JPH02268322A - Data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily change and adjust contents of a dictionary by providing an external storage unit with dictionaries having a message code part common to respective languages and message data parts peculiar to respective languages and displaying message contents displayed in a specific language. CONSTITUTION:Plural message dictionaries where message contents expressed with respective languages are allowed to correspond to a message code part TBL1 common to respective languages and message data parts TBL2 peculiar to respective languages are stored in an external storage unit 2. A language for message display is selected, the message dictionary of the selected language is loaded to a memory 4 and a program P is executed. Thus, the selected message dictionary or message data parts TBL2 of plural languages are designated to change contents or the layout of TBL2, and this dictionary is referred to display message contents in a specific language. A layout control code is added to accessory information of the message code to adjust the layout of the message in each language.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a data processing device that performs a man-machine interface of various devices by displaying messages expressed in various languages.

(Prior Art) Data processing devices using computers often display messages externally. For example, in the following case. That is, instructions to the operator, progress status display, processing result display, etc. Originally, such messages should be displayed in a language that the operator can understand (from his or her home country), but due to technical difficulties that will be explained later, the actual situation is that such messages are only displayed in the Japanese language. be.

In general, English is widely used as an international language.

For example, it is generally easier for a Japanese operator to understand a message displayed in Japanese than in English, so for this reason, Japanese, English, German, etc.
Although it is necessary to prepare separate devices to support multiple languages, the reality is that this is not practical, especially in large and expensive devices, due to the device configuration and cost. .

On the other hand, conventionally, the message display method in this type of device has generally been such that a built-in program directly displays the message. That is, FIGS. 7(a) and 7(b) show programs of this type. For example, in FIG. 7(a), the instruction word DISPLAY for display is used in the instruction section of the program structure, and DISPLAY (
'Good morning') and the data 'Good morning', the program is executed to display the message 'Good morning'. FIG. 7(b) shows that in the instruction section of the program structure, the command word DISPLAY for display is used, and the program is executed with the description of DISPLAY (“Hello”) and the data “Hello”. I am trying to display the following message.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) The message display method using such a conventional device is a method in which a built-in program directly displays the message, but in such a method, it is not possible to change part or all of the message. To do so, the program itself must be changed. If the language used (Japanese) is changed, the effect will be not only on the program for displaying messages but also on other programs and application programs, so the number of man-hours required for the change will be enormous.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a data processing device that allows messages to be received in a desired language (Japanese) while making it easy to change the language used.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention has a structure in which the following means are taken to solve the above problems and achieve the objects.

That is, the data processing device according to the present invention has a storage system that stores message dictionaries for multiple languages in which message contents expressed in each language are associated with message codes common to each language and message data specific to each language. means, and selection means for selecting a Japanese language in message display;
a storage means for reading and storing the message dictionary in the Japanese language selected by the selection means from the storage means, and a message code in the message dictionary stored in the storage means as an index to read the message dictionary or the message in multiple languages; a changing means for specifying message data in a dictionary, changing the contents of the message data, and changing the changed stored message dictionary or multilingual message dictionary to the one before the change in the storage means; a display means for displaying message contents expressed in a specific language by referring to a message dictionary stored in a storage means; and at least a selection operation in the selection means and a calling operation in the storage means; It is equipped with an operation means for performing a change operation and a display operation on the display means, and a layout control code is added to the supplementary information of the message code, and the message is expressed in each language using the layout control code. This feature is characterized by adjusting the layout of message contents.

(Function) As a result of taking such measures, it is possible to call up a message dictionary in a desired Japanese language by a simple operation using the operating means, and by referring to this message dictionary in the Japanese language, the contents of a message expressed in a specific language can be retrieved. Furthermore, it is easy to change or add a language by simply storing a message dictionary in the required Japanese language in the storage means. In addition, by operating the changing means, the contents of one or more message dictionaries can be easily changed, which is convenient, and by adding a layout control code to the accompanying information of the message code, the layout can be changed. Using control codes, the layout of message contents expressed in various languages can be adjusted, and messages can be displayed and changed with a degree of freedom.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of a data processing device for message display according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the same embodiment device, Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the data structure of a message dictionary stored in an external storage unit such as a magnetic disk storage device as storage means, and Fig. 3 is a diagram of data processing. 4 is a diagram showing an example of layout control, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the effect of layout control, and FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing another example of data structure in a message dictionary.

As shown in FIG. 1, the data processing device of this embodiment has a C
It consists of a PUI, an external storage unit 2 such as a magnetic disk storage device, an operation section 3 mainly consisting of a keyboard, a memory 4 that stores a message dictionary, a display section 5, and a message conversion section 6. The hardware configuration of a typical computer system is the same as that of a typical computer system, or the hardware configuration of a typical computer system includes memory 4
This is a hardware configuration in which a message converter 6 and a message converter 6 are newly added. Of course, it can also be configured using software.

Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the external storage unit 2 stores message dictionaries for multiple languages (for example, Japanese, English, German, etc.). The expressed message content is associated with a message code section TBLI common to each language and a message data section TBL2 specific to the national language.

That is, the message code section TBLI consists of a message index code mi and a pointer P1 indicating the storage location (address) of the message. This is common to all message dictionaries. In other words, each language message dictionary has the same message code and corresponds one-to-one with only one message content in the dictionary. Furthermore, the message content corresponding to a certain message code is constructed so that it has the same meaning even in different languages.

Further, the message data section TBL2 consists of message data msg I indicating message contents, and the message data msg I is a message character string text.
In addition to I, additional information includes a message length, 91, which is the number of characters (number of digits) of the message, and a layout control code 1cI.

Message code section TBL in this message dictionary
I and the message data section TBL2 are illustrated as follows, for example, for a Japanese message dictionary and an English message dictionary.

For example, in the Japanese message dictionary, message index code m 7 = OOOO, pointer P 7 - Rorororo, message data m5g7 - Good morning.

Message length N i-4, layout control code pc
'l-L, in the English message dictionary, message index code m7-0000° pointer P7-rorororo, message data msg 7-Good m
orning, message length [7-12, layout control code flc7-]. Here, in the layout control code Ωcl, for example, R is aligned to the right, C is centered, and L is aligned to the left.

Here, the data processing procedure will be explained in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. That is, in FIG. 3, first,
When one of the plural languages is selected by the operation unit 3, a message dictionary of the corresponding language is loaded from the external storage unit 2 into the memory 4.

All programs P running inside the device of this embodiment are as follows:
When displaying a message externally using the display unit 5,
The program is programmed under the rules that the following parameters are given to the message converting section 6 and the output of the message converting section 6 is displayed on the display section 5. When displaying a message externally, when program P is executed, a message dictionary of the corresponding language is loaded into the memory 4 based on the message code section TBLI, and the message contents of the message data section TBL2 of this message dictionary are displayed. It looks like this.

Here, the parameters of the program P given to the message converter 6 are exemplified as follows: m 1 : message index code, LC display control code, L f : size of the frame for displaying the message, OT
flaffle: Message output light (address)
That is.

Here, the layout control code Lc set on the program P will be explained. gc1 is a layout control code in the message data section TBL2 of the message dictionary.

(a) When the program P autonomously controls the layout, the layout code itself is set in the layout control code Lc.

(b) When following the layout control attached to the message data, the layout control code Lc is NULL.
(indicates invalid).

Furthermore, the message converter 6 operates as follows.

(1) Memory 4 using message index code ml as key
The message code section TBLI in the message code section TBLI is indexed to obtain a pointer pt indicating the storage location (address) of the message.

(II) The target message data is indexed from the message data section TBL2 in the memory 4 using the pointer Pl, and the message character string texti is copied to the output light specified by OT f'lamc.

(111) When copying message string text i, Lc or i) c i, L f, Ω l
is used as a parameter to simultaneously execute display frame layout setting processing.

Next, the meaning and operation of the layout control code Lc will be explained with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 shows, as an example of layout control, a case in which a 4-digit character string "Good morning" is displayed within a 6-digit display frame (Lf).

The layout control code in this embodiment can control at least the following three states.

“R” (Right Align)... Put the message right justified,
Leave the first two digits blank.

“C” (Centering): Place the message in the center, with spaces before and after.

“L” (left-justified): Message is left-aligned, and the last two digits are left blank.

In addition to these three types of layout control, various layout controls can be performed by defining various layout control codes, such as determining how many digits to leave space between each character in a message.

Next, with reference to FIG. 5, the effects of the three types of layout control described above will be explained. FIG. 5 shows an example of displaying a list with headings of "name,""gender," and "date of birth." If the book list is to be displayed in English as well, as shown in Figure 5(a), the English headings have more digits, so it is difficult to realize multilingual support, which is the gist of the present invention. , the list should be based on English.

If the Japanese headings are displayed as they are in the English-based list framework shown in Figure 5(a), Figure 5(a)
As shown in C), all the headings are shifted to the left, and the entire back becomes unbalanced.

Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 5(b), by adding "C" (centering) as the message layout control code, the message can be displayed in an orderly manner.

