JP2004110736A - Method, device, program of data processing and its recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data processing method, a data processor, a data processing program and its recording medium for making reinput of data from the beginning unnecessary when the data processor is turned off in the midst of the data input process of an input form in order to perform another work, and installation of a temporary storage mechanism in a specific information terminal also unnecessary when a plurality of users edit pieces of the data in the same form. <P>SOLUTION: The data processor is used in distributed network environment and stores the input form for inputting one or more items in a storage means 40 of a server connected with a network. The data processor has; a storage state determination means 32 which discriminates the input states of one or more input items in the input form and determines the storage states according to the discriminated input state; and a data transmission means 36 which transmits the storage states determined by the storage state determination means and the data inputted in the input form to the storage means 40. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

サーバ１２と分散型ネットワーク用データ処理装置１０の間では、このようなデータ構造を介してデータをやりとりするものとする。データ構造中の要素について説明すると、「ｎａｍｅ」は個々の項目を識別するためのラベル文字列、「ｄａｔａ」にはユーザから入力されるデータが保持される。
【００３２】
また、「ｉｓＮｅｃｅｓｓａｒｙ」はこの項目が必須であるかどうかの真偽値を保持する。必須である場合には真（Ｔｒｕｅ）、そうでない場合には偽（Ｆａｌｓｅ）が代入される。「ｈａｖｅＤｅｆａｕｌｔ」では、初期値として何らかの既定値が「ｄａｔａ」中に代入されているかどうかの真偽値を保持する。代入されている場合には真、そうでない場合には偽が代入される。
【００３３】
「ｍｙＦｏｒｍ」は、このような構造体の配列を示しており、「ＭＡＸＮＵＭＢＥＲ」はこの構造体配列の最大インデックス数である。「ｍｓｔａｔ」は必須項目入力状態の真偽値を保持するための変数である。
【００３４】
図４において、処理を開始すると、ステップＳ３０でフォームから入力する全ての項目数「ｍａｘ」を取得する。「ｍａｘ」とはこの場合、構造体配列「ｍｙＦｏｒｍ」のインデックス数である「ＭＡＸＮＵＭＢＥＲ」を指す。次に、ステップＳ３２でフォーム中の項目の中から入力が必須である項目数ｓｍａｘを取得する。項目数ｓｍａｘは「ｍｙＦｏｒｍ」構造体配列中から「ｉｓＮｅｃｅｓｓａｒｙ」の値が真である項目数を数えることで取得することができる。
【００３５】
次に、各必須項目が入力されているかどうかを判定する処理を行う。まず、ステップＳ３４で入力が行われている必須項目の数をカウントするためのカウンタｃｏｕｎｔの値を０に初期化し、ステップＳ３６で一時的な変数ｉを０に初期化する。
【００３６】
次に、ステップＳ３８でフォーム中のｉ番目の項目について、入力が必須である項目かどうか（ｉｓＮｅｃｅｓｓａｒｙ＝Ｔｒｕｅ）を判定する。入力が必須である場合（Ｙｅｓの場合）、ステップＳ４０でｉ番目の項目である項目ｉに値が入力されているかどうかを判定する。項目ｉに値が入力されている場合（Ｙｅｓの場合）、ステップＳ４２でカウンタｃｏｕｎｔの値を１増やす。ステップＳ４０の処理はデータ比較手段の一実施例であり、項目ｉに値が入力されているかどうかは、例えばフォームを受信した状態では空であった入力欄（ｄａｔａ＝’’’’）に文字列が代入されている場合には、入力があったと判定できる（ｄａｔａ＝’’ユーザからの入力’’）。
【００３７】
次に、ステップＳ４４で変数ｉがフォーム中の最大項目数ｍａｘに等しいかどうかを判定する。入力が必須でない場合と、入力が必須であっても項目ｉに値が入力されていない場合にもこの判定処理に移行する。
【００３８】
変数ｉが最大項目数ｍａｘに等しくない場合には、ステップＳ４６で変数ｉの値を一つ増やし、ステップＳ３８に進んで、同様にして次の項目の探索を開始する。
【００３９】
ステップＳ４４で変数ｉが最大項目数ｍａｘに達した場合は、ステップＳ４８でカウンタｃｏｕｎｔの値と必須入力項目数ｓｍａｘの値が等しいかどうかを判定する。必須入力項目数ｓｍａｘがカウンタｃｏｕｎｔに等しい、即ち、全ての必須入力項目に対して入力が行われたと判定した場合（Ｙｅｓの場合）、ステップＳ５０で必須項目入力状態を示すｍｓｔａｔを真（Ｔｒｕｅ）にセットし、そうでない場合にはステップＳ５２でｍｓｔａｔに偽（Ｆａｌｓｅ）をセットする。ｍｓｔａｔは真偽値を保持するｂｏｏｌ型のデータである。ｍｓｔａｔに値がセットされると処理を終了する。
【００４０】
図５は、データ送出手段３６が実行する処理のフローチャートを示す。同図中、ステップＳ６０でフォーム中に入力されたデータを取得し、ステップＳ６２でｍｓｔａｔの値を取得する。フォーム中のデータとは前述したようなデータ構造を示しており、ユーザが入力した文字列は各項目のｄａｔａという要素に代入されている。そして、ステップＳ６４で、上記フォーム中のデータとｍｓｔａｔの値をネットワーク制御ユニット３０を介してサーバ１２に対して送出し処理を終了する。
