JP2002182914A - Screen transition display device, screen transition display method and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To comprehensively display screen transition information on a display and to enable to conduct editing on a display screen. SOLUTION: Screen/button information constituted by including a screen identification ID by correlating button/transiting destination information block gathered by every screen with a screen corresponding to the block and the screen transition information to indicate screen transition to be constituted by including the pieces of information are inputted, first display information to display screen transition information to be expressed by the respective pieces of the information on a screen with tree structure like GUI is generated and second display information is further generated based on the display information. These pieces of the display information are selectively displayed on the screen with the tree structure like the GUI by using items to express each of the screen and a button. The information is edited as matching the first and second pieces of the display information by executing an editing operation to any one of the display information on the screen. The display information after editing is converted into a screen transition information form and outputted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a screen transition display device, a screen transition display method, and a storage medium, and more particularly, to editing and deciding a screen transition of a copying machine or the like.
The present invention relates to a screen transition display device, a screen transition display method, and a storage medium that can easily operate, edit, and create such transition information in a GUI.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, software products have screen transitions in display contents displayed on a display constituting a computer system.

[0003] In particular, in an interactive system including a plurality of screens and a multimedia system, the transition of the screen becomes complicated, and it is desired that the information related to the transition be easily arranged and confirmed. As a solution for this, a request definition support device is used.

[0004] As this kind of technology, creation of a screen transition diagram,
On the requirement definition support device that edits and registers, register some patterns of the transition diagram and reuse them, or extract and resynthesize common elements in the transition diagram to improve the efficiency of the requirement definition work. A technique for improving the performance is disclosed (JP-A-7-21957).
No. 4). Here, the transition of the target screen is represented by a state transition diagram or state transition table. Although this state transition diagram is a diagram expressed as “GUI”, the state transition table shows a state of one field in the state transition diagram, an event that changes this field, and an operation to be executed based on this event. Are related in a vertical and horizontal table format.

[0005] Further, by defining a transition source screen, a transition type, and a transition destination screen in a table, a means for transitioning from each screen to a predetermined screen based on the table is provided, and editing such as correction of definition is performed. There is also disclosed a technique for simply and surely correcting the screen transition (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-249).
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Generally, a software product has a screen transition, and in the conventional product, this screen transition has been substituted by describing it in a state transition diagram or the like as described above.

[0007]

However, the existing requirement definition support apparatus has the following problems. a) Since the screen transition information is represented as a GUI, the screen transition is treated as one form of state transition and is represented using a state transition diagram, so that the transition relation between the screens is complicated and visually. It is difficult to see, it is difficult to set and display fine buttons and the like included on the screen of the state transition diagram, and the expression format is difficult to understand from a GUI (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-219754). b) Since the screen transition is expressed in the existing state transition diagram expression form or the expression form using the actual screen, the more complicated the screen transition information is, the more difficult it is to understand the entire flow (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 7-1995). 219754, JP-A-11-249876). c) Tools for editing screen transition information already exist, but since the transition process is set for each screen transition, it is difficult to understand the entire screen transition configuration, making it difficult to make changes to the transition information. (Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 11-24987)
No. 6). The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a request definition support device that solves the above-described problem. In other words, a) the transition relationship between screens is described. The GUI, the relationship between the screen, the button that causes the screen transition within the screen, and the transition destination screen related to the button are displayed in a GUI, and are displayed in a visually easy-to-view expression format. B) In the case of complex screen transition information, A screen transition display device that displays the entire flow including the transition status in an easily understandable manner, and c) facilitates deletion, addition, and modification of the displayed transition information in the manner of a screen editor. It is to provide a screen transition display method and a storage medium.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is configured to include a plurality of screens and to switch between screens by operating buttons (screens). A screen transition display device used to define a program including (transition), a screen identification ID group for identifying each of the plurality of screens, and buttons individually arranged in each of the screens. Button / transition destination information that describes a transition destination screen to which a transition is made by operating a button using the button identification ID for each button included in each of the screens. Screen / button information including the screen identification ID by associating a button / transition destination information block grouped for each screen with a screen corresponding to the block; Screen transition information representing a screen transition including the application / transition destination information and the screen / button information, and a screen transition status represented by each information included in the screen transition information using the screen transition information. GU with wooden structure
A display information generating means for generating display information to be displayed on a screen in a screen-like manner, and a screen transition status based on the display information in a tree-structured GUI using items representing screens and buttons, respectively. Display means for displaying the information on the display.

The invention described in claim 2 is the first invention.
In the screen transition display device described in the above, the screen transition information, screen number information indicating a unique number different from the identification ID on each screen, and parent screen information indicating the number information of the parent screen of the screen The button / transition destination information indicates a transition destination screen instruction by the number information,
The button information is configured to include the screen number information and the parent screen information, and the display information generating unit performs the plurality of screens, each button of the screen, and each button based on the screen transition information. Including a transition destination screen for each, the display information that represents the relationship between the screen and the buttons and the transition destination screen on the display screen in a tree structure is generated as a screen transition detail diagram, and as the display information of the items of the transition destination screen (3) Among items having a display shape indicating a transition state between screens, items corresponding to parent screen information of a transition destination or items corresponding to coincidence or disagreement of the parent numbers of the transition source, the transition destination, and the screen are used. It is assumed that.

[0010] Further, the invention according to claim 3 is based on claim 1.
In the screen transition display device according to the above, the display information generating means includes, based on the screen transition information, each of the plurality of screens and a transition destination screen from the screen, and a hierarchical relationship between these screens is hierarchically displayed. First display information generating means for generating display information represented on a display screen in a simple tree structure as a screen transition hierarchy diagram; and the plurality of screens based on the information representing the screen transition. Buttons and
A second display information generating means that includes a transition destination screen for each button, and generates display information representing a mutual relationship between the screen and the button and the transition destination screen on a display screen in a tree structure as a detailed screen transition diagram. Wherein the display means switches between the output of the first display information generation means and the output of the second display information generation means and displays the output on a display screen.

[0011] The invention described in claim 4 is the same as the claim 3.
In the screen transition display device described in the above, the screen transition information, screen number information indicating a unique number different from the identification ID on each screen, and parent screen information indicating the number information of the parent screen of the screen The button / transition destination information indicates a transition destination screen instruction by the number information,
The button information is configured to include the screen number information and the parent screen information, and the first or second display information generating unit performs the plurality of screens and the transition destination screen based on the screen transition information. In addition to generating display information representing the mutual relationship between the screen and the transition destination screen on the display screen in a tree structure as a screen transition detail diagram, three types of transition states between screens are provided as display information of items of the transition destination screen. Among the items having the display shape indicating the parent screen information of the transition destination screen, or the items corresponding to the coincidence or disagreement of the parent numbers of the transition source and the transition destination with the parent numbers of the screen.

The invention described in claim 5 is the first invention.
5. The screen transition display device according to any one of items 1 to 4, further comprising coordinate input means for inputting cursor coordinates on the display screen, wherein the information is further read from outside. A storage unit that converts the screen transition information into array type information and stores the information in a storage device, wherein the first display information generating unit is configured to display a display screen based on the array type information stored by the storage unit. Display item structure generating means for generating display information to be displayed and a structure including the information of the item in association with each item of the display information, and a pointer pointing to the structure is displayed on the item of the display information. , And performing an operation of adding information for recognizing individual items in the display information to the structure. A step, further receiving the specified coordinate information from the coordinate input means, specifying the item from the coordinate information and the display information, and determining the item from one information of the structure associated with the specified item. Obtaining information about the item, extracting information indicating the transition of the item to the screen based on the information from the structure, and recognizing the item in the display information included in the extracted information, Editing means for deleting display information representing the transition of the specified item to the screen and simultaneously changing information in the structure representing the transition of the specified item to the screen. It is characterized by the following.

[0013] The invention described in claim 6 is the invention according to claim 5.
In the screen transition display device according to the above, the deletion of the display information on the display screen representing the transition to the screen of the specified item, the screen item of the transition destination in the display information and the structure associated with the screen item The information in the structure that represents the transition to the screen of the identified item after deleting the body is that the transition destination screen information in the structure that is associated with the button item in the display information. It is a feature.

The invention described in claim 7 is the third invention.
Or the screen transition display device according to 4, further comprising coordinate input means for inputting cursor coordinates on the display screen, wherein the second display information generating means stores the second display information in different areas. And generating a structure including the information of the item in association with each item in the display information, wherein the first display information generating means includes the second display information, and the display information. The first display information is generated based on the structure provided in association with the first display information, and when each item in the first display information is generated, the corresponding item in the second display information is associated with the item. A value for recognizing the item to be generated is included, and a value for recognizing the item in the first display information is generated in the second display information, and further generated from the coordinate input means. Accepting the specified coordinate information, specifying the item from the coordinate information and the display information, and regarding the button item having the transition destination information to the screen having the same screen ID as the screen of the specified item, Search means for searching for the display information and the structure provided in association with the display information and outputting a search result; and the screen identification ID from the second display information based on the information obtained from the search means. When the transition destination information to the screen having the screen identification ID is changed and the item of the screen having the screen identification ID is deleted from the second display information, the item having the screen identification ID is also simultaneously obtained from the first display information. Editing means for deleting an item on the screen, and when the first and second display information are switched and displayed by the display means, display before and after the switching. It is characterized in that it has to have a consistency for screen transition contents.

The invention described in claim 8 is the first invention.
Or the screen transition display device according to 2, further comprising operation signal input means for inputting an operation instruction signal including cursor coordinates on the display screen,
The display information generating unit further includes a storage unit that converts the screen transition information read from the outside into array type information and stores the array type information in a storage device, wherein the display information generating unit is stored by the storage unit. Display item structure generating means for generating display information to be displayed on a display screen based on the array type information, and a structure including information on the item in association with each item of the display information, A recognition information adding unit that associates a pointer pointing to the structure with the item of the display information, and further executes an operation of adding information for recognizing an individual item in the display information to the structure; Each item that can be included in the display information generated by the display information generating means is added or deleted, and each item is deleted. An editing unit that enables a change or search of various information related to an item associated with the item to be executed based on an instruction from the coordinate input unit, based on the display information edited using the editing unit. Display information conversion means for forming screen transition information as the array type information and storing the array type information in a storage device in a file format.

The invention according to claim 9 is the third invention.
Or the screen transition display device according to 4, further comprising coordinate input means for inputting cursor coordinates on the display screen, wherein the display information generating means further comprises an externally-displayed screen transition information read in an array type. Storage means for converting the first display information and the second display information into different areas, wherein the first display information generation means and the second display information generation means respectively store the first display information and the second display information in different areas. And adding or deleting each item included in the display information generated by the display information generating unit, and changing or searching for various information related to the item associated with each item, using the coordinate input unit. Editing means that can be executed based on an instruction from, and the editing means that has been edited using the editing means Display information conversion means for forming screen transition information as the array type information based on the display information, and further storing the array type information in a storage device in a file format, wherein the operation of the editing means includes: The editing is executed on any one of the first and second display information displayed on the display screen, and the editing unit includes:
When the first and second display information are switched by the image switching means and displayed, the other display information is also displayed on the display screen so that the contents of the screen transition before and after the switching have consistency. It is characterized in that it is edited in the same manner as the displayed display information.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a screen transition display method configured to include a plurality of screens and used to define a program including screen transitions (screen transitions) by button operations. A screen identification ID group for identifying each of the plurality of screens; and a button identification ID group for individually identifying each button arranged in each of the screens. Button / transition destination information that describes a screen using the button ID for each button included in each of the screens. A screen / button information including the screen ID, the button / transition destination information, and the screen / button information are associated with a corresponding screen. An input step of inputting screen transition information representing a screen transition to be performed, and a screen transition state represented by each piece of information included in the screen transition information based on the screen transition information input in the input step, in a tree structure. G
A display information generating step of generating display information to be displayed on a screen in a UI manner; and a screen transition status based on the display information in a tree structure using items respectively representing screens and buttons. And a display step of displaying on a screen.

