JP2000132429A - Message output system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily generate the definition body of an error message when the error message etc., is defined, to improve its readability, and to facilitate analysis. SOLUTION: Data to be displayed in a message area 5 are stored, definitions for outputting the data are set in a display definition table, and when a message is a comment statement, comment tables generated by classifications are generated in link form; and comment statements are linked from a comment statement of a high-order comment table to a comment statement of a low-order comment table and outputted to form message information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a message output system for outputting message information such as an error or trace data to a display or a printer for display or printing in an information processing apparatus or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional message output methods include, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-125443 (hereinafter referred to as a first conventional example) and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-100911 (hereinafter, referred to as a first conventional example).
(Referred to as a second conventional example) is known.

The first conventional example includes a central processing unit and a main storage device having an error information editing output program area. The error information editing output program area includes an error information management table area and one or more error bits. An error information editing output method including a conversion table area and one or more error code conversion table areas is disclosed. Here, in the error information management table area,
Stores the byte position and number of bytes where the information to be converted in the error information is stored, as well as a pointer to a conversion table used for converting the message. In the error code conversion table area, an error code which is coded by a plurality of bits and indicates the error content, and the content of the error code are stored. The message shown is stored.

Then, the central processing unit refers to the contents of the error bit conversion table area or the error code conversion table area designated by the pointer of the error information management table area when editing and outputting the error information, and reads the error information management table area. The contents of the error information specified by the byte position and the number of bytes are converted into a message and output.

In the second conventional example, an error message output from an error state detecting means provided in a software processing system is associated with an error message detected when the error code is detected. And an error message content to be output is defined, an error information table that can be updated by an error information table updating means provided separately is created and stored in the external storage device for each software processing system, and error state detection is performed. When the error is detected by the means, the error code output is temporarily stored in the error type information table by the software processing system described above, and the rule of the error information table corresponding to the stored error code is extracted. The contents of the display corresponding to the extracted rules are displayed in an external table using the error message display means. User-defined type error message output method to output the device is described.

[0006]

However, in the first prior art and the second prior art, when determining whether or not to notify a user of an error state detected by software and notifying the user of the error state. An error information table with the function of customizing the format of the error message body of each user is provided to facilitate the customization process for the user to output an appropriate error message according to the level of the software user. However, when forming the error message information, it is necessary to form the error message information according to the error mode, and even the duplicate message information must be stored one by one, and the definition of the error message is troublesome. There is an unsolved problem.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned unsolved problems of the prior art, and employs a link format when defining an error message and the like.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a message output method that can form a message information by forming a definition body for each classification and define a lower definition body to form a definition body of an error message. I have.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a message output method for outputting message information such as an error or trace data to an output device. When outputting message information, a plurality of definition bodies for output are created in advance in a link format for each classification, and the message information can be output for each classification using this definition body.

In the invention according to the first aspect, a plurality of definition bodies for message output are created for each classification in a link format. Message information can be formed, and the number of defined bodies to be stored can be reduced as compared with the case where message information is formed for each error mode.

A message output method according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 1, the output definition body is created in an array format, and a plurality of message information can be output. .

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the output definition is created in an array format, a plurality of message information can be output simultaneously.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the present invention. An arithmetic processing unit 1, a storage unit 2, and a display unit 3 such as a CRT display or a liquid crystal display as an output unit are connected via a bus 4. It is connected.

Here, the arithmetic processing unit 1 executes a predetermined application program similarly stored in the storage device 2 under the operation system stored in the storage device 2 to execute processing according to the application program. Is performed, and the result is output to the display device 3 and displayed, and a message information output process of outputting message information such as error or trace data is executed, and the message information is output to the display device 3 and displayed. I do.

The storage device 2 has a message area 5 for storing data for displaying message information in addition to an operation system and application programs.
A definition body 6 for defining message information is stored.

Here, the definition body 6 includes a display definition table TD shown in FIG. 2, a comment table TC shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and a time format table TT shown in FIG.

The display definition table TD is shown in FIG.
, A data relative byte number specification field C1 for specifying the relative byte number from the beginning of the message area 5, a display type specification field C2 for specifying the format of the data to be displayed,
A type-specific specification column C3 representing type-specific details, a pre-message specification column C4 for specifying a comment to be displayed before display data, a post-message specification column C5 for specifying a comment to be displayed after display data, and a line feed. And an end-of-sentence control specification column C6 for specifying the presence / absence of a character.

Here, as the display type, the data is regarded as a numerical type (binary data), and the numerical type to be displayed based on the detailed definition information for each type, and the data is regarded as a character type (character code), A character type to be displayed based on the definition information, and a time type to convert the data into a date (year, month, day) based on the detailed definition information for each type, assuming that the data is seconds elapsed from the reference time January 1, 1970. And a comment type for outputting a sentence corresponding to data (comment code) from a comment table (comment code).

