JP2830568B2 - Information processing device capable of displaying processing history - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus capable of displaying a process history, and more particularly, to displaying a plurality of processable menus on a screen and selecting a desired process from the displayed menu on the screen. The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus capable of displaying a processing history, which displays a menu that has been executed and has been processed and is displayed on a screen separately from other unstarted menus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the operation of an information processing program has been highly subdivided, and it has become a serious problem to make the operation method easy. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a display example of a processing menu displayed on a screen by the present invention and a conventional apparatus of this kind. Particularly, in a business application program, in order to manage sophisticated and complicated information by a plurality of processing programs, menu items are displayed on a screen together with corresponding selection numbers as shown in the explanatory diagram of FIG. An apparatus is used in which when a number is selected, processing of a menu item corresponding to the selected number is executed.

Accordingly, the user selects a selection number displayed in correspondence with the menu item name on the screen, thereby executing a processing program corresponding to the menu item name without preparing a control language. Will be.

By the way, for example, the menu items and selection numbers shown in FIG. It is assumed that an input is selected and executed. When the processing program related to the input, which is a menu item, ends, the menu screen of FIG. 4 is displayed on the screen again.

[0005]

As described above, in a conventional apparatus of this type, even if a process related to a menu item is performed, the process executed on the menu and the process not yet executed are not performed. Since there is no display to classify, the same process may be executed multiple times by mistake, or even if there is a process that is necessary but not executed, it will be executed as unprocessed just by looking at the menu screen. There was a problem that I did not know what it was.

Although there is a concept that an operator creates a processing history as appropriate, a plurality of operators generally use one system in many cases, and it is difficult for the operator to recognize the processing history. there were.

[0007]

According to the present invention, an information processing apparatus capable of displaying a processing history displays a processable menu on a screen of a display unit by a processing menu display means provided in the apparatus. When the device inputs a selection number corresponding to the process item displayed on the screen, an instruction to execute a process for the process item corresponding to this item number is output from the process menu display means and provided in the device. In the information processing apparatus in which the application program executing means receives the command and executes the specified process, the menu display means selects the selected menu when a selection number associated with the menu is selected. When the number is output as a selection signal and the inversion signal is received, the selection number designated by the inversion signal and the selection number correspond to each other. A process progress monitoring unit that outputs a signal for inverting the image of the menu item portion to be executed, monitors the end of the execution of the process by the application program execution unit, and outputs an end signal when the end of the process is detected; And a process storage control unit that temporarily stores the selection number when receiving the end signal and generates and outputs an end flag for the temporarily stored selection number when the end signal is received. A flag area for storing the flag value in association with the menu;
A processing end storage unit that stores a value of the flag area associated with the menu corresponding to the selection number as a logical value “1” when an end flag for the selection number is received; A menu that monitors the value of the flag area and outputs an inverted signal designating the selection number read from the processing end storage unit when the value of the flag area becomes "1" from the processing end storage unit. And an inversion unit.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an information processing apparatus capable of displaying a processing history according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of a processing end storage unit in FIG. 1, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the device illustrated in FIG. 1.

In FIG. 1, an information processing apparatus capable of displaying a processing history displays a processing menu display means 1 for outputting and displaying a processable menu to a display unit 11 and a desired menu from the menu output from the processing menu display means 1. A keyboard 10 for inputting a selection number displayed in association with the menu, and an application program execution for executing processing corresponding to the menu selected from the menus displayed by the processing menu display means 1 and outputting the result Means 2
And a process end flag output when the application program execution means 2 executes the process, and when this process end flag is set (to a logical value "1"), this is detected and a process of outputting an end signal is performed. The progress monitoring unit 3 stores a selection signal designating a selection number output by the processing menu display unit when a specific menu in the display menu of the processing menu display unit 1 is selected by the keyboard 10, and outputs the end signal. A processing storage control unit 4 for designating the selection number stored when received and outputting an end flag setting signal, and a flag corresponding to the selection number specified for receiving the end flag setting signal output from the processing storage control unit 4 A processing end storage unit 7 for writing a flag, for example, a logical value “1” in the storage area, and the contents of the flag area of the processing end storage unit 7 are monitored. When the value is "1", and a menu inverting unit 8 for outputting the selected number corresponding to the flag storage area where the flag value is stored in the specified and the inverted signal processing menu display means 1.

