JP5321249B2 - Information processing apparatus and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve operability when creating a component from a layout definition file, and to prevent that trouble occurs when reusing the created component. <P>SOLUTION: According to this information processor 1, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11 obtains item information indicating contents of each item disposed on a screen from a spec file 151, and creates related item information indicating referring and referred relation between items based on the obtained item information. An item list included in the spec file 151 is displayed by a display 13. When a component conversion target item is selected from the displayed item list by an input device 12, a combination between the item selected by the input device 12 and an item related to the item is created. The reusable component about the created combination between the items is created. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a program.

  Conventionally, a technique for creating a reusable part from an existing program is known. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

JP-A-9-292985

  By the way, conventionally, when part of the items arranged on the screen from the layout definition file that defines the layout of the screen is partized, the user manually combines the item to be partized and the data related item together. It was necessary to make it. For example, if the screen contains the items “Amount”, “Number”, and “Unit Price”, and “Amount” consists of an assignment formula of “Number” × “Unit Price”, it will be combined with the “Amount” component. It was necessary to convert the "number" and "unit price" into parts.

  However, it is cumbersome to manually form the related items one by one, and there is a possibility that leakage of necessary items into parts will occur. Also, when creating a new screen layout using parts that have been made into components, if you forget to place the item referenced by that item on the screen, for example, when placing the above "Amount" on the screen If “Piece” and “Unit Price” are not placed on the screen together, there is a problem that an error occurs because there is no reference item.

An object of the present invention is to create a combination of an item selected as an item to be componentized and an item related to the item when the item arranged on the screen is converted into a component. By combining related items into parts, it is possible to prevent inconveniences when the parts created from the layout definition file are reused.

In order to solve the above problem, an information processing apparatus according to claim 1 is provided.
Storage means for storing a layout definition file defining a screen layout of a business application;
Read the layout definition file stored in the storage means, obtain item information indicating the contents of the items to be arranged on the screen, and based on the obtained item information, the relationship between reference and reference between items Related item information creating means for creating related item information indicating
Display means for displaying an item list based on the item information acquired from the layout definition file;
Input means for selecting an item to be componentized from the list of items displayed on the display means according to a user operation;
Based on the related item information created by the related item information creating means, a combination item creating means for creating a combination of an item selected by the input means and an item related to the item;
Component information creating means for creating part information including a plurality of item information corresponding to the combination of items created by the combination item creating means from the read layout definition file;
Is provided.

The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1,
The display means displays a combination list of items created by the combination item creation means,
The component information creation means creates a component for the combination of items selected by the input means from the combination list displayed by the display means.

The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2,
Control means for storing the part information created by the part information creating means in the storage means is provided.

The program of the invention according to claim 4 is:
Computer
Storage means for storing a layout definition file defining a screen layout of a business application;
Read the layout definition file stored in the storage means, obtain item information indicating the contents of the items to be arranged on the screen, and based on the obtained item information, the relationship between reference and reference between items Related item information creating means for creating related item information indicating
Display means for displaying an item list based on item information acquired from the layout definition file;
Input means for selecting an item to be componentized from a list of items displayed on the display means according to a user operation;
Based on the related item information created by the related item information creating means, a combination item creating means for creating a combination of the item selected by the input means and the item related to the item,
Component information creation means for creating part information including a plurality of item information corresponding to the combination of items created by the combination item creation means from the read layout definition file;
To function as.

According to the present invention, when an item placed on the screen is converted into a component, a combination of the item selected as the item to be componentized and the item related to the item is created, and the selected item is By combining related items into parts, it is possible to prevent inconveniences when parts created from the layout definition file are reused.

It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the information processing apparatus in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a specification file. It is a figure which shows an example of a sales management screen. It is a figure which shows the specification file of the sales management screen of FIG. 3A. It is a flowchart which shows the componentization process performed by CPU of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the specification information block produced in RAM of FIG. 1 at the time of expansion | deployment of a specification file. It is a figure which shows the specification information block produced when the specification file of FIG. 3B is expand | deployed. It is a figure which shows the related item information creation process performed by CPU of FIG. It is a figure which shows the related item information creation process performed by CPU of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the related item information block produced in RAM of FIG. It is a figure which shows the related item information block produced based on the specification information block of FIG. 3B. It is a figure which shows an example of the item list displayed on the display part of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the componentization item combination information creation process performed by CPU of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the componentization item information block produced in RAM of FIG. It is a figure which shows the componentization item information block produced when "number" is selected from the item list of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the to-be-referenced item relevant information acquisition process performed in step S219 of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the componentization item combination list displayed on the display part of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the components information block produced in RAM of FIG. It is a figure which shows the components information block produced when "the number, unit price, and money amount" is selected from the componentization item combination list of FIG. It is a figure which shows the components specification file produced from the components information block of FIG. 13B. It is a figure which shows the screen produced newly. It is a figure which shows the specification information block corresponding to the screen shown to FIG. 15A. It is a figure which shows the example which added the "customer name" item to the screen shown to FIG. 15A. It is a figure which shows the specification information block to which the item information of "customer name" was added corresponding to FIG. 16A. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen at the time of adding an item to the screen shown to FIG. 16A using the component specification file shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the specification information block to which the item information of "number", "unit price", and "amount" was added corresponding to FIG. 17A. It is a figure which shows the specification file newly produced based on the specification information block of FIG. 17B.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention is not limited to the illustrated example.

