JP2715222B2 - Dynamic reflection of operating environment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dynamic reflection method for dynamically reflecting an operating environment on an execution program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a kana-kanji conversion system, an operator can arbitrarily set an operation environment such as a key binding and a conversion method, and assign characters and symbols to arbitrary keys on a keyboard for easy operation. As a result of the conversion, the range of kanji obtained (JIS first level, JIS second level, etc.) is changed, and the dictionary is switched according to the specialty field.

[0003] The setting of the operating environment can also be performed during the operation of the program. In this case, in order to reflect the updated operating environment on the Kana-Kanji conversion system, the program is temporarily stopped and restarted to capture the operating environment.

[0004] It is inconvenient to stop and restart the program when the operating environment is updated as described above, so that when the operating environment definition file is updated during the operation of the program, the program is deleted. It is desired to reflect the data without stopping, and the following methods are conceivable to achieve this.

(1) In the first method, it is always checked whether or not the operating environment definition file has been updated each time an operator accesses, and if the file has been updated, the updated operating environment is reflected in the program. I do.

(2) A second method is to check at regular intervals whether or not the operating environment definition file has been updated, and if the file has been updated, reflect the updated operating environment in the program. Do.

(3) A third method is to store the time at which the operating environment definition file is checked, refer to the stored time for each access from the operator, and operate if a certain time or more has elapsed since the previous time. It is checked whether or not the environment definition file has been updated. If the environment definition file has been updated, the updated operation environment is reflected in the program, and the checked time is stored.

[0008]

Conventionally, when an operating environment definition file is updated during the operation of a program, the above-mentioned (1) and (2) are used to reflect the updated operating environment in the program. , (3) can be considered. In these methods, as shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 6, and FIG.
Each has the following problems.

In the first method (1), as shown in FIG. 5, the update of the operating environment definition file can be immediately supplemented, and the operating environment can be reflected in the program at time 32. There is a problem that the access to the definition file is required and the load is large.

In the second method (2), as shown in FIG. 6, when an interrupt is generated in a fixed time 5, a time 3
5, the operation environment can be reflected in the program, but the access to the operation environment definition file is required eight times, and the number of accesses is reduced to slightly reduce the load. However, the reflection to the program is delayed at time 35. There is a problem.

According to the third method (3), as shown in FIG. 7, when the time difference between the time when the operating environment definition file is accessed and checked and the next check is set to 5, the operating environment is defined at time 32. Can be reflected in the program, but it is necessary to access the operating environment definition file seven times, the number of accesses is reduced and the load is slightly reduced, but the access to the operating environment definition file is still performed seven times. There is.

The present invention has been developed to solve these problems.
Monitors access and reflects the operating environment to the execution program only when the access interval is equal to or longer than the specified time and the operating environment definition file is updated, reducing the load and quickly moving the operating environment The purpose is to enable the reflection to the execution program.

[0013]

Means for solving the problem will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, a definition file monitoring process 3 monitors whether or not an access interval has passed a predetermined time or more. The definition file monitoring process 3 uses an internal variable accesstime for storing the previous access time and a previous update time of the operating environment definition file 7. It has an internal variable filetime to store.

The operating environment definition file 7 holds the operating environment, and is a variable filetime for storing the update time.
Inside.

[0015]

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, when the definition file monitoring process 3 monitors an access and detects that the access has passed a predetermined time or more from the previous access time, the operation environment definition file 3 7, the updated operating environment is extracted from the operating environment definition file 7 when it is determined that the operating environment has been updated, the operating environment of the execution program is updated, and the process is executed under the new operating environment. Like that.

The definition file monitoring process 3 monitors access, compares and updates the current access time with the time of the internal variable accesstime, and when it is determined that a predetermined time has elapsed, the operation environment definition file 7 variable file
When the time is referred to and it is found that it is different from the internal variable filetime, the updated operating environment is extracted from the operating environment definition file 7 and reflected in the execution program, and the internal variable
The filetime has been updated to execute the process under the new operating environment.

Therefore, the access is monitored and the access interval is equal to or longer than a predetermined time, and the operation environment definition file 7
By reflecting the operating environment on the execution program only when is updated, it becomes possible to reduce the load and quickly reflect the operating environment on the execution program dynamically.

[0018]

Next, the structure and operation of an embodiment of the present invention will be sequentially described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, an arithmetic processing device 1 performs various arithmetic processes. The arithmetic processing device 1 includes an execution program 2 for performing kana-kanji conversion and the like, an operation environment definition program 5 for setting an operation environment in an operation environment definition file 7, a timer 6, and the like.