The invention according to claim 11 is the screen transition display method according to claim 10, wherein the screen transition information is a screen number indicating a unique number different from the identification ID on each screen. Information, parent screen information indicating the number information of the parent screen of the screen, the button / transition destination information indicates the instruction of the transition destination screen by the number information, and the screen / button information is the screen number. Information and the parent screen information, the display information generating step, based on the screen transition information, the plurality of screens, each button of the screen, a transition destination screen for each button, In addition to generating display information representing the relationship between screens, buttons, and transition destination screens on the display screen in a tree structure as a screen transition detail diagram, display information of items on the transition destination screen and Out of three items having a display shape representing the transition state between screens, the item corresponding to the parent screen information of the transition destination or the correspondence of the parent number of the screen between the transition source and the transition destination and the parent number of the screen is used. Features.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the screen transition display method according to the tenth aspect, wherein the display information generating step includes the steps of: The screen includes a transition destination screen from the screen, and displays the relationship between these screens in a hierarchical tree structure.
A first display information generating step of generating display information to be displayed on a screen as a screen transition hierarchy diagram; and based on the information representing the screen transition, the plurality of screens, each button of the screen, and each button. And a second display information generating step of generating display information representing a relationship between the screen, the button, and the transition destination screen on the display screen in a tree structure as a detailed screen transition diagram, The display step includes a display step of switching between the output generated in the first display information generation step and the output generated in the second display information generation step and displaying the output on a display screen. .

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the screen transition display method according to the twelfth aspect, wherein the screen transition information includes a screen showing a unique number different from the identification ID on each screen. Number information and parent screen information indicating the number information of the parent screen of the screen, the button / transition destination information indicates an instruction of the transition destination screen by the number information, and the screen / button information is the screen The first or second display information generating step is configured to include number information and the parent screen information, and the first or second display information generating step includes the plurality of screens and a transition destination screen based on the screen transition information. Generates display information that shows the relationship between the transition destination screens on the display screen in a tree structure as a detailed screen transition diagram, and displays three types of transition status between screens as display information of items on the transition destination screen. Of the items having display shape, characterized by using items that match or to correspond to the mismatch of the parent screen information or the transition source and a transition destination and the screen of the parent number of the destination screen.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the screen transition display method according to any one of the tenth to thirteenth aspects, wherein a coordinate input step of inputting cursor coordinates on the display screen. Further having
The information display information generating step further includes a storage step of converting the screen transition information read from the outside into array type information and storing the converted information in a storage device, wherein the first display information generating step is performed by the storing step A display item structure generating step of generating display information to be displayed on a display screen based on the stored array type information, and a structure including information on the item in association with each item of the display information; Associating a pointer to the structure with the item of display information;
The information processing apparatus further includes a recognition information adding step of performing an operation of adding information for recognizing each item in the display information to the structure, and further specifies an item from the coordinate information and the display information input in the coordinate input step. Extracting information about the item from one piece of information of the structure associated with the identified item, and extracting information indicating a transition of the item to a screen from the structure based on the information; And deleting, from the information recognizing the item in the display information included in the extracted information, the display information indicating the transition to the screen of the specified item, and simultaneously changing to the screen of the specified item. And an editing step for enabling information in the structure to be changed.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the screen transition display method according to the fourteenth aspect, wherein the display information on the display screen representing the transition of the specified item to the screen is deleted. The screen item of the transition destination in the display information and the structure associated with the screen item are deleted, and the information in the structure representing the transition of the specified item to the screen is a button in the display information. It is the transition destination screen information in the structure associated with the item.

The invention according to claim 16 is the screen transition display method according to claim 12 or 13, further comprising a coordinate input step of inputting cursor coordinates on the display screen. The second display information generating step generates second display information in different areas, generates a structure including information of the item in association with each item in the display information, and generates the first display information. The display information generating step generates first display information based on the second display information and a structure provided in association with the display information, and generates each of the first display information in the first display information. When generating an item, the item includes a value for recognizing a corresponding item in the second display information, and the second display information includes a value in the first display information. The item including the value for recognizing the item is generated, and the item is specified from the coordinate information and the display information input in the coordinate input step, and a screen having the same screen identification ID as the screen of the specified item is displayed. For the button item having the transition destination information, the second
A search step of searching for display information and a structure provided in association with the display information and outputting a search result; and, based on the information obtained from the search step, determining the screen identification ID from the second display information. When changing the transition destination information to the screen having the screen ID and deleting the item of the screen having the screen ID from the second display information, the screen having the screen ID from the first display information at the same time And an editing step that allows the user to delete items of
When the first and second display information are switched and displayed in the display step, the contents of the screen transition displayed before and after the switching have consistency.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, in the screen transition display method according to the tenth or eleventh aspect, there is provided an operation signal input step of inputting an operation instruction signal including cursor coordinates on the display screen. When,
The display information generating step further includes a storage step of converting the screen transition information read from the outside into array-type information and storing the converted information in a storage device, wherein the display information generating step is stored by the storing step. A display item structure generating step of generating display information for displaying on a display screen based on the array type information, and a structure including information of the item in association with each item of the display information; Associating a pointer pointing to the structure with the item of the display information, and performing a recognition information adding step of performing an operation of adding information for recognizing an individual item in the display information to the structure, further comprising: Addition or deletion of each item included in the display information generated by the display information generation step And an editing step of changing or search a variety of information about the items associated with each item making it possible to perform on the basis of the operation inputted instruction at the operation input step,
Based on the display information edited in the editing step, form screen transition information as the array type information,
A display information conversion step of storing the array type information in a storage device in a file format.

An invention according to claim 18 is the screen transition display method according to claim 12 or 13, wherein an operation signal input step of inputting an operation instruction signal including cursor coordinates on the display screen. The display information generating step further includes a storage step of converting the screen transition information read from the outside into array type information and storing it in a storage device;
The display information generating step and the second display information generating step generate first display information and second display information in different areas, respectively, and are included in the display information generated in the display information generating step. An editing step enabling addition or deletion of each item, and a change or search of various information relating to an item associated with each item to be executed based on an instruction from the coordinate input means; and the editing step A display information conversion step of forming screen transition information as the array type information on the basis of the display information edited in the above, and storing the array type information in a storage device in a file format. The operation of the step includes the first and second display information displayed on the display screen. It is performed on one of,
In the editing step, when the first and second display information are switched and displayed in the display step, the other display information is also changed so as to have consistency with respect to screen transition contents displayed before and after switching. The editing is performed in the same manner as the display information displayed on the display screen.

The invention according to claim 19 is configured to include a plurality of screens and to display screen transitions used for defining a program including screen transitions (screen transitions) by button operation. Storage medium storing a program for storing a plurality of screens, and a button identification ID group for individually identifying each button arranged in each of the plurality of screens. A button that describes a transition destination screen to which a transition is made by operating the button for each button included in each screen using the button ID. Screen / button information including the screen ID and the button / transition by associating the block of the transition destination information with the screen corresponding to the block. An input step of inputting screen transition information representing a screen transition including information and the screen / button information; and, based on the screen transition information input in the input step, each of the screen transition information included in the screen transition information. A display information generating step of generating display information for displaying the screen transition status represented by the information on a screen in a GUI in a tree structure; and displaying the screen transition status based on the display information, the screen and the button, respectively. And a display step of executing a display step of displaying on a screen in a GUI in a tree structure using the items.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the computer-readable storage medium according to the nineteenth aspect, wherein the screen transition information indicates a unique number different from the identification ID on each screen. Screen number information, including parent screen information indicating the number information of the parent screen of the screen,
The button / transition destination information indicates an instruction of a transition destination screen by the number information, the screen / button information includes the screen number information and the parent screen information, and the display information generating step includes: Based on the transition information, the plurality of screens, each button of the screen, including a transition destination screen for each button, the relationship between the screen and the button and the transition destination screen on the display screen in a tree structure. The display information to be displayed is generated as a screen transition detail diagram, and as the display information of the items of the transition destination screen, the parent screen information of the transition destination or the transition source among the items having the display shapes representing the three types of transition states between the screens It is characterized in that an item corresponding to the coincidence or disagreement of the transition destination and the parent number of the screen is used.

According to a twenty-second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the computer-readable storage medium according to the nineteenth aspect, wherein the display information generating step includes the step of generating the plurality of screens based on the screen transition information. A first display information generating step of generating, as a screen transition hierarchical diagram, display information including a transition destination screen from the screen and representing the mutual relationship of these screens on a display screen in a hierarchical tree structure; Based on the information representing the screen transition, the plurality of screens, each button of the screen, including a transition destination screen for each button, the relationship between the screen and the button and the transition destination screen in a tree structure A second display information generating step of generating display information to be displayed on a display screen as a detailed screen transition diagram, wherein the displaying step includes generating the first display information. Wherein the output generated by the step second
And a display step of switching the output generated in the display information generating step and displaying the output on a display screen.

The invention according to claim 22 is the computer-readable storage medium according to claim 21, wherein the screen transition information indicates a unique number different from the identification ID on each screen. Screen number information, including parent screen information indicating the number information of the parent screen of the screen,
The button / transition destination information indicates an instruction of a transition destination screen by the number information, and the screen / button information includes the screen number information and the parent screen information, and the first or second display information The generating step includes, based on the screen transition information, the plurality of screens and a transition destination screen, and a detailed screen transition diagram showing display information representing a relationship between the screens and the transition destination screen on a display screen in a tree structure. And the parent screen information of the transition destination screen or the parent number of the transition source, transition destination and screen among the items having the display shapes representing the three types of transition states between the screens as the display information of the items of the transition destination screen Characterized by using an item corresponding to a match or a non-match.

According to a twenty-third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the computer-readable storage medium according to any one of the nineteenth to twenty-second aspects, wherein coordinates for inputting cursor coordinates on the display screen are provided. Further comprising an input step, wherein the display information generating step includes:
Further, the method includes a storage step of converting the screen transition information read from the outside into array type information and storing the converted information in a storage device, wherein the first display information generating step is based on the array type information stored in the storage step. A display item structure generating step of generating display information to be displayed on a display screen and a structure including information of the item in association with each item of the display information; and a pointer pointing to the structure. A recognition information adding step of performing an operation of associating the item of the display information with the item, and further performing an operation of adding information for recognizing each item in the display information to the structure, further comprising: a coordinate input in the coordinate input step Identifying an item from information and display information, and information of one of the structures associated with the identified item Extracting information indicating the transition of the item to the screen from the structure based on the information, and recognizing an item in the display information included in the extracted information. Editing that enables, from the information, deleting display information indicating a transition of the specified item to a screen and changing information in the structure indicating a transition of the specified item to a screen. And a step.

According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the computer-readable storage medium according to the twenty-third aspect, wherein the display information on the display screen represents a transition of the specified item to a screen. The deletion deletes the screen item of the transition destination in the display information and the structure associated with the screen item, and the information in the structure representing the transition of the specified item to the screen is the display information. It is the transition destination screen information in the structure associated with the button / item.

The invention according to claim 25 is the computer-readable storage medium according to claim 21 or 22, further comprising a coordinate input step of inputting cursor coordinates on the display screen. The second display information generating step generates second display information in different areas, and further generates a structure including information of the item in association with each item in the display information; The first display information generating step generates first display information based on the second display information and a structure provided in association with the display information, and includes: When each item is generated, the item includes a value for recognizing the corresponding item in the second display information, and a previous value is included in the second display information. A screen including a value for recognizing the item in the first display information is generated, and an item is specified from the coordinate information and the display information input in the coordinate input step, and the same screen as the screen of the specified item is specified. ID
A search step of searching the second display information and a structure provided in association with the display information for a button item having transition destination information to a screen having a search result, and outputting a search result; When changing the transition destination information from the second display information to the screen having the screen ID based on the received information, and deleting the item of the screen having the screen ID from the second display information Has an editing step of simultaneously enabling the deletion of the item of the screen having the screen identification ID from the first display information, and the first and second display information are displayed in the display step. When switching and displaying,
It is characterized in that the screen transition contents displayed before and after the switching have consistency.

According to a twenty-sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the computer readable storage medium according to the nineteenth or twentieth aspect, wherein an operation instruction signal including a cursor coordinate on the display screen is input. The input step and the display information generation step further include a storage step of converting the screen transition information read from the outside into array type information and storing it in a storage device,
The display information generating step includes, based on the array type information stored in the storage step, display information to be displayed on a display screen, and information on the item associated with each item of the display information. A display item structure generating step of generating a body, associating a pointer pointing to the structure with the item of the display information, and further adding information for recognizing an individual item in the display information to the structure. An identification information adding step of executing an operation, further specifying an item from the coordinate information and display information input in the operation input step, and furthermore, each item included in the display information generated by the display information generating step Add or remove items and items associated with each item An editing step that enables a change or search of various information related to the operation instruction input in the operation input step, and based on the display information edited in the editing step, as the array type information. A display information conversion step of forming screen transition information and storing the array type information in a storage device in a file format.