When the display type is a numerical type, the detailed definition content for each type is an integer (binary, decimal, decimal).
Number, hexadecimal, hexadecimal, etc.) and decimals, data width to specify the width (size) of numeric data, display digits to specify the number of digits of numeric data to be displayed, and character color of numeric data to be displayed And a background color that specifies the background color of the numerical data to be displayed.

If the display type is a character type, the character code of the character data to be displayed (JIS, SJ)
IS, EUC, UNICODE, etc.), the number of characters (columns) specifying the number of bytes of character (column) data to be displayed, the number of characters (column) specifying the number of bytes to be displayed, and the color of characters to be displayed A background color that specifies the background color has been set.

Further, when the display type is the time type, a format type which is a number corresponding to the display format in the time display format table, a character color for designating a character color to be displayed, and a background of the character to be displayed. The background color that specifies the color is set.

Further, when the display type is a comment type, a comment table name for specifying a file name of the comment table, a character color for specifying a character color for displaying the comment, and a background of the character for displaying the comment The background color that specifies the color is set.

As shown in FIG. 3, the comment table TC is composed of, for example, one large classification table TCL, two middle classification tables TCM1 and TCM2, and three small classification tables TCS1 to TCS3. ing.

For example, the first and fourth comments CML1 and CML4 of the large classification table TCL are linked to the middle classification table TCM1, and the remaining second and third comments CML2 and CML3 are linked to the middle classification table TCL. Linked to TCM2.

The first comment CMM11 of the middle classification table TCM1 is in the small classification table TCS1, and the second comment CMM12 is in the small classification table TCS2.
The third comment CMM13 is a small classification table T
CS3, each of which is linked to another intermediate classification table TCM2
Of the first comment CMM21 is a small classification table TC
In S1, the second comment CMM22 is stored in the sub-category table TCS2 in the third and fourth comment CMMs.
23 and CMM 24 are linked to the sub-classification table TCS3, respectively.

In each of the classification tables, as shown in FIG. 4, a data relative byte number column C21 indicating the relative byte number from the head of the message area, a data size column C22 indicating the data size, and a designated data of the message area. A code column C23 representing a comment code designated by the following, a comment column C24 for storing a comment sentence corresponding to the comment code, and a lower link table name storage column C25 for specifying a lower link table name are set. In the figure, the lower link table name storage column C25 is omitted.

The time format table TT is
As shown in FIG. 5, the format type and the display format corresponding to each format type, that is, “yyyy / mm / d” for the type “1” as the format for displaying the date
d ”and the type“ 2 ”is“ yyyy mm mm dd
"Day", and type "3" is "gg yy / mm / d
d "is set to be displayed.

Next, a description will be given of a message information output processing procedure in which the operation of the above-described embodiment is executed by the arithmetic processing unit 1, with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

In this message information output process, as shown in FIG. 6, first, in step S1, the relative number of bytes corresponding to the serial number of the display definition table TD set by the pointer is referred to, and the corresponding message area 5 The data to be displayed, which is set in, is read. Here, the pointer variable P is set to “1” corresponding to the serial number 1 in the initial state.

Then, the process goes to step S2, where "error serial number", "occurrence time", "module type", "error message", "detail code" are displayed before displaying data.
It is determined whether or not there is a designation to output a pre-message, and if so, the process proceeds to step S3, outputs the corresponding pre-message, and then proceeds to step S4. If there is no output designation, the process directly proceeds to step S4.

In step S4, the display type is determined with reference to the display definition table. If the determination result is a numeric type, the process proceeds to step S5, where the display is performed in integer display (binary, decimal, hexadecimal). In addition to discriminating whether the display is a decimal number or a decimal display and setting a display area of the designated number of digits of the data, the process proceeds to step S6, the display color of the numerical data is set, and then the process proceeds to step S7, where the message The data is output to the output device 3 and displayed or printed.

Next, the flow shifts to step S8 to judge whether or not the output of the post message is specified. When the output is specified, the flow shifts to step S9, and after outputting the post message, shifts to step S10. If there is no output designation, the process directly proceeds to step S10.

In step S10, in order to control the end of the sentence, it is determined whether or not there is a line feed designation. If there is a line feed designation, the flow shifts to step S11. If there is no designation, the process directly proceeds to step S12.

In step S12, the pointer variable P is incremented by "1", and then the process proceeds to step S13 to determine whether or not there is data at a serial number corresponding to the pointer variable P in the display definition table TD. If there is no data, the process goes to step S14 to set the pointer variable P to "1" and then ends the message display process. If there is data, the process goes to step S15 and the predetermined time required to visually recognize the display is reached. It is determined whether or not the time has elapsed. If the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process waits until the time has elapsed. If the predetermined time has elapsed, the process returns to step S1.