An example of the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The processing name of each processing of the application program is set as a menu item by the processing menu display means 1, and the menu item is output to the display unit 11 as shown in FIG. 4 together with the selection number corresponding to the menu item. Display. Each process is managed by a series of selection numbers when displayed in a menu format. In a process (hereinafter referred to as S) 1 shown in FIG. 3, the operator sets a selection number on the display, for example, a selection number 1 associated with the menu item “input” shown in FIG. When a selection is made with the keyboard 10, the processing menu display means 1 outputs a selection signal designating the selection number 1 to the processing storage control unit 4 and stores it (S2). An input process is executed (S3). Upon receiving the above-mentioned processing execution instruction, the application program execution means 2 is a means for loading, for example, a load module of a corresponding COBOL and executing the processing. The process progress monitoring unit 3 monitors the execution status of each process of the application program execution unit 2, for example, whether or not a process end flag of the COBOL program is set, and terminates the process storage control unit 4 each time each process ends. Output signal (S
4). When an end signal is added to the processing storage control unit 4, the processing storage control unit 4 adds an end flag signal specifying an area corresponding to the selection number already stored temporarily to the processing end storage unit 7.

As shown in FIG. 2, the processing end storage section 7 has a flag area for storing an end flag corresponding to the selection number in association with the menu item displayed by the processing menu display means 1. “0” is given as the initial value of the flag area.

When the end flag signal designating the above selection number is added to the processing end storage unit 7, the value of the flag area associated with this selection number is stored as "1" (S5).

On the other hand, the menu reversing section 8 monitors whether the value of the flag area in the processing end storage section 7 is "1",
When the value of the flag area becomes "1", a corresponding selection number is extracted (S6), and an inverted signal designating the extracted selection number is output to the processing menu display means 1 (S7).

The processing menu display means 1 outputs to the display section 11 a selection number designated to receive the inversion signal and a signal obtained by inverting the image of the menu item corresponding to the selection number, and displays it on the screen. The selection number designated by the inversion signal among the selection numbers corresponding to the set menu item and the display portion associated with this number are inverted and displayed.

Therefore, the processed menu item names and their selection numbers can be displayed inverted on the image.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, a list of menu items that can be processed and a selection number corresponding to the item is displayed, and among the menu items and the corresponding selection numbers, the list is displayed. The menu items that have been processed and their selection numbers can be highlighted in order to visually distinguish between unexecuted menu items and processed menu items. There is an effect that execution can be performed, and processing for a menu item requiring processing can be identified and executed without error.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an embodiment of an information processing apparatus capable of displaying a processing history according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of a processing end storage unit shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the information processing apparatus capable of displaying a processing history according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen of a menu displayed by the present invention and a conventional device of this type.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Processing menu display means 2 Application program execution means 3 Processing progress monitoring part 4 Processing storage control part 7 Processing end storage part 8 Menu inversion part 10 Keyboard 11 Display part

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A processable menu is displayed on a screen of a display unit by a process menu display means provided in the device, and a selection number corresponding to a process item displayed on the screen is input by an input device such as a keyboard. When input, an instruction for executing the process for the process item corresponding to the item number is output from the process menu display unit, and the application program execution unit provided in the apparatus receives the instruction and executes the designated process. In the information processing device, the menu display means outputs the selection number as a selection signal when a selection number associated with the displayed menu is selected for the displayed menu, and receives the inversion signal, and outputs the selection number. Outputting a signal for inverting the image of the designated selection number and the menu item portion corresponding to the selection number, A process progress monitoring unit that monitors the end of the execution of the process by the application program execution means and outputs an end signal when detecting the end of the execution of the process, and temporarily stores the selection number when the selection signal is received, and outputs the end signal. It has a processing storage control unit that generates and outputs an end flag for the temporarily stored selection number when received, and a flag area that stores the flag value in association with all menus displayed by the processing menu display unit. Normally, the value of the flag area is set to a logical value “0”, and when an end flag for the selection number is received, the value of the flag area associated with the menu corresponding to the selection number is set to a logical value “1”. The processing end storage unit to be stored and the value of the flag area in the processing end storage unit are monitored, and the value of the flag area becomes “1”. Processing history displayable information processing apparatus characterized by comprising a menu inverting unit that outputs an inverted signal of the value of the selection number corresponding to the flag area specifying the selected number read from the processing end storage unit can.