JPH02133822A - Data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily design and change a desired start screen without using any complicated program language by reading out the editing start screen information corresponding to the process in response to a start command, and producing a start screen. CONSTITUTION:The standard start screen information to be edited is read by a 1st start screen memory means 1 out of various standard start screen information which are previously set in accordance with each process and outputted to a CRT device, etc., for display. When the necessary one is designated out of those selecting items shown on the standard start screen, a start screen editing means 2 edits the corresponding standard start screen information. This edited information is stored in a 2nd start screen memory means 3. A start screen production means 4 reads the corresponding editing start screen information out of the means 3 in response to the start command of a designated process program and at the same time a start screen for the corresponding process based on the screen information. Thus a desired start screen is easily designed and changed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention displays and outputs a predetermined startup screen corresponding to a process arbitrarily specified from among various processes, and displays the startup screen. The present invention relates to a data processing device that sequentially executes designated processing programs based on processing conditions input to a computer.

[Prior Art] Generally, in a business processing device such as an office computer, a personal computer, or a general-purpose computer, when an arbitrary process is specified from a process menu screen, a startup screen for the specified process is displayed and output. Then, when the processing conditions for the necessary items are entered on this startup screen,
The specified processing program is executed sequentially based on the input processing conditions.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] By the way, the startup screen is designed in advance by a system engineer in consideration of the user's business content, etc., and is designed to correspond to various types of processing. Since the design requires a great deal of effort and the startup screen is designed using a complicated programming language, it is extremely difficult for general users to design or change the startup screen.

An object of the present invention is to enable even general users to easily design and change a desired startup screen without using a complicated programming language.

[Means to solve the problem] The means of this invention are as follows.

A first startup screen storage means 1 (see the functional block diagram in FIG. 1; the same applies hereinafter) stores standard startup screen information that is preset for various processes, and this startup screen information is This is standard one-page information prepared in advance by the manufacturer.

The start-up screen editing means 2 edits the standard start-up screen information stored in the first start-up screen storage means 1. The start-up screen editing means 2 edits the standard start-up screen information stored in the first start-up screen storage means 1. Please edit the message text "Please enter the number of copies to print" to "Select processing" and "Enter the number of copies to print" to simplify the message text. Perform editing such as deleting items that are unnecessary for the user's work from among the various input items and selected items on the standard startup screen.

The second startup screen storage means 3 stores edited startup screen information edited by the startup screen editing means 2.

When starting a processing program arbitrarily designated from among various processes, the start-up screen generation means 4 responds to the start-up command and generates editing start-up screen information corresponding to the process from the second start-up screen storage means 3. At the same time, a startup screen for the designated process is generated based on this screen information.

[Work] The operation of the means of this invention is as follows.

First, before actually using a data processing device such as an office computer, the user edits a standard startup screen prepared by the manufacturer into an arbitrary startup screen that matches the user's work and user preferences.

Currently, if the user requires only two types of items from the five types of selected items (screen information indicating selectable processing contents) on the standard startup screen based on the user's business content, the other items can be selected on the standard startup screen. Edits such as deleting from .

In this case, first, one standard startup screen information to be edited is read out from the first startup screen storage means 1 out of various standard startup screen information preset corresponding to various processes, and the C
Display output on an RT device, etc.

In this state, when two required items are specified among the five types of selected items on the standard startup screen, the startup screen editing means 2 edits the standard startup screen information accordingly.

The boot screen information edited in this manner is stored in the second boot screen storage means 3.

In this way, by editing the standard startup screen that is preset for various types of processing into a startup screen that suits the user's business, etc., when the data processing device is actually used, the startup screen generation means 4 responds to the startup command of the designated processing program and displays the editing startup screen information corresponding to the processing in the second
The screen information is read from the startup screen storage means 3, and a startup screen for the designated process is generated based on this screen information.

Therefore, even a general user can easily change the design of the desired startup screen without using a complicated programming language.

[Example] An example will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 10.

FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram showing the main parts of an office computer, which is usually equipped with a processing device 11, a processing file memory 12, a data file memory 13, a printer 14, a keychain 15,
CRT display device 16, input memory 17, menu file memory 18, and startup screen generation/input device 19. The configuration includes a startup screen file memory 20.

Here, the processing device δ11 applies a processing program arbitrarily designated from among various processing programs stored in advance in the processing file memory 12 in accordance with processing conditions set in the input memory 17 corresponding to various types of processing. In other words, the processing device 11 creates a form file based on the data input from the keyboard 15 and stores it in the data file memory 13. It executes creation processing, print processing for causing the printer 14 to print out the form file read from the data file memory 13, and the like.

The processing file memory 12 stores various processing programs as well as
As shown in Figure 3, the configuration stores standard startup screen programs that display and output standard startup screens prepared in advance by the manufacturer in response to various processes, and each standard startup screen program has its own identification code. A code is attached. In the figure, A indicates the processing program for printing the accounts receivable ledger, and B indicates the processing program for printing the sales ranking table by person in charge.The area for storing each processing program stores its standard startup screen program and identification code. as well as standard startup screen information (including format information)
is also stored. This standard startup screen information is displayed and output on the CRT display W16 in a predetermined format according to the corresponding startup screen program, and at that time,
Standard startup screen information can be arbitrarily changed to m4 according to the user's business, etc.
It is now possible to do J.

This editing process is executed under the control of the startup screen generation/input device 19, and based on the information input from the keyboard 15, the startup screen generation/input device 19 outputs the standard information displayed on the CRT display device 16. The startup screen information is edited and stored in the startup screen file memory 20. The startup screen file memory 20 stores edited startup screen information for each process, and this edited startup screen information has the same identification code as the identification code added to the standard startup screen program in the processing file memory 12. It has been added. Note that in the figure, a indicates the editing startup screen information corresponding to the print processing program A for the accounts receivable ledger in the processing file memory 12, and b indicates the print processing program for the sales ranking table by person in charge in the processing file memory lz. Edit start screen information corresponding to B is shown. The editing startup screen information stored in the startup screen file memory 20 is displayed on the CRT display 2116 according to the standard startup screen program in the corresponding processing file memory lz, and processing conditions, etc. are input from the keyboard 15 on this editing startup screen. When input, the input data is set in the input memory 17 and then sent to the processing device 11. Here, processing device δ1
1 sequentially executes the processing programs in the processing file memory 12 based on the processing conditions etc. defined in the input memory 17 to perform the printing process of the accounts receivable ledger, etc., as in the normal case.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIGS. 4 to 10.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the startup screen generation input device 19, when this flow is entered.

First, a processing menu is read from the menu file memory 18 and displayed on the CRT display device 16 (step St). In this case, the processing menu screen includes "print accounts receivable ledger" and "print sales ranking table by person in charge". ”、・
. . . A processing menu such as "startup screen editing" is displayed. When the user selects the processing menu to be executed from among them from the keyboard 15 (step S2), the startup screen generation/input device 19 is keyboard 15
When the selected menu is "Edit Startup Screen" (step S3), the user selects the standard startup screen stored in the processing file memory 12. The process moves on to editing processing (steps 54 to S9), in which editing is performed arbitrarily according to the business, etc. of the user.

First, when an arbitrary process to be edited is selected from the standard startup screen information stored in the processing file memory 12 corresponding to various processes using the keyboard 15 (step S4), the startup screen generation contest input device 19 is processing unit 2!11
The standard startup screen information selected from the processing file memory 12 is read out under the control of the processing file memory 12 and displayed on the CRT display device M16 in a predetermined format (steps S5 and S6).
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FIG. 5 shows the display contents of the standard startup screen. That is,
The standard startup screen is divided into "document registration" and "operation registration" areas, and the "document registration" area is divided into "execution selection" and "processing condition" areas. Here, the "Document Registration" area is an area where the user can arbitrarily edit a document such as a message text displayed there, for example, a document such as "Please select a process", and the "Action Registration" area is an area where the user can edit various This shows an area where variable data can be set arbitrarily.

Also, in the "Execution selection" area, "Please select a process"
In response to the message text, a plurality of selected items are selected, in this example, "1...Start printing", "2...
...Start printing after changing conditions", "3...
There are three types of items: ``Print Cancel'', and it is also possible to perform editing to delete unnecessary items from the screen depending on the user's work.

However, when the standard startup screen as described above is displayed and output, if you input arbitrary data from the keyboard 15 and edit the standard startup screen for all items, (
Steps S7 and S8), the edited startup screen information is stored in the startup screen file memory 20 together with its identification code (step S9).

FIG. 6 shows the contents of the editing startup screen information (including format information) stored in the startup screen file memory 20 in this manner.

Note that the numerical data ``rl'', ``r2'', and ``9'' in the first line are 3! shown in FIG. ! It corresponds to selected items of the same type, and in this case, rlJ is set for each item, so
This indicates that an edit has been made to display and output all three types of selected items on the startup screen.
The fact that "l" is set as the initial value of the next item indicates that "1" is displayed as the initial value of the selection item when the startup screen is generated. In addition, the other numerical data are values arbitrarily set by the user, and the reason that "99" is set in the item for inputting the number of sheets is 9 because the limit value for inputting the number of sheets is 9.
9, and "1" is set in the initial value input for number of sheets, which means that "1" is displayed as the initial value for the number of sheets to be printed when the startup screen is generated. The digit and initial value items indicate the number of digits that can be input for each item of the processing conditions and the initial value when the startup screen is generated. Furthermore, the format information also includes ruled lines and various message texts.