According to a twenty-seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided the computer-readable storage medium according to the twenty-first or twenty-second aspect, wherein an operation signal for inputting an operation instruction signal including cursor coordinates on the display screen is input. The display information generating step further includes an input step, wherein the display information generating step further includes a storage step of converting the screen transition information read from the outside into array type information and storing the converted information in a storage device; Step and the second
The display information generating step of
And display information generated in the display information generating step, adding or deleting each item included in the display information generated in the display information generating step, and various information relating to the item associated with each item. And an edit step for enabling a change or a search to be executed based on an instruction from the coordinate input means, and forming screen transition information as the array type information based on the display information edited in the edit step. And a display information conversion step of storing the array type information in a storage device in a file format, wherein the operation in the editing step is performed by the first and second displays displayed on a display screen. The editing step is performed on any one of the first and second information. When the display information is switched and displayed in the display step, the other display information is displayed in the same manner as the display information displayed on the display screen so that the displayed screen transition contents before and after the switching have consistency. It is characterized by editing.

According to a twenty-eighth aspect of the present invention, in the computer-readable storage medium according to any one of the nineteenth to twenty-seventh aspects, a server computer and a client computer read the storage medium as the storage medium. A floppy disk, a hard disk, a magneto-optical disk, an optical disk, a CD-ROM, a CD-R, a magnetic tape, a non-volatile memory card, and a ROM storing a program capable of storing the program.

According to a twenty-ninth aspect of the present invention, in the computer-readable storage medium according to any one of the nineteenth to twenty-seventh aspects, the storage medium is detachable from a server computer and a client computer. It is characterized by being possible.

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing apparatus for constructing an embodiment of a GUI screen transition information editing tool according to the present invention. FIG. 39 is a diagram for explaining an outline of the processing of the information processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and is a diagram showing data generated in a process of processing and an outline of a relationship between these data in blocks.

The information processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
While controlling the entire apparatus according to an OS (not shown),
A CPU for constructing a multi-window system based on the multi-window program stored in the memory is provided. This multi-window program has functions of reading screen transition information from outside (102), tree structure drawing mechanism (104), editing mechanism (105), and writing screen transition information (106). Further, the transition relationship between the screens is represented by a GUI in a tree structure, showing the relationship between each screen, a button that causes a screen transition within the screen, and a transition destination screen associated with the button. These tree-structured elements will be called items in the future. Therefore, although not shown,
This program has image information for displaying various GUI items.

The above-described multi-window program,
That is, the information processing apparatus incorporating the program for reading the screen transition information, analyzing the information content, and displaying the GUI in a tree structure converts the input screen transition information as shown in FIG. 39.

In FIG. 39, screen transition information from the external screen transition information storage area 101 is converted into array type information indicated by reference numeral 1 via a system path 3911 and stored in this area. The data stored here is converted into display information of the code 3 for display via the system path 3912 and stored in this area. This data is finally converted into contents for the display display 5, and the output is displayed on the display 7 via the path 3914.
Reference numeral 11 denotes a memory in the information processing device, reference numeral 12 denotes an information processing device main body, and reference numeral 9 denotes an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse.

In FIG. 39, the structure of reference numeral 2, the display information of reference numeral 4, and the block of array type information of reference numeral 6 are as follows.
It will be described later.

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
This will be described as a fourth embodiment. In the first embodiment, a GUI display is used. In the second embodiment, a method of adding a screen number and a parent number to a screen to display a transition state between screens is described. In the third embodiment, a method for simplifying and displaying the same transition by adding a group number, and a method for obtaining consistency between the two display formats in preparation for screen editing. In the embodiment, a method for editing a transition state displayed on a display screen on-screen will be described.

(First Embodiment) In a first embodiment of the present invention, a GUI is used to express the transition relationship between screens together with the setting and display of buttons and the like that cause the transition, and to provide a visual representation that is easy to see. Will be described.

In order to easily explain the functions and the like of the present apparatus, three screens (3701 and 3701) as illustrated in FIG.
FIG. 2 shows an example of a screen transition between 3705 and 3709).
This will be described with reference to FIG. The base in the following description is based on FIG.

FIG. 37 is a diagram in which the entire example of the program in which the screen transitions is drawn for easy understanding. What we are trying to represent in this figure is as follows. IDD_GAMEN1
(3701). This screen has three buttons, and IDC_GAMEN1_BTN1 (370
Pressing 2) indicates a transition to IDD_GAMEN2 (3705), and pressing IDC_GAMEN1_BTN2 (3703) indicates a transition to IDD_GAMEN3 (3709). Here, IDC_GAMEN1_BTN
3 (3704) indicates that the transition itself ends.

Similarly, the remaining two screens IDD_GAM
EN2 (3705), IDD_GAMEN3 (370
9) also has three buttons each,
If IDC_GAMEN2_BTN1 (3706) is pressed, this screen is discarded, and IDD_GAMEN1 (370)
To 1), IDC_GAMEN2_BTN2 (3707)
If you press, this screen will be discarded, and instead IDD_GAM
EN3 (3709) is displayed. IDD_
The same applies to GAMEN3.

The screen transition part shown in FIG.
FIG. 2 shows an overview of what is schematically displayed. In FIG. 2, the screen transition diagram is represented by a tree structure including three elements (hereinafter, these elements will be referred to as items). These three elements are a screen item, a button item, and a transition destination screen item in order from the left side of the figure. The screen item, as the name suggests, indicates which screen. The button item is a button included in the screen and is represented as a child item of the screen item in the tree structure. Further, the transition destination screen item is displayed as a child item of each button / item in order to indicate to which screen a transition is made when the button is pressed.

By displaying the screen as shown in FIG. 2, the problem “the transition relationship between the screens” is displayed on the GUI together with the setting and display of the buttons and the like that cause the transition.
Expression and display in a visually easy-to-view expression form. " The mechanism for displaying the screen transition shown in FIG. 2 will be described below.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the entire display processing of the first embodiment.

(301; screen transition information) First, FIG.
As the screen transition information 301, the minimum necessary information for performing the above-described display will be described. The required information is represented by using a screen identification ID for identifying each of a plurality of screens and a button identification ID for identifying each button arranged on each of the screens. Button / transition destination information describing the transition destination screen for each button, and (2) screen / button information describing, for each screen, which button is included in which screen. If there is such information, Plays the role of screen transition information. Then, the screen transition information can be displayed in a GUI as a tree structure. Therefore, an example of the format of such screen transition information is as shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the relationship among the above-described screens, buttons, and transition destinations in a table format for explanation. Transition information is roughly divided into a relationship between a screen and a button, and a relationship between a button and a transition destination. In FIG. 4, the left frame of the figure shows the relationship between the screen and the button, and the right frame shows the button and the transition destination. For example, IDD_GA shown in 3701 in FIG.
MEN1 is indicated by reference numeral 401 in FIG.
Button 3702 included in DD_GAMEN1 is
404. By pressing this button, IDD_GAMEN2 shown in 3705 in FIG.
The screen transition to is indicated by reference numeral 405 in FIG. A pointer to the button information group included in the screen is indicated by reference numeral 402, and the information is stored at the button group name (403).

Screen transition information (301 in FIG. 3) whose contents are illustrated in FIG. 4 is described in a file format.

(302: Read screen transition information) Screen transition information described in a file format (301 in FIG. 3)
Is stored in the memory as array type information (FIG. 3).
302). FIG. 5 shows the display process (3 in FIG. 3) shown in FIG.
02 to 304) are flowcharts for explaining the overall view in more detail. Details of the screen transition information reading process (302) in FIG. 3 are described in steps 501 to 5 in FIG.
04. Here, the storage in the memory in this manner is used because it is a convenient form for reading and writing information during the processing.

This storage is a procedure in which the transition information file is sequentially read line by line, and necessary information is stored in the memory as an array.

(303; transition information storage area for editing) The transition information stored in the array type is arranged as shown in a hierarchy in FIG. For example, IDD_ shown at 601
The button included in GAMEN1 indicates that the button is stored at the location indicated by the pointer indicated by reference numeral 602. That is, IDD_GAMEN1 is denoted by reference numerals 603 and 60.
5, 607, and the respective transition destinations are described at positions indicated by reference numerals 604, 606, and 608. I would like you to confirm the storage format in comparison with FIG.

(304: Tree Structure Drawing Mechanism) Next, the screen transition diagram shown in FIG. 2 is displayed using the screen transition information stored in the memory in the above-mentioned array type format (30).
4). Details of this processing are described in steps 505 to 51 in FIG.
It is shown in FIG.

For displaying the tree structure, a commercially available arbitrary tree structure display GUI library is used.

First, the top pointer of the array read earlier is obtained, and the screen identification ID of the first screen is obtained.
Accordingly, a corresponding screen item is created and displayed on the GUI screen, and a screen identification ID is attached to the label (steps 505, 507, 508).

Next, a pointer to the button group of this screen (shown in FIG. 6) stored together with the screen identification ID is obtained (509). The first button identification ID of the button group indicated by the acquired pointer is acquired, a corresponding button item is created and displayed below the screen item on the GUI screen, and the button identification ID is attached to the label (51).
1,512).

Next, a transition destination screen identification ID is obtained, and
A corresponding transition destination screen item is created and displayed as an item below the button / item, and a transition destination screen identification ID is attached to its label (513, 514). This process is repeated by the number of buttons included in the screen (51
0).

Step 51 for one screen
When the processing of 0 is completed, the above processing is repeated by the number of screens described (506).

For example, the item corresponding to the reference numeral 601 shown in FIG. 6 is displayed as a screen item shown by the reference numeral 201 in FIG.
Symbol 20 as a child item of the screen item (201)
2 is displayed, and its transition destination (604) is denoted by reference numeral 20.
3 is displayed as a transition destination screen item. Then, these relationships are displayed as lines (lines) connecting the respective items as shown in FIG.

The result displayed as the GUI screen by the processing shown in FIG. 5 is in the form shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, even if the screen transition information is complicated, it is easier to understand than the existing screen transition diagram. It is possible to more easily represent to which screen a transition is made from the button.

The above operation will be described with reference to FIG. 39.
11 to the array type information of code 1 and the path 391
The information is converted into the display information of reference numeral 3 via the line 2 and the display information of reference numeral 5 via the path 3913, and is displayed on the display by the output signal of the display reference numeral 5 as shown in FIG.

(Second Embodiment) In a second embodiment of the present invention, a GUI is used to express the transition relationship between screens together with the setting and display of buttons and the like that cause the transition, and to provide a visually easy-to-view expression format. The following describes a method of “displaying in a simple manner” and a method of “expressing the entire flow easily even if the screen transition information becomes complicated”.

In the second embodiment, screen transition information in which some information is added to the minimum transition information of the first embodiment is defined, and the screen transition information diagram is enlarged using the transition information. An example in which two are displayed separately will be described. One is a screen transition hierarchy diagram for the purpose of displaying the entire screen transition information in a hierarchical manner so that the entire configuration can be easily understood, and the other is a screen transition from which button on each screen to which screen. FIG. 9 is a detailed screen transition diagram for the purpose of clearly indicating whether or not to perform.

A method for displaying the screen transition information on the display screen using the above two display modes will be described below.

An overview of the screen transition hierarchy diagram and the screen transition detailed diagram is as shown in a GUI screen illustrated in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the processing flow in the second embodiment is the same as the processing in the first embodiment except for the reference numeral 805.
Is added. The details of FIG. 8 are shown in FIGS.

(801: Screen transition information) First, the information included in the screen transition information includes the minimum information, the screen ID, the button ID, the button / transition destination information, the screen / In the second embodiment, in addition to the four pieces of button information, a screen number and a parent number are added.
Screen transition information is defined in the format shown in.

In understanding this information format, there are several things that must be confirmed.

First, when it is desired to treat the same screen as a different screen from the same screen, for example, the screen changes from the screen of A to the screen of the same C from the screen of B. This information is used for a case where it is desired to distinguish whether the screen is a screen or a screen that has transitioned from the screen B. In this embodiment, this information is used for giving a different meaning from the screen identification ID.

The parent number is a screen located at a lower layer of the screen currently displayed on the display, that is, a result of a transition of the screen, assuming that the screens are displayed in layers. Represents the number of the previous transition source screen. By providing this parent number,
From the comparison of the parent numbers of the respective screens, for example, it is determined that the screens having the same parent number are on the same layer, and if different, are on different layers. In addition,
The parent number of the first screen at the top is “0”, and the other screen numbers use numbers that do not use this “0”. Here, it is a matter of whether or not the numbers are different. If they are the same, the same screen is displayed.