First, the configuration of the present embodiment will be described.
FIG. 1 shows a functional configuration example of an information processing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the information processing apparatus 1 includes a CPU 11, an input device 12, a display device 13, a RAM 14, a storage device 15, and the like, and each unit is connected via a bus 16.

A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11 reads a system program stored in the storage device 15, develops it in a work area formed in the RAM 14, and controls each device of the information processing device 1 according to the system program. Further, the CPU 11 reads out various processing programs such as business applications and componentization processing programs stored in the storage device 15 and develops them in a work area, and performs various processes in cooperation with the read programs. Run.
In the present embodiment, the CPU 11 performs the component processing shown in FIG. 4 and various processes executed as subroutines in the component processing shown in FIG. 4 in cooperation with the program, so that related item information creation processing means and combination item creation means. In addition, functions as a part information creation unit and a control unit are realized.

  The input device 12 includes a keyboard having character / alphanumeric input keys, cursor keys, various function keys, and the like, and a mouse that is a pointing device, and a key pressing signal that is pressed by the keyboard. An operation signal from the mouse is output as an input signal to the CPU 11.

  The display device 13 is configured by an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), or the like, and displays various screens in accordance with various instructions input from the CPU 11.

  A RAM (Random Access Memory) 14 temporarily stores a system program executed by the CPU 11, various processing programs, data being processed in each processing, processing results, and the like.

  The storage device 15 is configured by an HDD (Hard Disc Drive), a non-volatile semiconductor memory, and the like, and stores various processing programs such as a system program executed by the CPU 11, a business application, a componentization processing program, various data, and the like. These various programs are stored in the form of readable program codes, and the CPU 11 sequentially executes operations according to the program codes.

  For example, the specification file 151 is stored in the storage device 15. A spec file is a file (layout definition file) in which data defining a screen layout (referred to as spec data) is stored in a business application.

  FIG. 2 shows a data configuration example of the specification file 151. In the specification file 151 shown in FIG. 2, “# $ GF to # $$ GF” is a part defining a screen layout. “# $ GH to # $$ GH” is a part defining “width” and “height” of the screen. “# $ TI˜ # $$ TI” is a part defining input items. “Item name” is the name of the input item. “X coordinate” and “Y coordinate” are coordinates indicating the upper left position of the input item. “Item width” is the width of the input item. “Item height” is the height of the input item. The “assignment expression” represents an item name and an arithmetic expression to be referred to when setting a value for this input item.

  For example, the specification file 151 (file name is “sales management”) for the sales management screen 131 shown in FIG. 3A is as shown in FIG. 3B. As shown in FIG. 3B, in the “sales management” spec file 151, the sales management screen 131 has a width of 350 and a height of 100. The customer name, product name, quantity, unit price, price, and remarks It is defined that the input items are arranged. In addition, the position of each input item, an assignment expression, and the like are defined.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of the componentization process executed in the information processing apparatus 1. The componentization processing is executed in cooperation with the CPU 11 and the componentization processing program in response to an instruction from the input device 12. The component conversion processing is processing for generating a component specification file 152 that is a reusable component from an existing specification file 151.

First, spec data is read from the spec file 151 and expanded in the RAM 14 (step S1).
The spec data is expanded in the spec information block 20. FIG. 5A shows a configuration example of the specification information block 20. As shown in FIG. 5A, the spec information block 20 includes a spec information section 21, an item information list section 22, and an item information section 23.
The spec information section 21 stores “spec file name”, “screen size (sx, sy)”, “address to item information list”, and “number of item information”.
The item information list section 22 stores “address to item information 1” to “address to item information n” (n is the number of item information).
The item information section 23 stores item information (item information 1 to item information n) indicating the contents of each item arranged on the screen. In each of item information 1 to item information n, “item name”, “item type”, “substitution formula”, and “drawing position (x, y, sx, sy)” are stored.