After specifying one process, for example, the process related to "accounts receivable ledger printing" and editing the standard startup screen in this way, standard startup screens related to other processes are also edited in the same manner as described above.

Therefore, in a state where editing startup screen information corresponding to various processes is stored in the startup screen file memory 20, when performing an arbitrary process, for example, "printing the accounts receivable ledger," first, from the processing menu screen. When the corresponding menu is selected, it is detected in step S3 and the process proceeds to step S3.
Proceeding to step 10, the identification code of the selected process is read from the process file memory 12. Then, the startup screen file memory 20 is searched based on this identification code, and it is checked whether the corresponding identification code is stored in the startup screen file memory 20 (step 511).
), here, if the standard startup screen corresponding to the specified process remains unedited, no identification code is stored in the startup screen file memory 20, and this is detected in step Sll and the process proceeds to step 521. An error message will be displayed, but if an identification code is detected.

Edit startup screen information corresponding to the identification code is read from the startup screen file memory 20 (step 512
), and based on this editing startup screen information, the startup screen generation/input device gl19 displays and outputs the startup screen in a predetermined format on the CRT display device W116 (step 313).

FIG. 7 shows a startup screen after editing the standard startup screen shown in FIG. 5 as shown in FIG.

When the startup screen for the process to be executed is displayed in this way, data is input into the necessary items on the startup screen. First, execution selection data is input from the keyboard 15 (step 514). Then, The selected item is selected based on the input execution selection data and the corresponding processing device is stored in the input memory 17. Next, when data such as the number of copies to be printed is input (step 515), the input data is checked. is performed (step 316), now the sixth
As shown in the figure, when the initial input value for the number of print sheets is set to "l" and the input limit value for the number of sheets to be printed is set to "99", a check is performed to see if the input data exceeds the limit value.
Here, if the input limit value is exceeded, step 517
When this is detected, the process returns to step 515, and the above-described operation is repeated until data within the inputtable range is input. If it is detected in step 317 that the data is inputtable, then in step 318 it is checked whether the execution key has been operated. Here, the execution key is operated when all necessary data has been entered on the startup screen, and if the execution key is not operated, step S
After proceeding to step S19 and specifying the primary item, the process returns to step S15.

Thereafter, when each item data is inputted sequentially in the same manner, various data are set in the input memory 17 in the order of data input as shown in FIG. Then, when the execution key is operated, the data in the input memory 17 is transferred to the processing device 2211 (step 520).

This allows the processing device fill to execute the printing process of the "accounts receivable ledger" based on the data from the input memory 17.

Incidentally, FIG. 9 shows a standard start-up screen related to "print sales ranking table by person in charge", and FIG. 1O shows a start-up screen after arbitrarily editing this standard start-up screen. In this way, if the standard startup screen is arbitrarily edited in accordance with the user's business in response to various processes, processing conditions, etc. can be inputted on the edited startup screen from then on.

[Effects of the Invention] The present invention allows even a general user to easily design and change a desired startup screen without using a complicated programming language, thereby obtaining a startup screen that is extremely easy for the user to see. In addition to this, it is also possible to effectively prevent input errors, selection errors, etc.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a functional block diagram of the present invention, Figs. 2 to 10 show embodiments, Fig. 2 is a block circuit diagram showing the main parts of an office computer, and Fig. 3 is the same as shown in Fig. 2. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the storage contents of the processing file memory 12.
The figure is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the startup screen generation/input device 2119, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of a standard startup screen, and FIG. 6 is an editing startup screen stored in the startup screen file memory 20. A diagram showing a specific example of information, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a startup screen after the standard startup screen shown in FIG. 5 has been edited, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a specific example of data set in the input memory 17. 9 is a diagram showing a standard startup screen corresponding to other processes, and FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a startup screen after editing this standard startup screen. 11... Processing device, 12... Processing file memory. 16...CR7 display device, 19...Start-up screen generation/input device. 20...Start screen file memory. Patent applicant Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In response to a startup command to start a processing program arbitrarily specified from among various processes, a predetermined startup screen corresponding to the specified process is displayed and output, and this startup In a data processing device that sequentially executes designated processing programs based on processing conditions input on a screen, a first startup screen storage means stores standard startup screen information preset corresponding to various processes; A startup screen editing means for editing the standard startup screen information stored in the first startup screen storage means; a second startup screen storage means for storing the startup screen information edited by the editing means; and a specifying process. Startup screen generation means that responds to a program startup command to read editing startup screen information corresponding to the process from the second startup screen storage means and generates a startup screen for the designated process based on this screen information; A data processing device comprising: