Method for graphically visualizing an automatism application and computer terminal for carrying out said method
AssigneeSchneider Automation Inc.
InventorPascal Nicolle
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Abstract
A method of visualizing or graphically printing an automatism application programmed on a programming station with the aid of a graphic automatism languages on a computer terminal. The method includes storing a source program associated with an application program formulated in one of the graphic automatism languages on the terminal, the source program being translated into a single, hierarchical object oriented language (XML); and storing at least one style sheet associated with a graphic language on the computer in order to generate a graphic vector file containing drawing instructions enabling the automatism application to be displayed graphically on the terminal.
Claims16
A method for graphically displaying or printing on a computer terminal, including at least one processor and a storage device, an automation application, comprising the steps of:
- storing on the computer terminal a source program of an automation application formulated using a graphic automation language, the source program being written in a hieracrchal, object oriented language representing the graphic automation language;
- storing on the computer terminal at least one Extensible Style Language (XSL) stylesheet associated with the graphic automation language;
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- processing the source program on the computer terminal using the XSL stylesheet to generate a graphic vector file containing directives of a graphic vector drawing to enable a graphic display of the automation application on the computer terminal or to print graphically the automation application.
A system, including at least one processor and a storage device, for graphically displaying or printing an automation application comprising:
- means for using Extensible Style Language (XSL) stylesheet, for processing a source program for an automation application programmed using a graphic automation language, including means for translating the source program into a hierarchal, object oriented language representing the graphic automation language,
- means for generating a graphic vector file, with said XSL stylesheet, containing graphic vector drawing directives;
- means for displaying the graphic vector file, including means for graphically displaying or printing the automation application program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.