The execution program 2 is a program for performing various kinds of processing, for example, a program for performing kana-kanji conversion. In this example, the execution program 2 includes a definition file monitoring processing 3, an operating environment reflection processing 4, and the like.

The definition file monitoring process 3 is executed by the input / output device 8
It monitors the access to the execution program 2 from, for example, and monitors whether the access interval has elapsed for a predetermined time or more. This access monitoring is performed when the difference between the current time retrieved with reference to the timer 6 and the time retrieved from the internal variable accesstime that stores the previous access time when the access is made is more than a certain value, and An internal variable file that stores the last update time of the operating environment definition file 7
The time extracted from the time is compared with the time extracted from the variable filetime of the operating environment definition file 7 to determine whether the operating environment has been updated because it is not equal and the operating environment needs to be reflected in the execution program 2. Things.

The internal variable accesstime is a variable for storing the previous access time. The internal variable filetime is a variable that stores the time when the previous operation environment definition file 7 was updated.

The operating environment reflection process 4 is for setting the operating environment extracted from the operating environment definition file 7 in the execution program 2 and executing the process in the new operating environment after the setting.

The operating environment definition program 5 stores the operating environment specified by the operator from the input / output device 8 or the like.
It is defined (set, updated) in the operating environment definition file 7. At this time, the variable filetime is set to the updated time (see FIG. 3).

The timer 6 counts the current time. The operating environment definition file 7 is a file for storing the definition of the operating environment, and has a variable filetime for storing the time when the definition (setting, updating) is made. Executable file monitoring process 3 uses the time of internal variable filetime and this variable
The time of the filetime is compared, and when it is different, it is determined that the operation environment is updated.

The input / output device 8 performs various types of input / output, and is, for example, a keyboard or a display. Next, the operation of the configuration of FIG. 1 will be described in detail according to the order shown in the flowchart of FIG.

In FIG. 2, S1 is an internal variable filetime.
And the initial value of the internal variable accesstime. The default value is
The setting is made with reference to the operating environment definition file 7 and the current time is set with reference to the timer. For example, an internal variable filetime ← f0 (time f0 set in the variable filetime of the operating environment definition file 7) and an internal variable accesstime ← a0 (current time a0 of the timer 6) are initialized.

In step S2, an access from the operator is waited. In step S3, it is determined whether an operator access has occurred. That is, it is determined whether or not the operator has input a character string to be converted into Kana-Kanji from the keyboard, which is the input / output device 8 in FIG. If YES, the process proceeds to S4 and subsequent steps. On the other hand, if NO, the process returns to S2 because no access occurs.

In step S4, the current time a1 is obtained. This obtains the current time a1 from the timer 6. S5 is
From time a0 stored in the internal variable accesstime, S4
It is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed before the current time a1 obtained in step. It is determined whether a1-a0> a certain time. In the case of YES, the fixed time has elapsed from the time of the last access to the current time, so the process proceeds to S6. On the other hand, in the case of NO, since the fixed time has not elapsed from the time of the previous access to the current time, the operation environment is not reflected in the execution program, and the internal access time is set to the current time in S10. Update (internal variable accesstime ← a1), execute the process in S12,
Return to S2.

In step S6, a definition file time f1 of the operation environment definition file 7 is obtained. This corresponds to the time f stored in the variable filetime of the operating environment definition file 7 in FIG.
Take 1 out.

In S7, it is determined whether or not the definition file time f1 of the operation environment definition file 7 has been updated. this is,
It is determined whether f1 ≠ f0. That is, the variable filetime of the operating environment definition file 7 when the operating environment was previously extracted from the operating environment definition file 7 and reflected in the execution program 2
F0 and the variable fi in the current operating environment definition file 7
It is compared with the time f1 of the letime to determine whether they are not equal (updated). In the case of YES, it is determined that the operating environment definition file 7 has been updated, and the process proceeds to S8. On the other hand, in the case of NO, it has been determined that the operating environment definition file 7 has not been updated, so the internal access
Update time to current time (internal variable accesstime ← a1),
The process is executed in S12, and the process returns to S2.

At S8, the internal variable accesstime is updated to the current time, and the internal variable filetime is updated to the current time. That is, an internal variable accesstime ← a1 (current time) and an internal variable filetime ← f1 (update time f1 of the operation environment definition file 7). These steps S4 to S8, S10, and S11 are performed by the definition file monitoring process 3 in FIG.

