JPH03192416A - System for making correspondence to function key - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To dynamically make correspondence with function to a function key according to a working program by displaying the guide information of the function key onto a terminal equipment according to correspondence information between the function key and the function to be sent from the working program. CONSTITUTION:A correspondence information developing means 3-1 of a preset communication processor 3 receives and develops the correspondence information between the function key and the function to be sent from a work program 1-1 during execution by a host computer 1 in advance, and a developed result is outputted onto a memory 3-2. According to the correspondence information developed by the correspondence information developing means 3-1, a guide display means 3-3 outputs and displays the guide information of the function key onto the display of a terminal equipment 2. Thus, the function can be made correspondent to the unction key dynamically by each working program.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a function key mapping method, and more particularly to a function key mapping method for mapping functions to function keys of a terminal device.

[Prior Art] In the conventional function key mapping method, the mapping of functions to the function keys of the terminal device is entirely dependent on the hardware of the terminal device, and is statically fixed and determined in advance. .

1. Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The conventional function key mapping method described above is as follows:
Since function keys are statically fixed and determined by the hardware of the terminal device, it is not possible to dynamically associate function keys with various functions in various business programs, making it difficult to expand the functions of function keys. The disadvantage is that it lacks diversity.

An object of the present invention is to provide a function key mapping method that allows a business program to dynamically map functions to function keys.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The function key association method of the present invention includes at least one terminal device having a display and function keys, a host computer, and the terminal device is controlled and connected to the host computer. In an information processing system having a front-end communication processing device, (A> Receives correspondence information between function keys and functions sent in advance from a business program being executed on the host computer, and expands it on memory. correspondence information development means; (B) guide display means for displaying guide information of function keys on a display of the terminal device according to the correspondence information developed by the correspondence information development means; (C) sent from the terminal device; The key data reception for accepting key data is performed by a means, (D>The key data reception is performed by analyzing and determining the key data received by the means according to the correspondence information developed by the correspondence information development means, and if temporary storage is necessary. , key data analysis means for storing analysis result information of the key data, sending it to the guide display means to display it in addition to the guide information, and sending the analysis result information if it is necessary to send the information; (E ) key data notification means for sending the analysis result information sent from the key data analysis means to the host computer and notifying the business program being executed on the host computer; has been done.

(Example〕 Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the function key association method of the present invention.

The information processing system shown in FIG. 1 includes a host computer 1 and a terminal device having a display and function keys.
2, and a prefix communication processing device 3 that controls the terminal device 2 and connects it to the host computer 1.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the correspondence information expansion means.

First, as shown in FIG. 2, the correspondence information development means 3-1 of the prefix communication processing device 3 receives information sent in advance from the business program 1-1 being executed on the host computer 1 in process 21. It receives the correspondence information between function keys and functions, expands the correspondence information in an information expansion process 22, and outputs the expansion result of the correspondence information on the memory 3-2 in an information expansion result output process 23. There is.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the guide display means.

Therefore, the guide display means 3-3, as shown in FIG.
-1 receives the guide display notification, and in the guide display output processing 32, the guide information of the function keys is output and displayed on the display of the terminal device 2 according to the correspondence information developed by the correspondence information development means 3-1. There is.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the key data reception means.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, the key data reception means 3-4 receives key data sent from the terminal device 2 in a process 41, and receives key data in a notification process 42. The key data analysis means 3-5 is notified that the key data has been accepted.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the key data analysis means.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the key data analysis means 3-5 receives the key data in the notification reception process 51, and receives the key data from the means 3-4 by receiving the notification. In the key data judgment process 52, key data reception is performed by transferring the key data received by the means 3-4 to the corresponding information development means 3.
-1 is analyzed and judged according to the corresponding information developed.

As a result of step 2, if temporary storage is necessary, the key data storage process 53 stores the analysis result information of the key data, and the next guide display notification process 54 stores the information on the guide display means 3.
-3 and display it in addition to the guide + R report.

On the other hand, if it is necessary to send information, the analysis result information is sent to the key data notification means 3-6 in key data analysis result notification processing 55.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the key data notification means.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the key data notification means 3-6 receives the analysis result information sent from the key data analysis means 3-5 in a key data analysis result reception process 61, and analyzes the key data. In result output processing 62, host computer 1
and notifies the business program 1-1 being executed on the host 1-computer 1.

As described above, the function key mapping method of this embodiment allows functions to be dynamically mapped to function keys according to each business program.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the function key mapping method of the present invention has the effect that functions can be dynamically mapped to function keys by each business program. There is.

As a result, with the function key mapping method of the present invention, the operations and functions of function keys can be changed for each business program that uses function keys, so there is no need to be too constrained by the number of function keys. It has the advantage that it can be created and executed relatively freely.

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1... Host computer, 1-1... Business program, 2... Terminal device, 3... Prefix communication processing device, 3-1... ... Corresponding information development means, 3-2 ... Memory, 3-3 ... Guide display means, 3-4 ... Key data reception means, 3-5 ...Key data analysis means, 3-6...
...Key data notification means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] An information processing system comprising at least one terminal device having a display and function keys, a host computer, and a front-end communication processing device that controls the terminal device and connects it to the host computer. (A) Correspondence information development means that receives correspondence information between function keys and functions sent in advance from a business program being executed on the host computer, and expands it on memory; (B) The correspondence information expansion means Guide display means for displaying guide information of function keys on the display of the terminal device according to the developed correspondence information; (C) Key data receiving means for accepting key data sent from the terminal device; (D) The key data received by the key data receiving means is analyzed and determined according to the correspondence information developed by the correspondence information development means, and if temporary storage is necessary, the analysis result information of the key data is stored and the guide (E) A key data analysis means that sends the analysis result information to the display means and displays it in addition to the guide information, and sends the analysis result information if it is necessary to send the information; (E) a key data analysis means that sends the analysis result information sent from the key data analysis means; A method for associating function keys, characterized in that the prefix communication processing device includes: key data notification means for sending key data to the host computer and notifying a business program being executed in the host computer.