JPH07120245B2 - Error notification method by moving icons - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an error notification system by moving icons, and more particularly, to an error notification system by moving icons in a system using a multi-window as a user interface.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in a system incorporating a means for controlling icons with a mouse using a multi-window as a user interface, when an error is notified, an error message window is opened and the mouse is used for the message. Until the key on the keyboard is pressed, the process is interrupted and the message is confirmed, or the icon is reset to its original position.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) Among the above-mentioned conventional methods, in the method of opening an error message window, confirmation processing is required for the window, causing interruption of thinking by the user of the system, and after confirmation. The drawback is that you have to clear the error message window and redraw the original window.

Also, in the method of redrawing the icon in the original position,
Since the icon instantly appears at the original position, the user cannot confirm whether an error has occurred.

(Means for Solving the Problem) An error notification method by moving an icon according to the present invention displays a window display means for displaying a window and all the icons included in the window in the window according to a window designation and display instruction. When the icon display means and the icon in the window are dragged between windows by the mouse or the position of the icon is given as a parameter, the icon moving means for moving the icon to that position, and the icon data for the moved icon Class ID of the icon indicated by the structure
And whether it is possible to accept the icon in the window by comparing it with the acceptable class ID pointed to by the window's data structure for the window to which the icon has moved. The icon moving means is provided with an icon judging means for instructing to move the icon to the original position, and an error is notified when the icon moves to the original position.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which a storage device 1 stores data 2 of window A and data 3 of window B.

The window display device 4 displays the window on the display device 8 by giving the type, display position, and size of the window as parameters. The icon display device 5 displays the designated icon structure at a designated position on the display device 8. In addition, the icon moving device 6 detects the moving direction and moving distance of the mouse 9,
The icon is moved based on the current position of the icon, and the position before the movement is stored in the storage device 1. When the position is given as a parameter, the icon is moved to the position before the movement. Icon judgment device 7
Compares, on the storage device 1, the class ID of the class structure to which the data structure of the icon is chained and the acceptable class ID of the window class structure to which the data structure of the window is chained. If the icon cannot be accepted, the icon moving device 6
Instruct to move the icon to its original position.

The data of the window A in FIG. 1 is the window structure 10 and the icon structures 11 and 12 of the window A in FIG.
And a window class structure 13 that is chain-connected to the window structure 10, and icon structures 11 and 12 are respectively represented by chain structures 14 and 15.

The window structures 10 and 16 are a data group including a window name, a next icon address, an original icon address, the number of icons in the window, and a window class address. The next icon address is the icon structure corresponding to the first icon in window A or window B.
The memory addresses 11 and 17, the original icon address is the memory address of the icon before being expanded in the window, and the window class address is the memory address of the window class structure 13 indicating the type of the window.

Icon structures 11 and 12 in window A are icon names,
It is a data group consisting of a flag, an internal ID, a next icon address, and a class address.The flag indicates whether the icon is being expanded in the window.The internal ID is an ID that uniquely identifies the icon by the system, and the next icon address is The memory address and class address of the icon structure of the next icon expanded in the window A are the memory address of the class structure indicating the type of the own icon. Chain connection of the window structure and the icon structure is performed by inserting the memory address of the next icon structure into the next icon address of the window structure or the icon structure to form an address pointer.

The window class structures 13 and 18 are a window class ID indicating an ID that uniquely identifies the window in the system, and
Icon class ID that can be accepted in its own window
It is a data group consisting of acceptable classes consisting of.

The class structures 14, 15, and 19 are a data group including a class ID indicating an ID that uniquely identifies the type of icon in the system and a mouse value for determining whether or not the window can accept this class.

Window A displayed on the display device 8,
When the icon of the window B is clicked with the mouse 9, the window display device 4 determines the window display position based on the display position of the icon, determines the window type and size according to the icon type, and displays it on the display device 8. Window A20 and window B21 are displayed respectively.

Next, the icon display device 5 displays a window in the storage device 1.
The next icon address of the window structure 10 of A20, the next icon address of the icon structure chained to the next icon address are traced one by one until NULL,
The icon name and internal ID are read from the icon structures 11 and 12 registered in the window A, and the window A
Are displayed as icons 22 and 23. Similarly, the storage device 1
The next icon address in the window structure 16 of the window B within the icon structure and the icon structure registered in the window B are sequentially traced until the next icon address of the icon structure linked to the next icon address becomes NULL. The icon name and internal ID are read from the body 17 and displayed as an icon 24 in the window B.

Next, a flow of moving the icon 23 to the window 21 on the assumption that the window 21 cannot accept the icon 23 will be described.