In this way, according to this embodiment, the external storage unit 2 has
Message dictionaries are stored for multiple languages in which message contents expressed in each language are associated with a message code section TBLI common to each language and a message data section TBL2 specific to each language, and the message content expressed in each language is stored in a multi-lingual manner. When you select , the message dictionary of the selected Japanese language is loaded into the memory 4, and by executing the program P, the message code section TB of the message dictionary is loaded.
It is possible to designate the message data section TBL2 of the selected message dictionary or multilingual message dictionary using LI as an index, and change the contents of the message data section TBL2, especially the contents and layout of the message, and the external storage unit. The stored message dictionary or multilingual message dictionary changed in step 2 can be replaced.

In this way, the message dictionary in the desired Japanese language can be called up with a simple operation, and the contents of the message expressed in the specific language can be displayed by referring to the message dictionary in the Japanese language.

Further, by simply storing a message dictionary in the necessary Japanese language in the external storage unit 2, it is easy to change or add a language to be used.

Further, the layout of the message contents expressed in each language can be adjusted by using the layout control code added to the message code section TBL2, and the message can be displayed and changed with a high degree of freedom.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. That is, in the above embodiment, a message dictionary that stores message contents expressed in each language is stored in a message code section T common to each language.
The configuration is such that the BLI and the message data section TBL2 specific to each language are separated. Such a data structure is
Although adopted in many data processing systems,
This is because the length (number of digits) of the displayed message varies depending on the content (meaning) of the message, and the capacity of the external storage unit 2 is also limited.

Therefore, if the message length is constant and the capacity of the external storage unit 2 is sufficient, the message code section TB
By combining L1 and the message data section TBL2, the structure of the message dictionary can be simplified, for example, as shown in FIG. 6.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, layout control can be performed from both the control Lc from the program P and the layout control code pct added to the message data, but it is not possible to perform layout control from only one of them. It may be configured to do so.

In addition, various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the data processing device of the present invention uses a message dictionary for multiple countries in which message contents expressed in each language are associated with message codes common to each language and message data specific to each language. A storage means for storing intellect,
a selection means for selecting a Japanese language in message display; a storage means for reading and storing a message dictionary of the Japanese language selected by the selection means from the storage means; and a message code of the message dictionary stored in the storage means as an index. Specifying the message data of the invention multilingual message dictionary of the stored message code and changing the contents of the message data, and changing the stored message dictionary or the multilingual message dictionary after the change in the storage means. a changing means for changing the message from the previous one; a display means for displaying message content expressed in a specific language by referring to a message dictionary stored in the storage means; and at least a selection operation in the selection means and the storage. It is equipped with operation means for performing a call operation in the means, a change operation in the change means, and a display operation in the display means, and also adds a layout control code to the supplementary information of the message code, and adds the layout control code to the information attached to the message code. It is characterized by the ability to adjust the layout of message contents expressed in various languages by using a message dictionary in a desired Japanese language. The content of the message expressed in a specific language can be displayed by using the message dictionary, and the language used can be easily changed or added by simply storing a message dictionary in the required Japanese language in the storage means. It is convenient because the contents of one or more message dictionaries can be easily changed by operation, and by adding a layout control code to the supplementary information of the message hood, it is possible to use the layout control code. The layout of message contents expressed in various languages can be adjusted, and messages can be displayed and changed with a degree of freedom.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a data processing device that allows messages to be received in a desired language (Japanese language) while making it easy to change the language used.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a data processing device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the data structure of a message dictionary stored in an external storage unit such as a magnetic disk storage device as storage means. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the flow of data processing, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of layout control, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the effect of layout control, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing another example of data structure in a message dictionary. FIG. 7 is a program structure diagram showing an example of conventional message display. 1...CPU, 2...External storage unit, 3...
Operation unit, 4...Memory, 5...Display unit, 6...Message conversion unit.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A storage means for storing message dictionaries for multiple languages in which message contents expressed in each language are associated with message codes common to each language and message data specific to each language, and a message display using the Japanese language. a selection means for selecting a message dictionary in the Japanese language selected by the selection means; a storage means for loading and storing the message dictionary in the Japanese language selected by the selection means from the storage means; and a message code of the message dictionary stored in the storage means as an index. Specifying message data in a message dictionary or a multilingual message dictionary and changing the contents of the message data, and storing the changed stored message dictionary or multilingual message dictionary in the storage means before the change. a changing means for changing, a display means for displaying message contents expressed in a specific language by referring to a message dictionary stored in the storage means, and at least a selection operation in the selection means and a calling operation in the storage means. , an operation means for performing a change operation on the change means and a display operation on the display means. (2) The data processing according to claim 1, characterized in that a layout control code is added to the supplementary information of the message code, and the layout control code is used to adjust the layout of the message content expressed in each language. Device.