In the second embodiment, taking as an example the transition specification shown in FIG. 37 adopted in the first embodiment, the screen transition information 801 shown in FIG. 8 is shown in FIG. Is represented as As indicated by reference numeral 901, the information of IDD_GAMEN1 is represented in this way,
A screen number and a parent number are newly added. Since the screen is the top screen, the parent number is 0, and the screen ID and the button group (9) included in the screen are displayed in the same manner as described in the first embodiment.
02) A pointer name to a data storage location is stored.

(802: Screen transition information reading) The screen transition information expressed in the above-described manner is stored in the memory in the form of an array as in the first embodiment. Then, in this case, the procedure is to acquire the leading pointer, shift the pointer, and acquire transition information in the pointer. Details of this step are shown in steps 1002 and 100 in FIG.
3,1004.

(803; transition information storage area for editing) FIG.
The information storage format of the array type of the screen transition information shown in FIG.
It becomes as shown in.

(804; Tree Structure Drawing Mechanism) First, a detailed screen transition diagram is created and drawn using the above-mentioned array type screen transition information. This basic processing is almost the same as the processing in the first embodiment. First, an array type top pointer is obtained, and a screen item corresponding to the screen transition information stored first is created (1005, 100
7).

At this time, information on this screen item, that is, four information sets of a screen number, a screen identification ID, a parent number, and a button group name are newly generated. This generation is shown in FIG. First, a screen item structure as shown in the upper right part of FIG. 12 is created from the data read from the screen transition information shown in FIG. 8, and a screen number, a screen identification ID, a parent number, and a button group name are included therein. Are stored. Then, a pointer to the structure is provided in association with the created screen item (1008).

Next, a pointer to a button group of this screen included in this screen is obtained (1009).

The information of the first button of the button group is obtained, and the corresponding button item is created as a child item of the created screen item (1011).

A structure including information on the button item, that is, a button ID, a button ID name, and a transition destination screen number is created, and a pointer to this structure is associated with the item (1012).

Next, a transition destination screen number included in the button information is acquired, and based on this, a transition destination screen item is created as a child item of the created button item.

In the above, “creating an item” means “writing an indicator designating an item” in the display information area 3 in FIG. Also,
The structure described above is indicated by reference numeral 2 in FIG. A path 3916 indicates that the structure is associated with a screen item or a button item in the display information, and that the structure can be accessed from the screen item or the button item.
Indicates that this structure is generated from the array type information. The system path 3917 is a system path that responds to the access of the system path 3916.

In FIG. 39, reference numeral 3 denotes a detailed screen transition diagram, and reference numeral 4 denotes information of a screen transition hierarchy diagram or an information storage area.

In the second embodiment, the transition status between screens can be displayed by using the newly provided “parent number”.

(Transition status between screens) The transition status between screens here is how the screen changes to the next transition destination screen, and the following three transition statuses are used. Divided.

(Nesting Flow) This shows a case where a certain screen transits so as to be overlapped by an event from the user. Hereinafter, this is called a nesting flow. FIG. 13A shows the window ownership relationship and the copy machine operation section where this transition occurs.

(Sequential Flow) This shows a screen transitioning so that a certain screen is replaced by an event. Hereinafter, this is called a sequential flow. This is a transition in which the foreground dialog box is once discarded by an event, and another dialog box appears. Therefore, it appears to the user's eyes that a button or the like is pressed and the foreground dialog box is changed to another dialog box. FIG. 13B shows the window ownership and the copy machine operation section where this transition occurs.

(Flow by Destroying Screen) In addition,
It is possible that the dialog displayed as in FIG. 13c simply disappears.

The transition information called parent number is used to represent these three types of transition situations. For example, check the parent number of the screen from the transition destination screen number, and if it is equal to the parent number of the current screen, the screens before and after the transition are located in the same hierarchy, which is called a sequential flow. Therefore, the transition destination screen is represented by the GUI item representing the sequential flow (1014).

Similarly, the parent number of the screen is checked from the transition destination screen number. If the number is "0", the current screen transition control is interrupted, and all the currently displayed dialogs are discarded. Since the screen transition is set to end, the transition destination screen is represented by a GUI item representing a flow by screen abandonment (1014).

Similarly, in cases other than the above two cases, that is, when the parent numbers of the screens before and after the transition are different and the parent number of the screen after the transition is not “0”, the transition in this case is expressed as a nesting flow. Therefore, the transition destination screen is represented by the GUI item representing the nesting flow (1).
014).

By repeating the above processing by the number of buttons and screens (1006, 1010), a detailed screen transition diagram can be created.

FIG. 14 shows an overview when the screen transition information as shown in FIG. 9 is actually created by the above-described method and displayed on the display screen. here,
To explain this figure, corresponding to the memory information described in FIG. 11, for example, as a transition destination of IDD_GAMEN1 (the parent number is “0”), IDD_GAMEN1-
The second screen from the BTN1 button, that is, IDD_GA
Transition to MEN2. At this time, IDD_GAMEN2
Has a parent number of 1, indicating that it is displayed on the first screen, and the transition status indicates that it is a nesting flow. Therefore, the transition status is represented by a display item indicated by reference numeral 1402. Similarly, IDC_GAM
If EN1_BTN3 is set, the transition destination screen number is “0”, and the screen number “0” indicates the end of the transition.
Is used. 1404 is I
Since the parent number of DD_GAMEN1 is “0”, this is a GUI item indicating a flow due to screen discarding.
Since it is a transition to a screen having the same parent number, it is a GUI item representing a sequential flow.

By executing the processing described above,
Since each screen is assigned a screen number and a parent number, a detailed screen transition diagram showing the transition state of the screen can be displayed.

When the above is summarized with reference to FIG. 39, in the second embodiment, the display information is included in the display information in order to correspond to the display information which is the base information to be displayed on the display. When a structure 2 (accurately, a group of structures) provided in association with each GUI item (accurately, an indicator designating the GUI item) to be generated and display information 3 is generated, for example, a transition state GUI that represents
In the acquisition of the parent number when selecting and displaying an item, the structure 2 is accessed. Here, there is a difference from the first embodiment.

(805; Hierarchical Tree Structure Drawing Mechanism, Screen Transition Hierarchy) Next, a process of creating a screen transition hierarchy diagram as shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. 16 will be described. This detailed flowchart is shown in FIG.

This screen transition hierarchy diagram is the display information 3 (screen transition information detailed diagram) shown in FIG. 39, which is the base information for displaying the screen transition detailed diagram described above on a display.
Generated based on

In FIG. 15, first, the number of screens (exactly, screen item designators, hereinafter the same) included in the display information 3 (screen transition information detailed view) in FIG. 39 is counted, and the size is counted. A storage space (storage area for display information 4 (screen transition hierarchy diagram) in FIG. 39) for storing the display information is prepared (1502). Then, one piece of screen information is acquired from the display information 3 (screen transition information detailed diagram), and the parent number of the screen is checked (1503, 1504). If this parent number is 0 (the top screen), it is an item of the top screen, so the button or transition destination information described in this screen information with reference to this screen, and further the screen information of the line destination Are repeated from the display information (display information 4 shown in FIG. 39) to sequentially extract and create screen information.

At this time, with respect to the display information of these two detailed diagrams and the hierarchy diagram, the so-called screen editor function is executed to edit the contents displayed on the display screen in a manner similar to the display form. In preparation, the following processing is performed.

The screen item created as the display information for displaying the hierarchical diagram corresponds to the item corresponding to the detailed diagram (screen item location in the display information of the detailed diagram)
Is retained. Similarly, a value that recognizes the created screen item (the screen item location of the display information of the hierarchical diagram) is given to the corresponding screen item of the detailed diagram. That is, the corresponding screen items as the display information of the detailed diagram and the hierarchical diagram have recognition values for recognizing each other. Specifically, this recognition value is provided in the “structure corresponding to the item” described in the above description of the detailed diagram (150
5).

Then, this item is stored in the display information storage space prepared for displaying the hierarchical diagram prepared earlier.

Next, one piece of information of the next screen is obtained from the display information 3 (detailed view of screen transition information) shown in FIG. 39, the parent number of the screen is checked, and if the parent number is not 0, the display information is stored. The space (reference numeral 4 in FIG. 39) is checked to determine whether or not this detailed view item has already been created (15).
06).

If it has not been created yet, a new screen item is created below the screen item information value in the storage space in the order of the numerical value of the parent number (15).
07).

At the same time, values for recognizing each other are also stored in the respective display information of the transition diagram and the detailed diagram for integration with the detailed diagram. Specifically, it is as described above.

Then, the transition destination of the item created by any of them is checked. This time, detailed map information (including structure)
, A transition destination from the created item is checked, and a screen related to the nesting flow is searched (15).
09). If there is a screen that transitions according to the nesting flow, search the detailed destination information for the information of the transition destination screen in order to create the screen as a child item below the tree structure of the screen created earlier. Then, the obtained screen item is created, and the mutual recognition values are stored (1510, 1511, 1512). This is performed for the number of buttons (transitions) (1508).

When all the transitions have been checked, the same is repeated for the next lower screen in the detailed diagram, and all the screens are checked (1501).

With the above processing, a screen transition hierarchy diagram is created. The appearance created and displayed on the display screen is as shown in FIG.

As described above, since the screen transition relation is displayed in a hierarchical manner by the tree structure, it is possible to confirm the detailed setting status of the screen while comparing it with the whole.

(Third Embodiment) In the third embodiment of the present invention, as in the second embodiment, "the transition relationship between screens is represented by a GUI expression together with the setting and display of buttons and the like that cause the transition." In the second embodiment, the concept of “group” is newly added to the method of “displaying in an expression format that is visually easy to see” and “expressing the entire flow easily even if the screen transition information is complicated”. A description will be given using the added screen transition information format. An overview is as shown in FIG.
The processing flow is as shown in FIG. Details of FIG. 19 are shown in FIGS.

The third embodiment is almost the same as the second embodiment, except that a new concept of a group is added.
By eliminating the repeated display of the similar transition pattern, there is an advantage that the transition state can be more easily understood and simplified, and at the same time, the similar transition pattern can be reused.

First, what a group is will be briefly described. In the case of the screen transition specification as illustrated in FIG. 18, the screen transitions from the fifth screen to the seventh screen in the same manner from the sixth screen. And the subsequent transition is the same. In this case, the transition after the seventh is treated as a group. This eliminates the need to write the same transition information many times, and allows the same transition to be used any number of times, thus increasing reusability. Such a thing is called a group, and in this embodiment, this group is used to represent screen transition information.

(1901; Screen Transition Information) The information included in the screen transition information in the third embodiment is as shown in FIG. 20 in which a group number and a screen group name are added to the information used in the second embodiment. Defined in a simple screen transition information format. For example, a screen transition specification as shown in FIG. 38 is represented in the information format shown in FIG. In FIG. 38, two screens are added to the transition specification of FIG. 37, and the IDC_GROUP of 3801 is added.
IDD_ of 3802 from 1_GAMENT3_BTN3
Transit to GROUP2_GAMEN1 and ID of 3803
From C_GROUP2_GAMEN1_BTN1, 38
04 to IDD_GROUP2_GAMEN2.

In the information format shown in FIG.
01 describes two groups, and the screen group information included in each group (group numbers 1 and 2) is 2
002. Group 1 includes four screens, and the parent-child relationship between these screens is indicated by a parent number. Each screen has a button group name (2003) included in each screen, and the button group name (2004) indicates the transition destination screen number to which the button is pressed.

In FIG. 38 having five screens GAMEN1 to GAMEN5, the first group includes the first four (1 to 4) GAMENs, and the next group includes the first group. GAMEN4 and GAMEN5. However, G in FIG.
AMEN4 and GAMEN5 are group 2 GAMEN
1 and GAMEN2.

(1902: Screen transition information reading) The screen transition information expressed in the above-described manner is stored in the memory in the form of an array as in the first and second embodiments. This storage is a procedure for obtaining the leading pointer, shifting the pointer, and obtaining transition information in the pointer.

(1903; Edit Transition Information Storage Area) The screen transition information shown in FIG. 20 is stored in the memory in the array type information storage format shown in FIG. 22 (2101). 20 corresponds to the screen transition information shown in FIG. 20, reference numeral 2201 represents group information, and is represented by two groups in this specification. Further, each group information has a group number and a pointer to a screen group included in the group as information. For example, the screen information of group 1 is represented as 2002 and has information on three screens. Reference numeral 2203 denotes IDD_GROUP.
There is information of 1_GAMEN1, and reference numeral 2204 has a pointer to a button group included in this screen, and has information of three buttons included in the point (2205) indicated by the pointer.