On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S4 is that the display type is a character type, the flow proceeds to step S16, where the character type is determined, and the binary data is converted into the designated character code, and then the flow proceeds to step S6. I do.

If the result of determination in step S4 is that the display type is a time type, the flow shifts to step S17 to convert the binary data into dates (year / month / day) and refer to the time format table. After setting to the designated display format, the process proceeds to step S6.

If the result of the determination in step S4 is that the display type is a comment type, the process proceeds to step S18, where the type of the display definition table is set based on the data representing the comment code of the message area read in step S1. The corresponding comment text is read out with reference to the large classification comment table specified in the separate detail specification column C3, and then the process proceeds to step S19, where the display color is set in the same manner as in step S6, and then the process proceeds to step S20. Then, the message data as the comment text is output, and then the process proceeds to step S21.

In step S21, it is determined whether or not a lower link table name is specified in the comment table.
Move to step S22.

In this step S22, it is determined whether or not there is a line feed designation as in the above-described step S10. If there is a line feed designation, the flow shifts to step S23 to perform a line feed processing, and then shifts to step S24. If there is no designation, the process directly proceeds to step S24.

In step S24, the display 3
It is determined whether or not a predetermined time sufficient to visually recognize the displayed message has elapsed in consideration of the output to the display unit. If the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process waits until the predetermined time has elapsed. Has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S25.

In this step S25, referring to the data relative byte number of the designated lower link table, the comment code data of the corresponding relative byte number in the message area is read, and then the process proceeds to step S26, where the comment code data is read. After reading the comment sentence of the lower link table specified originally, the process returns to step S19.

On the other hand, if the result of the determination in step S21 is that the lower link table name is not specified, it is the lowest comment table, and it is determined that there is no continued comment statement, and the flow shifts to step S8.

Therefore, according to the first embodiment, by referring to the data set in the message area and the display definition table, numerical data, time data, character data and comment text are sequentially stored as message information. When the display is switched to the display area of a predetermined one line, first, as shown in FIG.
To the SB) side, binary data is stored in a little endian system in which the upper digit to the lower digit of an integer are sequentially stored.

Here, "0" to "3" bytes from the beginning of the message area 5 are data representing the error serial number, and "4" to "7" bytes represent the occurrence time from January 1, 1970. Elapsed second data, “8” to “23”
The byte is character data representing the module type, and "2
Bytes "4" to "27" are data representing the comment code of the large classification comment table, bytes "28" to "31" are data representing the comment code of the small classification comment table, and "32" to "35". The byte is set to data representing the detail code.

In response, the display definition table TD is
It is set as shown in Tables 1 and 2 below.

[0046]

[Table 1]

[0047]

[Table 2] Further, in the comment table “comment1.tbl”, for example, as shown in Table 3 below, a comment sentence indicating an abnormal part having the same classification is set, and a lower level is linked to a lower level comment table shown in Table 4 below. The link table name is set.

[0048]

[Table 3] Further, in the lower link table, as shown in Table 4 below, comment statements of the same classification indicating the error content are defined, and the lower link table name is omitted as the lowest table.

[0049]

[Table 4] Further, the time format table is set in the same manner as in FIG.

Therefore, by detecting an error in the operation system or the application program, data for outputting a message is stored in the message area 5 as shown in FIG. When the output process is started, first, the numerical data of four data widths, that is, the leading “0” to “3” bytes from the data relative byte number “0” stored in the serial number 1 of the display definition table are converted. Reading (step S1), since this is "10" in decimal and there is a pre-message, first, "error serial number:" is displayed (step S3), and subsequently the display type is a numerical type. The process proceeds to step S5, where "10" is output in the designated display color and background color because it is a decimal integer and the display digit is four digits. .

As a result, "error serial number: 10" is displayed on a predetermined display line on the screen of the display device 3, there is no post message, and the end-of-sentence control has a line feed.
At 11, line feed processing is performed.

Next, the pointer variable P is incremented by "1", thereby specifying the serial number 2 in the display definition table TD. Since data exists in this serial number 2, the process returns to step S1 after a lapse of a predetermined time.

Therefore, in step S1, by referring to the data of the serial number 2 in the display definition table specified by the pointer variable P, the "occurrence time: May 1998" is displayed on a predetermined display line on the screen of the display device 3. 15th ", and thereafter, by referring to the data of serial number 3 after a predetermined time has elapsed," module type: OS server "is displayed.

After that, when the pointer variable P becomes "4" and the data of the serial number 4 in the display definition table is referred to, the pre-message is "error type:". Since the type is the comment type, the process proceeds from step S4 to step S18, where the comment table stored in detail by type based on the data “1” stored between 24 bytes and 27 bytes of the message area 5 With reference to "comment1.tbl", a comment sentence of "OS error" is displayed (step S
20).

