JPH02165227A - Developing processing system for expanded template table - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To decrease the memory capacity of an external memory resource by preparing a common expanded template table and setting characteristic error check information in the common template table to be shared afterward. CONSTITUTION:When there is a request to open an expanded template from a man-machine interface 30, a loader actuation part 16 refers to kind information in a basic template table 41 developed in a basic table storage area 12 and requests a table loader 14 to load the common expanded template table 42 for the requested expanded template to be opened. The table loader 14 develops the corresponding common expanded template table 42 in the common expanded table storage area 13 from an external storage device 40 and a common expanded table setting part 17 sets error check information of the basic template table 41 for expansion in the entry frame of the error check information of the common expanded template table 42 to generate the extended template table for the requested extended template to be opened.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] External memory resources required for expansion regarding a expansion processing method for expanding an expansion template table for expansion templates opened on a display screen into a main storage device. The purpose of this is to reduce the memory capacity of the extension template, and to manage the display information of extension templates as well as the entry frame for error checking information of the parameters to be set. A shared extended template table is prepared so that it is the same for all instructions that take the above commands, and is also used as a basic template table that manages the display information of the basic template as well as error checking information of the parameters to be set. and a table loader that is configured to add type information of the shared extended template table, and expands the corresponding shared extended template table from the external storage device to the main storage device when there is a request to load the shared extended template table onto the main storage device. , and a common extension table setting section for setting error check information of the basic template table that is an extension source in the developed common extension template table.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to an expansion template table expansion processing method for expanding an expansion template table for expansion templates opened on a display screen onto a main storage device. The present invention relates to an expansion processing method for an extended template table that can reduce the memory capacity of memory resources.

In a data processing device that develops an application program using a simple language program, etc. in accordance with interaction with an operator, a basic window (hereinafter referred to as a basic template) displayed on the display screen is used.
and an auxiliary window that is extended and displayed from this basic template (hereinafter referred to as an extended template)
The parameters of the command to be programmed will be set accordingly. In order to display such basic templates and extended templates on a display screen, it is necessary to develop the basic template table and extended template table on the main storage device. Here, this basic template table manages display information for displaying the basic template and error check information for error checking of parameters set in the basic template. -Topple is for managing display information for displaying an extended template and error check information 11 for checking errors in parameters set in the extended template.

When developing an application program using a simple language program, etc., it is necessary to modify or create new instructions, and as a result, the amount of data in the template table required for error checking of instruction parameters increases. This happens. From now on, in order to improve the practicality of data processing equipment that develops programs according to basic templates and extended templates, we will reduce the memory capacity of external memory resources required for expanding these template tables to the smallest possible size. We are taking steps to make it a reality (it is necessary).

[Conventional technology]

In the conventional technology, a basic template table and an extended template table are prepared for each instruction and stored in an external memory resource.Then, when an operator requests a program for an instruction, the corresponding template table is prepared for each instruction. By expanding the instruction basic template table onto the main memory, the basic template is displayed on the display screen, and an error check is performed on the parameters of the instruction input via this displayed basic template table. Furthermore, when there is a request to open an extended template due to an increase in the number of parameter setting items, the extended template table of the corresponding instruction is expanded on the main memory while corresponding to the basic template table. In addition to displaying the extended template on the display screen, error checking for the various commands input via the displayed extended template is also performed.
The structure was to carry out the following steps.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the basic template table and extended template table prepared for "posting instructions" and a display example of the basic template and extended template that will be displayed according to those template tables, and FIG. An example of the basic template table and extended template table prepared for "Erase command" and a display example of the basic template and extended template that will be displayed according to those template tables are shown below. The display information managed by the template table includes information such as display content and window size, and the error check information managed by the template table ranges from numeric items to Japanese items, in terms of "transcription commands." There are rules between the transcription source and the transcription destination, such as that it is not possible to post. In addition,
When an extended template table is expanded, it is expanded every time it is expanded while taking correspondence with the basic template table. Since it is defined in group 1, a pointer to the information management location of group 1 will be set during expansion.

As shown in FIG. 7 and 8121, conventionally, a basic template table and an extended template table are stored in external memory resources for each instruction, such as for "posting instruction" and "erasing instruction". The structure was such that it was kept in place.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in such a configuration of the prior art, since a basic template table and an extended template table are prepared for each instruction, there is a problem in that an external memory resource with a large memory capacity is required. Many data processing devices that follow simple language programs are small-scale systems (and from now on, this problem will become a major factor in determining the practicality of the system.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is a data processing device that executes data processing according to a basic template table and an extended template table developed on an engineering storage device. The object of the present invention is to provide an extended template table expansion processing method that realizes a reduction in the memory capacity of external memory resources required for this purpose.

[Means to solve the problem]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the principle configuration of the present invention.