(1904; Tree Structure Drawing Mechanism, Detailed Screen Transition Diagram) First, a detailed screen transition diagram is created using the above-described array type screen transition information, and is rendered on the display screen. The basic processing here is almost the same as in the second embodiment.

First, in order to create a screen transition detailed diagram, first,
An array type head pointer is acquired (2102), and the number of groups is stored therein. So, if you move one pointer, the group number of the first group,
The pointer to the screen group included in the group is stored. Therefore, a group item is created at the top of the tree structure (2104).

At this time, the group number and the name of the screen group included in this group are stored in the created group item as information attached to the group (21).
05). How to store the data is the same as that described with reference to FIG. 11 in the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 23, but is similarly performed for a new group.

Next, screen group information indicated by the pointer to the screen group is viewed (2106). First, the number of screens included in this group is stored. Since information on each screen is stored in the second and subsequent screens obtained by moving the pointer, a screen item corresponding to the screen is created as a child item of this group item (2108).

At the same time, a screen information type structure is created and necessary information, a screen number, a screen identification ID, a screen identification ID name, a parent number, a pointer name to a button group, and a group number are stored therein. . Then, the pointer of this structure is given to the created screen item (2109).

Also, since the pointer to the button group included in this screen is included in the information of this screen,
Look at that point. (2110) First of all,
The number of buttons included in this screen is stored, and information on each button is stored in the second and subsequent fields, as in the case of the screen. Accordingly, a button item corresponding to the button is created in the detailed map information (reference numeral 4 in FIG. 39) in a tree structure format as a child item of the screen (211)
2).

At this time, similarly to the group and the screen, a button structure is created, and three pieces of information of the button identification ID, the button identification ID name, and the transition destination screen number are stored therein.
The created button / item has a pointer of this structure (2113).

Further, since the transition destination screen number is stored in the button information, the transition destination screen item corresponding to this information is set as a child item of the button item, and is displayed in a detailed diagram in a tree structure format. Information (4 in FIG. 39)
(2114, 2115).

At this time, as described in the second embodiment, in the case of the nesting flow, the parent number of the screen is checked from the transition destination screen number, and if they are equal, the sequential flow is determined. The transition destination screen is expressed by the GUI item to be displayed.

Similarly, in the case of a flow due to screen discard, the parent number of the information of the screen including the button is checked, and if they are equal, the flow is a screen discarded screen. To express.

Similarly, transitions other than the above two transitions are expressed as nesting flows, and the transition destination screen is expressed by a GUI item representing the nesting flow.

By repeating the above processing for each of the number of buttons, screens, and groups, a detailed screen transition diagram can be created. The displayed overview is as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 24, a hierarchy 2401 represents a group, and represents two groups in the present specification. The symbol 2402 displayed as the child item
The hierarchy of represents the screens included in the group, and the screen included in the group 1 includes three screens. Further, the layer denoted by reference numeral 2403 represents button items included in the screen. Reference numeral 2404 denotes a transition destination screen of each button / item. For example, IDD_GROUP1_GAMEN3_B in FIG.
The transition destination (2206) of TN1 is the first screen, that is,
Represents a transition to IDD_GROUP1_GAMEN1,
This is indicated by an item representing a flow due to screen discard as indicated by reference numeral 2404. The transition destination of BTN2 is indicated by an item representing a sequential flow.

(1905; Hierarchical Tree Structure Drawing Mechanism, Screen Transition Hierarchy Diagram) By the above processing, a detailed screen transition diagram can be displayed. Next, a method of hierarchically expressing the entire configuration of the screen transition information based on the current screen transition information and the screen transition detailed diagram information will be described. This detailed flowchart is shown in FIG.
It is shown in FIG.

This screen transition hierarchy diagram is generated based on the display information 3 (screen transition information detailed diagram) shown in FIG. 39 for displaying the above-described screen transition detailed diagram.

First, information on the top group item is obtained from the detailed screen transition diagram. In response, top group items are also created in the screen transition hierarchy diagram (2502, 2503).

As described above, at this time, in preparation for the execution of a so-called screen editor function, a value for recognizing the corresponding item of the detailed view is added to the group item created as display information for displaying the hierarchical view. It is held (2505). Similarly, the corresponding group
The item also has a value for recognizing the created group item (2504). That is, the corresponding screen items as the display information of the detailed diagram and the hierarchical diagram have recognition values for recognizing each other.
This recognition value is provided in the “structure corresponding to the item” described in the above description of the detailed diagram.

Next, in the lower layer structure of this group item, the relationship between the screens included in this group is hierarchically represented by the same steps as in the above-described second embodiment. Specifically, step 250 of FIG.
Steps indicated by a box 6 are executed. First, the number of screens included in this group is counted from the detailed map information, and a storage space for storing display information having that size is prepared (2507). Then, one piece of screen information included in this group is obtained from the detailed map information,
The parent number of the screen is checked (2508). If the parent number is 0 (the top screen), the top screen item is created in the lower layer structure of the group item created earlier. Then, as in the case of the group item, a value for recognizing the corresponding screen of the detailed view is given to this created screen item. Similarly, for the corresponding item in the detail view,
Give a value that recognizes the created screen item (2
510). Then, this item is stored in the display information storage space prepared earlier.

Next, one piece of information of the next screen is obtained from the display information 3 (screen transition information detailed diagram), and the parent number of the screen is checked. If the parent number is not 0, the display information storage space is checked. It is checked whether or not this detailed diagram item has already been created (2511).

If not already created, a new screen item is created in the lower layer structure of the screen item information contained in the storage space of the numerical order of the parent number. At the same time, the recognition value of the created item is stored in the recognition value storage space, in which the display information of each of the transition diagram and the detail diagram also holds a value for recognizing each other for integration with the detailed diagram (2512).

Then, the transition destination of the item created by any of them is checked. This time, by referring to the detailed map information (including the structure), the transition destination from the created item is checked, and the screen related to the nesting flow is searched (25
14). If there is a screen that transitions according to the nesting flow, in order to create the screen as a child item in the lower layer structure of the screen created earlier, search for the information of the transition destination screen by searching the detailed map information, Then, a screen item is created in the display information storage space based on the obtained information, and mutual recognition values relating to this item are stored in the respective items (2515, 2516, 2517). This is performed for the number of buttons (transitions) (2513).

When all the transitions have been checked, the same is repeated for the screens one level lower in the detailed diagram, and all the screens are checked (2506).

This processing is performed for all groups (2501).

A screen transition hierarchy diagram is created by the above processing. The overview created and displayed on the display screen is as shown in FIG.

As described above, since the screen transition relation is hierarchically displayed by the tree structure, the detailed setting status of the screen can be confirmed while comparing the entire screen.

It is needless to say that the screen transition detailed diagram and the screen transition hierarchy diagram described above can be arbitrarily switched or simultaneously displayed.

(Fourth Embodiment) In a fourth embodiment of the present invention, a change to transition information, that is, editing of transition information will be described based on the above description. First, as the format of the screen transition information and the GUI screen representation format, those described in the third embodiment are used. That is,
In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which the screen transition information is read and what kind of operation is added to the screen transition information expressed by two types of screen transition diagrams as in the third embodiment.

The editing operation is shown on the display screen as the above-described detailed screen transition diagram or as a screen transition hierarchy diagram, and is performed on items such as groups, screens, buttons, and transition destination screens displayed in a tree structure. By operating the coordinate input unit for inputting the cursor coordinates on the display screen for the item, for example, by operating the cursor with a mouse and clicking, the item is designated and the type of the item is specified. It displays preset edit menus and accepts user input. Alternatively, another edit menu can be displayed by clicking outside the item area. The types of editing include deletion, addition, and setting shown in the following table, and the editing targets include a transition destination screen, a transition destination group, a screen itself, and a group. Then, the edited screen transition information can be saved in a format similar to the input format.

[0147]

[Table 1]

Hereinafter, each operation will be described with reference to FIG.
7, and will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an example of a screen transition detail diagram and a screen transition hierarchy diagram in this embodiment. In each diagram, deletion and addition editing processing, and a transition destination screen setting in the screen transition detail diagram are shown. The processing is shown.

(1. Deletion of Transition Destination Screen) This processing is performed in the screen transition detailed view as shown in FIG. Specifically, this is a process of deleting the transition destination from the button / transition destination information of the detailed diagram. This processing is performed in steps 103 and 1 in FIG.
04,105. FIG. 28 shows the flow of this processing.

First, in the detailed view, a button item is clicked with a mouse to call an edit menu (deletion and setting of a transition destination screen) and select "deletion of a transition destination screen" (2801, 802). At this time, if the transition destination screen is undecided, this process cannot be selected. The selected button item has an associated button information structure as described above. The transition destination screen number stored in the structure is deleted and set to an undetermined state (280).
3). Then, the display information of the child item (transition destination screen item) of the button item selected in the detailed view is deleted and its display is deleted, and the information of the button item is changed to change to the transition undetermined display (2804). .

(2. Deletion of Screen itself)
This is performed in the screen transition hierarchy diagram as shown in FIG. Specifically, this is a process of deleting an item on the screen from each item displayed hierarchically in the hierarchical diagram. This processing is performed in steps 103, 104, and 10 in FIG.
Five. FIG. 29 shows the flow of this processing.

First, in the hierarchical diagram, a screen item to be deleted is clicked with a mouse to display an edit menu, and "delete screen" is selected from the edit menu (290).
1,902).

From the information of the selected screen item, a value for recognizing the screen item of the detailed view corresponding to this item is obtained, and the corresponding screen item and its information structure are deleted from the detailed view information (2904). .

In the detailed map information, a tree structure is searched for a transition to the item to be deleted.
The process of deleting the transition destination screen information is performed (2905).

Thereafter, the information of the delete screen item selected in the hierarchical diagram information is deleted and its display is deleted (2).
906).

If the selected deleted screen item has child items, similar processing is performed on those screens (2903).

(3. Deletion of Entire Group) In the hierarchical diagram, from among the items displayed hierarchically,
This is the process of deleting the items of the group. This processing corresponds to 103, 104, and 105 in FIG. FIG. 30 shows the flow of this processing.

First, a group item to be deleted in the hierarchy diagram is clicked on with a mouse, and “delete group” is selected from the edit menu (delete and add) (300).
1,3002). As an example of this, using the screen transition hierarchy diagram 26 in the third embodiment, the group to be deleted is Group 2 in the lower row.

Next, it is checked on the tree structure whether there is a group screen item indicating transition to the group to be deleted in the hierarchical diagram information (3003). In the illustrated example, the target item is Group1 in FIG.
In this case, it corresponds to the item of Group 2 located in the lower layer. If there is, from the information of the group screen item, a value for recognizing the corresponding group screen item in the detailed view information is obtained, and in the detailed view information, the group screen item in the detailed view and its information structure are deleted. (30
04, 3005). In the example shown, Grou in FIG.
In the case of p1, it corresponds to the item of Group2 located in the lower layer.

Further, a search is made on the tree structure for a transition to the deleted group screen item in the detailed diagram information, and if there is, a process of deleting the transition destination screen information is performed (3).
006). In the example case, the item of interest is
IDC_GROUP1_GAMEN3 of Group1
_BTN3. Then, in the hierarchical diagram information, the information of the group screen item checked up earlier is deleted and its display is deleted (3007). In the illustrated example, the target item corresponds to the item of Group 2 located at the lowest layer of Group 1 in FIG.

The above processing is performed for all items having information for transition to the group screen to be deleted (3003). Specifically, the process is performed on an item in the display information and a structure associated with the item.

By executing the above processing, the items and information indicating the transition to the group to be deleted are deleted. Next, delete the selected deletion group itself.

First, from the detailed view information, the corresponding group
Acquires the item, the group item, its child item, screen item, and the button item that is a child item of the screen item, and each of the transition destination screen item that is a child item of the button item Delete the item and the corresponding information structure (3008, 3009, 3010, 301)
1).

The group item and its child items and the associated structure in the hierarchy diagram information selected last are deleted (3012).

(4. Addition of New Group)
This is performed in the screen transition hierarchy diagram as shown in FIG. Specifically, this is a process of creating a new group of items in each item displayed hierarchically in the hierarchical diagram. This processing is performed in steps 103 and 10 in FIG.
4,105. FIG. 31 shows the flow of this processing.

First, an editing menu is displayed by clicking the mouse in the hierarchical diagram, and "add new group" is selected from the menu (3101, 3102).

A new group item is created at the top of the hierarchical diagram, and a new group item is created also in the detailed diagram (3103, 3104).

