JPH01292447A - Message display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily display an error message on a corresponding work station (WS) by holding a message environment setting file. CONSTITUTION:When an error is generated in a certain device 1-i, a message requester 3 constituting the device 1-i concerned refers its message environment setting file 2 to refer the requirements of a processing requesting device, an error generating device 1-i, a specific device, etc., and displays a message on the WS having the requirement concerned. When the message can not be displayed because of the power supply OFF or the like of the WS determined to display the message, the file 2 is referred and the message is displayed on the WS having the succeeding priority level.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[Summary] Regarding the message display method for displaying messages on devices in a horizontal cooperation system, each device has a message environment settings file that defines the qualifications of all devices, and this file is referenced to display messages on the corresponding device. For the purpose of simplifying display definitions, we created a message environment definition file that registers the qualifications for displaying messages on each device, and when an error occurs, refer to the above message environment settings file to change the settings for each device. Each device in the horizontal cooperation system is equipped with a message requester that determines whether to display a message, and when an error occurs during processing in each device, the message requester updates the message environment settings file. Configure the message to be displayed on the appropriate device. [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a message display method for displaying a message on a device in a horizontal coordination system. [Conventional technology] Conventionally, in horizontal cooperation systems interconnected via LAN, etc., when an error occurs in one device, it is necessary to update any device (the device that caused the error, the device that requested processing, all the devices, etc.). There are various methods for displaying the error message. For example, if an error occurs in device B as shown in FIG. As shown in (2), an error message is displayed on the processing requesting device. As shown in (2), an error message is displayed on a predefined specific device. As shown in (2), error messages may be displayed on all devices. However, with any of these display methods, it is complicated to define the display destination for each device individually, and the final There was a problem in that the definitions for each device became extremely complicated, such as specifying processing when the display could not be displayed on any device, and dealing with cases where the display method was different between devices. The present invention aims to simplify message display definition by providing each device with a message environment setting file that defines the qualifications of all devices, and displaying a message on the corresponding device by referring to this file. [Means for Solving the Problems] FIG. 1 shows a diagram of the basic configuration of the present invention. In FIG. 1, devices 1-1 to 1-n are work stations (WS) that constitute a horizontal cooperation system connected by a LAN or the like. The message environment setting file 2 is a file for registering the qualifications of all devices 1ll-1 to 1-n. [Function] As shown in FIG. If an error occurs due to some reason),
The message requester 3 that constitutes the device 1-i refers to the message environment settings file 2, refers to the qualifications of the processing requesting device, the error-occurring device 1-1, the specific device, etc., and determines the corresponding qualifications. I am trying to display a message on a device that has a At this time, if the message cannot be displayed because the power of the device that is determined to be displayed is turned off, etc., the message environment setting file 2 is further referred to and the message is displayed on the next priority device. Therefore, by simply registering the qualifications of all devices in the message environment setting file 2 in advance, even if an error occurs in any device, it is possible to easily display a message on the corresponding device.

【Example】

Next, the configuration and operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be sequentially explained in detail using FIGS. 2 to 4. FIG. 2 shows an example message configuration file. In Figure 2, the WS (workstation) is the first
It corresponds to the illustrated devices 1-1 to 1-n, and is composed of a message requester 3, an illustrated message environment setting file 2, and the like. The client qualification is a qualification that allows the WS that is the processing request source to display an error message when an error occurs in the WS (device) that is the processing request destination. For server qualifications, if an error occurs on your own WS,
This qualification is allowed to display error messages on one's own WS. Note that when both client qualification and server qualification are given, a message is displayed on the device corresponding to both. The message class uses client and server qualifications to display error messages when there is no WS.
This is a qualification for ranking the WS that displays an error message. 1” for all devices as this message class.
may be given to cause all to display error messages. Each WS has a message environment setting file 2 that defines these qualifications for all WSs. Next, the operation of this embodiment will be specifically explained using the message environment setting file 2 of FIG. 2 according to the order shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3, with reference to FIG. 4 showing the result. In Figure 3, ■ determines whether the request source has client qualifications. For example, if WS-C matches WS-B (printer) as shown in Figure 4 (11), It is determined that the client qualification of the print request source WS-C in the environment setting file 2 is yes.If yes, an error message is sent to the request source WS (WS-C) and displayed in step 2. As a result, an error message is displayed on the print requesting WS-C as shown in the figure. On the other hand, if no, execute ■. ■ determines whether or not you have server qualifications. 0 For example, as shown in Figure 4 (2), WS-D is WS-B (
If a print request is made to a printer) and an error occurs in the WS-B, the client qualification of the print requesting WS-D in the message environment setting file 2 in Figure 2 is NO, so ■ becomes nO, and further In step (3), determine that the server qualification of your WS-B is yes. If yes, displays an error message on its own WS (WS-B) with ■. As a result, an error message is displayed on the print request source WS-B as shown in the figure. On the other hand, if no, ■
Execute. ■ sends a message to the WS with the highest message class. For example, as shown in Figure 4 (3), WS-D
requests the WS-A (printer) to print, and the WS-A
If an error occurs, the client qualification of the WS-D that made the print request in message environment setting file 2 in Figure 2 is No, so the answer to
Since the server qualification of A is No, the answer is "no", and the message environment setting file 2 is referred to in the step "2" and an error message is displayed on the own WS-A with the highest message class as shown in the figure. ■ determines whether it has been sent to any WS.
Were the error messages sent to all WSs whose message class numbers are listed in descending order of message class numbers in the message environment configuration file 2, and whether the power was not turned off, etc., and whether the error message was able to be displayed? It means to determine whether If yes, the process ends. If no, display an error message in ■ even if your WS is not qualified for the message class. As described above, by having each WS hold the message environment setting file 2 shown in FIG. 2, it becomes possible to easily display an error message on the corresponding WS. [Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, even if an error occurs in any device, it can be easily fixed by the simple operation of registering the qualifications of all devices in the message environment setting file 2 in advance. Messages can be displayed on the corresponding device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a diagram of the principle configuration of the present invention, Figure 2 is an example of a message environment setting file, Figure 3 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the present invention, Figure 4 is an example of a message display in a horizontal collaboration system, and Figure 5 is the prior art. An explanatory diagram is shown. In the figure, 1-1 to 1-n represent devices (WS), 2 represents a message environment setting file, and 3 represents a message requester.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a message display method for displaying messages on devices in a horizontal cooperation system, a message environment definition file (2) that registers qualifications for displaying messages of each device; The message requester (3) refers to the message environment settings file (2) above and determines which device the message should be displayed on.
) in each device of the horizontal cooperation system, and when an error occurs during processing in each device,
A message display method characterized in that the message requester (3) refers to the message environment setting file (2) and displays a message on a corresponding device.