【００４１】
次に、データ比較手段の他の実施例について説明する。図６は、表示装置２２に表示されるフォーム画面レイアウトの他の実施例を示す。ここで、図２のフォーム画面と異なる点は、「開始時刻」と「終了時刻」それぞれに予め「００：００」という既定値が設定されていて、既定値の右横に配置されている上下のボタンを押すことでその数値が更新されるようになっている点である。上（△）のボタンを押すと数値が上昇し、下（▽）のボタンを押すと数値が下降する。このように既定値が予め代入されているような項目の場合は、単純に文字列が空の状態を判別するだけでは、ユーザが入力を行ったかどうかがわからない。
【００４２】
図７は、入力が必須であり、かつ、既定値として予め何らかのデータが代入されている項目を含む場合の記憶状態決定手段３２が実行する処理のフローチャートを示す。図７の処理の詳細については図４のものとほぼ同一なため、同一部分には同一符号を付して説明を省略し、ここでは処理の異なる部分についてのみ説明する。
【００４３】
図７において、処理が開始すると、図４のものと異なる処理として、ステップＳ６０で編集前の項目データを保持する。これはデータ処理ユニット２６中のＲＡＭのメモリバッファに保持することができる。
【００４４】
次に、図４と同様にステップＳ３０〜Ｓ３６でフォームの最大数や必須項目数を取得し、所定の変数を初期化する。
【００４５】
ステップＳ３８で項目ｉが必須入力項目である場合、ステップＳ６２で、その項目は既定値を持つかどうかを判定する。既定値とは、前述のデータ構造中のデータ受信時に予めｄａｔａ要素に対して何らかの値が入っているため、「ｈａｖｅＤｅｆａｕｌｔ」の値が真（Ｔｒｕｅ）かどうかで判定できる（ｈａｖｅＤｅｆａｕｌｔ＝Ｔｒｕｅなら既定値を持つ）。
【００４６】
既定値を持たない場合は、図４と同様にステップＳ４０で項目ｉに値が入力されたかどうかを判定する。既定値を持つ場合には、ステップＳ６４で編集前に保持しておいたデータと編集後の値とを比較して、値が異なった場合にはＹｅｓ、そうでない場合にはＮｏと判定する。
【００４７】
値が異なるとは例えば図６中の上下ボタンを操作して（００：００）であった値が（００：０２）などに更新されている場合を指す。編集前と編集後の値が異なる場合には、図４と同じくステップＳ４２でカウンタｃｏｕｎｔを１増やす処理を行い、編集前と編集後の値が変わらない場合には、ステップＳ４８のｉ＝ｍａｘかどうかの判定処理に移行する。
【００４８】
このようにすることで、項目にデータが予め入っているものについても、必須入力項目がユーザによって入力されたかどうかを判定することができる。
【００４９】
図８は、記憶状態決定手段３２の決定する一時記憶状態と登録状態の２つの状態にしたがって、表示装置２２に表示される表示情報を変更する実施例を説明するための図を示す。
【００５０】
図８（Ａ）の状態では、必須項目である「会議日」「開始時刻」「終了時刻」が未記入の状態である。この場合、サーバ１２への保存を示すボタンのラベルは例えば「保存」として表示する。
【００５１】
図８（Ｂ）の状態では、全ての必須項目が記入済みである。この場合、サーバ１２への保存を示すボタンのラベルは例えば「登録」として表示する。本発明により、ユーザは必須項目に対して全て記入を行ったかどうかを表示装置２２に表示されるボタンのラベルにより視覚的に把握することができる。
【００５２】
上述した一連の処理は、ワールドワイドウエッブ（Ｗｏｒｌｄ　Ｗｉｄｅ　Ｗｅｂ）のブラウザ上に表示させることができる。例えば前述したようなデータ構造を基にして、ＨＴＭＬ（ＨｙｐｅｒＴｅｘｔ　Ｍａｒｋｕｐ　Ｌａｎｇｕａｇｅ）形式のフォームを出力するＣＧＩ（Ｃｏｍｍｏｎ　Ｇａｔｅｗａｙ　Ｉｎｔｅｒｆａｃｅ）プログラムを介することで、上述のようなフォーム画面をブラウザ上に表示できる。
【００５３】
ＨＴＭＬの記述方法やＣＧＩの説明については当業者には容易に推測のつくものであり、ここでは詳細な実施例は省略する。ＨＴＭＬのＦＯＲＭタグ、ＩＮＰＵＴタグを利用することで、上述のようなフォーム画面を構成できる。例えば、部分的に記述例を挙げるとすると以下のようになる。
＜ＦＯＲＭ　ＡＣＴＩＯＮ＝’’ｈｔｔｐ：／／ｗｗｗ．ｈｏｈｏ．ｊｐ／ｃｇｉ−ｂｉｎ／ｐｏｓｔ．ｃｇｉ’’　ＭＥＴＨＯＤ＝’’ＰＯＳＴ’’＞
＜ＩＮＰＵＴ　ＮＡＭＥ＝’’ｎａｍｅ’’　ＳＩＺＥ＝６４　ＶＡＬＵＥ＝’’’’＞
＜ＩＮＰＵＴ　ＮＡＭＥ＝’’ｄａｔａ’’　ＳＩＺＥ＝１２８　ＶＡＬＵＥ＝’’’’＞
．．．
＜ＩＮＰＵＴ　ＴＹＰＥ＝’’ｓｕｂｍｉｔ’’　ＶＡＬＵＥ＝’’保存’’＞
＜／ＦＯＲＭ＞
＜ＩＮＰＵＴ　ＴＹＰＥ＝’’ｓｕｂｍｉｔ’’＞で指定したタグに対応する部分はブラウザ上では保存用のボタンが表示され、ボタンを押すことで、ＡＣＴＩＯＮタグで指定したＣＧＩのプログラムが起動され、ユーザの入力した項目がサーバ１２に転送される。
【００５４】
次に、上述した一連の処理を実行するプログラムをコンピュータにインストールして実行可能な状態とするために用いられる媒体について説明する。
【００５５】
プログラムは例えば図９（Ａ）に示すようにコンピュータ５０に内蔵されている記録媒体としてのハードディスク５２に、予めインストールした状態で提供できる。
【００５６】
また、プログラムは図９（Ｂ）に示すように、記録媒体５４に一時的あるいは永続的に格納し、コンピュータ５６にユニットとして組み込んだり、あるいは着脱式の記録媒体として利用することで、パッケージソフトウェアとして提供できる。
【００５７】
また、記録媒体としては、図９（Ｃ）に示すように、例えばフレキシブルディスク５７、ＣＤ−ＲＯＭ（Ｃｏｍｐａｃｔ　Ｄｉｓｃ　Ｒｅａｄ　Ｏｎｌｙ　Ｍｅｍｏｒｙ）５８、ＭＯ（Ｍａｇｎｅｔｏ　ｏｐｔｉｃａｌ）ディスク５９、ＤＶＤ（Ｄｉｇｉｔａｌ　Ｖｅｒｓａｔｉｌｅ　Ｄｉｓｃ）６０、磁気ディスク６１、半導体メモリ６２などを利用できる。
【００５８】
また、プログラムは図９（Ｄ）に示すように、ダウンロードサイト６４から、ＬＡＮ（Ｌｏｃａｌ　Ａｒｅａ　Ｎｅｔｗｏｒｋ）やインターネットといったネットワーク６６を介して、有線または無線でコンピュータ６８に転送し、そのコンピュータにおいて、内臓するハードディスクなどにダウンロードさせるようにすることができる。
【００５９】
本発明によれば、以下のような効果を奏する。第１に、ユーザがフォーム画面に対してデータ入力を行っている場合に、データを一時的に保存することができるので、ユーザが他の作業を行うためにデータ処理装置を終了させた場合にも、データを最初から再度入力する必要がなくなる。
