JPH11338602A - Information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily alter data displayed on a display screen and their layout by describing a data display part displayed on a process screen and the positions and sizes of buttons in a form definition file. SOLUTION: In the form definition file 10, various controls arranged on the screen and their position and size information are described. A basic screen 12 is an execution file on which the application of the form definition file 10 is based, and command buttons for retrieval, addition, deletion, etc., and information on their operations are entered. When the execution process screen is switched to a design process screen by a mode switching function 13, the data display part and the positions and sizes of the buttons can be altered by using a mouse 23 etc. The alteration contents are recorded in the form definition file 10 by using an alteration writing function 14 and on the execution process screen, the contents of the alterations are read out of the form definition file 10 to change the positions and sizes of data displays on the process screen.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to various information processing systems that support efficient operation of various businesses such as a building management system, a sales management system, an inventory management system, and a financial accounting system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Building management systems, sales management systems,
Various information processing systems that support efficient operation of various operations such as an inventory management system and a financial accounting system have a large number of processing screens, and the business is performed while sequentially displaying the processing screens on a display means such as a CRT. To go. The contents of the processing screen are set at the time of program development, and when a customer requests a change in the layout of the processing screen, a programmer needs to correct the source program and reconfigure the system.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned information processing system, since the operation form differs depending on the customer, the same system is frequently modified for each customer. In addition, since it is very difficult to extract all customer requirements at the design stage, the program is actually modified every time a customer requirement occurs after the system operation starts. In particular, there is a problem in that the data displayed on the display screen and the layout thereof are required by various types of customers, and the correction work (customization work) requires much time and cost.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing system capable of easily changing data to be displayed on a display screen and its layout. Is to provide.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
An information processing system capable of editing a processing screen displayed on a display device, a form definition file for recording the positions and sizes of components displayed on the processing screen, and switching a processing screen from an execution processing screen to a design processing screen A mode switching function, a change function that can change the position and size of the component on the design processing screen, a change / write function that rewrites the form definition file based on the changed position and size of the component, and when the information processing system is started And a reading function for reading the form definition file when the processing screen is switched from the design processing screen to the execution processing screen, and displaying the processing screen on the display device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the first aspect, the change function can be executed by operating a pointing device such as a mouse.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the change function can be executed by operating a data input device such as a keyboard. .

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an information processing system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure of the information processing system according to the present invention. 3A and 3B are diagrams showing a process of changing the processing screen, wherein FIG. 3A shows the processing screen before the change, FIG. 3B shows the processing screen in the middle of the change, and FIG. 3C shows the processing screen after the change. . FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a procedure for creating a processing screen. FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of the information processing system according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a configuration of a processing screen for operating the information processing system according to the present invention as a management apparatus for a specific task.

An information processing system according to the present embodiment will be described below based on a building management system. A building management system is an aggregate of many operations and functions such as energy management for managing electric power used in a building, tenant management, maintenance and maintenance management, and the like.

The entire system according to this embodiment is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, a computer main body 20, a display device 21 such as a CRT, a keyboard 22 corresponding to a data input device, and a mouse 2 corresponding to a pointing device.
3 and an external storage device (database) 24.

The information processing system according to the present embodiment has a software configuration as shown in FIG. That is, the module A includes tenant (store) ledgers, equipment ledgers, and meters (electric meters, gas meters, water meters, and the like) serving as basic data for building management.
It is a ledger module having a ledger. Module B is an energy management module that collects meter values, and module C is a billing module that calculates charges from meter values and issues bills to tenants.

Consider a series of operations from meter reading to issuance of a bill. The display device 21 of the information processing system includes a module B (energy management module)
A screen B1 for acquiring meter reading data is displayed.
When the processing of this processing screen is executed, a charging basic management screen C1 in the module C (invoice issuing module) is displayed as a next screen to perform a charge calculation setting. Similarly, when the setting is completed on this screen, a screen transition such as a bill creation screen C2 and a bill print screen C3 of the module C is performed.

As described above, the data input / reference is performed on the processing screen of each module, and the transition of each processing screen allows the operation of the information processing system to perform desired processing. I have.

