JPH02273859A - Operand definition processing system to pf key - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability related to a command input by referring to a PF key table, combining the corresponding command information and operand information and executing a command. CONSTITUTION:This system is provided with a PF key table 13 for storing command information and operand information defined to each PF key, a command definition processing part 16 for displaying a command definition screen and updating the command information in the PF key table 13, an operand definition processing part 17 for displaying an operand definition screen and updating the operand information in the PF key table, and a conversion processing part 19 for referring to the PF key table 13 against depression of the PF key, combining the corresponding command information and operand information and requesting to execute a command. Accordingly, the definition of a command and the definition of an operand to the PF key can be executed separately by a command definition screen 22 and an operand definition screen 23 respectively. In such a way, the operability for defining and executing the command is improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Summary] This invention relates to a PF primary key operand definition processing method in a computer system having a processing function for executing a predefined command in response to a PF primary key press.

The purpose is to enable operands for each command to be easily defined for PF-1-1, and to improve the operability of command definition and execution.

A PF key table that stores command information and operand information defined for each PF key, a command definition processing unit that displays a command definition screen and updates command information in the PF key table, and displays an operand definition screen. , for the operand definition processing unit that updates operand information in the PF key table, and for pressing the PF primary key.

The conversion processing unit is configured to refer to a PF key table, combine relevant command information and operand information, and request execution of a command.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention is based on P F (Programmable
The present invention relates to a PF primary key operand definition processing method in a computer system having a processing function of executing a predefined command in response to a press of a Function key.

[Conventional technology]

Generally, a keyboard used for inputting nine characters or the like in a computer system has several PF primary keys used for inputting a plurality of characters or executing other specific processing functions.

Conventionally, it has been possible to define each of these PF primary keys and commands, but it has not been possible to define their operands.

In addition, there are systems that allow a series of character strings for each PF primary key to be registered in association with each other, but such systems do not distinguish between commands and operands, and simply recognize them as character strings. , it was not possible to register commands and operands separately.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Conventionally, when defining a PF primary key command.

Since it is not possible to define up to that operand, P
After inputting a command using the F primary key, the necessary operands had to be input using the normal character keys.

In other words, when the same process is repeated, the PF
If command operands could be defined for keys, commands and operands could be entered with one-touch operation, but since operands cannot be defined, commands and operands must be entered manually several times, resulting in poor operability. There was a problem.

In addition, in a system that simply assigns a PF primary key and a series of character strings, there is no distinction between commands and operands, so 2
For example, even if you want to change part of an operand in a defined character string, you must enter the entire command string that includes that operand.

There was a problem that input for definition was difficult.

Furthermore, when this definition is displayed on the display,
Since a series of character strings consisting of commands and operands are displayed on the screen for a long time, it becomes very difficult to see the correspondence between commands and operands, and it is easy to make input errors when making changes. There was a problem.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, to enable operands of each command to be easily defined for a PF primary key, and to improve operability in command definition and execution.

[Means to solve the problem]

FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of the present invention.

In Figure 1, 10 is a keyboard with a PF primary key, 1
1 is a processing device consisting of a CPU, memory, etc.; 12 is an input/output processing unit that processes input/output; 13 is a PF key table; 14 is command information I; 15 is operand information;
6 is a command definition processing unit that performs command definition processing for each PF key.

17 is an operand definition processing unit that defines operands;
8 is a scroll processing unit that processes screen scrolling; 1
9 is a conversion processing unit that converts the PF primary key force into a command string;
20 is a command execution processing unit that executes each command; 21
22 represents a command definition screen for command definition, and 23 represents an operand definition screen for operand definition.

In the present invention, a PF key table 13 is provided.

Command information 1114 corresponding to each PF key is stored here, as well as operand information 1 for each command.
5 is memorized.

When a PF primary key definition command is input from the keyboard 10, the command definition processing unit 16 is activated. The command definition processing unit 16 reads the command information 14 from the PF key table 13, edits command list information, and displays the command list information on the display 21.

A command definition screen 22 containing the list information is displayed.

In the command definition screen 22, when there is an input for a command definition, the corresponding command information 14 in the PF key table 13 is updated.

When an operand definition instruction is given on the command definition screen 22, the command definition processing unit 16 performs the following operations.

The operand definition processing unit 17 is activated. The operand definition processing unit 17 extracts the operand information 15 from the PF key table 13 and displays on the display 21 an operand definition screen 23 in which the operand information 15 is edited. On this operand definition screen 23.

If there is human effort to change the operand definition, P
Operand information f[! in F key table 13 Update 15.

Normally, all operand information 15 cannot be displayed on the display 21 at once.

In this example, the display content of the operand definition screen 23 is a logical large screen, which can be scrolled by the scroll processing unit 18 to display necessary command operands.

When the PF primary key is pressed while the command and operand definition information is registered in the PF key table 13, the conversion processing unit 19 is activated.

The conversion processing unit 19 refers to the PF key table 13 and reads command information 9@14 corresponding to the pressed PF key. In addition, if there is operand information 15 corresponding to it, the definition information of that operand is also read out, and the command information 14 and operand information 15 are combined to generate an executable command string and sent to the command execution processing unit 20. Request execution of the command.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, it is possible to define commands and operands for PF keys separately on the command definition screen 22 and operand definition screen 23, respectively, so even operands with long definitions can be defined in an easy-to-read format. You can now define it while displaying it. Also.

Even when only part of the operand needs to be changed, other parts are hardly affected.

It will be possible to change it easily.

When a PF primary key is pressed, a request for execution of a command is made by combining the corresponding command information and operand information, making it possible to input a necessary command with a single touch, improving operability.

〔Example〕

FIG. 2 shows a configuration example of a PF key table used in an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 shows an example of a screen display according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the present invention.

The PF key table 13 shown in FIG. 1 is configured as shown in FIG. 2, for example.

The PF key table 13 has a table header at the beginning. