Development support device, method for controlling development support device, and recording medium
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsTetsuo KAGAWA, Kenjiro NAGAO
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Abstract
Provided is a development support device that enables a user to easily check and easily edit comments on respective elements or the like of an array type variable. The development support device (10) outputs comments on respective array elements as a data format file which is editable in spreadsheet software, by associating the comments with a name of the array type variable and discrimination information for discriminating between the individual array elements with respect to the array type variable.
Claims19
A development support device that supports a user to write a program executed by a controller, the development support device comprising:
- an operation receiving unit that receives a user operation indicating an instruction to perform an external output of comments on variables used in the program, the comments being optionally attachable together with definitions of the variables by a user;
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- an output unit that outputs a comment on each of a plurality of second variables of the variables as a data format file which is editable in at least one of a text editor and spreadsheet software, the second variables being denotable as a descendant node in a tree data structure having a first variable as an ancestor node, by associating the comment with a name of the first variable and discrimination information for individually discriminating between the plurality of second variables with respect to the first variable, when the operation receiving unit receives the user operation.
A method for controlling a development support device that supports a user to write a program executed by a controller, the method comprising:
- an operation receiving step of receiving a user operation indicating an instruction to perform an external output of comments on variables used in the program, the comments being optionally attachable together with definitions of the variables by a user;
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- an outputting step of outputting a comment on each of a plurality of second variables of the variables as a data format file which is editable in at least one of a text editor and spreadsheet software, the second variables being denotable as a descendant node in a tree data structure having a first variable as an ancestor node, by associating the comment with a name of the first variable and discrimination information for individually discriminating between the plurality of second variables with respect to the first variable, when the user operation is received in the operation receiving step.
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