  For example, when the “sales management” spec file 151 shown in FIG. 3B is read and expanded in step S1, the expansion is performed in the following procedure, and the spec information block 20 shown in FIG. 5B is created.

  First, the area of the spec information section 21 is secured in the RAM 14, and “sales management” that is the file name of the spec file 151 is stored in the “spec file name” of the spec information section 21. Next, “350” which is the width of # $ GH to # $$ GH is stored in “sx” of “screen size (sx, sy)”, and the height of # $ GH to # $$ GH is stored in “sy” “100” is stored.

Next, an area for item information 1 is secured in the RAM 14, and item information 1 is created. Specifically, “customer name” which is the item name of # $ TI to # $$ TI is stored in “item name”, and “input item” is stored in item type. Here, “# $ TI” is a character indicating that the item type of the defined item is an input item. Also, substitution expressions # $ TI to # $$ TI are stored in the “substitution expression”. Here, since there is no data in the substitution expression of # $ TI to # $$ TI, it is blank. Also, the “drawing position (x, y, sx, sy)” of “drawing position x” is “10” that is the X coordinate of # $ TI to # $$ TI, and the “drawing position y” is # $ TI to # $. $ TI Y coordinate “10”, “Drawing position sx” is item width “# $ TI˜ # $$ TI” “330”, “Drawing position sy” is item # $ TI to # $$ TI “20” which is the height is stored.
When there are a plurality of # $ TI to # $$ TI, item information 2 to n is created in the same procedure as the item information 1 according to the number n.

  When the item information 1 to n is created, the address of the location where each of the item information 1 to item information n is stored is “address to item information 1” to “address to item information n” in the item information list section 22. Is stored. Further, the address of the location where the item information list portion 22 is stored is stored in the “address to the item information list” of the specification information 21. The number n of item information is stored in the “number of item information” of the specification information section 21.

  Returning to FIG. 4, in step S2, related item information creation processing is executed (step S2).

6A to 6B are flowcharts of related item information creation processing executed in step S2 of FIG. The related item information creation processing is executed in cooperation with the CPU 11 and the referenced item related information acquisition processing program.
In the related item information creation process, a related item information block 30 is created on the RAM 14 based on the item information of the specification information block 20 acquired in step S1 of FIG. The related item information block 30 stores related item information indicating the relationship between reference and referenced between items.

FIG. 7A shows a configuration example of the related item information block 30. As shown in FIG. 7A, the related item information block 30 includes a related item management information part 31, a related item information list part 32, and a related item information part 33.
The related item management information section 31 stores “address to related item information list” and “number of related item information”.
The related item information list section 32 stores “address to related item information 1” to “address to related item information m” (m is the number of related item information).
The related item information section 33 stores related item information 1 to related item information m. For each of the related item information 1 to the related item information m, “item name”, “address to reference item information”, “number of reference item information”, “address to referenced item information”, “referenced item information” Number "is stored. The address indicated by “address to reference item information” is the item name of the item (reference item) to which the item information whose “item name” matches the related item information in the specification information block 20 is referred to by the “assignment expression”. Is stored. The address indicated by “Address to referenced item information” contains the item name of the item (referenced item) that refers to the item information whose “item name” matches the related item information by “assignment expression”. Stored.

  In the related item information creation process, first, an area of the related item management information unit 31 is secured in the RAM 14 (step S101), and 1 is set in the counter N and the counter M (step S102).

  Next, the specification information block 20 is referred to, and it is determined whether or not the value of the counter N is equal to or smaller than the value of “number of item information” in the specification information section 21 (step S103). If it is determined that the value of the counter N is less than or equal to the value of “number of item information” in the specification information section 21 (step S103; YES), “substitution” of the Nth item information (item information N) in the item information section 23 is performed. It is determined whether data is stored in “expression”. If it is determined that the data is stored in the “substitution formula” of the item information N (step S104; YES), the item name (character string) included in the data stored in the “substitution formula” of the item information N Is obtained by lexical analysis, and a list of item names referred to in the “assignment expression” of the item information N is created (step S105).

  Next, 1 is set in the counter L (step S106), and the Lth item name is acquired from the created item list (step S107). When the Lth item name exists in the item list and the item name is acquired (step S108; YES), related item information having the same item name as the acquired Lth item name exists in the related item information section 33. It is determined whether or not to perform (step S109).