【００６０】
第２に、分散型ネットワーク環境において、同一のフォームのデータを複数の情報端末あるいは複数のユーザが編集する場合に、記憶状態と入力フォーム中に入力したデータは記憶手段に記憶されるために、一時保存の機構を特定の情報端末中に設ける必要がなく、データ再入力の作業支援を行うことができる。
【００６１】
【発明の効果】
上述の如く、本発明によれば、他の作業を行うためにデータ処理装置を終了させた場合にデータを記憶手段に一時的に保存することができるので、データを最初から再度入力する必要がない。また、同一のフォームのデータを複数のユーザが編集する場合に一時保存の機構を特定の情報端末中に設ける必要がなく、データ再入力の作業支援を行うことができる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図１】本発明に関わる分散型ネットワーク用のデータ処理装置を含むサーバやサーバに接続した記憶手段の主要部の構成を示すブロック図である。
【図２】フォーム画面レイアウトの一実施例を示す図である。
【図３】本発明のメイン処理のフローチャートである。
【図４】記憶状態決定手段が実行する処理のフローチャートである。
【図５】データ送出手段が実行する処理のフローチャートである。
【図６】フォーム画面レイアウトの他の実施例を示す図である。
【図７】入力が必須であり、かつ、既定値として予め何らかのデータが代入されている項目を含む場合の記憶状態決定手段が実行する処理のフローチャートである。
【図８】一時記憶状態と登録状態の２つの状態にしたがって表示情報を変更する実施例を説明するための図である。
【図９】プログラムをコンピュータにインストールして実行可能な状態とするために用いられる媒体について説明するための図である。
【符号の説明】
１０　分散型ネットワーク用データ処理装置
１２　サーバ
１４　ネットワーク
２０　入力装置
２２　表示装置
２４　入力制御ユニット
２６　データ処理ユニット
２８　画面制御ユニット
３０　ネットワーク制御ユニット
３２　記憶状態決定手段
３４　データ受信手段
３６　データ送出手段
４０　記憶手段[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a data processing method, a data processing device, a data processing program, and a recording medium thereof, and more particularly to a data processing method, a data processing program, and a recording medium used in a distributed network environment in which an input form for inputting one or more items is connected to a network. The present invention relates to a data processing method, a data processing device, a data processing program, and a recording medium for storing data in a storage unit of a server.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In application software for information processing and a browser on the Internet, when inputting information or a command from a user to an information processing apparatus, an input form for inputting data is frequently used. The user inputs a character string or a numerical value to an item input field provided in the input form using an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse. After the items have been input, the data is stored in a storage medium such as a hard disk or a storage means such as database software on a network.
[0003]
For simple items, it is easy to enter all the items required by the input form.However, when the number of items is large or for items that require complex items, the number of input items and input screens However, it is not easy to perform other operations in the middle of the input or to save the input result in the middle.
[0004]
Further, in a distributed network environment, when an input form is saved, it is registered in a hard disk or a database of a specific server on the network, so that data that is being input may be registered.
[0005]
The problems of data processing devices in a distributed network environment can be summarized as follows. First, when a user is inputting data into a form, the means to temporarily save the data is not provided, and the user ends the data processing to perform other work. In such a case, it is necessary to re-enter the data from the beginning.
