JP2013057991A - Screen creation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve such a problem that a workload of a program developer increases for adding or changing a highlight display system due to the necessity of rewriting an application which entirely rewrites a program already installed in a device.SOLUTION: A screen creation device creating a data input screen on which various screen components are arranged, comprises: a storage unit for storing screen information files which save information related to display attributes of each screen component arranged on a data input screen such as a position and a size; setting means for setting information related to the display attributes of the screen components stored in the screen information files; screen display means which reads out a file that reads out an image information file of a predetermined data input screen from the storage unit and displays a data input screen on the basis of information of the image information file; and determination means for determining that either a first operation mode or a second operation mode is specified according to predetermined conditions.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a screen creation apparatus that creates a data input screen of a computer system.

  When using an application program that operates on a computer system, data input is accompanied by displaying a predetermined data input screen on the display and inputting the data on the input screen by an input device such as a keyboard. A general method is to capture the data. In order to realize such a data input method, it is necessary to create a desired data input screen when developing an application program. Usually, the data input screen is created by appropriately arranging various screen parts such as an edit box and a button on the base screen.

  If you want to display various screen parts such as edit boxes and buttons displayed on this base screen with emphasis over other screen parts, add emphasis marks to the screen parts you want to emphasize. In general, methods such as increasing the size of the screen components themselves, displaying them thickly, or coloring them are common.

JP 2006-99545 A

  However, in the conventional method, the above-described highlighting needs to be incorporated as a predetermined highlighting method in a program incorporated in the apparatus at the time of application development. Therefore, when it is desired to add or change the highlighting method, it is necessary to completely rewrite the program itself already incorporated in the apparatus, which increases the amount of work for the program developer.

  The screen creation device according to the present embodiment is a screen creation device that creates a data input screen in which various screen components are arranged.The screen creation device is formed for each data input screen, and the position of each screen component arranged on the screen. A storage unit that stores a screen information file that stores information about display attributes such as size; a setting unit that sets information about display attributes of the screen parts stored in the image information file; and a predetermined unit from the storage unit According to a predetermined condition, a file reading means for reading the image information file of the data input screen, a screen display means for displaying the data input screen based on the information of the image information file read by the file reading means, In the first operation mode in which information relating to the display attribute of the screen component is set by the setting means or in the screen display means And an operation mode determination means for determining that the one of the second operation mode for displaying the serial data input screen is specified.

The block diagram which shows the electrical connection of a screen creation apparatus. The schematic diagram which shows an example of the data input screen in this embodiment. The schematic diagram which shows arrangement | positioning and a name of various screen components which comprise the data input screen of FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a main data structure of a screen information file corresponding to the data input screen of FIG. 2. The table which shows the data structure of the application management file in this embodiment. Figure showing the data entry screen without highlighting Figure showing the data entry screen with highlighting The flowchart which shows the main operation | movement procedures when a screen creation program is performed. The flowchart which shows the main operation | movement procedures when a screen creation program is performed.

  Hereinafter, a screen creation device for creating a data entry screen of a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present embodiment is applied to a data input screen of a computer system of an office device provided with a printer as an example.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical connection of a screen creation apparatus 1 for creating a data input screen of a computer system. The screen creation device 1 includes a control unit 10 that configures a computer mainly using a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a main storage unit 11, an auxiliary storage unit 12, a program execution unit 13, an input unit 14, and a display unit 15 as a bus line. 18 is connected.

  The main storage unit 11 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a RAM (Random Access Memory). An area as a screen information buffer 16 is secured in the RAM area.

  The auxiliary storage unit 12 includes a large-capacity storage medium such as a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, and the drive device. In the auxiliary storage unit 12, in addition to a program file in which various program data such as a screen creation program is stored, a display such as the position and size of each screen component formed for each data input screen and arranged on the screen is displayed. An integer n (n ≧ 1) screen information files 17 (17-1 to 17-n) and the like that store information on attributes are stored.

  The program execution unit 13 executes a program stored in a program file. The input unit 14 functions as an input device for a computer such as a keyboard and a mouse. The display unit 15 functions as a display device for a computer such as a liquid crystal display or a CRT display.

  FIG. 2 is an example of a data input screen created by the screen creation device 1 of the present embodiment. On the data input screen 20a, a header part 21 for inputting "date", a header part 22 for inputting "customer name", "product name", "quantity", "unit price" and "amount" for five lines ”And a button part 24 in which“ end ”for declaring the end of the detail input and“ end ”for declaring the end of the program are arranged. The data input screen in FIG. 2 is also a screen for displaying the mark setting mode.

  FIG. 3 is an example of an editing screen 20b for editing names set for various screen components of the data input screen 20a shown in FIG. In the editing screen 20b, the header section 21 is composed of a label box Label1 for editing the item title and an edit box Edit1 for editing text data for the item title. It comprises a label box Label2 for editing the item title and an edit box Edit2 for editing the text data for this item title. The data input screen 20a is stored in a file format for each application.