In step S9, the execution program 2 reflects the operation environment definition file 7, that is, extracts the updated operation environment from the operation environment definition file 7 and sets it to a state in which it can be executed.
In S12, processing is performed under this operating environment, for example, Kana-Kanji conversion is performed. Here, operation reflection processing 4 is performed in S9.

As described above, when the access interval from the input / output device 8 to the execution program 2 is equal to or longer than the predetermined time (YES in S5) and the operating environment of the operating environment definition file 7 has been updated (YES in S7). Only in this case, the updated operating environment is extracted from the operating environment definition file 7, reflected in the execution program 2, and the process is executed based on the updated operating environment. Accordingly, when the execution program 2 is frequently accessed by the operator from the input / output device 8 such as a keyboard, the load is reduced by not referring to the operating environment file 7.
On the other hand, since a certain period of time is required to update the operating environment definition file 7, the operation is performed by referring to the operating environment definition file 7 only when an access is made after a certain period of time expected to be required for the update. Check whether the environment has been updated, and if it has been updated, the operating environment is promptly reflected in the execution program.

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart for changing the operating environment definition file according to the present invention. This is a procedure for updating the operation environment definition file 7 in FIG. 1 according to an instruction from the operator.

In FIG. 3, in step S21, the operator presses a definition change command. This means that the operator presses a key of a specific definition change command on the keyboard which is the input / output device 8 in FIG. 1, and starts the operation environment definition program 5 in FIG.

In step S22, a selectable pattern is displayed.
This corresponds to the pressing of the definition change command in S21,
For example, as an operating environment for kana-kanji conversion, when a certain key is currently pressed, “.” Is displayed, but other selectable patterns “.” “,” Are displayed.

A step S23 decides whether or not a selection has been made. In the case of YES, the process proceeds to S24. If NO, a selectable pattern is displayed in S22, and the process waits until the pattern is selected. S2
4 updates the operating environment definition file 7 to a new operating environment.

S25 is a variable in the operating environment definition file 7.
Update filetime to current time. As described above, the operator presses the definition change command to execute the execution program 2
The operating environment of the operating environment definition file 7 that saves the operating environment of is updated. In a state where the operating environment of the operating environment definition file 7 is updated, the operating environment of the execution program 2 is not updated, and is not updated until the next start. In order to dynamically update the operation environment during the operation of the execution program 2, the operation environment is dynamically updated according to the procedure of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of the present invention. This is a specific example when the operating environment definition file 7 is updated according to the flowchart of FIG. 3 and the operating environment is dynamically reflected in the execution program 2 from the operating environment definition file 7 according to the flowchart of FIG. . Here, the access timing of the operator is a timing at which the operator accesses the execution program 2 by inputting “Kana” by key input from the keyboard which is the input / output device 8 in FIG.

On the time axis, time 0 to time 35 are recorded here. The access point update point and the time difference indicate the update point of the internal variable accesstime of the definition file monitoring process 3 and the time difference.

The operation of the execution program shows the operation of the execution program 2 in FIG. Next, the operation will be described. (1) Time 0: Since it is the access timing of the operator, the definition file monitoring process 3 of the execution program 2 checks the file. In this initial state, since the operating environment has not been updated, the operating environment is not reflected on the execution program 2 (S1 in FIG. 2).

(2) Time 2: Since it is the access timing of the operator, the definition file monitoring process 3 of the execution program 2 does not exceed the fixed time 5 for the elapsed time of the access time (NO in S5 in FIG. 2). Update the internal variable accesstime to the current time and do not refer to the operating environment definition file 7.

(3) Similarly, since time 5, time 7, time 9, and time 11 do not exceed the fixed time 4 (NO in S5 of FIG. 2), the internal variable accesstime is updated to the current time, respectively. It does not refer to the operating environment definition file 7.

(4) Time 16: Since the definition file monitoring process 3 of the execution program 2 has exceeded the fixed time 4 with respect to the elapsed time of the access time (YE in S5 in FIG. 2).
S) The operating environment definition file 7 is checked, but the operating environment is not updated (NO in S7 in FIG. 2), so that the operating environment is not reflected.

(5) Hours 18, Hours 20, Hours 22,
Since the time 25 and the time 27 do not exceed the predetermined time 4 (NO in S5 in FIG. 2), the internal variable accesstime is updated to the current time, and the operation environment definition file 7 is not referred.