  When it is determined that the related item information having the same item name as the acquired Lth item name does not exist in the related item information section 33 (step S109; NO), an area of the related item information M is secured (step S110). The Lth item name in the item list is set in the “item name” of the related item information M (step S111). Then, “address to related item information M” is created in the related item information list section 32 (step S112), M is incremented by 1 (step S113), and the process proceeds to step S114. On the other hand, when it is determined that related item information having the same item name as the acquired L-th item name exists in the related item information unit 33 (step S109; YES), the process proceeds to step S114.

In step S114, the counter L is incremented by 1 (step S114), the process returns to step S107, and the process is executed for the next item in the item list.
If it is determined in step S108 that the Lth item name does not exist in the item list, that is, the next item name does not exist (step S108; NO), the process proceeds to step S115.

  In step S115, it is determined whether or not the related item information having the same item name as the item information N of the item information portion 23 exists in the related item information portion 33. When it is determined that the related item information having the same item name as the item information N of the item information section 23 does not exist in the related item information section 33 (step S115; NO), the area of the related item information M is secured (step S116). Then, the item name of the item information N is set in the “item name” of the related item information M (step S117). Then, “address to related item information M” of the related item information list section 32 is created (step S118), the counter M is incremented by 1 (step S119), and the process proceeds to step S120. If it is determined that related item information having the same item name as the item information N of the item information unit 23 exists in the related item information unit 33 (step S115; YES), the process proceeds to step S120.

  In step S120, it is determined whether or not there is reference item information in the related item information having the same item name as the item information N in the related item information section 33. Specifically, when an address is stored in “address to reference item information” of related item information having the same item name as the item information N, it is determined that there is reference item information. When it is determined that there is no reference item information in the related item information having the same item name as the item information N in the related item information section 33 (step S120; NO), a reference item information area is secured (step S121), and the item The head address of the area secured in step S121 is set in “address to reference item information” of the related item information having the same item name as information N (step S122), and the process proceeds to step S123. If it is determined that there is reference item information in the related item information having the same item name as the item information N in the related item information section 33 (step S120; YES), the process proceeds to step S123.

  In step S123, the item name of the item list is added to the reference item information area. Then, the counter N is incremented by 1 (step S124), and the process returns to step S103.

  If it is determined in step S103 that the value of the counter N has exceeded the value of “number of item information” in the specification information section 21 (step S103; NO), or data is stored in the “substitution formula” of the item information N in step S104. If it is determined that it has not been performed (step S104; NO), the process proceeds to step S125.

  In step S125, 1 is set in the counter X (step S125), and the Xth related item information (related item information X) of the related item information block 30 is acquired (step S126). When the related item information X is acquired, that is, when the related item information X exists in the related item information block 30 (step S127), 1 is set to the counter Y (step S128), and the Yth item from the related item information X is displayed. Reference item information (reference item information Y) is acquired (step S129). When the reference item information Y is acquired from the related item information X, that is, when the reference item information Y exists in the related item information X (step S130; YES), acquisition of the related item information having the same item name as the reference item information Y is acquired. Is performed (step S131). If the related item information having the same item name as the reference item information Y has not been acquired, that is, the related item information having the same item name as the reference item information Y does not exist in the related item information block 30 (step S132; NO) The area of the item information M is secured (step S133), the item name of the reference item information Y is set in the “item name” of the related item information M (step S134), and M is incremented by 1 (step S135). The process proceeds to step S136. When related item information having the same item name as the reference item information Y exists (step S132; YES), the process proceeds to step S136.

  In step S136, it is determined whether or not the referenced item information exists in the related item information having the same item name as the reference item information Y. Specifically, when the address is stored in “address to referenced item information” of the related item information having the same item name as the reference item information Y, it is determined that the referenced item information exists. If it is determined that the referenced item information does not exist in the related item information having the same item name as that of the reference item information Y (step S136; NO), an area of the referenced item information is secured (step S137), and the related item information is stored. The address of the referenced item information is added to the “address to referenced item information” (step S138), and the process proceeds to step S139. If it is determined that the referenced item information exists in the related item information having the same item name as the reference item information Y (step S136; YES), the process proceeds to step S139.

  In step S139, the item name of the related item information X is added to the referenced item information of the related item information having the same item name as the reference item information Y. Then, the counter Y is incremented by 1 (step S140), the process returns to step S129, and the process is performed for the next reference item information.

  If it is determined in step S130 that the reference item information Y does not exist in the related item information X (step S130; NO), X is incremented by 1 (step S143), the process returns to step S126, and the next related item information is displayed. X is acquired. When the related item information X has not been acquired, that is, when the related item information X does not exist in the related item information block 30 (step S127; NO), “Relate to related item information list” in the related item management information section 31 secured. The address of the related item information list part 32 is set to "address of" (step S141). Further, the number (m) of related item information is set to “number of related item information” (step S142). Then, the related part creation process ends, and the process proceeds to step S3 in FIG.