In the figure, 10 is a data processing device equipped with the present invention, 30 is a man-machine interface with a display screen, and 40 is an external storage device that stores a basic template file 41 and a shared extended template table 42. This shared extension template table 42 is provided so that it is the same among instructions that take a common parameter setting format in the extension template, and unlike the extension template table of the conventional technology, it does not manage specific previous error checks. Instead, the error check (ff
In addition to the management contents of the basic template table of the prior art, type information of the shared extended template table 42 to be used is also managed by Ijf. .

Reference numeral 11 denotes a table storage area provided on the main storage device, which includes a basic table storage area 12 that stores a basic template table 41, and a shared extended template table 42.
14 is a table loader which stores an external storage value 'a40.
15 is a template opening section that executes template opening processing, and a loader starting section 16 that starts the table loader 14. and shared extension table storage area 13
The shared expansion template table 42 expanded into the basic table 1-table 41 as the expansion source includes a shared expansion table setting section 17 that sets the error check (* fil), and 18 is a display control section, A basic template and an extended template are displayed on the display screen of the man-machine interface 30 according to the contents stored in the table storage area 11, and 19 is a reception processing unit that displays templates generated from the man-machine interface 30. 20 is an error check unit that executes error checking of accepted parameters according to the contents stored in the table storage area 11.

[Effect]

In the present invention, when there is a request to open a basic template from the man-machine interface 30, the loader starting unit 16
executes a request to the table loader 14 to load the basic template table 41 for the basic template for which opening has been requested. Upon receiving this activation request, the table loader 14 loads the corresponding basic template table 41 from the external storage device 40 into the basic table storage area 12. As a result, five templates will be displayed on the display screen of the man-machine interface 30.

After this, when there is a request to open an extended template from the man-machine interface 30, the loader startup unit 16 refers to the type information of the basic template table 41 developed in the basic table storage area 12, and the table loader 14 A request is made to load the shared extension template table 42 for the extension template for which opening has been requested. Upon receiving this startup request, the table loader 14 loads the corresponding shared extended template table 42 from the external storage device 40 into the shared extended table storage area 13. Next, the shared extension table setting section 17
However, this expanded shared extension template table 42
By setting the error check information of the basic template table 41 of the extension source in the entry frame of the error check information in a corresponding manner, an extended template table for the extended template for which opening is requested is generated.

As described above, according to the present invention, an extension template table is not prepared in the external storage gW40 for each instruction, but is prepared in the form of a shared extension template table 42, and this shared By later setting unique error check information in the shared extended template table 42, the necessary extended template table is developed on the host t11 device, so that the memory of the external storage device 40 that is required is saved. Capacity can be significantly reduced.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail according to examples.

FIG. 2 shows a system configuration for realizing the present invention. As shown in this figure, in terms of system configuration, the present invention is no different from data processing devices for program development tools that follow conventional simple language programs, etc. It is composed of a main storage device 2 for expansion, a storage control device 3, a disk device 4, a display device 5 for displaying basic templates and extended templates being processed, and a human output control device 6.

In the prior art, a basic template table and an extended template table for each instruction were prepared and stored in the disk device 4, whereas in the present invention, the basic template table 41 is unique to each instruction. Therefore, while the extended template table is prepared and stored for each instruction as in the past, the extended template table is not directly prepared, but is instead created as a shared extended template table 42 that takes the same format between instructions that use a common parameter setting format. The configuration will be to prepare and store the . Each basic template table 41 is configured to hold type information (hereinafter referred to as a shared extended template type) for managing which shared extended template table 42 is used.

FIG. 3 shows an example of this shared extension template table 42. As shown in this figure, the shared extension template table 42 manages the display information of extension templates, and also has entries for registering error check information for parameters to be set, as shown by the broken line frame in the figure. Configured to manage frames. As is clear from FIGS. 7 and 8, the extended template for "post command" and the extended template for "erase command" have the same display contents, and also have error check information for error checking. Although the content itself is different, the management format is exactly the same. from now,
A common extended template table 42 can be prepared for both the "post command" and the "erase command".

Next, the expanded template table expansion processing method of the present invention will be described according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4, which is executed by the present invention.

When there is a request to open an extended template, as shown in step 1, by referring to the shared extended template type in the basic template table 41 that has already been developed in the king storage device 2, the shared extended template to be used is determined. Table 42 is judged and specified. 'to! t,
In step 2, this identified shared extended template table 42 is loaded into the storage device 2. Figure 5(a)
A specific example of the state in which step 1 and step 2 are completed is illustrated in FIG. The basic template table 41 shown in this figure, like the basic template table 41 for "posting command" shown in FIG. Therefore, as an error check, there is one for individual use for 'Group 1' and 'Group 2', and one for 'Group information' and 'Group 2'.
There is also one for association with group 21.