Next, a description will be given of a processing screen on which the system operation of the information processing system is based. As an example, a tenant (store) ledger of a building management system is used. The tenant ledger manages information on tenants in a building by using a database. One of the processing screens of the tenant ledger is shown in FIG.

On the processing screen, there are various data input items relating to the tenant. Here, the “tenant code”, “tenant name”,
"Building type", "place of occupancy", "business type", "equipment type", "representative name", and "date of occupancy" can be entered.

A mouse 2 is set on a pull-down mark M displayed next to a text box T for inputting text data.
When the button 3 is pressed, data items registered in advance are displayed as a pull-down menu. Then, by operating the mouse 23 to select a desired data item from the displayed menu, the selected data item is input to the text box T. Hereinafter, a text box T with a pull-down mark M is also referred to as a combo box C.

Various buttons b are provided at the top of the display screen. Operations such as addition, correction, deletion, determination, cancellation, search, and list / details of data can be performed by selecting the button b with the mouse 23. It has become.

This processing screen is displayed on the display device 21 through a procedure as shown in FIG. The procedure performed here is divided into “screen design” and “code description” for each function.

"Screen design" corresponds to an interface section where the user actually touches the information processing system. As a design means, a form (window screen) is prepared, and then a button b and a data display frame (table, text box T, combo box C, etc.) in the form are arranged. Note that components arranged inside the window are collectively referred to as controls. Next, an operation of giving an attribute (property) to the arranged control is performed. Attributes determine the nature of each control,
As a result, the position and size of the control are set.

"Code description" describes an operation performed by a user or an information processing system on software. For example, when the "add" button b is selected, a code corresponding to an event such that an additional registration processing screen is displayed is described.

As described above, the “screen design” and the “code description” are performed, and the two are combined to create an execution file. By executing this executable file, it is operated as one function of the system.

Next, a description will be given of the data displayed on the processing screen and the procedure of changing the layout thereof, which occur very frequently in the system customizing operation. Heretofore, this procedure has been extremely time-consuming, since the program itself has to be modified even if it is a slight change.

In the information processing system of the present embodiment, the data display format and data item information are set in another text file (form definition file 10), and the contents of this file are read when the system starts up. And then apply it to the executable file. This series of processing is shown in FIG.

The form definition file 10 describes various controls to be arranged on the screen and their position and size information. The basic screen 12 (base execution file) is an execution file that is a base when the form definition file 10 is applied, and includes “search”, “add”, “delete”, “add”, “fix”, and “cancel”. , A command button such as “switch list / details”, information on its operation (code), and programs related to other operations are described. Since there is not much demand for customization work related to these operations, the information processing system according to the present embodiment is not targeted for customization work. If it is desired that these operations are also subject to customization, it is necessary to modify / reconstruct a program (source program) as in the past.

Execution processing screen (normal mode screen) (FIG. 3)
(See FIG. 3 (a)), and a mode switching function 13 is switched to a design processing screen (design mode screen) (see FIG. 3 (b)) by mode switching.
Is switched by By switching to this design processing screen, the position and size of the data display unit and the buttons can be changed. The position and size of the data display unit and the buttons are changed using the mouse 23 or the like. Here, the changed content is the form definition file 1 described above.
0 is recorded by using the change / write function 14. Then, when shifting to the normal execution processing screen (operation mode) (see FIG. 3C), the changed contents are read from the form definition file 10, and the position and size of the data display on the processing screen are changed. Become. The procedure described above is shown in FIG.

Next, the above procedure will be described with reference to a specific example. The display position of the tenant name data is changed on the tenant ledger screen shown in FIG. When the right button of the mouse 23 is pressed on the processing screen, a menu for switching between “normal mode” and “design mode” is displayed on the processing screen. Here, when the “design mode” is selected, the mode shifts to the “design mode” in which the layout of the tenant ledger can be changed (see FIG. 3B).

In the present embodiment, in order to distinguish from the processing screen in the "normal mode", "design mode" is added to the screen title displayed at the top of the processing screen, and the screen color is changed and displayed. I have to. Further, items (displaying the size of the text box and the like) used for the change operation are displayed below the screen title.