When the icon 9 to be moved from the window A20 to the window B21 is selected by the mouse 9 and the mouse 9 is moved, the icon moving device 6 detects the moving direction and distance of the mouse and moves the icon. This moves the selected icon 23 into the window B21. At this time, the position of the icon before the movement is stored in the storage device 1. When it is detected that the icon 23 has moved into the window B by detecting the position of the mouse 9 and comparing it with the coordinates of the window B, the icon 23 is newly displayed in the window 21. At the same time, the mask value of the class structure 15 combined with the icon class address of the icon structure 12 corresponding to the specified icon 23 and the window B2
The acceptable class of the window class structure 18 associated with the window class address of the window structure 16 corresponding to 1 is expanded on the storage device 1.

Next, the icon judging device 7 compares the mask value of the class structure 15 with the acceptable class of the window class structure 18 and judges that the icon 23 cannot be accepted by the window 21. ,
The movement of the icon 23 is designated based on the position of the icon 23 before the movement stored in the storage device 1.
The icon moving device 6 moves the icon according to the instruction of the icon judging device 7.

In this way, the error can be notified by moving the icon 23 from the window B21 to the window A20.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, an operation when an envelope stored in a cabinet is to be put in a receiving mailbox as an application example of the present invention will be described.

The receiving mailbox is not stored directly from the cabinet, but only the envelope received by receiving the mail is stored.

It is assumed that a document 1 and an envelope 1 are stored in the cabinet. This is indicated by displaying a document icon 26 and an envelope icon 27 in the cabinet window 25 in a system using multiple windows and icons. This is the window structure 10 and document icon for cabinet window 25, as described in the functional description.
26 icon structure 11 and envelope icon 27 icon structure 12 and window class structure 13 and class structure 14
The window display device 4 is represented by a chain connection with
Is displayed on the CRT 8 by the icon display device 5. On the other hand, it is assumed that the received mail box contains the envelope 2. This is indicated by the display of the envelope icon 29 in the incoming mailbox window 28. Similar to the above, these are the window structure 16 of the reception mailbox window 28 and the icon structure 17 of the envelope icon 29.
Then, the window class structure and the class structure are represented by chain connection and displayed on the CRT 8 by the window display device and the icon display device. Now, select the envelope icon 27 with the mouse to put the envelope 1 into the receiving mailbox.

When the mouse 9 is dragged, the icon moving device 6 detects the moving direction and distance of the mouse, and the envelope icon 27 moves. When starting the movement, the icon moving device 6 stores the coordinates of the envelope icon 27 on the CRT before the movement in the storage device 1. In this way, the envelope icon 27 moves to the reception mailbox window 28. When the move is complete, the mask value of the class structure that is chained to the icon structure of envelope icon 27 and the value of the acceptable class of the window class structure that is chained to the window structure of the destination incoming mailbox window are The icon determination device compares the values, determines that the envelope icon 27 cannot be placed in the received mailbox window 28, and instructs the icon moving device to move the envelope icon to the position before the movement.

The icon moving device moves the icon based on the coordinates before the movement of the envelope icon.

When the movement is completed, the process returns to the normal state and waits for the user's input.

(Effect of the invention) As described above, according to the present invention, since an error is notified by moving an icon, the user's work is interrupted and the window is redisplayed after the error message window is displayed by checking the display of the error message window. The effect is to omit.

Further, since it is possible to perform an investigation through a consistent user interface of displaying icons and controlling with a mouse, there is an effect that a series of processing flows can be smoothly performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an error notification system by moving an icon according to the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams showing an operation example using the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an application of the present invention. It is a figure for explaining an example. 1 ... storage device, 2 ... window A data, 3 ...
Data of window B, 4 ... Window display means, 5
... Icon display means, 6 ... Icon moving means, 7 ...
... Icon judging means, 8 ... Display device, 9 ...
Mouse, 10 ... Window structure of window A, 16 ...
… Window structure of window B, 11,12,17 …… Icon structure, 13,18 …… Window class structure, 14,1
5,19 …… Class structure, 20 …… Window A, 21 …… Window B, 22,23,24 …… Icon, 25 …… Cabinet window, 26 …… Document icon, 27 …… Envelope icon, 28… … Incoming Mailbox window, 29 …… Envelope icon.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. According to window designation and display instruction,
Window display means for displaying a window, icon display means for displaying all the icons included in the window in the window, and icons in the window are dragged between the windows with the mouse, or the position of the icon is given as a parameter. Then, the icon moving means for moving the icon to that position, the class ID of the icon indicated by the data structure of the icon for the moved icon, and the acceptable class ID indicated by the data structure of the window for the window to which the icon is moved By comparing with, it is checked whether the icon can be received in the window, and if it is impossible, the icon moving means is instructed to move the icon to the original position. An icon judgment means is provided to An error notification method by moving an icon, which is characterized by notifying an error when the computer moves to the original position.