Computer source code generator

• US 7,761,843 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2005
• Issued: 07/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ronald Ortscheid
• Original Assignee: Ronald Ortscheid
• Inventors: Ortscheid, Ronald
• Primary Examiner(s): CHAVIS, JOHN Q
• Application Number:
  US11/173,081
• Publication Number:
  US 20070005342A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,845 Days
• Field of Search: 717/106, 717/149
• US Class Current: 717/106
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/33 Intelligent editors

Abstract

A programming editor and creator allows users with minimal knowledge of a computer language syntax to generate computer source code using a structured rather than freeform process. A predefined command sentence is provided representing at least a portion of a programming command, and includes words, which may be defined as constant or enterable words. Enterable words may be required or optional, and correspond to entry components. Each word may be defined according to word types, including list words, variable list words, variable words, mathematical words, condition words or Boolean words. Enterable words may include repeatable words which may be inserted multiple times within a command to create conditional statements, mathematical equations and string concatenations. Input values are provided for the entry components. The predefined command sentence with the input values is converted to a completed command sentence corresponding to the programming command, which is translated to a target programming language.

Claims

1. A tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for implementing a method of computer programming for a target programming language, wherein the computer programming includes at least one programming command, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:

providing a predefined command sentence, the predefined command sentence comprising at least a portion of a programming command and a structure other than a syntax of the target programming language;

defining the programming command as the predefined command sentence, wherein the programming command comprises at least one word;

providing an entry component corresponding to at least one word in the predefined command sentence;

receiving data relating to an input value for the entry component; and

converting the predefined command sentence and the input value for the entry component into a completed command sentence, wherein the programming command comprises the completed command sentence,

wherein the computer executable instructions for defining the programming command comprise instructions for;

inserting a word into the programming command;

deleting a word from the programming command;

modifying a definition of a word of the programming command; and

writing a translation procedure for the programming command.

2. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 1 wherein the predefined command sentence comprises an enterable word and a constant word, wherein the entry component corresponds to the enterable word.

3. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 2 wherein the enterable word comprises one of the following:

an optional word wherein the input value is optional or a required word wherein the input value is required.

4. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 3 wherein the predefined command sentence comprises a first optional word and a second optional word, the computer executable instructions further comprising instructions for:

receiving data relating to an input value for the first optional word; and

causing the second optional word to become a required word based on the input value for the first optional word.

5. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 2 wherein the enterable word comprises a repeatable word, the computer executable instructions further comprising instructions for inserting the repeatable word one or more times within the command sentence.

6. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 5 wherein the predefined command sentence comprises at least one of the group consisting of:

a mathematical equation, a string concatenation and a conditional statement.

7. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 5 wherein the repeatable word comprises at least one of the group consisting of:

a Boolean, a list word, a variable list word, a condition word, a mathematical word and a variable word.

8. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 2 wherein the enterable word comprises a Boolean word and wherein the input value comprises a true/false value.

9. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 2 wherein the enterable word comprises a list word comprising two or more options, and wherein the input value comprises an option selected from the list word.

10. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 9 wherein the option selected from the list word represents at least one of the group consisting of:

a procedure variable, a public variable and a repeat block loop variable.

11. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 2 wherein the enterable word comprises a variable list word comprising two or more options with at least one option comprising an enterable word, and wherein the input value comprises an option selected from the variable list word, the computer executable instructions further comprising instructions for:

providing an entry component corresponding to the enterable word of the selected option; and

receiving data relating to an input value for the entry component corresponding to the enterable word of the selected option.

12. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 2 wherein the enterable word comprises a condition word comprising a first condition value logically related to a second condition value.

13. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 12 wherein the programming command comprises a compound condition comprising a first condition word related to a second condition word.

14. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 13 wherein the programming command comprises a conditional statement comprising a first compound condition related to a second compound condition.

15. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 14 further comprising instructions for:

organizing the condition words of the first compound condition according to a first outline;

organizing the condition words of the second compound condition according to a second outline; and

relating the first outline to the second outline.

16. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 2 wherein the enterable word comprises a mathematical word, and wherein the input value comprises a numeric value.

17. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 16 wherein the programming command comprises a mathematical equation comprising a first mathematical word mathematically related to a second mathematical word.

18. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 2 wherein the enterable word comprises a variable word, and wherein the input value comprises at least one of the group consisting of:

a string, an integer, a floating point number, an alphanumeric, a date, a data file location, an object, a Boolean and an array.

19. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 1 wherein converting the predefined command sentence and the input value for the entry component into a completed programming command comprises converting the input value for the entry component into at least one of the following:

a word of the programming command, a phrase of the programming command or a clause of the programming command.

20. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 1, further comprising instructions for:

providing a menu comprising plurality of selectable programming commands;

receiving data relating to a programming command selected from the plurality of programming commands; and

providing the selected programming command as the predefined command sentence.

21. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 1, further comprising instructions for:

analyzing the completed programming command for errors; and

providing notification of an occurrence of an error.

22. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 1 wherein defining the programming command further comprises defining each word within the programming command.

23. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 22 wherein defining a word comprises:

selecting a word type; and

defining the word as the selected word type.

24. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 1, further comprising instructions for translating the completed programming command to the target programming language.

25. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 24 wherein translating the completed programming command to the target programming language comprises converting the completed programming command into one or more instructions in the target programming language.

26. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 24 wherein translating the completed programming command to the target programming language comprises utilizing a code generator assigned to the programming command.

27. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 24 wherein translating the completed programming command to the target programming language comprises translating the completed programming command to at least one of the group consisting of:

a hypertext markup language, an extensible markup language, C or other 3rd generation programming language, C++ or other 4th/5th generation programming language, Pearl, Javascript®

or other script language, and a word processing macro language or other macro language.

28. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 1 wherein the target programming language comprises at least one of the group consisting of:

a macro, a script, a computer source code, an object code, a machine code, and interpreted code, a markup language and a computer document.

29. A tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for implementing a method of creating computer code for a target programming language, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:

defining a programming command as a predefined command sentence comprising at least one constant word and at least one enterable word, wherein the predefined command sentence comprises a structure other than a syntax of the target programming language and wherein the computer executable instructions for defining the programming command comprise instructions for;

inserting a word into the programming command;

deleting a word from the programming command;

modifying a definition of a word of the programming command; and

writing a translation procedure for the programming command;

receiving data relating to an input value for the enterable word; and

converting the predefined command sentence and the input value for the enterable word into a completed programming command.

30. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 29 wherein the predefined command sentence comprises at least a portion of the programming command.

31. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 29 wherein defining the programming command further comprises defining a command block comprising a plurality of programming commands.

32. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 29 wherein defining the programming command further comprises defining each word within the programming command.

33. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 32 wherein defining a word comprises defining a word as a constant word or an enterable word.

34. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 32 wherein defining a word comprises:

selecting a word type; and

defining the word as the selected word type.

35. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 34 wherein the word type comprises a variable word and wherein defining the word as a variable word comprises defining the input value type for the variable word.

36. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 35 wherein the input value type comprises at least one of the following:

a string, an integer, a floating point number, an alphanumeric, a date, a data file location, an object, a Boolean or an array.

37. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 34 wherein the word type comprises a list word comprising two or more options and wherein defining the word as a list word comprises defining each option within the list word.

38. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 34 wherein the word type comprises a variable list word comprising two or more options with at least one option comprising an enterable word, and wherein defining the word as a variable list word comprises defining the enterable word for the at least one option.

39. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 29 wherein the enterable word comprises one of the following:

an optional word wherein the input value is optional or a required word wherein the input value is required.

40. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 29 wherein the enterable word comprises a repeatable word, the computer executable instructions further comprising instructions for inserting the repeatable word one or more times within the predefined command sentence.

41. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 29 wherein the enterable word comprises a Boolean word and wherein the input value comprises a true/false value.

42. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 29 wherein the enterable word comprises a list word comprising two or more options, and wherein the input value comprises an option selected from the list word.

43. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 29 wherein the enterable word comprises a variable list word comprising two or more options with at least one option comprising an enterable word, and wherein the input value comprises an option selected from the variable list word, the computer executable instructions further comprising instructions for:

providing an entry component corresponding to the enterable word of the selected option; and

receiving data relating to an input value for the entry component corresponding to the enterable word of the selected option.

44. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 29 wherein the enterable word comprises a condition word comprising a first condition value logically related to a second condition value.

45. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 29 wherein the enterable word comprises a mathematical word, and wherein the input value comprises a numeric value.

46. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 29 wherein the enterable word comprises a variable word, and wherein the input value comprises an alphanumeric value.

47. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 29 further comprising instructions for:

analyzing the completed programming command for errors; and

providing notification of an occurrence of an error.

48. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 29 further comprising instructions for translating the completed programming command to the target programming language.

49. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 48 wherein translating the completed programming command to the target programming language comprises converting the completed programming command into one or more instructions in the target programming language.

50. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 48 wherein translating the completed programming command to the target programming language comprises utilizing a code generator assigned to the programming command.

51. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 48 wherein translating the completed programming command to the target programming language comprises translating the completed programming command to at least one of the group consisting of:

a hypertext markup language, an extensible markup language, C or other 3rd generation programming language, C++ or other 4th/5th generation programming language, Pearl, Javascript®

or other script language, and a word processing macro language or other macro language.

52. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 29 wherein the target programming language comprises at least one of the group consisting of:

a macro, a script, a computer source code, an object code, a machine code, and interpreted code, a markup language and a computer document.

53. A tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for implementing a method of computer programming for a target computer language, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:

defining a programming command to provide a command definition;

generating a form from the command definition, wherein the form comprises a command format corresponding to at least a portion of the programming command and an entry component corresponding to at least one word in the programming command;

displaying the form;

receiving data relating to an input value for the entry component;

merging the input value and the command format to create a programming command sentence; and

translating the programming command sentence into the target computer language,

wherein the programming command comprises at least one word and wherein the computer executable instructions for defining the programming command comprise instructions for;

inserting a word into the programming command;

deleting a word from the programming command;

modifying a definition of a word of the programming command; and

writing a translation procedure for the programming command.

54. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 53 wherein defining the programming command further comprises defining a command block comprising a plurality of programming commands.

55. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 53 wherein defining the programming command further comprises defining each word within the programming command.

56. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 55 wherein defining a word comprises defining a word as at least one of the group consisting of:

a constant word, an enterable word, an optional word, a required word, a repeatable word, a variable word, a list word, a variable list word, a Boolean word, a condition word and a mathematical word.

57. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 53 wherein the entry component corresponds to a list word comprising two or more options, and wherein the input value comprises an option selected from the list word.

58. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 53 wherein the entry component corresponds to a variable list word comprising two or more options with at least one option comprising an enterable word, and wherein the input value comprises an option selected from the variable list word, the computer executable instructions further comprising instructions for:

providing an entry component corresponding to the enterable word of the selected option; and

receiving data relating to an input value for the entry component corresponding to the enterable word of the selected option.

59. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 53 wherein the entry component corresponds to a condition word comprising a first condition value logically related to a second condition value.

60. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 53 wherein the entry component corresponds to a mathematical word, and wherein the input value comprises a numeric value.

61. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 53 wherein the entry component corresponds to a variable word, and wherein the input value comprises an alphanumeric value.

62. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 53 further comprising instructions for:

analyzing the programming command sentence for errors; and

providing notification of an occurrence of an error.

63. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 53 wherein translating the programming command sentence into the target programming language comprises converting the programming command sentence into one or more instructions in the target programming language.

64. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 53 wherein translating the programming command sentence into the target programming language comprises utilizing a code generator assigned to the programming command.

65. The tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions of claim 53 wherein translating the programming command sentence into the target programming language comprises translating the programming command sentence into at least one of the group consisting of:

a

macro, a script, a computer source code, an object code, a machine code, and interpreted code, a markup language or a computer document.