FIG. 7B shows a related item information block 30 created by the related item information creation process described above based on the specification information block 20 of FIG. 5B. 6A, the related item information of “number” and “unit price” referred to in the “substitution formula” of the item information 5 (item name; “money amount”) is created, and step S115 is performed. Through the processing in step S119, the related item information of the item information 5 (“money amount”) is created.
In addition, reference item information for the related item information of “number”, “unit price”, and “amount” is created by the processing of steps S120 to S124, and has been created so far by the processing of step S125 and subsequent steps in FIG. 6B. In addition, reference item information is created for the related item information of “number”, “unit price”, and “amount”.
According to the specification information block 20 of FIG. 5B, among the item information of “number”, “unit price”, and “amount”, only “amount” refers to other items in the “substitution formula”. Since “amount” refers to “number” and “unit price”, reference item information including “number” and “unit price” is created as related item information of “amount”. Also, among the item information of “number”, “unit price”, and “amount”, the items of “number” and “unit price” are referred to in the item information of “amount”, so “number” and “unit price”. Referenced item information consisting of “amount” is created in the related item information.

  In this way, in the related item information creation process described above, among the items defined as the screen layout in the specification file 151, other items that are referred to for items that refer to other items in the “assignment formula” Is created as related item information (reference item information) of the item. In addition, for an item that is referenced by another item, the other item of the reference source is created as related item information (referenced item information) of the item.

  Returning to FIG. 4, in step S <b> 3, the “item names” of the item information 1 to n of the specification information block 20 expanded in the RAM 14 are displayed on the display device 13 as an item list of items that can be partized (steps). S3). FIG. 8 shows an example of the item list displayed in step S3. When a componentization target item is selected from the item list by the input device 12 (step S4), a componentization item combination information creation process is executed (step S5).

  FIG. 9 shows a flowchart of the componentized item combination information creation process executed in step S5 of FIG. The componentized item combination information creation processing is executed in cooperation with the CPU 11 and the componentized item combination information creation processing program.

  In the componentized item combination information creation process, a componentized item information block 40 is created on the RAM 14 based on the related item information block 30 created in step S3 of FIG.

FIG. 10A shows a configuration example of the componentized item information block 40. As shown in FIG. 10A, the componentization item information block 40 includes a componentization management information unit 41, a componentization item information list unit 42, and a componentization item information unit 43.
The componentization management information unit 41 stores “address to componentization item information list” and “number of componentization item information”.
The componentized item information list section 42 stores “address to componentized item information 1” to “address to componentized item information i” (i is the number of componentized item information).
The componentization item information section 43 stores componentization item information 1 to componentization item information i. The componentized item information 1 to the componentized item information i store combinations of items suitable for componentization when the selected item to be componentized is componentized.

  Here, when the selected item to be componentized refers to another item (when there is reference item information), not only the item to be componentized but also other items referenced by that item It is necessary to make it into parts. In this case, even if only the item to be componentized is converted into a component, there is no reference destination and an error occurs. Therefore, in the componentized item information creation process, if the item to be componentized refers to another item, the componentized item information is set as a combination suitable for componentization with the combination of the other item being referenced. create. Further, when the item to be componentized is referenced by another item, an error occurs if the item to be componentized is not used when the reference source item is created on the screen. Therefore, in the componentization item information creation process, as the item related to the componentization target item, the item that references the componentization target item and the other items that are referenced by that item are combined and suitable for componentization. Create componentized item information as a combination.

  In the componentization item combination information creation process, first, 1 is set in the counter L (step S201). Next, the L-th related item information (related item information L) is acquired from the related item information block 30 (step S202). When the related item information L is acquired, that is, when the Lth related item information exists in the related item information block 30 (step S203; YES), the item of the componentization target item selected in step S4 of FIG. It is determined whether the name matches the item name of the related item information L (step S204). If the item name of the item to be componentized does not match the item name of the related item information L (step S204; NO), the counter L is incremented by 1 (step S205), and the process returns to step S202.

If the related item information L is not acquired in step S203, that is, if the related item information L does not exist in the related item information block 30 (step S203; NO), the componentized item information creation processing ends, and FIG. The process proceeds to step S6.
In step S204, when the item name of the item to be componentized matches the item name of the related item information L (step S204; YES), the process proceeds to step S206.