[0006]
Second, in a distributed network environment, there is a possibility that multiple information terminals or multiple users may edit the same form of data. The effects of input work support cannot be expected sufficiently.
[0007]
As a conventional technique that improves the above-mentioned problem, the contents of the input form screen which is being filled are stored as default values of the form, and the form screen in the same state as when the form screen was saved by reading out the data of the saved form. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
[0008]
Further, the data input from the input means is temporarily stored in the storage means, and when the data input is interrupted without being completed, the data input is resumed from the data stored in the storage means when the input is restarted. There is a data input system for determining a place (for example, see Patent Document 2).
[0009]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-10-222494
[Patent Document 2]
JP-A-2001-34395.
[0010]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above-described conventional technology, two storage units, a storage unit for temporarily storing data and a storage unit for finally registering data, are always required, and the system becomes complicated. . In addition, in a distributed network environment, there is a possibility that the same data may be operated from a plurality of information terminals, and if the data is temporarily stored only in a storage unit in a specific information terminal of each user, other information terminals may be operated. There was a problem that input could not be resumed for a form in the middle of input.
[0011]
Furthermore, in the prior art, the user has finished entering all the items in the input form, or has completed the required items, and as a finally usable data unless registered by means different from temporary storage. I cannot register. For example, if the conventional technology is applied in a distributed network environment, two operation command forms for a "temporary storage" operation and a "registration" operation are required, which makes the operation complicated for the user. There was a problem. This is because, in the prior art, there is no means for determining whether an item that must be input in the input form has been input by the user.
[0012]
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is not necessary to re-input data from the beginning when the data processing device is terminated during data input of the input form to perform other work, and the same A data processing method, a data processing device, a data processing program, and a recording medium for providing a temporary storage mechanism in a specific information terminal when a plurality of users edit the data of the form. I do.