  The detail section 23 includes label boxes Label3, Label4, Label5, and Label6 for editing item titles, and edit boxes Edit11 to Edit15, Edit21 to Edit25, Edit31 to Edit35, and Edit41 to edit text data for these item titles. It consists of Edit45.

Each edit box accepts a text key input of a keyboard that is an input device of the computer system, and each command button accepts a click input of a mouse that is also an input device of the computer system. 3 is a main data structure example of the screen information file 17 corresponding to the data input screen 20a shown in FIG. 3 and the editing screen 20b shown in FIG. The screen information file 17 is assigned consecutive numbers ("No.") from 1 for all the screen parts constituting the editing screen 20b shown in FIG. 3, and the screen part name and screen part type of each screen part. , Position information (X coordinate, Y coordinate), width, height, text data and other information (background color, character font, etc.) are stored. The position information, width, and height are displayed as the number of pixels on the editing screen.

  The screen component name is a unique name (Label1, Edit1, Button1, etc.) assigned to each screen component. The screen component type is the type of the corresponding screen component (label box, edit box, command button, etc.). The X coordinate and the Y coordinate are position coordinates on the editing screen 20b of the corresponding screen part. The width and height are the display sizes of the corresponding screen parts. The text data is a character string (date, date, product name, closing, etc.) or numerical value input for each screen component.

  FIG. 5 is a mark display information table 50 that stores information on the display attributes of the highlighted display displayed on the data input screen 20a. In this table 50, for each image file name to be highlighted, the position (X coordinate and Y coordinate where the mark is displayed), size (mark width and height), mark type, etc. ( For example, display attributes of marks such as stars, circles, arrows, symbols, etc.) and colors to be displayed are stored. Based on the image file stored in the mark display information table 50, a highlight mark, a screen component decorated in comparison with another screen component for highlight display, or the like is superimposed on the data input screen 20a. Will be highlighted. In addition, the information regarding the display attribute memorize | stored in this mark display information table 50 is only described as a mark or a screen component by the following description.

  FIG. 6 is a display of the data input screen 20a when a mark for highlighting or the like is not made, and FIG. 7 is a display of the data input screen 20a when a mark or the like for highlighting is displayed. It is. 6 shows a data input screen 20a based on the screen information file 17, and FIG. 7 shows that the screen information file 17 and the file stored in the mark display information table 50 are read and displayed. Yes.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a flow of highlight setting processing executed by the control unit of the screen creation device. Hereinafter, description will be made along the flowchart of FIG.

  First, upon receiving an operation input from the user, the control unit 10 performs an initialization process (Act 801). In the initialization process, the main storage unit 11, the program execution unit 13, the input unit 14, and the display unit 15 are initialized.

  Next, the control unit 10 determines the operation mode of the screen creation device 1 (Act 802). There are two operation modes: “mark setting mode” and “application execution mode”. In the “mark setting mode”, the position (X coordinate and Y coordinate at which the mark is displayed) and size (the width and height of the mark) are displayed on the application screen being executed (see FIG. 6). ), A mode for setting the display attributes of the mark such as the mark type. On the other hand, the “application execution mode” refers to the screen information file 17 and, if there is mark information indicating highlighting corresponding to each application screen with reference to the mark display information table 50, Is a mode in which the application is executed with the message displayed.

  In Act 802, the control unit 10 determines which operation mode should be executed as a subsequent process by determining whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied after the initialization is completed. Here, the “predetermined condition” determined by the control unit 10 is, for example, that a plurality of specific keys are operated on the keyboard as an input unit when the computer system is activated (for example, “Control” + “Shift” "+" M ")," mark setting mode "is determined, and thereafter processing in the mark setting mode is executed. The “predetermined conditions” are not limited to these, and may be, for example, a case where it is determined that a predetermined key has been pressed for a long time. Further, even after the computer system is activated, the mark setting mode process may be executed when it is determined that a predetermined condition is satisfied.

First, the “mark setting mode” will be described on the assumption that a predetermined condition is satisfied (Act 803).
The control unit 10 is instructed to read any one of the screen information files 17-i (1 ≦ i ≦ n) from the screen information files 17-1 to 17-n stored in the auxiliary storage unit 12. Wait to be. When any one of the screen information files 17 is selected via the input unit 14 and the reading is instructed, the control unit 10 reads the screen information file 17 from the auxiliary storage unit 12 and stores it in the screen information buffer 16. (Act 803) (file reading means).

  The control unit 10 displays the mark setting mode screen (see FIG. 2) on the display unit based on the data stored in the screen information file 17 stored in the screen information buffer 16 (Act 804) (screen display means). .

  Next, the control unit 10 determines whether or not the following operation has been performed on the mark setting mode screen (see FIG. 2). When the user accepts an input instruction to add the display of the mark 51 that is highlighted on the mark setting mode screen, the control unit 10 displays the added mark and the frame 52 around the mark 51. Is displayed (Act 807) (input receiving means). Next, when the user performs an operation of dragging the frame 52 displayed around the mark 51, for example, the control unit 10 changes the display size of the mark 51. In such a case, the display attribute of the mark 51 stored in the mark display information table 50 is changed to the display attribute information after the change.