  In step S206, the area of the componentization item information 1 is secured in the RAM 14 (step S206), and the item name of the item selected as the componentization item is stored in the componentization item information 1 (step S207).

  Next, it is determined whether or not “number of reference item information” is stored in the related item information L (step S208). When it is determined that the “reference item information count” is not stored in the related item information L (step S208; NO), the process proceeds to step S214.

  When it is determined that the “number of reference item information” is stored in the related item information L (step S208; YES), 1 is set in the counter M (step S209), and the Mth reference item information (reference item information) M) is acquired (step S210). When the reference item information M is acquired, that is, when the reference item information M exists in the related item information L (step S211; YES), the “item name” of the reference item information M is added to the componentized item information 1. (Step S212). Then, M is incremented by 1 (step S212), and the process returns to step S210.

  If the reference item information M is not acquired in step S211, that is, if the reference item information M does not exist in the related item information L (step S211; NO), the process proceeds to step S214.

  In step S214, an area of the componentization item information list unit 42 is secured, and “address to componentization item information 1” is created (step S214).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the “reference item information number” is stored in the related item information L (step S215). If it is determined that the “reference item information count” is not stored in the related item information L (step S215; NO), the process proceeds to step S223.

  When it is determined that the “reference item information count” is stored in the related item information L (step S215; YES), the counter N is set to 1 (step S216), and the Nth target item of the related item information L is set. Reference item information (referenced item information N) is acquired (step S217). When the referenced item information N is acquired, that is, when the referenced item information N exists in the related item information L (step S218; YES), the referenced item related information acquisition process is executed (step S219).

  FIG. 11 shows a flowchart of the referenced item related information acquisition process executed in step S219 of FIG. The referenced item related information acquisition process is executed in cooperation with the CPU 11 and the referenced item related information acquisition processing program.

  First, an area for componentization item information N + 1 is secured (step T1). Next, 1 is set in the counter X (step T2).

  Next, the X-th related item information (related item information X) is acquired from the related item information block 30 (step T3). When the related item information X is acquired, that is, when the related item information X exists in the related item information block 30 (step T4; YES), the “item name” of the acquired related item information X is the referenced item information. It is determined whether or not the item name matches N (step T5). If the “item name” of the acquired related item information X does not match the “item name” of the referenced item information N (step T5; NO), the counter X is incremented by 1 (step T6), and the process proceeds to step T3. Return.

  If the related item information X is not acquired in step T4, that is, if the related item information X does not exist in the related item information block 30 (step T4; NO), the componentized item information creation processing ends, and the processing is completed. Control proceeds to step S220 in FIG. If it is determined in step T5 that the “item name” of the acquired related item information X matches the “item name” of the referenced item information N (step T5; YES), the process proceeds to T7.

  In step T7, it is determined whether or not “number of reference item information” is stored in the related item information X. If it is determined that it is not stored (step T7; NO), the componentized item information creation processing is performed. The process ends, and the process proceeds to step S220 in FIG.

  If it is determined that the “number of reference item information” is stored in the related item information X (step T7; YES), 1 is set in the counter Y (step T8), and the Yth reference item from the related item information X Information (reference item information Y) is acquired (step T9). When the reference item information Y is acquired from the related item information L, that is, when the reference item information Y exists in the related item information X (step T10; YES), the item name of the reference item information Y in the componentized item information N + 1 Is added (step T11). Then, the counter Y is incremented by 1 (step T12), and the process returns to step T9.

  If it is determined in step T10 that the “reference item information count” is not stored in the related item information X (step T7; NO), the componentized item information creation process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S220 in FIG. Transition.

  In step S220 of FIG. 9, the item name of the referenced item information N is added to the componentized item information N + 1, and “address to the componentized item information N + 1” is created in the componentized item information list unit 42 (step S220). S221). Then, the counter N is incremented by 1 (step S222), and the process returns to step S217.

  If the referenced item information N of the related item information X is not acquired in step S217, that is, if the referenced item information N does not exist in the related item information X (step S218; NO), the process proceeds to step S223. .

  In step S223, the componentization management information unit 41 is created (step S223), an address to the componentization item information list unit 42 is set (step S224), and N + 1 is set as the number of componentization item information (step S223). S225). Then, the componentized item information creation process ends, and the process proceeds to step S6 in FIG.