[0013]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is used in a distributed network environment, and stores an input form for inputting one or more items in a server connected to the network. A data processing device for storing in the means, a storage state determining means for determining an input state of one or more input items in the input form, and determining a storage state according to the determined input state; And a data transmission unit for transmitting the storage state determined by the above and the data input in the input form to the storage unit.
[0014]
The invention according to claim 2 is a data processing apparatus used in a distributed network environment, wherein an input form for inputting one or more items is stored in a storage unit of a server connected to a network. It is determined whether or not all the required input items in the input form have been input.If it is determined that any of the required input items has not been input, the storage state is set to a temporary storage state, When it is determined that all of the required input items have been entered, the storage state is determined as the registered state, the storage state determining means, the storage state determined by the storage state determining means, and the input state is entered in the input form. Data transmitting means for transmitting data to the storage means.
[0015]
The invention according to claim 8 is a data processing method used in a distributed network environment, wherein an input form for inputting one or more items is stored in a storage means of a server connected to a network. It is determined whether or not all the required input items in the input form have been input.If it is determined that any of the required input items has not been input, the storage state is set to a temporary storage state, If it is determined that all the required input items have been entered, the storage state is determined as the registration state, and the determined storage state and the data input in the input form are sent to the storage means.
[0016]
The invention according to claim 9 is used in a distributed network environment, and stores a computer for storing an input form for inputting one or more items in a storage means of a server connected to a network. It is determined whether or not all the required input items in the input form have been input.If it is determined that any of the required input items has not been input, the storage state is set to a temporary storage state, Storage state determining means for determining the storage state as a registered state when it is determined that all of the essential input items have been input, the storage state determined by the storage state determination means, and data input in the input form Function as data transmission means for transmitting to the storage means.
[0017]
Further, the invention according to claim 11, which is used in a distributed network environment, stores a computer for storing an input form for inputting one or more items in a storage means of a server connected to a network. It is determined whether or not all the required input items in the input form have been input.If it is determined that any of the required input items has not been input, the storage state is set to a temporary storage state, Storage state determining means for determining the storage state as a registered state when it is determined that all of the essential input items have been input, the storage state determined by the storage state determination means, and data input in the input form And a data processing program for functioning as a data transmitting means for transmitting the data to the storage means.
[0018]
According to the present invention, data can be temporarily stored in the storage means when the data processing device is terminated to perform another operation, so that there is no need to input data again from the beginning. Further, when a plurality of users edit the same form data, there is no need to provide a temporary storage mechanism in a specific information terminal, and it is possible to support the work of re-inputting data.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
[0019]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a server including a data processing device for a distributed network according to the present invention and storage means connected to the server. FIG. 1 shows a system configuration in which a distributed network data processing device 10 and a server 12 are connected via a communication network 14. The network 14 mainly includes a LAN (Local Area Network) and the Internet.
[0020]
The distributed network data processing device 10 includes an input device 20, a display device 22, an input control unit 24, a data processing unit 26, a screen control unit 28, a network control unit 30, a storage state determination unit 32, a data reception unit 34, The transmission means 36 is constituted.
[0021]
The input device 20 includes a mouse and a keyboard. The data processing unit 26 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. The CPU in the data processing unit 26 constantly monitors the input from the input device 20 via the input control unit 24, and constantly monitors the transmission and reception of data with the server 12 via the network control unit 30.
[0022]
When data is received from the server 12, the network control unit 30 sends the received data to the data processing unit 26 via the data receiving means 34. When sending data to the server 12, the data processed by the storage state determining means 32 is sent to the network control unit 30 via the data sending means 36, and the network control unit 30 actually sends the data to the server 12. Is sent.
[0023]
The ROM in the data processing unit 26 stores a program to be executed by the CPU. The RAM is used as a working area when the CPU executes various processes. The screen control unit 28 performs image processing on the data received from the data processing unit 26 and displays the processed data on the display device 22.
[0024]
FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a form screen layout displayed on the display device 22. This form screen shows a form screen for reserving a conference room. Examples of items are “name”, “meeting room name”, “meeting date”, “start time”, “end time”, “participant”. , “Remarks”, and data entry fields for the respective items. Further, a "save" button for saving data is provided at the bottom of the screen.
[0025]
Some of the above items are mandatory and some are not. For example, in this example, the items of “Name”, “Meeting room name”, “Meeting date”, “Start time”, and “End time” are required to be entered, and “Participant”, “Remarks” Items are not required to be entered.
