JP2720768B2 - Program customization equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a program customizing apparatus for developing a program for executing office work in an information processing system, and more particularly to a program customizing apparatus in which the components of the program are independently defined and combined. The present invention relates to a program customizing device for generating a program.

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2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to improve the efficiency of development of programs provided in the field of business processing, a skeleton portion of the program is created in advance in a form usable for a source program or a specific tool for each purpose of business processing. At the time of use, a method is adopted in which the data definition part described in the source program is changed according to the purpose of the user, or a part of the logical structure or processing of the program is specialized.

According to the techniques disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 62-008230 and 02-068622, a data definition section and a plurality of processes to be performed on the data definition are defined in advance in a program. In the specialization operation of the program, the data definition part is modified to specialize the processing to be performed.

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Problems to be Solved by the Invention
The technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 30 is aimed at improving the efficiency of program creation work, and has a drawback that a specialization request caused by data definition performed at the time of creating a program specification cannot be automatically reflected in the program creation work.

The technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 02-068622 has a disadvantage that the data definition and the processing to be performed in the program must be listed in advance for each program, and the range of specialization is limited.

The present invention eliminates such disadvantages in the prior art. In particular, with regard to data definitions handled by a program and the data definition, specialization of a program focused on a process for performing data manipulation is more generally used. It is intended to be able to be implemented.

In particular, it is possible to assign a data definition to external data used in a program at the time of creating a program specification, and at the same time, to define a data editing processing specification for input / output processing to the external data, and merge the result with the program processing body. By automatically generating a skeleton of a specialized program, it is possible to generate a specification according to a specialization request of the program and automatically reflect the result in a program creating operation.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program customizing apparatus for executing a business processing task in an information processing system, comprising: a program template information storage device for storing program template information; A data specification storage device for storing data definition information of a program, and a program model information specified by a user read from the program model information storage device, and an input / output relationship between external data and the program based on the program configuration information in the program model information. A program configuration definition device that further displays data definition assignment information for external data specified by a user in a data definition assignment storage device; data definition information stored in the data specification storage device; Assignment notes A data editing definition device that stores data editing process definition information relating to input / output processing of external data specified by a user in a data editing definition storage device with reference to the data definition allocation information stored in the storage device; Data definition information stored in a data specification storage device;
Based on the data definition assignment information stored in the data definition assignment storage device and the data editing process definition information stored in the data editing definition storage device, the program template information stored in the program template information storage device And a program specializing device for specializing program procedure information in the above.

A program customizing apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is the program customizing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the program template information storage device includes an external data component such as a file, a screen, and a form handled by the program and an input of the program. Storing program template information composed of program configuration information summarizing the output relationship and program procedure information describing the entire procedure section of the program by associating processes relating to each component of external data in the program procedure section; The data specification storage device is configured to store a record structure of external data and data definition information on data items constituting the record.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, a program customizing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention comprises a program template information storage device 1, an information input / output device 2, a data specification storage device 3, a program configuration definition device 4, a data It comprises a definition assignment storage device 5, a data edit definition device 6, a data edit definition storage device 7, a program specialization device 8, and a program specification storage device 9.

The program model information storage device 1 uses one model information of a program to be specialized (hereinafter referred to as program model information) as one management unit.
The program configuration information and the program procedure information included in one program template information are stored in a format that can be referred to individually.

The program configuration information includes files, screens,
And data to be input or output by a program via an external input / output device such as a form, and its device type (hereinafter referred to as
And external information) and information indicating the input / output relationship between each external data and the program.

The program procedure information includes a portion representing control processing of the entire program and a portion handling input / output processing of the external data in relation to the components of the external data in relation to the processing of one specialization target program. This is information describing the entire procedure section of a program composed of

The data specification storage device 3 has a format capable of inputting and outputting the structure of a data record of external data and information (hereinafter, referred to as data definition information) on data items constituting the data record in units of data definition information. Remember.

The program configuration definition device 4 reads the program configuration information of the program template information according to the application from the program template information storage device 1 in accordance with a user's request, and transfers the external data and the program configuration to the information input / output device 2. indicate. Next, information on which data definition information is to be assigned to the external data designated by the user is received, and a pair of one external data and a data definition information name to be assigned to the external data is defined as one data definition assignment information. Is stored in the data definition assignment storage device 5. In addition, in response to a definition request from a user regarding input / output processing of external data, the data editing / definition device 6 is called.

The data definition assignment storage device 5 stores the data definition assignment information obtained by the program configuration definition device 4 in a format that can be referred to as the assignment information of the external data unit.

The data editing / definition device 6 extracts data definition assignment information from the data definition assignment storage device 5 and data definition information specified by the data definition assignment information from the data specification storage device 3, and based on these information, In the information input / output device 2, the user specifies the input / output device definition request for external data, and receives the data editing process definition of the specific input / output process specified by the user. Further, the data editing process definition is stored in the data editing definition storage device 7 as a data editing process definition of external data.

The data edit definition storage device 7 stores the data edit process definition obtained by the data edit definition device 6 in a format that can be referred to for each data component.

The program specializing device 8 stores data definition information from the data specification storage device 3, data definition allocation information from the data definition allocation storage device 5, and data editing definition of external data from the data editing definition storage device 7, respectively. While converting into a form according to the program specifications to be read and generated, specialize into the target program,
Generate as a program specification.

The program specification storage device 7 stores the generated program specifications in a format that can be referred to in program specification units.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

When the program customizing device is started, first, the program configuration defining device 4 is started.

The program configuration defining device 4 allows the user to specify a model of a program to be specialized through the information input / output device 2 (step 41). When the user specifies a program template information name that becomes a template from the information input / output device 2, the program configuration definition device 4 receives this information and reads the specified program template information from the program template information storage device 1 (step 4).
2).

FIG. 3 shows an example of the program template information. In FIG.
3-2 is a part of the program procedure information.

The program configuration definition device 4 executes step 4
The program configuration information in the program template information read in step 2 is analyzed to extract information on external data (step 43), and a program configuration indicating the input / output relationship between the external data and the program is displayed on the information input / output device 2. Request the user to assign the data definition information name to the external data (step 44).

In FIG. 3, part 3-3 is an example of information relating to external data extracted by the program configuration definition device 4.

When the user specifies the assignment of the data definition information name to each external data, the program configuration definition device 4 receives this information and generates one data definition assignment information for each assignment instruction (step 45), and store it in the data definition assignment storage device 5 (step 46).

FIG. 4 shows an example of the display of the program configuration displayed on the information input / output device 2 and the assignment of the data definition information name to the external data designated by the user. In step 44, this is the part of the program configuration indicating the input / output relationship between the external data displayed by the program configuration definition device 4 and the program, and 4-3 is the data definition information name designated by the user.

The program configuration definition device 4 executes step 4
In step 47, it is determined whether the information received from the user includes a definition request relating to input / output processing of specific external data, in addition to the assignment information of the data definition information name for the external data (step 47). If there is a definition request for input / output processing of specific external data, the data editing / definition device 6 is started (step 48), and if there is no definition request, the program specialization device 8 is started (step 49).

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 4-4 denotes a definition request portion relating to input / output processing of external data.

The data edit definition device 6 reads the data definition assignment information stored in the data definition assignment storage device 5 in step 46 (step 61), and extracts the data definition information name included in the data definition assignment information (step 61). 62).

Next, the data editing / definition device 6 reads data definition information corresponding to the data definition information name from the data specification storage device 3 (step 63), and based on the data definition information, inputs data relating to specific external data. An output definition screen is displayed to request the user to define input / output processing for each data item (step 64).

FIG. 5 is an example of a definition screen for input / output processing relating to external data.

When the user specifies the definition of the input / output processing relating to the external data, the data editing definition device 6 receives this information, generates data editing processing definition information (step 65), and stores it in the data editing definition storage device 7. (Step 66).

The program specializing device 8 reads program template information from the program template information storage device 1 (step 81), reads data definition information from the data specification storage device 3 (step 82), and reads data definition information from the data definition assignment storage device 5. The data definition assignment information is read (step 83), and the data edit definition of the external data is read from the data edit definition storage device 7 (step 8).
4).

Next, the program specializing device 8 generates an instruction group of the data declaration part of the program according to the form of the program specification based on the program procedure information, the data definition assignment information and the data definition information of the program template information. (Step 85).

The program specializing apparatus 8 associates the external data components with the components of the external data based on the program procedure information of the program template information, and incorporates the data editing definition corresponding to the portion describing the input / output processing of the external data. Then, the procedure section of the program is assembled, and furthermore, the procedure section of the program is generated according to the form of the program specification to generate an instruction group of the procedure section of the program (step 86). At the end of step 86, the specialization of the target program is completed.

In FIG. 3, a portion 3-4 is a portion for instructing generation of a data declaration portion in the program procedure information, and a portion 3-5 is associated with the component of the external data and corresponds to the external data. This is the part instructing to incorporate the data editing definition to be performed as input / output processing.

After the step 86, the program specializing device 8 generates a program whose specialization is completed as one program specification and stores it in the program specification storage device 9 (step 87). As described above, the processing of the program customizing apparatus which is the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention is completed.

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As described above, according to the program customizing apparatus of the present invention, if the program specification creator performs the data editing definition of input / output to external data in accordance with the configuration definition of the program, it is left as it is. Since it can be reflected as a part of the program, the intention of the program specification creator can be reflected as it is as a program instruction, not only improving the program productivity but also improving the program quality. It has the effect of being able to do it.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing processing of a program configuration definition device 4, a data editing definition device 6, and a program specialization device 8 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of program template information in a program template information storage device 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a program configuration displayed on the information input / output device 2 by the program configuration definition device 4 according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and assigning data definition information names to external data designated by a user; It is a figure showing the example of.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a definition screen of input / output processing relating to external data displayed on the information input / output device 2 by the data editing definition device 6 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 program template information storage device 2 information input / output device 3 data specification storage device 4 program configuration definition device 5 data definition allocation storage device 6 data editing definition device 7 data editing definition storage device 8 program specialization device 9 program specification storage device

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] An apparatus for customizing a program for executing office work in an information processing system, comprising: a model information storage device for storing model information of the program; a data specification storage device for storing data definition information of the program; Reads the program template information specified by the user from the program template information storage device, displays the input / output relationship between the external data and the program based on the program configuration information in the program template information, and further defines the data for the external data specified by the user Refer to a program configuration definition device that stores the allocation information of the data definition allocation storage device, the data definition information stored in the data specification storage device, and the data definition allocation information stored in the data definition allocation storage device. do it, A data editing definition device that stores data editing process definition information relating to input / output processing of external data specified by a user in a data editing definition storage device; data definition information stored in the data specification storage device; Program procedure information in the program template information stored in the program template information storage device based on the data definition assignment information stored in the storage device and the data editing process definition information stored in the data editing definition storage device And a program specializing device for specializing the program. 2. The program model information storage device according to claim 1, wherein the program model information storage device includes program configuration information summarizing the input / output relationship of components of the external data such as files, screens, and forms handled by the program, and the external data in the program procedure section. It stores program template information composed of program procedure information describing the entire procedure part of the program in association with processing relating to each component, and the data specification storage device configures a record structure of external data and a record thereof. 2. The program customizing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein data definition information on data items is stored.