In the detailed diagram, a group information structure corresponding to the new group is created, and necessary information and a value for recognizing the new group item in the corresponding hierarchical diagram are stored (3105).

Also, a value for recognizing the corresponding new group item in the detailed view is stored in the new group item in the hierarchical diagram (3106).

(5. Addition of Transition to Other Group) This process is a process of creating an item representing a transition to another group newly in each item displayed hierarchically in the hierarchical diagram. is there. The item to create is
An item to be created is referred to as a group screen item, which indicates a transition to a top screen of another existing group.
This processing corresponds to 103, 104, and 105 in FIG. FIG. 32 shows the flow of the processing.

First, a screen item to which a transition to another group is to be added in the hierarchical diagram is clicked with a mouse to display an edit menu, and “Add transition to another group” is selected from the menu (3201). , 3202).

At this time, groups other than the group including the selected screen among the existing group items are displayed as a list (3203). Select the desired group from the listed groups. The group screen item selected from the list is created as a child item of the selected screen item in the hierarchy diagram (3204, 32).
05).

Next, a group including the selected screen item is searched. If the parent item of the selection screen is examined in order, the top item is the group item including the screen. A group screen item is created as a child item of the group item of the corresponding detailed diagram based on a value that recognizes the corresponding group item of the detailed diagram held by the group item. Then, a group screen item information structure is created in association with the group screen item. Then, a value for recognizing the group screen item of the hierarchical diagram corresponding to the necessary information is stored in this structure.

Also, a value for recognizing the corresponding group screen item in the detailed view is stored in the group screen item added to the hierarchical diagram (3206, 3207).

(6. Addition of Screen) This processing is to create a new screen transition in each item displayed hierarchically in the hierarchical diagram. This processing corresponds to 103, 104, and 105 in FIG.
FIG. 33 shows the flow of the processing. First, a screen item for adding a transition to a new screen in the hierarchical diagram is clicked with a mouse to display an edit menu, and "add new screen" is selected therefrom (3301, 3302).

When the menu selection of “Add new screen” is performed, a list of existing screens is displayed, and at the same time, an option of “Read from external device” is also displayed. here,
By selecting "Read from external device", a list of the designs designed by the screen creation device is read from the external device in a file format, and the list is displayed (330).
2).

Next, with the selection of the displayed list,
A new screen item is created as a child item of the screen item of the clicked hierarchical diagram (3303, 330
4).

At the same time, a corresponding screen item is created in the detailed view. Then, a screen information structure of this screen item is created, and a value for recognizing the new screen item of the hierarchical diagram corresponding to the necessary information is stored therein (3305, 3
306).

A value for recognizing the corresponding item in the detailed diagram is also held in the new screen item in the hierarchical diagram (330).
6).

Also, information on the buttons included in the screen is obtained from the screen information, and the button item in the transition undetermined state is created as a child item of the newly created item in the detailed diagram. (3307) At the same time, a button information structure is created and necessary information is stored (3308).

(7. Setting of Transition Destination Screen) This process is a process of setting the transition destination screen from the button / item in the detailed diagram. This process is restricted so that this process cannot be performed unless the transition destination information in the structure associated with the button item is indefinite. This processing corresponds to 103, 104, and 105 in FIG. FIG. 34 shows the flow of this processing.

First, an indeterminate destination button item whose transition destination screen is to be set in the detailed diagram is clicked with a mouse to display an edit menu. From this menu, the transition status (nesting flow, sequential flow, screen display) is displayed. (Flow due to discarding) is selected (3301, 330)
2).

At this time, a list of screens on which the transition can be made is displayed according to the transition status selection. FIG. 36 shows a flow of searching for the transition screen at this time (3302).

A) Retrieval of nesting flow In the detailed diagram, the parent item of the clicked button / item, that is, the information of the screen item including the button is viewed, and the information in the hierarchical diagram associated with the screen item is displayed. Acquire the value that recognizes the screen item (36a0
1, 36a02).

On the basis of the obtained value, a screen hierarchically lower than the corresponding screen item in the hierarchical diagram is obtained, that is, screen items having a relationship of child items are obtained and added to the list. (36a03).

B) Retrieval of Flow by Screen Discarding In the detailed view, looking at the parent item of the clicked button / item, that is, the information of the screen item including the button, the information in the hierarchical diagram associated with the screen item is displayed. Acquire the value that recognizes the screen item (36b0
1, 36b02).

Based on the obtained values, screens hierarchically above the corresponding screen item in the hierarchical diagram are obtained, that is, screen items having a parent item relationship are obtained and added to the list. (36b03).

C) Retrieval of sequential flow In the detailed diagram, the parent item of the clicked button / item, that is, the information of the screen item including the button is viewed, and the screen in the hierarchical diagram corresponding to the screen item is viewed. Acquire the value to recognize the item (36c01,3
6c02). Based on the obtained value, the corresponding screen item in the hierarchy diagram is obtained, and screen items that are in the same hierarchy as this item (both have the same parent number) and are not a flow due to screen discarding are obtained. (36c03).

The items selected from the three types of screen lists displayed by the above search mechanism are created as child items in the lower layer structure of the clicked button item, and item creation of the designated transition is created (3403, 3404). , 3
405).

Accordingly, the determined transition destination screen number is stored in the button information structure. In addition, the item is displayed again by the transition determination button (3406).

(8. Saving of Change Information) The above-mentioned processing from 1 to 7 is performed, and the input screen transition information is stored based on the added, deleted, and changed display information (screen transition detailed diagram). This is the process of restoring the information in the specified format, ie, the original array type information. This processing is performed in steps 103 and 10 in FIG.
4,105,106. This processing flow is shown in FIG.
It is shown in FIG.

This processing is performed by an operation of ending the save button or the screen transition information editing device. The information required for this processing is the tree structure of the screen transition detailed diagram and the information stored in the item.

First, the number of group items in the detailed view is counted (3501). Then, a group array having a size corresponding to the number of the groups is created (350).
2).

Then, the information in the group information structure corresponding to the item is stored sequentially from the topmost group item (3503). At that time, the child items of the group item,
Count the number of screen items included in the group, and create a screen array of that size. Then, the pointer is stored in the information of the group array (3505, 3506, 3
507). Then, information of the screen items included in this group is stored in the created screen array (350).
8, 3509). At that time, child items of each screen item, that is, buttons and
The number of items is counted, and a button array having that size is created similarly to the group and screen (3510, 35).
11). Then, the pointer of the created button array is stored in the information of the screen array (3513). Then, the information of the button / item included in this screen is stored in the created button array (3514).

By the above processing, it is possible to return to the original storage form of the screen transition information as shown in FIG. FIG.
9 will be described. The display information of the screen transition detailed diagram of reference numeral 3 is transmitted via the path 3923 and the structure 2 of the structure 2 associated with each item in the display information. The information is generated as array type information with reference numeral 6 via a path 3922.

The above-mentioned array information in which the edited contents are reflected is transferred to the editing transition information storage area 1 at the time of reading the above-described screen transition information via the system path 3924, or is transferred to the external via the system path 3925. It can be output to a storage device. In this case, the sequence information is, for example, as shown in FIG.
Is converted to a file format having a predetermined format easily understood by humans.

As described above, the present invention has been described step by step in the form of the first to fourth embodiments. According to the present invention, screen transition information is represented by a tree structure on a display screen. Display information representing the screen transition diagram
Editing can be performed like an editor, and screen transition information reflecting the edited contents can be generated and output using display information as a result of the editing. Also, in editing, without performing complicated work, while checking the entire configuration on the display screen, basically using the already created screen transition information, over the details of the transition, It is possible to add, change, delete or change setting information.

According to the present invention, a storage medium storing a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or an apparatus, and the computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or the apparatus is provided.
Needless to say, this can also be achieved by the PU) reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, optical disk, CD-RO
M, CD-R, magnetic tape nonvolatile memory card,
A ROM or the like can be used.

The functions of the above-described embodiments are implemented when the computer executes the readout program codes. In addition, an OS or the like running on the computer operates based on the instructions of the program codes. Some or all of the actual processing is performed, and the functions of the above-described embodiments can also be realized by the processing.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, the program code is transmitted to the memory according to the program code. Based on this, a CPU or the like provided in the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments can also be realized by the processing.

The present invention is also applicable to a case where the program is delivered from a storage medium storing a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments to a requester via a communication line such as personal computer communication. It goes without saying that it can be applied.

[0205]

As described above, according to the present invention, a group of screen IDs for identifying a plurality of screens and a group of button IDs for individually identifying buttons arranged in each of the screens are provided. Button / transition destination information that describes, using the button identification ID, for each button included in each of the screens, which is a destination screen that transitions by operating a button. A screen that includes a screen identification ID by associating a block of button / transition destination information with a screen corresponding to the block.
Button information, screen transition information representing a screen transition including the button / transition destination information and the screen / button information, and a screen represented by the respective information included in the screen transition information using the screen transition information Transition status is displayed in a tree structure GUI
Display information generating unit for generating display information for display on a screen in a screen, and based on the display information, screen transition status is screen-likely displayed in a tree-like GUI using items representing screens and buttons. Since the display unit is provided on the upper part, the transition relation between the screens is represented by a GUI together with the setting and display of buttons and the like that cause the transition, and can be displayed in a visually easy-to-view expression form.

The screen transition information includes screen number information indicating a unique number different from the identification ID on each screen, and parent screen information indicating the number information of the parent screen of the screen. The transition destination information indicates the instruction of the transition destination screen by number information, the screen / button information includes the screen number information and the parent screen information, and the display information generating unit, based on the screen transition information, A plurality of screens, each button of the screen, and a transition destination screen for each button, and display information representing a relationship between the screen, the buttons, and the transition destination screen on a display screen in a tree structure. A transition detail diagram is generated, and as the display information of the items on the transition destination screen, among the items having the display shapes indicating the three types of transition states between screens, the parent screen information of the transition destination or Since to use the item to correspond to match or mismatch of the transition source and a transition destination and the screen of the parent numbers, nesting flow, sequential
It is possible to distinguish between three types of transition state between screens, that is, a flow and a flow caused by discarding a screen. By changing the display form of the item, the transition state between screens can be expressed in an easily understandable manner.

Also, based on the screen transition information, display information that includes a plurality of screens and a transition destination screen from the screen, and indicates the mutual relationship between these screens on a display screen in a hierarchical tree structure is displayed on the screen. A first display information generation unit that generates a transition hierarchy diagram, based on information representing a screen transition, including the plurality of screens, each button of the screen, and a transition destination screen for each button, A second display information generating unit that generates display information representing a relationship between the screen, the button, and the transition destination screen on a display screen in a tree structure as a detailed screen transition diagram; Since the output and the output of the second display information generating unit are switched and displayed on the display screen, by switching these displays, the entire screen transition can be grasped and the screen can be grasped. It has been the move to grasp the details can be performed at each stage.

Further, based on the array type information which is input and stored the screen transition information, a display information to be displayed on the display screen and a structure including information on the item in association with each item of the display information And generating a display information by associating a pointer pointing to the structure with the item of the display information, and further adding information for recognizing individual items in the display information to the structure. Display information can be edited in the screen editor section, and based on the edited display information, the screen transition diagram information after editing is re-formatted into the format of the input and stored array type information. Allow to configure.

[0209] Further, the image processing apparatus further includes a storage unit for converting the screen transition information read from the outside into array type information and storing the converted information in a storage device. A display item structure generating unit for generating display information to be displayed on the display screen and a structure including information of the item in association with each item of the display information, and displaying the pointer pointing to the structure; A recognition information adding unit for performing an operation of associating the information with the item and further adding information for recognizing an individual item in the display information to the structure; and further including the specified coordinate information from the coordinate input unit. To identify the item from the coordinate information and the display information, and to associate the item with the information from one of the structures associated with the identified item. Information extracted from the structure based on the information, indicating the transition of the item to the screen based on the information, and identifying the item in the display information included in the extracted information from the information. Since the display unit that deletes the display information indicating the transition to the screen of the specified item is provided, and the editing unit that enables to change the information in the structure indicating the transition to the screen of the specified item is provided. Enables editing of display information like a screen editor.

Further, based on the display information edited using the editing means, screen transition information is formed as array type information, and further, this display type information is stored in a storage device in a file format in a storage device. Since the section is provided, it is possible to use the screen transition status displayed after editing as text information for humans.

Furthermore, a screen-based GUI other than a copying machine
It is considered that the present invention can be effectively used also in (a menu screen of a digital camera or the like or a navigation device). Further, since the trouble of programming is not required, it can be used for design or the like without special knowledge. Further, it is possible to partially reuse a pattern having a similar transition.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an information processing apparatus for constructing an embodiment of a GUI screen transition information editing tool according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen transition portion illustrated in FIG. 37 as a GUI in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an entire display process according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a transition information file according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating array type transition information according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a detailed screen transition diagram and a screen transition hierarchy diagram in the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an entire display process according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 9 illustrates a transition information file according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart 1 (detailed view) of the second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing array type transition information according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a structure provided in association with a displayed item in the second embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a screen transition state.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a detailed screen transition diagram according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart 2 (hierarchical diagram) of the second embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen transition hierarchy diagram according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a detailed screen transition diagram and a screen transition hierarchy diagram in the third embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a group.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an entire display process according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a transition information file according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart 1 (detailed view) of the third embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating array type transition information according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating a structure provided in association with a displayed item in the third embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example of a detailed screen transition diagram according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart 2 (hierarchical diagram) of the third embodiment.

FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen transition hierarchy diagram in the third embodiment.

FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating an example of a detailed screen transition diagram and a screen transition hierarchy diagram in the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart of the fourth embodiment,
It is a flowchart which shows the process which deletes the transition destination from the button and transition destination information of a detailed diagram in "deletion of a transition destination screen."

FIG. 29 is a flowchart of the fourth embodiment,
It is a flowchart which shows the process which deletes the item of a screen from each item displayed hierarchically in "deletion of a screen itself".

FIG. 30 is a flowchart of the fourth embodiment;
It is a flowchart which shows the process hierarchy diagram which deletes the item of a group in "deletion of the whole group."

FIG. 31 is a flowchart of the fourth embodiment,
It is a flowchart which shows the process which creates an item of a new group in each item displayed hierarchically in "new group addition".

FIG. 32 is a flowchart of the fourth embodiment,
It is a flowchart which shows the process of creating the item which shows the transition to another group newly in each item displayed hierarchically in "addition of the transition to another group."

FIG. 33 is a flowchart of the fourth embodiment;
It is a flowchart which shows the process which creates the transition of a screen newly in each item displayed hierarchically in "screen addition".

FIG. 34 is a flowchart of the fourth embodiment,
It is a flowchart which shows the process which sets the transition destination screen from a button item in "transition destination screen setting".

FIG. 35 is a flowchart of the fourth embodiment;
In the “save change information”, based on the added, deleted, or changed display information (screen transition detail diagram), the process of returning the input screen transition information to the format in which it is stored, that is, the process of returning to the original array type information It is a flowchart shown.

FIG. 36 is a flowchart of a transition search mechanism according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 37 is a diagram for explaining a screen transition example used for describing the first and second embodiments of the present invention in an easily understandable manner.

38 is a diagram similarly to FIG. 37, for clearly explaining screen transition examples used for describing the third and fourth embodiments of the present invention.

39 is a diagram illustrating a process of the information processing apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1, and is a diagram illustrating, in blocks, data generated in a process of processing and an overview of a relationship between the data;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Array type information (input information) 2 Structure 3 Display information (detailed screen transition diagram) 4 Display information (screen transition hierarchy diagram) 5 Display display 6 Array type information (information after editing) 7 Display 8 CPU 9 Input device ( Keyboard, mouse, etc.) 11 memory 12 information processor

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Seiji Sasaki 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo F-term in Canon Inc. (reference) 5B076 DB04 DE03 DF08 5E501 AA02 AA15 AC34 BA05 CA03 CB09 DA14 EA10 EB11 FA03 FA05 FA13 FA14 FA44

Claims (29)