[0026]
On the form screen of the display device 22, for example, those having an “*” mark at the left end of the item name indicate a state where input is required. The user uses the input device 20 such as a keyboard and a mouse to input data such as characters and numerical values into input fields of each item. When the user completes the input or saves temporarily, the save process is executed by pressing the save button, and the process of the distributed network data processing device 10 provided by the present invention is performed.
[0027]
FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of the main processing of the present invention. The data receiving means 34 receives data from the server 12 connected on the network via the network control unit 30 in step S10, and the received data is sent to the data processing unit 26. Upon receiving the data, the data processing unit 26 appropriately performs image processing in accordance with the content of the data in step S12, and displays the image on the display device 22 as a form screen.
[0028]
The user inputs items to the form screen of the display device 22 using the input device 20 in step S14. When the user completes the input of necessary items or saves a partial item, a save command is input in step S16. When the user inputs a save command, it is determined in step S18 whether each item on the form is a required item, and in step S20, the storage state is determined according to the determination state of the required item.
[0029]
When the storage state is determined, the data transmission unit 36 transmits the data input by the user on the form and the data indicating the storage state to the server 12 via the network control unit 30 in step S22.
[0030]
When the server 12 receives this data, it stores it in the storage means 40 shown in FIG. The storage unit 40 of the server 12 is, for example, a storage medium such as a hard disk or database software.
[0031]
FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of the processing executed by the storage state determining means 32. For the sake of simplicity, the description will be made in the case where the data of the form is expressed in a C language structure format as shown below.

It is assumed that data is exchanged between the server 12 and the distributed network data processing device 10 via such a data structure. Describing the elements in the data structure, "name" holds a label character string for identifying each item, and "data" holds data input by the user.
[0032]
“IsNecessary” holds a boolean value indicating whether this item is mandatory. If it is essential, True is substituted; otherwise, False is substituted. “HaveDefault” holds a boolean value as to whether or not any predetermined value is substituted in “data” as an initial value. True if assigned, false otherwise.
[0033]
“MyForm” indicates an array of such a structure, and “MAXNUMBER” is the maximum index number of this structure array. “Mstat” is a variable for holding a boolean value of a required item input state.
[0034]
In FIG. 4, when the process is started, the number of items “max” to be input from the form in step S30 is acquired. In this case, “max” indicates “MAXNUMBER” which is the index number of the structure array “myForm”. Next, in step S32, the number of items smax that must be input is obtained from the items in the form. The number of items smax can be obtained by counting the number of items for which the value of “isNecessary” is true from the “myForm” structure array.
[0035]
Next, a process of determining whether or not each required item has been input is performed. First, in step S34, the value of a counter count for counting the number of required items that have been input is initialized to 0, and in step S36, a temporary variable i is initialized to 0.
[0036]
Next, in step S38, it is determined whether or not the i-th item in the form is an item that must be input (isNecessary = True). If the input is mandatory (Yes), it is determined in step S40 whether a value has been input for the i-th item i. When a value has been input to the item i (in the case of Yes), the value of the counter count is increased by 1 in step S42. The processing in step S40 is an embodiment of the data comparing means. Whether or not a value has been input to the item i is determined, for example, by inputting a character in the input field (data = '''') which was empty when the form was received. When a column is substituted, it can be determined that an input has been made (data = “input from user”).
[0037]
Next, in step S44, it is determined whether or not the variable i is equal to the maximum number of items max in the form. The process shifts to this determination processing also when the input is not essential and when no value is entered in the item i even if the input is essential.
[0038]
If the variable i is not equal to the maximum number of items max, the value of the variable i is incremented by one in step S46, and the process proceeds to step S38 to similarly start searching for the next item.
[0039]
If the variable i has reached the maximum item number max in step S44, it is determined in step S48 whether the value of the counter count is equal to the value of the required input item number smax. If it is determined that the number of required input items smax is equal to the counter count, that is, if it is determined that input has been performed for all the required input items (Yes), mstat indicating the required item input state is set to true (True) in step S50. Otherwise, in step S52, mstat is set to false. mstat is boolean data holding a boolean value. When the value is set in mstat, the process ends.
[0040]
FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of the processing executed by the data sending means 36. In the figure, in step S60, the data input in the form is obtained, and in step S62, the value of mstat is obtained. The data in the form indicates the data structure as described above, and the character string input by the user is assigned to the element “data” of each item. Then, in step S64, the data in the form and the value of mstat are transmitted to the server 12 via the network control unit 30, and the process is terminated.
