An iconic programming system, HI-VISUAL

Author

Hirakawa, Masahito ; Tanaka, Minoru ; Ichikawa, Tadao

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Syst., Hiroshima Univ., Japan

Volume

16

Issue

10

fYear

1990

fDate

10/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1178

Lastpage

1184

Abstract

A framework for icon management which is quite object-oriented is proposed, and an iconic programming system named HI-VISUAL is presented on the basis of the framework. In the framework, icons represent real objects or concepts already established in a target application environment, whereas icons representing functions are not provided. A function is represented by a combination of two different icons. Each icon can take an active or a passive role against the other. The role sharing is determined dynamically, depending on the environment in which the icons are activated. Programming in HI-VISUAL and implementation issues of the system prototype, now in operation in a laboratory environment, are extensively discussed

Keywords

object-oriented programming; visual programming; HI-VISUAL; iconic programming system; object-oriented; real objects; role sharing; system prototype; target application environment; Helium; Information systems; Laboratories; Man machine systems; Object oriented programming; Programming environments; Programming profession; Prototypes; Systems engineering and theory; Two dimensional displays;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-5589

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/32.60297

Filename

60297