JPH01258164A - System for outputting automatic starting terminal picture at the time of starting online system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To considerably reduce the number of times of access to a file to quickly perform the start processing accompanied with picture output by avoiding reread of picture objects already read from a terminal picture storage file and using picture objects stored in a picture object storage area. CONSTITUTION:In case of automatic start terminal picture output at the time of online system rise, a terminal picture access table 14 is referred if a picture is designated at the time of starting a terminal equipment 1; and when this picture is not read out yet, the picture object is read out from a terminal picture storage file 12 and is stored in a picture object storage area 15 and storage information is stored in the terminal picture access table 14. The picture object in the picture object storage area 15 is processed and is sent to the terminal equipment 1; and when the picture is already read out, the picture object in the picture object storage area 15 is processed and is sent to the terminal equipment. Thus, the number of times of read-in from the file is reduced as much as possible to quickly perform the start processing accompanied with picture output.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention connects a terminal device designated in automatic startup mode to the system when starting up a computer online system, and displays a pre-designated screen. This relates to an automatic startup terminal screen output method when starting up an online system.

[Conventional technology]

For online systems equipped with multiple terminal devices, when the system is started up, the terminal device specified in advance in automatic startup mode is automatically connected to the system, and the pre-specified screen is displayed on the terminal device. Many of them are designed for user convenience.

By the way, in conventional online systems of this type, when a screen to be displayed is specified when starting an individual terminal device, the corresponding screen object is read from the terminal screen storage file each time. The screen object is temporarily stored in a screen control buffer, and is output from the terminal screen output control means to the corresponding terminal device via the communication control means.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

As mentioned above, conventional online systems are useful for users because they can automatically start up the terminal device and display a predetermined screen. Since screen objects are read individually from the terminal screen storage file for each device, it always takes time to access the file when outputting the screen to a single terminal device. If there are a large number of terminal devices running, the time taken cannot be ignored, and the startup process cannot be performed quickly.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above points, and its purpose is to provide automatic startup at the time of online system startup, which can reduce the number of file reads as much as possible and speed up startup processing with screen output. The purpose is to provide a terminal screen output method.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention connects a terminal device specified in automatic startup mode at the time of system startup to the system, and displays a specified screen on the terminal device. In the automatic startup terminal screen output method when starting up an online system, there is a screen object storage area for storing screen objects read from the terminal screen storage file, and storage information for the screen objects stored in this screen object storage area. If there is a specified screen when starting the terminal device, refer to the terminal screen access table, and if the screen has not been read yet, retrieve the screen object from the terminal west side storage file. It is read out and stored in the screen object storage area, and also used for terminal screen access/
Store information in a table, process the screen object in the screen object storage area and send it to the terminal device, and if the screen has already been read out, process the screen object in the screen object storage area and send it to the terminal device. ing.

(Operation) In the automatic startup terminal screen output method when starting up the online system of the present invention, if there is a specified screen when starting the terminal device, the terminal screen access table is referred to, and if there is a screen that has not been read out yet. In the case of a screen, read the screen object from the terminal screen storage file and store it in the screen object storage area, store the storage information in the terminal screen access table, process the screen object in the screen object storage area, and send it to the terminal device. ,
If the screen has already been read out, the screen object in the screen object storage area is processed and sent to the terminal device.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an automatic startup terminal screen output method when starting up an online system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, the present embodiment includes a device group 2 consisting of a plurality of terminal devices 1, a communication control means 3,
Terminal screen output control means 4 and file access means 5
, terminal definition environment management means 7 and terminal screen management means 8
a starting terminal management means 6, a network management table 10 including a terminal control table 9, a network definition file l1, a terminal screen storage file 12, a screen control buffer 13, and a terminal screen access table l4. , and a screen object storage area 15.

The terminal device 1 is operated by a user and sends and receives data to and from a host computer, etc. while the online system is operating.
This is the target of startup and screen output when the system starts up. In addition, there are matters such as whether each terminal device 1 is set to automatic startup mode in which connection with the system is automatically performed when the online system is started, and what screen, if any, is displayed when in automatic startup mode. is specified in advance, and this information is stored in the network definition file 11.