FIG. 10B shows the componentized item information block 40 created by the above-described componentized item information creation process when “number” is selected as the componentized item in step S4 of FIG.
In the processing from step S201 to step S205 in FIG. 9, the related item information of the selected item to be componentized is specified in the related item information block 30. That is, the related item information of “number” is specified.
In the processing of steps S206 to S213, when the componentization target item refers to another item, componentization item information 1 is created by combining the componentization target item and its reference item information. Here, as shown in FIG. 7B, since there is no reference item information in the related item information of “number”, componentized item information 1 having only “number” as an item is created as shown in FIG. 10B.
In the processing of steps S214 to S221, if the item to be componentized is referred to by another item, that is, if the referenced item information is set in the related item information of the item to be componentized, the item to be componentized The componentized item information is created by combining the other items referring to the item and the item including the item to be componentized referenced by the item. As shown in FIG. 7B, since “amount” is set as the referenced item information in the related item information of “number”, as shown in FIG. 10B, the “number”, “ Componentized item information combining “unit price” and “amount” is created.

In step S6 of FIG. 4, the componentized item information block 40 created in the RAM 14 is displayed.
Based on the componentized item information, a componentized item combination list is displayed on the display device 13 (step S6). The componentized item combination list is a list of combinations of items suitable for componentization when the selected componentized item is converted into a component. Specifically, the componentized item combination list is a list of items included in each componentized item information, and is displayed as a list.

  FIG. 12 shows an example of a componentized item combination list. FIG. 12 shows a componentized item combination list displayed in step S6 through step S5 when “number” is selected as the componentized item in step S4 of FIG.

  In step S7 of FIG. 4, when a combination of items to be componentized is selected from the componentized item combination list by the input device 12 in accordance with a user operation (step S7), item information of the selected item (combination) is displayed. Extracted from the spec information block 20 and part information is created (step S8).

  In step S8, specifically, component information is created in the format of the component information block 50 shown in FIG. 13A. For example, when the combination of “number”, “unit price”, and “money” is selected as a combination of items to be converted into a component in the component combination combination list shown in FIG. 12, a component information block 50 shown in FIG. 13B is created. The Specifically, the item information address of each item of the specification information block 20 shown in FIG. Also, the item name (here, the number) of the item to be componentized selected in step S3 in FIG. 4 is stored in “part name” of the component information management unit 51, and the address of the item information list unit 52 is “item information”. The number of items that are stored in the “address” and converted into parts, that is, 3 is stored in the “number of item information”.

  When the component information is created, the component information is saved as the component specification file 152 in the storage device 15 (step S9), and the componentization process ends.

  In step S <b> 9, the data of the part information block 50 is stored in a file format that is substantially the same as the specification file 151. The procedure is substantially the reverse of the procedure when the spec file 151 is expanded into the spec information block 20. However, since the part specification file 152 is used by being inserted into an arbitrary screen, the horizontal width and height of the screen defined in the specification file 151 are not defined.

For example, when the component specification file 152 (FIG. 14) is created from the component information block 50 shown in FIG. 13B, the procedure is as follows.
First, a file is generated with “part name” of the part information management unit 51 as a file name, a character string “# $ GF” is recorded at the beginning of the file, and a line feed code is recorded (152a in FIG. 14).
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Next, a loop is executed by the number of “item information” in the component information management unit 51, and item information 1 to item information 3 in the item information unit 53 are recorded in the file in the following procedure.
First, item information 1 is recorded (152b in FIG. 14).
Since the “item type” of the item information 1 is an input item, the character string “# $ TI” is recorded, and the line feed code is recorded. Next, the character string “number” is acquired from the “item name” of the item information 1 and recorded, and “,” and a line feed code are recorded. Next, the character string “160, 40, 50, 20” is acquired from the “drawing position” of the item information 1 and recorded, and “,” and a line feed code are recorded. Next, information is acquired from the “assignment formula” of the item information 1, but since there is no information in the “substitution formula”, a line feed code is recorded without recording anything. Finally, the character string “# $$ TI” is recorded as the end of the item information 1 information.
The item information 2 information (152c in FIG. 14) and the item information 3 information (152d in FIG. 14) are recorded in the same procedure.
Finally, “# $$ GF” indicating the end of the spec data is recorded (152e in FIG. 14).

  The contents of the part specification file 152 created by the above-described partization processing can be reused by inserting it into a newly created screen, for example.

For example, when a screen 132 having a specification name “Invoice” and a screen size “400, 120” shown in FIG. 15A is newly created, a specification information block 20 shown in FIG. 15B is created on the RAM 14. A screen 132 shown in FIG. 15A is a screen on which nothing is displayed before input items and the like are arranged.
When the input item of “customer name” is added to the screen 132 shown in FIG. 15A by the operation of the input device 12 (see FIG. 16A), as shown in FIG. 16B, the specification information block 20 shown in FIG. Item information of “customer name” is added.
Next, when a part specification file 152 (see FIG. 14) having a file name “number” is designated by the input device 12 as an addition of a part, the spec data of the designated file is stored in the part information block 50 (FIG. 13B).
Then, the contents of the component information block 50 shown in FIG. 13B are added to the specification information block 20 shown in FIG. 16B by the following procedure.

