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(12) United States Patent Hiew et a1.

US007110936B2

US 7,110,936 B2 Sep. 19, 2006

(10) Patent N0.: (45) Date of Patent:

(54) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND MAINTAINING SOFTWARE CODE

(75) Inventors: Fen Hiew, Mendota Heights, MN (US); Edwin M. Schroeder, Chicago, IL (Us)

(73) Assignee: Complementsoft LLC, Chicago, IL (Us)

( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 USC 154(b) by 923 days.

(21) Appl. No.: 09/992,624

(22) Filed: Nov. 19, 2001

(65) Prior Publication Data

US 2005/0229154 A1 Oct. 13, 2005

Related US. Application Data

(60) Provisional application No. 60/270,950, ?led on Feb. 23, 2001, provisional application No. 60/293,854, ?led on May 25, 2001.

(51) Int. Cl. G06F 9/45 (2006.01)

(52) US. Cl. ........................ .. 703/22; 703/26; 717/100; 717/108; 717/134; 717/135

(58) Field of Classi?cation Search ................ .. 703/22;

717/108, 100, 134, 135; 345/700 See application ?le for complete search history.

(56) References Cited

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EP 1001338 A2 5/2000

(Continued) OTHER PUBLICATIONS

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(Continued) Primary ExamineriFred Ferris (74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmiGary R. Jarosik

(57) ABSTRACT

A system and method for intelligently generating computer code. The system being comprised of a local computer, Which is connected to a remote computer via a network system or the Internet and Which is capable of exchanging ?les With the remote computer. The local computer is further comprised of a document manager for transferring ?les between the local computer and the remote computer and for providing enhanced ?le management functions. The docu ment manager Works in connection With the server module, the site manager and the connectivity layer to connect to remote computers, to transparently exchange ?les With the remote computer and to manage server pro?les and connec tion information that is related to remote computers and transferred ?les. Once the ?le is transferred to the local computer, the editor can modify the code associated With the ?le; the editor is also capable of creating neW ?les. The visualiZer is capable of displaying a program How diagram and a data How diagram, Which are comprised of program How icons and data How arroWs to depict the code in terms of processing blocks and data blocks. To assist in developing neW code or editing existing code, the template manager alloWs the user to broWse through a directory of existing code sections or templates and to copy templates into the selected code for editing. For alloWing the editor to process code that is Written in different Data Management System programming languages and for creating the program How icons, the parser layer detects the ?le type of a selected ?le and activates the rules and logic that apply to the corre sponding Data Management System.

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Menu Item Functionality Document Activate the Document Manager Con?gurator Manager Con?guration Editor Activate the Editor Con?gurator Con?guration Visual Activate the Visual Con?gurator Con?guration Connection Activate the Connection Con?gurator Con?guration Network File Activate the Network File Con?gurator Con?guration

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Template Activate the Template Manager Manager Edit Properties Edit the properties (timestamp, originating location, etc.) of the document Execute Program Execute the currently active program (i.e., the one that the user is currently editing)

The user can further specify the execution mode (i.e., how to execute, with which option turn on/o?", etc) and execution location (i.e., where to execute, which server, which execution engine, which location)

if the user has previously activated Break-Point execution (see below), then the execution will be carried out based out the break-points, i.e., start at where the user indicate that it should start, end at where the user indicate that it should end and skipping statements as indicated by the user.

Toggle Break Activate / deactivate Break-Point execution. Points Setup Break-Points if they have not been previously setup.

Reset/Remove Break-Points if they have been previously setup Message Activate the Message Manager to add, remove, or update the messages in the message Manager repository

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Close Close the currently active program

Toggle Break Enable of disable Break Point Execution Point Execution

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