  That is, when it is determined that the operation mode of the mark setting mode is designated, when an input for designating editing of the mark 51 displayed on the screen is received via the keyboard or the like, the mark display information table 50 stores the input. The information related to the display attribute of the mark 51 being changed is changed to information related to the display attribute after the edit input has been made (Act 808). When the information regarding the display attribute after the change, that is, after the edit input is stored, the edited mark 51 is displayed on the screen (Act 809). The user can visually check the screen for the mark 51 whose display has been changed. Thereafter, the control unit 10 stores the current setting (Act 810), ends the mark setting process, and returns to the Act 802 operation mode determination process again.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the operation mode of the mark setting mode has been designated, when a designation input for deleting the mark 51 displayed on the screen is received via a keyboard or the like, the mark 51 that has been designated for deletion The information regarding the display attribute of the mark stored in the mark display information table 50 is deleted (Act 814) (input receiving means). Here, the designation to delete the mark 51 displayed on the screen is specifically an operation called so-called double click, that is, the user continuously inputs and designates the mark 51 displayed on the screen. It is.

  When the control unit determines that the display of the button for “next screen” or “previous screen” is designated and input by the user in the input determination of Act 805 (screen switching of Act 805), the control unit displays the mark display information table. 50, the image file name currently displayed on the screen is “No. 2 is the image file name No. of the screen information file 17. 1 or No. 3 is performed to switch the image display of different data input screens (Act 813). Then, returning to the processing of Act 803, the image of the data input screen displayed on the screen is switched, the switched image is called (Act 803), the mark setting screen is displayed (Act 804), and the input determination is waited ( Act 805).

  On the other hand, if the control unit 10 determines in the input determination of Act 805 that the display of the end button has been designated and input by the user (End of Act 805), the setting of information regarding the current mark display is saved (Act 812), Returning to the process, the keyboard input operation by the user is determined, and the mode is shifted to either the “mark setting mode” or “application execution mode” of Act 812.

  Next, the processing when the predetermined condition is not satisfied (the application execution mode of Act 802) and the application execution mode is entered will be described with reference to FIG.

The control unit 10 performs an application execution process (Act 901, Act 902). Here, the application to be executed displays the application execution screen by reading the screen information file 17 and the mark display information table 50 (Act 903). Here, as an example, when the mark information is not stored in the mark display information table 50, the screen of FIG. 6 based on the information stored in the screen information file 17 is displayed. On the other hand, when the mark information is stored in the read mark display information table 51, the screen of FIG. 7 is displayed based on the screen information file 17 and the read mark display information table 51 (Act 904). Then, processing such as data input is executed on this screen, and when the control unit 10 determines that the user has performed an end operation, the control unit 10 performs an end operation (Act 905).
As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the mark display information table is provided, it is possible to easily display the highlighted display without the need to completely rewrite the program itself already incorporated in the apparatus. Become.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, the mark setting operation mode is activated, and the highlighting can be added and changed via the mark setting screen, so that it is not necessary to change the entire application, It is possible to efficiently cope with the user's needs regarding the highlighting.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described, this embodiment is presented as an example and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The novel embodiment can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. This embodiment is included in the scope and gist of the invention, and is also included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Control part 11 Main memory part 12 Auxiliary memory part 13 Program execution part 14 Input part 15 Display part

Claims (6)

In a screen creation device that creates a data input screen with various screen parts arranged,
A storage unit that stores a screen information file that stores information about display attributes such as the position and size of each screen component that is formed for each data input screen and is arranged on the screen;
Setting means for setting information on display attributes of the screen parts stored in the image information file;
File reading means for reading an image information file of a predetermined data input screen from the storage unit;
Screen display means for displaying a data input screen based on information of the image information file read by the file reading means;
In accordance with a predetermined condition, a first operation mode in which information relating to display attributes of the screen parts is set by the setting means or a second operation mode in which the data input screen is displayed by the screen display means. An operation mode determination means for determining that either one is designated;
A screen creation device comprising: Input accepting means for accepting that one of the screen parts constituting the data input screen displayed by the screen display means is designated and input;
The screen creation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: When the operation mode determination unit determines that the first operation mode is specified, the input to the screen component received by the input reception unit is an edit specification of the screen component or a screen component Input determination means for determining whether it is one of deletion designations;
The screen creation apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: When it is determined by the operation mode determination means that the first operation mode has been designated, the screen stored in the storage unit when the input acceptance means accepts an input designating editing of the screen part Information changing means for changing information related to the display attribute of the component to information related to the display attribute after receiving an input for designating editing by the input receiving means;
The screen creation apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: When it is determined by the operation mode determination means that the first operation mode is designated,
An erasure unit for erasing information relating to display attributes of the screen component stored in the storage unit when the input reception unit receives an input designating deletion of the screen component;
The screen creation apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising: When it is determined by the input determination means that there has been an input for designating either one of the editing of the screen component or the deletion of the screen component, either the editing of the designated screen component or the deletion of the screen component is performed. Re-display means for re-displaying the data input screen after executing processing;
The screen creation apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

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