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WO1988007719A3
WO1988007719A3 PCT/US1988/001081 US8801081W WO8807719A3 WO 1988007719 A3 WO1988007719 A3 WO 1988007719A3 US 8801081 W US8801081 W US 8801081W WO 8807719 A3 WO8807719 A3 WO 8807719A3
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John C Olapurath
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Aimtech Corp
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    • G06F8/30—Creation or generation of source code
    • G06F8/34—Graphical or visual programming

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A visual programming system used in a digital computer system which includes memory and a graphics display terminal. The program produced by the visual programming system is represented by a program structure in memory in which nodes represent program steps and links between the nodes the order of execution of the steps. The program represented by the program structure is executed by an interpreter component of the visual programming system. A display component of the system interprets the program structure to produce a display on the graphics terminal which represents the program as a structure of interconnected icons. The icons represent program steps and their interconnections specify the order of execution. Editing components of the system permit a program author to modify the program by manipulating icons representing the steps. The editing components include a structure editor which permits an author to add icons from an icon library to the icon structure and to move icons and copy icons already in the structure and a content editor which permits the author to add user-defined content to the program step represented by an icon. The author can further define complex icons, add them to the icon library, and use the complex icons in the program structure.
PCT/US1988/001081 1987-03-31 1988-03-31 Apparatus for iconographically representing and executing a program WO1988007719A2 (en)

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US033,340 1987-03-31

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