Here, when the text box of the tenant name to be moved is selected with the left button of the mouse 23, the color of the text box changes, and the text box of the tenant name is selected in the control selection box at the top of the screen. Is displayed. Also, when the pointer is brought to the control by operating the mouse 23, the pointer changes to a “+” display, and the selected portion can be moved or its size can be changed. By a drag operation of the mouse 23 (an operation of moving the mouse 23 while pressing the left button of the mouse 23), the text box T of the tenant name can be moved to an arbitrary position on the processing screen. Further, the title of the tenant name can be moved by the same operation. To change the size of the displayed control, touch the end of the control with the mouse.
The selection can be performed by performing a drag operation.

Next, when the right button of the mouse 23 is pressed, a menu for switching between "normal mode" and "design mode" is displayed. When "normal mode" is selected, a normal processing screen for performing business processing is displayed. (Figure 3
(C)).

In the information processing system of this embodiment, the size and position of the selected control
Is changed using the keyboard 22, but may be changed using the keyboard 22. In this case, using the upper left corner of the processing screen as the origin, you can enter various values for the position from the top (Top), the position from the left (Left), the width of the control (Width), and the height of the control (Height). , Changes are made. These numerical values are to be entered in a text box T displayed below the screen title of “design mode”.

As shown in FIG. 3B, for the text box T of the tenant name, various numerical values at the currently displayed position are displayed.
The numerical value changes with the movement of. Also,
By inputting / changing these values using the keyboard 22, the selected control can be moved or resized. Thereby, the mouse 23
It is possible to make more detailed changes than the change work by.

The control is selected with the mouse 23
In addition, it is also possible by selecting from the combo box C1 of "select control" displayed in "design mode". In the information processing system according to the present embodiment,
When the button of the mouse 23 is pressed on the pull-down mark M1 of the combo box C1, all the controls displayed on the screen are displayed as a list in a pull-down menu.

[0033]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing system capable of editing a processing screen displayed on a display device. A form definition file that records the size, a mode switching function that switches the processing screen from the execution processing screen to the design processing screen, a change function that can change the position and size of the component on the design processing screen, and the position of the changed component A change / write function that rewrites the form definition file based on the size, and reads the form definition file when the information processing system starts up or switches the processing screen from the design processing screen to the execution processing screen, and displays the processing screen on the display device It has a reading function to read and display the position and size of the data display section and buttons (controls) displayed on the processing screen. By writing in the system definition file, it is easy to customize the position and size of the control on the processing screen simply by rewriting the form definition file, so the data displayed on the display screen and its layout can be easily changed There is an effect that it is possible to provide an information processing system capable of performing the information processing.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the first aspect is provided.
In the information processing system described above, the change function can be executed by operating a pointing device such as a mouse, so that the processing screen can be changed by a simple operation of the pointing device, so that the change processing can be performed efficiently. It has the effect of being able to.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a first aspect is provided.
Alternatively, in the information processing system according to claim 2, since the change function can be executed by operating a data input device such as a keyboard, the change of the processing screen can be performed by accurate numerical input of the data input device. This has the effect of being able to be performed precisely and accurately.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an information processing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure of the information processing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a process of changing a processing screen, and FIG.
Shows the processing screen before the change, (b) shows the processing screen in the middle of the change, and (c) shows the processing screen after the change.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a procedure for creating a processing screen.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of an information processing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a configuration of an application program that causes an information processing system according to the present invention to operate as a management device for a specific task.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Form definition file 11 Reading function 13 Mode switching function 14 Change / write function 21 Display device 22 Keyboard (data input device) 23 Mouse (pointing device) 22, 23 Change function

Claims (3)

[Claims] An information processing system capable of editing a processing screen displayed on a display device, wherein a form definition file for recording positions and sizes of components displayed on the processing screen, and a processing screen from an execution processing screen A mode switching function for switching to the design processing screen, a change function for changing the position and size of the component on the design processing screen, a change / write function for rewriting the form definition file based on the changed position and size of the component, An information processing system having a reading function of reading a form definition file when the information processing system is started or when a processing screen is switched from a design processing screen to an execution processing screen, and displaying the processing screen on a display device. . 2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the change function can be executed by operating a pointing device such as a mouse. 3. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the change function can be executed by operating a data input device such as a keyboard.