Program development support device, program development support method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

A program development support method, comprising:

• a controller editing process for performing an editing of a controller program;
• a UI editing process for performing an editing of a user interface program;
• a display process for displaying an editing screen of the controller program and an editing screen of the user interface program;
• an operation input process for receiving an operation input of selection and movement of an element of the controller program displayed in the editing screen of the controller program;
• and
• a copy function process for reflecting, on the editing screen of the user interface program, an element of the user interface program that correspond to the element of the controller program that is selected and moved from the editing screen of the controller program to the editing screen of the user interface program,
• wherein in the copy function process,
• type of the element of the user interface program is determined according to type of the controller program, and
• if the elements of the controller program are global variables and there is no element of the user interface program at a movement destination of the element of the controller program, the program development support method causes the element of the user interface program corresponding to the element of the controller program being moved to be newly displayed on the editing screen of the user interface program,
• wherein a variable mapping is updated when the element of the controller program is dragged and dropped to a movement destination in the editing screen of the user interface program having the element of the user interface program corresponding to the element of the controller program, and there are elements of the user interface program corresponding to the elements of the controller program at the movement destination,
• wherein the variable mapping represents a relation between each of a plurality of elements of the user interface program and each of a plurality of elements of the controller program,
• wherein the elements of the user interface program are graphical interface indicators for operator to perform settings on a sequence control device, and the elements of the controller program are used to program the operation of the sequence control device, wherein the user interface program and controller program are associated by the global variables.

A non-transitory storage unit storing a program development support program, the program development support program causing an information processing device to execute:

• a controller editing process for performing an editing of a controller program;
• a UI editing process for performing an editing of a user interface program;
• a display process for displaying an editing screen of the controller program and an editing screen of the user interface program;
• an operation input process for receiving an operation input of selection and movement of an element of the controller program displayed in the editing screen of the controller program display process;
• and
• a copy function process for reflecting, on the editing screen of the user interface program, an element of the user interface program that correspond to an element of the controller program that is selected and moved from the editing screen of the controller program to the editing screen of the user interface program,
• wherein in the copy function process,
• the information processing device is caused to determine type of the element of the user interface program according to type of the controller program, and
• if the elements of the controller program are global variables and there is no element of the user interface program at a movement destination of the element of the controller program, the information processing device causes the element of the user interface program corresponding to the element of the controller program being moved to be newly displayed on the editing screen of the user interface program,
• wherein a variable mapping is updated when the element of the controller program is dragged and dropped to a movement destination in the editing screen of the user interface program having the element of the user interface program corresponding to the element of the controller program, and there are elements of the user interface program corresponding to the elements of the controller program at the movement destination,
• wherein the variable mapping represents a relation between each of a plurality of elements of the user interface program and each of a plurality of elements of the controller program,
• wherein the elements of the user interface program are graphical interface indicators for operator to perform settings on a sequence control device, and the elements of the controller program are used to program the operation of the sequence control device, wherein the user interface program and controller program are associated by the global variables.