Interactive type automatic programming method including automatic re-execution of program statements

Abstract

An interactive type automatic programming method which facilitates the detection of errors in a part program and permits only a required portion of the modified/edited part program to be re-executed. First, part program statements are displayed on a screen, and every time the operator inputs a one statement execution command (S4) a programming system executes one program statement and displays the result of the execution on the screen (S6, S7). When an executed part program statement is found to be erroneous, the operator inputs a modification command (S5), moves the cursor to specify the program statement to be modified, inputs a program modification command (S13, S15), and then corrects the program statement. In response to an operator's input of a re-execution command (S18), the programming system re-executes only a required portion of the part program beginning with the modified part program statement and ending with a part program statement to be executed next (S19).

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