JP2002215393A - Business application constructing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a business application constructing method, capable of not only being used as a development tool for individual operating screen program but also being used for automatically generating a client program and automatically generating a design document. SOLUTION: This business application constructing method comprises a design information registration step for registering the function configuration information 2, screen item information 3, and screen operation information 4 of the business application in a design information database 1 and a client program generating step for generating an original client program 5 with no coding, based on the data stored in the design information database 1 and a model client program, prepared beforehand.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a business application construction method, and more particularly, to a business application including a functional configuration design and a user interface design when constructing a business application operating in the Internet environment by combining object-oriented components. It relates to the application construction method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, business applications have been constructed by:
In order to flexibly cope with business processes unique to individual companies, a method of converting a single processing function into a software component based on an object-oriented technology and executing it on the server side in combination is becoming popular.

[0003] In addition, because of the easiness of software maintenance and network infrastructure construction, business applications are constructed in an Internet environment, and the client side is provided with WWW.
The method of using a browser as client software is increasing.

In order to create an operation screen that operates on a WWW browser and link it with an object-oriented component that is a processing function, the operation screen is designed in HTML, and the operation on the operation screen and the object-oriented component in a split language are used. Coordination needs to be programmed. So, GU
There is provided a Web application development tool that can design an operation screen using an I operation and also embed a script language.

[0005]

However, the Web application development tool as described above is a development tool for an individual operation screen program and requires coding, so that a designer must learn a programming language. In addition, coding individually defeats the original purpose of facilitating the construction of business applications by combining object-oriented components.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a business application construction method capable of automatically generating not only a development tool for an individual operation screen program but also a client program and a design document.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a design information registering step of registering functional configuration information, screen item information, and screen operation information of a business application in a design information database; The above problem is solved by a business application construction method including a client program generation step of generating an original client program without coding based on a template client program prepared in advance.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The business application construction method according to the present invention includes a design information registration step and a client program generation step. The design information registration step includes three steps: a function configuration registration step, a screen item information registration step, and a screen operation information registration step. In each step, the function configuration information 2, the screen item information 3, and the screen operation information 4 are designed. It is registered in the information database 1. In the client program generation step, which is a feature of the present invention, the client program 5 and the function design document 6 are generated based on the data stored in the design information database 1 without coding.

That is, the business application designer must directly operate only the registration of data in the design information database 1 in the design information registration step, and no coding is performed in this registration work. In a client program generation step, a client program is generated.

Next, the function configuration registration step will be described (see FIGS. 2 to 5). The function configuration registration step is a process of classifying a user interface of a business application, registering an ID for each user interface, and further registering the ID in a hierarchical manner. This is the processing to be performed. Here, a description will be given of a case where the user interface is classified into three functions, large function, medium function, and small function, and hierarchized as large function> medium function> small function.

The designer first registers a large function (S101). The major function is the top-level user interface of the entire business application. In FIG. 3, for example, as a large function of the production category (large function ID: 0), a production instruction (large function ID: 1), a production plan (large function ID: 2), a material management (large function ID: 3), etc. You have registered a user interface for.

Next, the large function is designated as the parent function and the middle function is registered (S102). The medium function is a user interface one level below the large function. In FIG. 4, for example, as a middle function of the manufacturing instruction (large function ID: 1), a manufacturing instruction input (middle function ID: 1), a tool manufacturing (middle function ID: 2), and expected product inventory information (middle function ID) : 3)
You have registered a user interface for.

Subsequently, the small function is registered by designating the middle function as the parent function (S103). A small function is a user interface one level below the medium function. In FIG. 5, for example, as a small function of the production instruction input (medium function ID: 1) of the production instruction (large function ID: 1), the production instruction condition input (screen ID: 1), the production instruction expected production (screen)
User interfaces such as (screen ID: 2) and production instruction expected production (line) (screen ID: 3) are registered.

Next, the screen item information registration step will be described (see FIG. 6). Screen item information registration step,
Register each item on the operation screen. For each item,
Register common basic information and detailed information for each format.
In the processing procedure, a small function to be registered is selected (S201), basic information of each item is registered (S202), and detailed information in the format of the basic information is registered (S203 to S20).
8, FIGS. 7 to 13).

In the registration of basic information, for each item, an item name (item name), an object ID (client
Program identifier) and format (item style)
Is registered (FIG. 7). The format includes a text box (character string input), a push button (button for operation),
Radio button (select from multiple items), check box (ON / OFF check), label (character display)
And a grid (table-type input / output).