[0041]
Next, another embodiment of the data comparing means will be described. FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the form screen layout displayed on the display device 22. Here, the point different from the form screen of FIG. 2 is that a default value of “00:00” is set in advance for each of “start time” and “end time”, and the upper and lower positions arranged on the right side of the default value. The point is that the numerical value is updated by pressing the button. Pressing the upper (△) button increases the numerical value, and pressing the lower (▽) button decreases the numerical value. In the case of such an item in which the default value is substituted in advance as described above, it is not possible to determine whether or not the user has performed the input simply by determining the empty state of the character string.
[0042]
FIG. 7 shows a flowchart of a process executed by the storage state determination unit 32 when an input is required and an item in which some data is previously assigned as a default value is included. Since the details of the processing in FIG. 7 are almost the same as those in FIG. 4, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted, and only different parts will be described here.
[0043]
In FIG. 7, when the process is started, the item data before editing is held in step S60 as a process different from that of FIG. This can be stored in the memory buffer of the RAM in the data processing unit 26.
[0044]
Next, as in FIG. 4, the maximum number of forms and the number of required items are acquired in steps S30 to S36, and predetermined variables are initialized.
[0045]
If item i is a required input item in step S38, it is determined in step S62 whether the item has a default value. The default value is a value that has been entered in advance in the data element at the time of receiving data in the above-described data structure, so that it can be determined whether the value of “haveDefault” is true (True) (if haveDefault = True, the default value can be determined). have).
[0046]
If there is no default value, it is determined whether a value has been input to the item i in step S40 as in FIG. If there is a default value, the data held before the editing is compared with the value after the editing in step S64, and if the values are different, Yes is determined, and if not, No is determined.
[0047]
The difference between the values indicates, for example, a case where the value of (00:00) is updated to (00:02) or the like by operating the up and down buttons in FIG. When the value before and after the editing is different, the process of increasing the counter count by 1 is performed in step S42 as in FIG. 4, and when the value before and after the editing does not change, i = max in step S48. Then, the process proceeds to a determination process.
[0048]
By doing so, it is possible to determine whether or not a mandatory input item has been input by the user even for an item whose data has been entered in advance.
[0049]
FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment in which display information displayed on the display device 22 is changed according to two states, a temporary storage state and a registration state, determined by the storage state determination unit 32.
[0050]
In the state of FIG. 8A, the required items “meeting date”, “start time”, and “end time” are not entered. In this case, the label of the button indicating saving to the server 12 is displayed as, for example, "save".
[0051]
In the state of FIG. 8B, all the required items have been completed. In this case, the label of the button indicating storage in the server 12 is displayed as, for example, “register”. According to the present invention, the user can visually recognize whether or not all required items have been entered, by the label of the button displayed on the display device 22.
[0052]
The series of processes described above can be displayed on a browser of the World Wide Web. For example, the above-described form screen can be displayed on a browser via a CGI (Common Gateway Interface) program that outputs a form in HTML (HyperText Markup Language) format based on the data structure described above.
[0053]
The description method of HTML and the description of CGI can be easily guessed by those skilled in the art, and a detailed embodiment is omitted here. The form screen as described above can be configured by using the HTML FORM tag and the INPUT tag. For example, a partial description example is as follows.
<FORM ACTION = '' http: // www. hoho. jp / cgi-bin / post. cgi "METHOD =" POST ">
<INPUT NAME = ”name” SIZE = 64 VALUE = ””>
<INPUT NAME = ”data” SIZE = 128 VALUE = ””>
. . .
<INPUT TYPE = “submit” VALUE = “Save”>
</ FORM>
A button corresponding to the tag specified by <INPUT TYPE = “submit”> is displayed on the browser as a save button. By pressing the button, the CGI program specified by the ACTION tag is started, and the user is prompted to save. The input item is transferred to the server 12.
[0054]
Next, a description will be given of a medium used to install a program for executing the above-described series of processing in a computer to make it executable.
[0055]
The program can be provided in a state where it is installed in advance on a hard disk 52 as a recording medium built in the computer 50 as shown in FIG. 9A, for example.
[0056]
Further, as shown in FIG. 9B, the program is temporarily or permanently stored in a recording medium 54 and incorporated into the computer 56 as a unit, or is used as a detachable recording medium, so as to be packaged software. Can be provided.
[0057]
As the recording medium, as shown in FIG. 9C, for example, a flexible disk 57, a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Only Only Memory) 58, an MO (Magneto optical) disk 59, a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) 60, A magnetic disk 61, a semiconductor memory 62 and the like can be used.
[0058]
Further, as shown in FIG. 9D, the program is transferred from a download site 64 to a computer 68 via a network 66 such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or the Internet by wire or wirelessly, and is incorporated in the computer. It can be made to be downloaded to a hard disk or the like.
