INFLUENCE RANGE DETECTING DEVICE AND INFLUENCE RANGE DETECTING METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily retrieve and specify a document, etc., correlative to a document, etc., to be modified with simple constitution by retrieving a correlative file which is affected by the modification of a document, etc., and retrieving and specifying a correlative file which is affected by the modification in order according to the setting information of the file. SOLUTION: When a document, etc., in a storage means C2 is modified, operation for addition, deletion, etc. accompanied by modification is performed through an input means C1. A modified part input means C3 acquires the file name of the document, etc., to be modified and outputs it to an influence range detecting means C3. The influence range detecting means C4 generates and outputs a list of files to be affected to an output means C5 since the files have specific correlation with the file to be modified and exert influence on the document, etc., depending upon the modification contents when file names are described in the setting information in the respective files of documents, etc.