In the registration of the detailed information, necessary information for each format of the basic information is registered (FIGS. 8 to 13). For example, the maximum number of characters that can be entered for a text box,
Password string, default string, etc. (FIG. 8). For push button, caption string,
The upper left coordinates, width, etc. (FIG. 9), the radio button is the group name, initial state, caption character string, etc. (FIG. 10), and the check box is the initial state, caption character string, upper left coordinate, etc. 11), the label is the caption character string, the upper left coordinate, the width, etc. (FIG. 12), and the grid is the number of columns, the number of rows, the row height, etc. (FIG. 13).

Next, the screen operation information registration step will be described (see FIG. 14). The screen operation information registration step is for setting and registering the operation type and detailed information for each operation for the item in the push button format. In the processing procedure, a small function to be registered is selected (S301), a push button for setting and registering is selected from the selected functions (S302), an operation type is selected (S303), screen transition detailed information, and confirmation The detailed information and the pop-up detailed information are set and registered, respectively (S304 to S306).

Next, the design information database will be described. The design information database 1 accumulates the contents registered in each of the function configuration registration step, screen item information registration step, and screen operation information registration step.

The design information database 1 is a relational database, and has seven tables: a large function table, a medium function table, a small function table, a screen item table, a screen item detail table, an operation information table, and an operation information detail table. Consists of

Next, the client program generation step will be described (FIG. 18). The client program generation step is a step of creating a client program that operates on a WWW browser based on the functional configuration, screen item information, and screen operation information registered in the design information database 1, and is a designer of the business application. Is not coded. Specifically, a template script program (here, ASP (A
active Server Pages) will be described as an example. ) Is read (S501), a script program for a text box, a push button, a radio button, a check box, a label, and a grid is automatically generated from each item information and added to the template script program (S502 to S508). Next, a script program for screen transition, confirmation, and pop-up is automatically generated from each piece of operation information and added to the template script program (S509 to S512).

Next, the design document generation step will be described (FIG. 19). In the design document generation step, the function configuration information, screen item information, and screen operation information registered in the design information database 1 are read (S701 to S703), the function design document 6 is generated (S704), and printed (S70).
5).

The business application construction method according to the present invention has been described above. Usually, the business application construction method is provided as package software capable of implementing this method.

Alternatively, a program capable of implementing the present invention and other data are stored in a WWW server of a provider that provides the data, and a homepage is provided for a business application designer of each company to access. By accessing the website and entering information into the design information registration step site, creating an individual design information database on the WWW server, and downloading and using a client program generated based on it. It is possible.

[0024]

The present invention is as described above.
When each company tries to build a business application corresponding to its own business processing, coding is necessary, so a large amount of cost due to commissioning software development specialists in the form of custom-made software etc. According to the present invention, even a person who does not have software development expertise can easily and quickly construct and change business applications in a short time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a processing configuration diagram of a business application generation method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a function configuration registration step according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a large function registration screen according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a middle function registration screen according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a small function registration screen according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a screen item information registration step according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a basic information registration screen according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a detailed information registration screen of a text box according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a detailed information registration screen of a push button according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a detailed information registration screen of a radio button according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a detailed information registration screen of a check box according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a label detailed information registration screen according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a detailed information registration screen of a grid according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a screen operation information registration step according to the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a screen transition detailed information registration screen according to the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a detailed information registration screen of a pop-up according to the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a detailed information registration screen for confirmation according to the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of a client program generation step according to the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of a design document generation step according to the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a functional design document according to the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a table related diagram of a design information database according to the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a table definition of a design information database according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Design information database 2 Function configuration information 3 Screen item information 4 Screen operation information 5 Client program 6 Function design document

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Shinobu Watanabe 3-5 Ichigaya Sadoharacho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Kaisei Building Reed Rex Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takeshi Nakayama 3- Ichigayasadohara-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 5 Kaisei Building F-term in Reed Rex Co., Ltd. (Reference) 5B076 DC02 DD04 DF01

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. Function configuration information of a business application,
A design information registration step of registering the screen item information and the screen operation information in the design information database, and without coding the original client program based on the data stored in the design information database and the prepared template client program A business application construction method including a client program generation step of generating a client application. 2. Function configuration information of a business application,
A design information registration step of registering the screen item information and the screen operation information in the design information database, and without coding the original client program based on the data stored in the design information database and the prepared template client program A business application construction method, comprising: a client program generating step of generating; and a design document generating step of generating a function design document based on data accumulated in the design information database. 3. The business application construction according to claim 1, wherein the registration of the function configuration information in the design information registration step is a process of registering the user interface in the business application in a hierarchical manner. Method. 4. The registration of the screen item information in the design information registration step is a process of registering the layout information of the user interface, the input / output means, and the control information thereof registered in the function configuration information. The business application construction method according to claim 1. 5. The registration of screen operation information in the design information registration step is a process of registering an operation type and detailed information for each operation in a push button type user interface registered in the function configuration information. The business application construction method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: