JPH04317112A - Error message treatment of man-machine-interface - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate and ensure the development of error message software by setting an error message treatment means in application software. CONSTITUTION:At the time of the execution of application software, input of a user's name is obtained and stored. When input which is necessary for software execution is operated, whether the input operation has a fault or not is checked. When the input fault occurs, it is successively written in an error log file as the history of the input fault in the unit of the type of the input fault, the mark of an error message and the user's name. After the error log file accumulates the proper number of data, the types and the frequency of input fault contents, furthermore, the names of users who are apt to make the input faults by individual types and the like are grasped by the statistical analysis of data concerned. Then, the analyzed result is reflected on an input order, input contents and guiding display and the like to prevent the input faults at application software which is newly produced and is utilized.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention
The present invention relates to machine interfaces, and particularly to error message handling methods.

0002

[Prior Art] A man-machine interface is equipped with interactive software and hardware so that a user can easily use a computer, and also generates error messages to prevent errors caused by input errors by the user. It also has an error message function that prompts the user to input the correct information.

[0003] This error message processing prepares error messages for various types of input errors that can be expected, and when the user makes an input error, outputs a corresponding message to make the user aware of the input error and also Promote correct input operations.

0004

Conventional error message processing provides an error message output in response to a user's input error. In order to provide an error message function to newly developed application software, it is necessary to extract expected input errors from the various inputs of the application software and create error messages for them. Development requires a lot of time and manpower to enumerate input errors, and it becomes difficult to enumerate all expected input errors.

An object of the present invention is to provide an error message processing method that facilitates and secures the development of error message software.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention obtains the input data of the user name when starting the application software, and when an input error occurs in the input operation of the software, the input data The type of error message, the code of the error message, and the user name are stored in an error log file, the error message is output, and error message processing data is obtained by statistical analysis of the contents of the error log file.

[0007]

[Operation] The present invention, which is the method described above, records and saves the type of input error, error message, and user name in a file when actually using application software, predicts the content of the input error from the contents of this file, and uses it as needed. Obtain data such as error messages.

[0008]

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a flowchart of application software showing an embodiment of the present invention. When executing application software, a user name input is requested and the user name of the software is stored (step S1). After this,
When an input operation (command or file specification) necessary for software execution is performed (step S2), it is checked whether there is an error in the input operation (step S3).

[0009] If there is no input error in the above check, processing according to the input operation content is executed (step S4), and the next input operation (S2) is performed until all processing is completed (step S5).
) and repeat the process.

[0010] Here, when an input error occurs, the input error situation is saved in an error log file (step S6) and an error message is output (step S6).
7) Wait for a correct input operation (S2). The error log file is made into a structure with the members shown in the table below and is saved in ASCII format.

[0011]

[Table 1]

[0012] Among these, the type number is set to the type of input error and is distinguished in advance as shown in the table below.

[0013]

[Table 2]

[0014] In addition, error messages are prepared with input error contents coded for each type. For example, if there is an undefined command in the input, the type number will be "2" and the error message will be "No corresponding command". This error message is displayed on a screen or the like in step S7. As the user name, write the user name input in step S1.

[0015] By providing such an error message processing means in the application software, when an input error occurs when the software is used, the input error type, error message code, and user name are input. It is written sequentially to the error log file as a history of mistakes.

[0016] After an appropriate number of data items have been accumulated, this error log file is created by statistical analysis of the data to determine the type (type distribution) and frequency of input errors, as well as the occurrence of input errors by type. An easy-to-understand user name etc. can be grasped. The results of this analysis can be reflected in the input procedure, input content, guide display, etc. to prevent input errors in newly created application software, thereby improving the operability of the application software and optimizing the processing content itself.

[0017] Developing error message software using such an error log file makes it possible to collect necessary data from the content of input errors made during actual use of the application software, and to create error messages that match the actual circumstances of input errors. Software can be obtained easily and reliably.

In the embodiment, ease of use can be improved by providing statistical analysis processing software for the contents of error log files in the application software itself.

[0019]

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, when actually using application software, user name data, type names due to input errors, error messages, and user names are saved in a file, and statistical analysis of the file is performed. Since error message processing data is obtained, it can be used to create error message software for application software development, making it easier to develop error message software, and also ensuring accurate error message processing by accurately understanding input error situations. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: Obtain the input data of a user name when starting an application software, and when an input error occurs in the input operation of the software, the type of the input error, the code of the error message, and the user name are stored in an error log file. A method for processing an error message in a man-machine interface, characterized in that the error message is stored and outputted, and error message processing data is obtained by statistical analysis of the contents of the error log file.