(6) Time 32: Since the definition file monitoring process 3 of the execution program 2 has exceeded the fixed time 4 for the elapsed time of the access time (YE in S5 in FIG. 2).
S) When the operation environment definition file 7 is checked, the operation environment has been updated by the operation environment definition program 5 at the time 31 (YES in S7 in FIG. 2), and the operation environment is extracted and reflected in the execution program 2. I do.

According to the above procedure, the number of file checks (checking whether the operating environment has been updated with reference to the operating environment definition file 7) is only three in this case, and the operating environment definition file 7 is Performs an update operation, utilizing the characteristic that the operator access timing exceeds the predetermined time 4 in this case, quickly detects the update of the operating environment definition file 7, and dynamically and quickly executes the operating environment after the update. The processing can be executed in the operating environment after the reflection in the program 2 and the reflection.

The following is an example of using the configuration described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 in a kana-kanji conversion system and updating the operating environment. (1) When the operating environment of the conversion dictionary is updated: Individual dictionaries such as a personal name dictionary, a place name dictionary, and a technical term dictionary are added, deleted, and switched as necessary.

(2) Updating the operating environment of the character string to be converted to Kana-Kanji:-Multi-phrase analysis Selects semantic priority or learning priority during multi-phrase conversion.

Compound words Select whether or not to give priority to compound words during conversion.・ Numerical conversion Select whether to perform numerical conversion.

JIS Kanji Select whether the conversion target character is only the common kanji character, a character other than JIS second level, or all characters.

(3) When Updating the Operating Environment for Inputting Reading Characters: Comma Processing When a comma key is pressed, a selection is made as to whether a comma or a reading point is displayed.

Processing of a period When a period key is pressed, a period is displayed or
Select whether to display period marks.

(4) When updating the operating environment of the style at the time of conversion: Cursor position at next conversion Select the cursor position at the time of conversion.

When updating the operating environment of the attribute of the converted character string: Select the attribute of the character string to be converted (whether it is underlined or inverted).

When the operating environment of the candidate group selection screen is updated: The screen style for displaying the candidate group is selected. (5) When updating the operation environment of the key binding: Change which key on the keyboard is to be assigned a key for conversion.

[0058]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the access is monitored and the access environment is reflected in the execution program only when the access interval is equal to or longer than the predetermined time and the operation environment definition file 7 is updated, the load is reduced. The operating environment can be dynamically reflected in the execution program quickly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a reflection flowchart of an operation environment definition file according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for changing an operation environment definition file according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a specific example of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram (part 1) of the related art.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram (part 2) of a conventional technique.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view (part 3) of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: arithmetic processing unit 2: execution program 3: definition file monitoring process 4: operating environment reflection process 5: operating environment definition program 6: timer 7: operating environment definition file 8: input / output device

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Toshiaki Yamada 4-49 Fukami Nishi, Yamato-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture PF Yamato Factory (72) Inventor Tadashi Koike 4-49 Fukami-Nishi, Yamato-shi, Kanagawa No. JP-A-4-162132 (JP, A) JP-A-4-291635 (JP, A) JP-A-3-85619 (JP, A) JP-A-4- 48366 (JP, A)

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A dynamic reflection method for dynamically reflecting an operating environment on an execution program, wherein a definition file monitoring process (3) for monitoring whether an interval of access to the execution program has passed a predetermined time or more, And an operation environment definition file (7) for setting access. The definition file monitoring process (3) monitors access,
When it is detected that the access has passed a predetermined time or more from the previous access time, and when it is determined that the access has been updated with reference to the above-mentioned operation environment definition file (7), the operation environment definition file (7) dynamic how to change the operating environment of taking out an operation environment after update to update the operating environment for the execution program, characterized by being configured to execute the original in the process of the new operating environment from. 2. The definition file monitoring process (3) has an internal variable accesstime for storing a previous access time and an internal variable filetime for storing a previous update time of the operation environment definition file (7). The environment definition file (7) has a variable filetime that stores the update time, and the variable is set when this operating environment definition file (7) is updated.
filetime is updated, the definition file monitoring process (3) monitors access, compares and updates the current access time with the time of the internal variable accesstime, and when it is determined that the predetermined time has elapsed, , Variable fileti in the above operating environment definition file (7)
When the internal variable filetime is found to be different from the internal variable filetime by referring to me, the updated operating environment is extracted from the operating environment definition file (7), reflected in the operating environment of the execution program, and the internal variable filetime is updated. The method according to claim 1, wherein the operating environment is dynamically reflected .