The communication control means 3 controls a device composed of a plurality of terminal devices 1, and as shown in FIG. It is comprised of a communication execution means 32 that mainly performs data transmission and reception during operation, and a communication stop means 33 that performs general stop processing when the online system is terminated.

The network definition file 11 stores information related to the network environment of the online system in advance, and includes information such as the automatic startup mode of each terminal device l, screen designation, etc., as well as communication lines. Information regarding communication control rules, screen types, etc. is stored.

The network management table 10 is mainly used for control by the communication control means 3, and is created by the communication activation means 3l of the communication control means 3 at the time of starting up the online system, and contains various information stored in the network definition file l1. Information based on the information is stored. Further, the terminal control table 9 included in the network management table 10 has an internal configuration as shown in FIG. , a startup mode identification flag 92 that stores information as to whether the terminal device 1 is in automatic startup mode, and a connection status flag 93 that indicates the connection state between the terminal device 1 and the online system.
A startup output terminal screen name storage area 94 for storing the screen name, if there is a screen to be first output when the terminal device l is connected to the online system (startup output terminal screen), and a storage area 94 for storing the screen. The terminal screen access table address pointer 95 stores an address for referring to the terminal screen access table 14 that stores information.

Note that the terminal device identification value storage area 91. Startup mode identification flag 92. The startup output terminal screen name storage area 94 is information that has been defined in advance as the network environment of the online system and stored in the network definition file l1, and as described above, the network definition is created by the communication startup means 3l when the online system is started up. It is read from the file 11 and stored in the storage area for each terminal device. In addition, the startup mode identification flag 92
is stored as ``E'' if the mode is automatic startup mode, and ``D'' is stored if the mode is not automatic startup mode. In other words, a terminal device whose startup mode identification flag 92 is "D" will not be automatically started up, and if an operator or the like issues a terminal device startup request to the system while the online system is running.
The connection process will wait for input from the console etc. Furthermore, the connection status flag 93 has four types of status: "B" if the terminal device is disconnected from the online system, "E" if the connection has been started and is being processed, and "E" if the connection process is completed. "A" indicates that message input/output is possible, and "D" indicates that disconnection from the online system is in progress.Furthermore, the output terminal screen name storage area 94 at startup has a screen name defined. If the screen name is defined, the screen name is stored as a character string, and if it is not defined, a blank is stored.In other words, if the startup output terminal screen name storage area 94 is blank, the terminal device 1 is online. Even if it is connected to the system, no screen will be output.

On the other hand, in FIG. 1, the terminal screen output control means 4 controls the screen output to the terminal device 1, and issues a screen object read request to the terminal screen management means 8 of the starting terminal management means 6. The read screen object is processed using the screen control buffer l3 as a work area and converted into screen data in a format suitable for the terminal device 1. Note that the screen control buffer l3 is managed as a pool and used as necessary. Further, the file access means 5 is used to actually access the terminal screen storage file 12 and read screen objects that have been created and stored in advance.

On the other hand, the starting terminal management means 6 uses the terminal screen access table 14 based on the information in the network management table 10.
It also creates the screen object storage area 15 and manages the screen output to the terminal device l. Here, the screen object storage area 15 is for storing screen objects read out from the terminal screen storage file 12 via the file access means 5, and the terminal screen access table 14 stores screen names and their corresponding The screen object is stored in correspondence with the address of the screen object storage area 15 in which the screen object is stored. As mentioned above, the starting terminal management means 6 is composed of the terminal definition environment management means 7 and the terminal screen management means 8, and the terminal definition environment management means 7 obtains screen type information from the network management table 10. Dynamically create the required number of terminal screen access tables 14 and screen object storage areas 15, and store the screen name specified in each terminal device in the terminal screen access table 1.
4, and its address is stored in the terminal screen access table address pointer 95 of the terminal control table 9.

As shown in FIG. 4, the terminal screen access table 14 is composed of a screen name storage area 141 and a screen object storage area address pointer 142, one entry is allocated to one screen, and the screen object storage area address - The pointer 142 indicates the address of the screen object storage area 15 where the screen object corresponding to the current screen is stored.

Further, when the terminal screen management means 8 receives a request to read a screen object from the terminal screen output control means 4, it refers to the terminal screen access table 14, and in the case of a screen that has not been read yet, the terminal screen management means 8 refers to the terminal screen access table 14. The screen object is commanded to be read from the terminal screen storage file 12, the read screen object is stored in the screen object storage area 15, and the storage information is stored in the terminal screen access table 14. The stored information is transmitted to the terminal screen output control means 4.

Below, according to the flowcharts in Figures 5 to 7,
The operation of this embodiment will be explained.

When startup of the online system is started, first, processing is executed by the communication activation means 31 of the communication control means 3, and the communication activation means 31 uses the network definition file 11.
The information related to the network environment of the online system is read from the online system, and the network management table 10 including the terminal control table 9 is created (step 100). At this time, the defined network environment includes information on the individual terminal devices 1. It includes the startup mode and output terminal screen name at startup, as well as screen type information as overall information on the network environment.

Subsequently, control is passed to the terminal definition environment management means 7 of the starting terminal management means 6, and the following processing is executed (step 2).
00), that is, the terminal definition environment management means 7 refers to the screen type information of the network management table 10 and the terminal control table 9 created earlier, and first determines the startup output terminal screen name from the screen type information of the network management table 10. , and create terminal screen access tables 14 and screen object storage areas 15 corresponding to the number of types (step 201).

Next, the terminal definition environment management means 7 refers to all the terminal control tables 9 and performs the following processing. That is, once the terminal control table 9 corresponding to a certain terminal device l is acquired (step 202 ), if the automatic startup mode is specified for the terminal bag 21 (YES in step 203), and the name of the output terminal screen at startup is stored (step 204).
(YES in step 205), make sure that the same screen name as the output terminal screen name at startup is not already stored in the screen name storage area 141 of the terminal screen access table 14 created earlier.NO in step 205), that screen The name is stored in the screen name storage area 141 of the first unused entry of the terminal screen access table 14 (step 206), and its address is stored in the terminal screen access table address pointer 95 of the terminal control table 9 (step 207). ), it should be noted that in the above process, the output terminal screen name at startup has already been stored in the screen name storage area 141 of the terminal screen access table 14.
(YES in step 205)
, it is only necessary to store the address of the corresponding entry in the terminal screen access table 14 in the terminal screen access table address pointer 95 of the terminal control table 9 (step 207).

When the above processing is completed for all terminal control tables 9 (No in step 208), control is passed again to the communication activation means 31 of the communication control means 3, and the communication activation means 31 performs the process in the terminal control table 9. Connection processing between the terminal device 1 specified in the automatic startup mode and the online system is executed (step 300), and from this point on, screen output control is performed sequentially from the terminal device 1 for which the connection processing has been completed. (Step 400).

The processing procedure regarding the screen output control in step 400 will be described below, focusing on one terminal device.

The communication control means 3 which received the notification of the completion of the connection process changes the connection state flag 93 of the terminal control table 9 to "A" indicating the completion of the connection (Step 401), and displays the screen in the output terminal screen name storage area 94 at startup. If a name is specified (YES in step 402), control is passed to the terminal screen output control means 4. The terminal screen output control means 4 requests the terminal screen management means 8 of the starting terminal management means 6 to store the screen object in the screen object storage area 15 (step 403). Refer to the terminal screen access table 14 from the address of the terminal screen access table address pointer 95 (Step 404), and set the screen object storage area address pointer 142 of the terminal screen access table 14 to the screen object storage area 15. If the address is not stored (No in step 405),
Assuming that the screen object reading process for this screen has not yet been performed, control is passed to the file access means 5. The file access means 5 reads the screen object corresponding to the screen name from the terminal screen storage file 12. (Step 406), the read information is passed to the terminal screen management means 8. The terminal screen management means 8 secures the screen object storage area 15, and transfers its address to the screen object storage area address pointer 142 of the terminal screen access table 14. and stores the actually read screen object in the screen object storage area 15 (step 407). After that, control is passed to the terminal screen output control means 4, and the terminal screen output control means 4 uses the screen control buffer. 13, step 40B) finds the address of the screen object storage area 15 from the screen object storage area address pointer 142 of the terminal screen access table 14 corresponding to the terminal control table 9, and retrieves the previously stored screen object storage area. 15
Step 409: Obtain a screen object from , store it in the screen control buffer 13, and process the screen object on this screen control buffer 13 for output to the terminal device l.
), and sends an output request for this screen to the communication control means 3 (step 410).

