new data imported Editing means for arranging at the item position designated by the format information so that the position designated by the item position designation information stored in the file and printing out from the printer are provided. Specification creation device.