[0059]
According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. First, when the user is performing data entry on the form screen, the data can be temporarily stored, so that when the user terminates the data processing device to perform other work, This eliminates the need to re-enter data from the beginning.
[0060]
Second, in a distributed network environment, when data of the same form is edited by a plurality of information terminals or a plurality of users, the storage state and the data input in the input form are stored in storage means. There is no need to provide a temporary storage mechanism in a specific information terminal, and it is possible to support the work of re-inputting data.
[0061]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, data can be temporarily stored in the storage means when the data processing device is terminated for performing another operation, so that it is necessary to input data again from the beginning. Absent. Further, when a plurality of users edit the same form data, there is no need to provide a temporary storage mechanism in a specific information terminal, and it is possible to support the work of re-inputting data.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a server including a data processing device for a distributed network according to the present invention and a storage unit connected to the server.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a form screen layout.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a main process of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a process executed by a storage state determining unit.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a process executed by a data sending unit.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another embodiment of a form screen layout.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a process executed by a storage state determination unit when an input is required and an item in which some data is previously assigned as a default value is included;
FIG. 8 is a diagram for describing an embodiment in which display information is changed according to two states, a temporary storage state and a registration state.
FIG. 9 is a diagram for describing a medium used for installing a program in a computer to make it executable.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Data processing device for distributed network
12 servers
14 Network
20 Input device
22 Display device
24 Input control unit
26 Data processing unit
28 Screen control unit
30 Network control unit
32 storage state determination means
34 Data receiving means
36 Data transmission means
40 storage means

Claims (11)

In a data processing device used in a distributed network environment, an input form for inputting one or more items is stored in storage means of a server connected to the network.
Storage state determination means for determining an input state of one or more input items in the input form, and determining a storage state according to the determined input state;
A data processing apparatus comprising: a data transmission unit that transmits a storage state determined by the storage state determination unit and data input in the input form to the storage unit. In a data processing device used in a distributed network environment, an input form for inputting one or more items is stored in storage means of a server connected to the network.
Determine whether or not all the required input items in the input form have been entered, and if it is determined that any of the required input items has not been entered, the storage state is temporarily stored, Storage state determination means for determining a storage state as a registered state when it is determined that all of the essential input items have been input;
A data processing apparatus comprising: a data transmission unit that transmits a storage state determined by the storage state determination unit and data input in the input form to the storage unit. The data processing device according to claim 2,
The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the storage state determination unit includes a data comparison unit that compares the states of the required input items before and after editing the input form to determine whether there is an input. The data processing device according to claim 3,
A data processing unit having a function of holding data of the required input items before editing the input form and comparing data of the required input items after editing the input form with the data before editing. . The data processing device according to claim 3,
The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the data comparison unit determines whether or not the data of the required input item after the editing of the input form is an empty character to determine whether or not there is an input. The data processing device according to claim 4,
A data processing apparatus, wherein a default value is set in a required input item of the input form as a state before editing the input form. The data processing device according to claim 2,
The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the storage state determination unit changes display information to be displayed on a display unit depending on whether the storage state is the temporary storage state or the registration state. In a data processing method used in a distributed network environment, an input form for inputting one or more items is stored in a storage means of a server connected to the network.
Determine whether or not all the required input items in the input form have been entered, and if it is determined that any of the required input items has not been entered, the storage state is temporarily stored, If it is determined that all the required input items have been input, the storage state is determined as the registration state,
A data processing method, wherein the determined storage state and data input in the input form are sent to the storage unit. A computer used in a distributed network environment to store an input form for inputting one or more items in a storage means of a server connected to the network;
Determine whether or not all the required input items in the input form have been entered, and if it is determined that any of the required input items has not been entered, the storage state is temporarily stored, A storage state determination unit that determines the storage state as a registration state when it is determined that all of the essential input items have been input,
A data transmission unit that transmits the storage state determined by the storage state determination unit and the data input in the input form to the storage unit;
A data processing program to function as 10. The data processing program according to claim 9, wherein the data processing program operates on a world wide web browser. A computer used in a distributed network environment to store an input form for inputting one or more items in a storage means of a server connected to the network;
Determine whether or not all the required input items in the input form have been entered, and if it is determined that any of the required input items has not been entered, the storage state is temporarily stored, A storage state determination unit that determines the storage state as a registration state when it is determined that all of the essential input items have been input,
A data transmission unit that transmits the storage state determined by the storage state determination unit and the data input in the input form to the storage unit;
A computer-readable recording medium in which a data processing program for functioning as a computer is recorded.

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