Through the above processing, the startup output terminal screen will be output to the terminal device l specified in the automatic startup mode.

Next, screen output control for the terminal device 1 to which a screen name for which screen object reading processing from a file has already been performed is specified will be described.

Upon receiving the notification of the completion of the connection process, the communication control means 3 sets the connection status flag 93 of the terminal control table 9 to "8" (step 401), and outputs the output terminal screen name storage area 94 at startup (step 401).
If there is a screen name specified (YES in step 402)
), the terminal screen output control means 4 transfers control to the terminal west side output control means 4, which requests the terminal screen management means 8 to store the screen object in the screen object storage area 15 (step 403). The processing up to this point is
This is the same process as above.

Next, the terminal screen management means 8 refers to the terminal screen access table 14 from the address of the terminal screen access table address pointer 95 of the terminal control table 9 (step 404), in this case, the screen of the terminal screen access table 14 is Since the address to the screen object storage area 15 is stored in the object storage area address pointer 142 (YES in step 405),
It is assumed that the file reading process for this screen has already been performed, and the control is passed to the terminal screen output control means 4.
The terminal screen output control means 4 acquires the screen control buffer 13 (step 1408) and obtains the address of the screen object storage area 15 from the screen object storage area address pointer 142 of the terminal screen access table 14 corresponding to the terminal control table 9. Step 409 ), and sends a request to output this screen to the communication control means 3 (step 410).

In this way, in the case of output processing of a screen that is once subject to output control, the screen output can be performed without performing the process of reading the screen object from the terminal screen storage file 12 by the file access means 5. .

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in the automatic startup terminal screen output method when starting up the online system of the present invention, screen objects that have already been read out from the terminal screen storage file are not read out again, and are stored in the screen object storage area. Since the stored file is used, the number of times the file is accessed can be significantly reduced, which has the effect of speeding up the startup process that involves screen output.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the automatic startup terminal screen output method when starting up the online system of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of the communication control means in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is an internal configuration diagram of the terminal screen access table in FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the operation of the embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a diagram of the terminal screen access table in FIG. A detailed view of step 200 and FIG. 7 is a detailed view of step 400 in FIG. In the figure, 1... terminal device, 2... terminal device group,
3... Communication control means, 31... Communication activation means, 32
...Communication execution means, 33...Communication stop means, 4...
・Terminal screen output control means, 5... File access means, 6... Starting terminal management means, 7... Terminal definition environment management means, 8... Terminal screen management means, 9... Terminal control Table, 91...terminal device identification value storage area, 9
2... Startup mode identification flag, 93... Connection status flag, 94... Output terminal screen name storage area at startup, 95
...Terminal screen access table address pointer, 10...Network management table, 11...
Network definition file, 12... Terminal screen storage file, 13... Screen control buffer, 14... Terminal screen access table, 15... Screen object storage area.

Claims (1)

[Claims] An automatic startup terminal screen output method at the time of online system startup that connects a terminal device specified in automatic startup mode to the system and displays the specified screen on the terminal device at the time of system startup. A screen object storage area for storing screen objects read from a terminal screen storage file and a terminal screen access table for storing storage information of the screen objects stored in this screen object storage area are provided, and the terminal screen access table is provided. If there is a screen specified at startup, refer to the terminal screen access table, and if the screen has not been read yet, read the screen object from the terminal screen storage file and store it in the screen object storage area, and also read the terminal screen access table. The screen objects stored in the screen object storage area are processed and sent to the terminal device, and in the case of a screen that has already been read out, the screen objects in the screen object storage area are processed and sent to the terminal device. Automatic startup terminal screen output method when starting up an online system.