[Claims] 1. A screen transition display device configured to include a plurality of screens and used to define a program including a screen transition (screen transition) by a button operation, wherein each of the plurality of screens is A group of screen identification IDs to be identified;
A button identification ID group for individually identifying each button arranged in each of the screens, and a transition destination screen to which a transition is made by operating a button is set to the button identification ID for each button included in each of the screens. Buttons described using
Screen / button information, which is the transition destination information and includes the screen identification ID by associating the block of the button / transition destination information grouped for each screen with the screen corresponding to the block, Screen transition information representing a screen transition including the button / transition destination information and the screen / button information; and a screen transition status represented by respective information included in the screen transition information using the screen transition information Display information generating means for generating display information for displaying a GUI on a screen in a tree structure in a tree structure, and a screen transition state based on the display information using a GUI in a tree structure using items representing screens and buttons, respectively. A screen transition display device, comprising: display means for displaying on a screen. 2. The screen transition information includes screen number information indicating a unique number different from the identification ID on each screen, and parent screen information indicating the number information of a parent screen of the screen. The transition destination information indicates an instruction of a transition destination screen by the number information, the screen / button information includes the screen number information and the parent screen information, and the display information generating unit includes the screen transition information Based on the plurality of screens, each button of the screen, and a transition destination screen for each button, a display representing the relationship between the screen, the buttons and the transition destination screen on a display screen in a tree structure Information is generated as a screen transition detail diagram, and as display information of items on the transition destination screen,
It is characterized in that, among the items having the display shapes representing the three types of transition states between screens, items corresponding to the parent screen information of the transition destination or the coincidence or disagreement of the parent numbers of the transition source and the transition destination with the screen are used. The screen transition display device according to claim 1. 3. The display information generating unit, based on the screen transition information, each of the plurality of screens,
First display information generating means for generating, as a screen transition hierarchy diagram, display information that includes a transition destination screen from the screen and that indicates a relationship between these screens on a display screen in a hierarchical tree structure; Based on the information indicating the transition, the plurality of screens, each button of the screen, and a transition destination screen for each button are included, and the relationship between the screen, the buttons, and the transition destination screen is displayed in a tree structure. A second display information generating unit configured to generate display information to be displayed on a screen as a screen transition detail diagram, wherein the display unit includes an output of the first display information generating unit and an output of the second display information generating unit. The screen transition display device according to claim 1, wherein the output is switched and displayed on a display screen. 4. The screen transition information includes screen number information indicating a unique number different from the identification ID on each screen, and parent screen information indicating the number information of a parent screen of the screen. The transition destination information indicates an instruction of a transition destination screen by the number information, and the screen / button information includes the screen number information and the parent screen information, and the first or second display information generating means. Generating, as a screen transition detail diagram, display information including the plurality of screens and a transition destination screen based on the screen transition information, and representing a relationship between the screen and the transition destination screen on a display screen in a tree structure. In addition, as the display information of the items of the transition destination screen, the parent screen information of the transition destination screen or the transition source and the transition destination among the items having the display shapes indicating the three kinds of transition states between the screens are displayed. Screen transition display device according to claim 3, characterized in that the use of matching or items made to correspond to the mismatch of the parent number. 5. A display apparatus further comprising: coordinate input means for inputting cursor coordinates on the display screen, wherein the display information generating means further converts the screen transition information read from outside into array type information. Storage means for storing in a storage device, the first display information generating means, based on the array type information stored by the storage means, display information to be displayed on a display screen and individual display information A display item structure generating means for generating a structure including information of the item in association with the item, and associating a pointer pointing to the structure with the item of the display information; A recognition information adding unit for performing an operation of adding information for recognizing individual items of Receiving the specified coordinate information, specifying the item from the coordinate information and the display information, obtaining information related to the item from one information of the structure associated with the specified item, and obtaining the information based on the information. Extracting information indicating the transition of the item to the screen from the structure, and representing the transition of the specified item to the screen from the information for recognizing the item in the display information included in the extracted information. 5. An editing means for deleting display information and changing information in the structure representing a transition of the specified item to a screen at the same time. That one
Screen transition display device according to the section. 6. The deletion of display information on the display screen representing the transition of the specified item to the screen, the screen item of the transition destination in the display information and the structure associated with the screen item are deleted. The information in the structure representing the transition of the specified item to the screen is transition destination screen information in the structure associated with the button / item in the display information. Item 6. A screen transition display device according to Item 5. 7. Coordinate input means for inputting cursor coordinates on the display screen, wherein the second display information generating means generates second display information in different areas, and further displays the display information. Generating a structure including the information of the item in association with each item in the information; the first display information generating means includes: a structure provided in association with the second display information; and the display information. A value for generating first display information based on the body and recognizing an item corresponding to the item in the second display information when generating each item in the first display information. And generating the second display information including a value for recognizing the item in the first display information, and further receiving the specified coordinate information from the coordinate input means. Only identifies the item from the display information and the coordinate information, the button item having a transition destination information to the screen with the same screen identification ID and the screen of the items identified,
Searching means for searching for the second display information and a structure provided in association with the display information and outputting a search result; and displaying the screen from the second display information based on information obtained from the searching means. When changing the transition destination information to the screen having the ID, and deleting the item of the screen having the screen ID from the second display information,
And an editing means for deleting an item of the screen having the screen identification ID from the display information of the first and second display information when the display means is switched and displayed by the display means. 5. The screen transition display device according to claim 3, wherein the screen transition contents displayed before and after the switching have consistency. 8. An operation signal input unit for inputting an operation instruction signal including cursor coordinates on the display screen, wherein the display information generating unit further converts the screen transition information read from the outside into an array type. Storage means for converting the information into information of the type and storing the information in a storage device, the display information generating means, based on the array type information stored by the storage means, display information for displaying on a display screen; A display item structure generating means for generating a structure including information of each item of display information in association with each item of display information; and associating a pointer indicating the structure with the item of the display information, further comprising: Further includes recognition information adding means for executing an operation of adding information for recognizing each item in the display information. The addition or deletion of each item that can be included in the display information generated by the display information generation unit, and the change or search of various information related to the item associated with each item can be performed in response to an instruction from the coordinate input unit. Editing means that can be executed based on, based on the display information edited using the editing means, to form screen transition information as the array type information,
3. The screen transition display device according to claim 1, further comprising display information conversion means for storing the array type information in a storage device in a file format. 9. A display apparatus further comprising: coordinate input means for inputting cursor coordinates on the display screen, wherein the display information generating means further converts the screen transition information read from outside into array type information. Storage means for storing in a storage device, wherein the first display information generation means and the second display information generation means generate first display information and second display information in different areas, respectively, Addition or deletion of each item included in the display information generated by the display information generating means,
And an editing unit that enables a change or search of various information related to an item associated with each item to be executed based on an instruction from the coordinate input unit; and the display edited using the editing unit. Display information conversion means for forming screen transition information as the array type information based on the information, and further storing the array type information in a storage device in a file format; The editing is performed on one of the first and second display information displayed on the screen, and the editing unit switches the first and second display information by the image switching unit; When displaying, the other display information is also displayed on the display screen so that the contents of the screen transition before and after the switching are consistent. Screen transition display device according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that editing similarly to the display information displayed in the over down. 10. A system including a plurality of screens,
A screen transition display method used to define a program including a screen transition (screen transition) by a button operation, comprising: a screen identification ID group for identifying each of the plurality of screens;
A button identification ID group for individually identifying each button arranged in each of the screens, and a transition destination screen to which a transition is made by operating a button is set to the button identification ID for each button included in each of the screens. Buttons described using
Screen / button information that is the transition destination information and that includes the screen identification ID by associating a block of button / transition destination information grouped for each screen with a screen corresponding to the block. An input step of inputting screen transition information representing a screen transition including the button / transition destination information and the screen / button information; and the screen based on the screen transition information input in the input step. A display information generating step of generating display information for displaying a screen transition state represented by each piece of information included in the transition information on a screen in a tree structure on a GUI basis, based on the display information, A display step of displaying on a screen a GUI in a tree structure using items representing a screen and a button, respectively. . 11. The screen transition information includes screen number information indicating a unique number different from the identification ID on each screen, and parent screen information indicating the number information of a parent screen of the screen. The transition destination information indicates an instruction of a transition destination screen by the number information, the screen / button information includes the screen number information and the parent screen information, and the display information generating step includes the screen transition information Based on the plurality of each screen, each button of the screen,
Including a transition destination screen for each button, generating display information that represents the relationship between the screen and the buttons and the transition destination screen on a display screen in a tree structure as a detailed screen transition diagram, and displaying items of the transition destination screen As information, among the items having the display shape indicating the three types of transition status between screens, use the parent screen information of the transition destination or the item corresponding to the coincidence or disagreement of the parent numbers of the transition source, the transition destination and the screen. 11. The screen transition display method according to claim 10, wherein: 12. The display information generating step, wherein, based on the screen transition information, the plurality of screens,
A first display information generating step of generating, as a screen transition hierarchy diagram, display information including a transition destination screen from the screen and representing the mutual relationship of these screens on a display screen in a hierarchical tree structure; Based on the information indicating the transition, the plurality of screens, each button of the screen, and a transition destination screen for each button are included. A second display information generating step of generating display information to be displayed on a screen as a screen transition detail diagram, wherein the display step includes an output generated in the first display information generating step and the second display information. The screen transition display according to claim 10, further comprising a display step of switching the output generated in the generation step and displaying the output on a display screen. Location. 13. The screen transition information includes screen number information indicating a unique number different from the identification ID on each screen, and parent screen information indicating the number information of a parent screen of the screen. The transition destination information indicates an instruction of a transition destination screen by the number information, and the screen / button information includes the screen number information and the parent screen information; the first or second display information generating step Generating, as a screen transition detail diagram, display information including the plurality of screens and a transition destination screen based on the screen transition information, and representing a relationship between the screen and the transition destination screen on a display screen in a tree structure. At the same time, as the display information of the items of the transition destination screen, among the items having the display shapes representing the three types of transition states between the screens, the parent screen information of the transition destination screen or the transition source and the transition source are displayed. And Screen Transition display device according to claim 12, characterized in that use items that match or are made to correspond to the mismatch of the parent number. 14. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a coordinate input step of inputting cursor coordinates on the display screen, wherein the display information generating step further converts the screen transition information read from the outside into array type information. A first display information generating step based on the array type information stored in the storing step.
A display item structure generating step of generating display information to be displayed on the screen and a structure including information of the item in association with each item of the display information,
Associating a pointer pointing to the structure with the item of the display information, and further performing an operation of adding information for recognizing an individual item in the display information to the structure, An item is specified from the coordinate information and the display information input in the coordinate input step, information about the item is obtained from one information of the structure associated with the specified item, and the item of the item is obtained based on the information. An extraction step of extracting information indicating a transition to a screen from the structure; and a display representing a transition of the specified item to the screen from the information recognizing an item in the display information included in the extracted information. An editing tool that enables information in the structure representing the transition of the specified item to the screen to be deleted at the same time as deleting the information. Tsu screen transition display device according to any one of claims 10 to 13; and a flop. 15. Deletion of display information on a display screen representing a transition of the specified item to a screen includes deleting a transition destination screen item in the display information and a structure associated with the screen item. The information in the structure representing the transition of the specified item to the screen is transition destination screen information in the structure associated with the button / item in the display information. Item 15. The screen transition display device according to Item 14. 16. The method according to claim 16, further comprising a coordinate input step of inputting cursor coordinates on the display screen, wherein the second display information generating step generates second display information in different areas, and further displays the display information. Generating a structure including information of the item in association with each item in the information, wherein the first display information generating step includes: providing the second display information; and a structure provided in association with the display information. A value for generating first display information based on the body and recognizing an item corresponding to the item in the second display information when generating each item in the first display information. Is generated in the second display information by including a value for recognizing the item in the first display information. An item is identified from the information and the display information, and a button item having transition destination information to a screen having the same screen identification ID as the identified screen of the item is associated with the second display information and the display information. A search step of searching for a structure provided and outputting a search result; and changing the transition destination information from the second display information to the screen having the screen ID based on the information obtained from the search step. When the item of the screen having the screen ID is deleted from the second display information, the item of the screen having the screen ID can be deleted from the first display information. When the first and second display information are switched and displayed in the display step, a screen transition displayed before and after the switching 14. The screen transition display method according to claim 12, wherein the contents have consistency. 17. An operation signal inputting step of inputting an operation instruction signal including cursor coordinates on the display screen; and the display information generating step further comprises converting the screen transition information read from outside into array type information. A display information generating step, based on the array type information stored in the storing step, display information to be displayed on a display screen, and A display item structure generating step of generating a structure including information of the item in association with each item, and associating a pointer pointing to the structure with the item of the display information, and further displaying the structure in the structure A recognition information adding step for performing an operation of adding information for recognizing individual items in the information. The operation input step further includes adding or deleting each item included in the display information generated in the display information generating step, and changing or searching for various information related to an item associated with each item. An editing step that can be executed based on the operation instruction input in, Based on the display information edited in the editing step, form screen transition information as the array type information,
12. The screen transition display method according to claim 10, further comprising a display information conversion step of storing the array type information in a storage device in a file format. 18. An operation signal inputting step of inputting an operation instruction signal including cursor coordinates on the display screen, wherein the display information generating step further comprises: displaying the screen transition information read from the outside in an array type. A first display information generating step and a second display information generating step, wherein the first display information generating step and the second display information generating step respectively store the first display information and the second display information in different areas. The coordinate input means for adding or deleting each item included in the display information generated in the display information generating step, and changing or searching for various information related to the item associated with each item. An editing step enabling execution based on an instruction from And the display information edited in step based, to form a screen transition information as the array type information,
And a display information conversion step of storing the array type information in a storage device in a file format, wherein the operation in the editing step includes the step of converting the first and second display information displayed on a display screen. The editing step is executed for any one of the first and second display information, and when the first and second display information are switched and displayed in the display step, the editing step has consistency with respect to screen transition contents displayed before and after the switching. 14. The screen transition display method according to claim 12, wherein the other display information is edited similarly to the display information displayed on the display screen. 19. A configuration including a plurality of screens,
A storage medium storing a program for displaying a screen transition used to define a program including a screen transition (screen transition) by a button operation, wherein a screen identification ID group for identifying each of the plurality of screens When,
A button identification ID group for individually identifying each button arranged in each of the screens, and a transition destination screen to which a transition is made by operating a button is set to the button identification ID for each button included in each of the screens. Buttons described using
Screen / button information that is the transition destination information and that includes the screen identification ID by associating a block of button / transition destination information grouped for each screen with a screen corresponding to the block. An input step of inputting screen transition information representing a screen transition including the button / transition destination information and the screen / button information; and the screen based on the screen transition information input in the input step. A display information generating step of generating display information for displaying a screen transition state represented by each piece of information included in the transition information on a screen in a tree structure on a GUI basis, based on the display information, , A program for executing a display step of displaying on a screen in a tree-structured GUI using items respectively representing a screen and a button. Data-readable storage medium. 20. The screen transition information includes screen number information indicating a unique number different from the identification ID on each screen, and parent screen information indicating the number information of a parent screen of the screen. The transition destination information indicates an instruction of a transition destination screen by the number information, the screen / button information includes the screen number information and the parent screen information, and the display information generating step includes the screen transition information Based on the plurality of each screen, each button of the screen,
Including a transition destination screen for each button, generating display information that represents the relationship between the screen and the buttons and the transition destination screen on a display screen in a tree structure as a detailed screen transition diagram, and displaying items of the transition destination screen As information, among the items having the display shape indicating the three types of transition status between screens, use the parent screen information of the transition destination or the item corresponding to the coincidence or disagreement of the parent numbers of the transition source, the transition destination, and the screen. 20. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein: 21. The display information generating step, wherein the plurality of screens are respectively based on the screen transition information;
A first display information generating step of generating, as a screen transition hierarchy diagram, display information including a transition destination screen from the screen and representing the mutual relationship of these screens on a display screen in a hierarchical tree structure; Based on the information indicating the transition, the plurality of screens, each button of the screen, and a transition destination screen for each button are included. A second display information generating step of generating display information to be displayed on a screen as a screen transition detail diagram, wherein the display step includes an output generated in the first display information generating step and the second display information. 20. The computer according to claim 19, further comprising a display step of switching an output generated in the generation step and displaying the output on a display screen. Only take storage medium. 22. The screen transition information includes screen number information indicating a unique number different from the identification ID on each screen, and parent screen information indicating the number information of a parent screen of the screen. The transition destination information indicates an instruction of a transition destination screen by the number information, and the screen / button information includes the screen number information and the parent screen information; the first or second display information generating step Generating, as a screen transition detail diagram, display information including the plurality of screens and a transition destination screen based on the screen transition information, and representing a relationship between the screen and the transition destination screen on a display screen in a tree structure. At the same time, as the display information of the items of the transition destination screen, among the items having the display shapes representing the three types of transition states between the screens, the parent screen information of the transition destination screen or the transition source and the transition source are displayed. Computer readable storage medium of claim 21, characterized in that use items which were corresponding to the matching or mismatch between screens parent number. 23. A display apparatus according to claim 23, further comprising a coordinate input step of inputting cursor coordinates on the display screen, wherein the display information generating step further converts the screen transition information read from outside into array type information. The first display information generation step includes a storage step of storing the display information in a storage device, and based on the array type information stored in the storage step, display information to be displayed on a display screen and individual display information of the display information. A display item structure generating step of generating a structure including information of the item in association with the item, and associating a pointer pointing to the structure with the item of the display information; A recognition information adding step of performing an operation of adding information for recognizing each item, Further, an item is specified from the coordinate information and the display information input in the coordinate input step, information about the item is obtained from one piece of information of the structure associated with the specified item, and the information is used as a basis. Extracting, from the structure, information indicating a transition of the item to the screen, and from the information recognizing an item in the display information included in the extracted information, 20. An editing step for deleting display information representing a transition and simultaneously changing information in the structure representing a transition to the screen of the specified item. 23. The computer-readable storage medium according to any one of 22. 24. Deletion of display information on the display screen representing the transition of the specified item to the screen, the screen item of the transition destination in the display information and the structure associated with the screen item are deleted. The information in the structure representing the transition of the specified item to the screen is transition destination screen information in the structure associated with the button / item in the display information. Item 24. A computer-readable storage medium according to item 23. 25. A coordinate input step of inputting cursor coordinates on the display screen, wherein the second display information generating step generates second display information in different areas, and further displays the display information. Generating a structure including information of the item in association with each item in the information, wherein the first display information generating step includes: providing the second display information; and a structure provided in association with the display information. A value for generating first display information based on the body and recognizing an item corresponding to the item in the second display information when generating each item in the first display information. Is generated in the second display information by including a value for recognizing the item in the first display information. An item is identified from the information and the display information, and a button item having transition destination information to a screen having the same screen identification ID as the identified screen of the item is associated with the second display information and the display information. A search step of searching for a structure provided and outputting a search result; and changing the transition destination information from the second display information to the screen having the screen ID based on the information obtained from the search step. When the item of the screen having the screen ID is deleted from the second display information, the item of the screen having the screen ID can be deleted from the first display information. When the first and second display information are switched and displayed in the display step, a screen transition displayed before and after the switching 23. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 21, wherein the content has consistency. 26. An operation signal inputting step of inputting an operation instruction signal including cursor coordinates on the display screen, and the display information generating step further comprises converting the screen transition information read from the outside into array type information. The display information generation step includes a storage step of converting and storing the display information in a storage device, based on the array type information stored in the storage step, display information to be displayed on a display screen, and individual display information of the display information. A display item structure generating step of generating a structure including information of the item in association with the item, and associating a pointer pointing to the structure with the item of the display information, and further displaying the display information in the structure. Recognition information adding step for performing an operation of adding information for recognizing individual items inside In addition, in the operation input step, addition or deletion of each item included in the display information generated by the display information generation step, and change or search of various information related to an item associated with each item are performed in the operation input step. An editing step enabling execution based on the input operation instruction, and forming screen transition information as the array type information based on the display information edited in the editing step,
21. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19, further comprising a display information conversion step of storing the array type information in a storage device in a file format. 27. An operation signal inputting step of inputting an operation instruction signal including a cursor coordinate on the display screen, wherein the display information generating step further comprises the step of displaying the screen transition information read from the outside in an array type. The first display information generation step and the second display information generation step include a storage step of converting the first display information and the second display information into different areas. The addition or deletion of each item included in the display information generated in the display information generation step, and the change or search of various information related to the item associated with each item from the coordinate input means. An editing step enabling execution based on the instruction of the editing step; Forming screen transition information as the array type information based on the display information edited in the map,
And a display information conversion step of storing the array type information in a storage device in a file format, wherein the operation in the editing step includes the step of converting the first and second display information displayed on a display screen. The editing step is executed for any one of the first and second display information, and when the first and second display information are switched and displayed in the display step, the editing step has consistency with respect to screen transition contents displayed before and after the switching. 23. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 21, wherein the other display information is edited similarly to the display information displayed on the display screen. 28. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the storage medium includes, as the storage medium, a floppy storing a program that can be read by a server computer and a client computer. Registered trademark) disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, optical disk, CD-ROM,
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A computer-readable storage medium using OM. 29. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein said storage medium is detachable from a server computer and a client computer. A readable storage medium.