Thereafter, since the lower link table name "comment2-1.tbl" has been specified in step S21, the flow shifts to step S12, and since a line feed is specified, step S2 is performed.
Line break processing is performed at 3, and after a predetermined time has elapsed,
In step S25, from message area 5 to 28 bytes defined in comment table "comment2-1.tbl"
Reads data representing "2" between one byte and, based on this, a comment table "comment" corresponding to the minor classification table
By referring to "2-1.tbl", "parameter error"
Is read out (step S25) and displayed on the display (steps S19 and S20).

Then, the comment table "comment2-1.tb
Since l "is the lowest table and the lower link table name is not specified, steps S21 to S8
And no post message is specified,
The process proceeds to step S10, where a line feed is specified. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S11 to perform a line feed process.
Return to

In this step S1, by referring to the serial number 5 in the display definition table according to the pointer variable P, "detail code:" is displayed as a pre-message,
Next, since the display type is a numeric type, the process moves from step S4 to step S5, where the data "0a" of the 32nd byte of the message area 5 is read and displayed, and at this time, the end-of-sentence control is set without line feed. Then, the data "23" at the 33rd byte of the message area 5 is displayed, and the data "28" at the 34th byte is displayed.
Finally, a line feed process is performed after the data "99" of the 35th byte is displayed. Then, since no data exists in the message area 5 and no definition exists in the display definition table, the message display process ends.

When displaying only one line of a message, display data may be set in the message area 5 and only one line of the definition data may be defined in the display definition table. The number of switching can be set arbitrarily according to the number of serial numbers in the display definition table and the number of links in the comment table.

As described above, in the above embodiment, when the end-of-sentence control indicates that there is a line feed, the messages are sequentially displayed while switching the message display. The contents of the message can be changed by changing the binary data stored in the message area, and the display format of the message can be changed by rewriting the contents of the display definition table. The message information can be easily customized at the user level (addition, deletion, change, etc. of display data).

Further, by creating an output display definition for each classification when outputting a message, data readability is improved and analysis is facilitated, and the output display definition is used for data display processing (program ), The output display definition can be rearranged even if the output display definition is changed, and the data display processing (program) need not be recompiled.

Moreover, as for the comment texts, the comment tables created for each category are linked in a link format, so that a large number of comment texts can be created by connecting the comment texts between the comment tables. The storage capacity can be reduced as compared with the case where the number of comment sentences corresponding to the message is created, and versatility can be secured.

In the above embodiment, the case where the message information is displayed in the display area of one line has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In the processing of FIG. 6, the message read out according to the display definition table is displayed. The information is sequentially stored in a predetermined display storage area, and when reading of all the message information is completed, the message information stored in the display storage area is output to the display device 3 as shown in FIG. All the message information may be arranged or displayed in a predetermined display area. In this case, since the message information is displayed at a time, the visibility of the operator can be improved.

In the above embodiment, the case where the display device 3 is applied as the output device has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a printing device such as a printer or a plotter can be applied.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the comment table is of three types, the large classification table, the medium classification table, and the small classification table, has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It can be.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where data is stored in the message area 5 in the little endian system has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and data is stored in the big endian system. It may be.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the process waits for a predetermined time each time one line of message data is displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the processing in FIG. It may be executed as an interruption process.

[0067]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when a message is output and displayed, the output display definition is created, thereby improving the readability of data and facilitating analysis. At the same time, by customizing the output display definition, it is possible to display data according to the user's level, and since the output table definition is independent of the data display processing, the output table definition must be changed. However, only the rearrangement of the output display definition is required, and the effect that recompilation of the data display process is not required is obtained.

Further, since a plurality of definition bodies for message output are created for each category in a link format, a higher definition body is linked to a lower definition body.
Desired message information can be easily formed, and compared with the case where message information is formed for each error mode, the number of defined bodies to be stored can be reduced, and versatility can be secured. Further, since the message information is defined for each classification, there is an effect that the readability of the data is further improved and the analysis is easier.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, since the output definition body is created in an array format, a plurality of message information can be output simultaneously. Display or printout, thereby improving the visibility.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a display definition table.

FIG. 3 is a correlation diagram illustrating a link format comment table.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a comment table.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a time format table.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a message output process.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of data storage in a message area.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an arrangement display state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 arithmetic processing unit 2 storage device 3 display device 4 system bus 5 message area 6 definition body TD display definition table TC comment table TT time format table

Claims (2)

[Claims] In a message output method for outputting message information such as error and trace data to an output device, when outputting the message information, a plurality of definition bodies for output are created in advance in a link format for each classification. A message output method characterized in that message information can be output for each classification using this definition field. 2. The message output method according to claim 1, wherein the output definition is created in an array format, and a plurality of message information can be output.