  First, the “number of item information” (here, 3) of the component information block 50 is added to the “number of item information” of the specification information block 20. Next, an area from “address to item information number 2” to “address to item information number 4” is secured in the item information list section 22, and item information of the component information block 50 is stored in “address to item information number 2”. The “address to item information number 2” in the list part 52 is “address to item information number 3”, and the “address to item information number 3” in the item information list part 52 of the component information block 50 is “item information”. “Address to item information number 4” in the item information list section 52 of the component information block 50 is set in “address to equation 4”.

   FIG. 17A shows a screen example when an input item is added to the screen 132 of FIG. 16A by the component specification file 152 shown in FIG. FIG. 17B shows the spec information block 20 to which a part has been added by the part spec file 152.

  The spec information block 20 to which the part has been added is stored in the format of the spec file 151 in a procedure substantially similar to that described in step S9. The width and height of the screen are also defined. FIG. 18 shows an example of a spec file 151 newly created using the component spec file 152.

  As described above, according to the information processing apparatus 1 in the present embodiment, the CPU 11 reads the specification file 151 into the RAM 14, acquires item information indicating the contents of each item to be arranged on the screen, and acquires the acquired item information. Based on, the related item information indicating the relationship between the reference and the reference between items is created. In addition, a list of items included in the spec file 151 is displayed on the display device 13. When the item to be componentized is selected by the input device 12 from the displayed item list, the CPU 11 combines the item selected by the input device 12 and the item related to the item based on the related item information, that is, the item. A combination of the item and the reference item referred to by the item, and a combination of the item referring to the item and the item referred to by the reference source item are created. Then, a reusable part for the created combination of items is created.

  Therefore, when creating a component from the layout definition file, there is an operation to select the item referenced by the componentization target item or the item referring to the componentization target item as a separate componentization target item and convert it into a component. This eliminates the need for operability. Further, when the created part is reused, it is possible to prevent a problem such as no reference destination from occurring.

  In addition, by displaying a list of created item combinations on the display device 13 and creating components for the combination selected by the input device 12 in response to a user operation, the combination components required by the user It becomes possible to create only.

  Further, by storing the created component information in the storage device 15, the component information can be reused many times.

In addition, the description content in the said embodiment is a suitable example of the information processing apparatus 1 in this embodiment, and is not limited to this.
For example, the specification file shown in the above embodiment is an example, and may be described using another program language.

  In addition, the detailed configuration and detailed operation of each device constituting the information processing apparatus 1 can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the invention.

1 Information processing apparatus 11 CPU
12 Input device 13 Display device 14 RAM
15 Storage Device 151 Spec File 16 Bus 20 Spec Information Block 30 Related Item Information Block 40 Componentized Item Information Block 50 Component Information Block

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Storage means for storing a layout definition file defining a screen layout of a business application;
Read the layout definition file stored in the storage means, obtain item information indicating the contents of the items to be arranged on the screen, and based on the obtained item information, the relationship between reference and reference between items Related item information creating means for creating related item information indicating
Display means for displaying an item list based on the item information acquired from the layout definition file;
Input means for selecting an item to be componentized from the list of items displayed on the display means according to a user operation;
Based on the related item information created by the related item information creating means, a combination item creating means for creating a combination of an item selected by the input means and an item related to the item;
Component information creating means for creating part information including a plurality of item information corresponding to the combination of items created by the combination item creating means from the read layout definition file;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The display means displays a combination list of items created by the combination item creation means,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the component information creation unit creates a component for a combination of items selected by the input unit from the combination list displayed by the display unit.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit that causes the storage unit to store the component information created by the component information creation unit. Computer
Storage means for storing a layout definition file defining a screen layout of a business application;
Read the layout definition file stored in the storage means, obtain item information indicating the contents of the items to be arranged on the screen, and based on the obtained item information, the relationship between reference and reference between items Related item information creating means for creating related item information indicating
Display means for displaying an item list based on item information acquired from the layout definition file;
Input means for selecting an item to be componentized from a list of items displayed on the display means according to a user operation;
Based on the related item information created by the related item information creating means, a combination item creating means for creating a combination of the item selected by the input means and the item related to the item,
Component information creation means for creating part information including a plurality of item information corresponding to the combination of items created by the combination item creation means from the read layout definition file;
Program to function as.

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