Next, in step 3, among the individual error checking information managed in the basic template table 41, the individual error checking information that is necessary for the shared extended template table 42 to be converted to an extended template table is extracted. , the registration process is performed by copying it to the corresponding entry frame of the shared extension template table 42. FIG. 5(b) shows a specific example of the state after step 3 is completed. In the example shown in this figure, it is assumed that an extended template is requested because the number of items in "Group 2" in the basic template is insufficient. The error check information will be registered in the corresponding entry frame of the shared extended template table 42.

Next, in step 4, by copying the related error check type part representing the related rule in the related check information managed in the basic template table 41 to the corresponding entry frame of the shared extended template table 42. Perform the registration process.

FIG. 5(C) shows a specific example of the state after step 4 is completed. As a result of this process, to use the example of the [erase command], the related rule that the item to be deleted must be included in the group of items to be deleted is added to the corresponding entry frame of the shared extended template table 42. It will be registered.

Next, in step 5, by copying "pointer cleaning of pointer 0 to related source group information" in the related check information managed in the basic template file 41 to the corresponding entry frame of the shared extended template table 42. It performs the registration process, that is, sets the pointer to the group information that is the association source in the basic template table 41 in the "pointer 1 to related source group information til" in the related check information of the shared extended template table 42. . FIG. 5(d) shows a specific example of the state in which step 5 is completed. In this example, the group that is the source of the association is "group l," so this process confirms that the group that is the source of the association of the shared extended template table 42 is "group 1" managed in the basic template table 41. are mapped.

Next, in step 6, the shared extension template table 4
A pointer to the group information fμ that becomes the related light in the shared extended template table is set in the "pointer to related light group information" in the related check information of step 2. FIG. 5(e) shows a specific example of the state in which step 6 is completed. Through this process, the individual error check information fll of the shared extended template table 42 registered in the process of step 3 is associated with the low-German error check information regarding the parameters set by the extended template. By completing the processing up to step 6, the original extended template table is generated from the shared extended template table 42 loaded into the host IQ device 2. In other words, if there is a request to open an extended template related to "posting instruction", an extended template table specific to "posting instruction" as shown in FIG. If it is an opening request, an extended template table specific to the "erase command" as shown in FIG. 8 will be generated.

Regarding the processing after the necessary extended template table is generated, there is no difference from the conventional technology.
That is, in step 7, an error check is performed on the parameters that have been set using the sheep-specific and related error check information, and in step 8, the extended template is displayed.

FIG. 6 diagrammatically shows the entire process flow of the present invention explained above. ``Error check information axis coordination processing'' in the figure corresponds to the processing of steps 3 to 6 of the flowchart of FIG. 4. In this figure, the common extended template table 42 common to "A instruction", "B instruction", and "C instruction" is stored in the king memory device yi.
2, the error check information of the basic template table 41 of the "A instruction" which is the extension source is set in the loaded common extension template table 42.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, instead of using an extended template table for each instruction in an external storage device, it is shared in the form of a shared extended template table. By later setting unique error check information in this shared extended template table, the necessary extended template table is expanded onto the main storage device. Therefore, the memory capacity of the external storage 4jt required for expanding the extended template table can be greatly reduced.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for carrying out the present invention; FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the present invention in detail; FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the entire process flow of the present invention; 7 and 8 are explanations of the prior art.

In the figure, 10 is the data processing device! 1 is a table storage area, 12 is a basic table storage area, 13 is a shared extended table storage area, 14 is a table loader, 15 is a template creation part, 16 is a loader origination part, 17 is a shared extended table setting part, 18 is a display 19 is a control section, 20 is an error checker/transfer section, 30 is a man-machine interface, and 40 is an external storage device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a diagram of the principle configuration of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a system configuration diagram of the present invention, and Fig. 3 is an example of a shared extended template table. Patent applicant: Pfn Fujitsu Co., Ltd. Agent: Patent attorney Mori 1) Hiroshi (other 2 people), Kei, Invention Linsdem Product Figure 2 Figure p7η Expanded Ten Blade Full - Gorge 8#!-
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Explanatory diagram (1) Figure 7

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In a data processing device that executes setting of parameters of an instruction to be programmed according to a basic template displayed on a display screen and an extended template extended and displayed from this basic template, the extended template is displayed. A common extension template table (42) for managing information and entry frames for error check information of parameters set in the extension template is made the same among instructions that adopt a common parameter setting format. Furthermore, a basic template table (4
1), the shared extension template table (42
), and when there is a request to expand the shared extended template table (42) onto the main storage device, the corresponding shared extended template table (42) is added by referring to the type information.
42) from the external storage device (40) onto the main storage device, and in the entry frame of the expanded shared extension template table (42),
An expansion processing method for an expansion template table, comprising: a shared expansion table setting section (17) that sets error check information of a basic template table (41) that is an expansion source while taking a correspondence relationship.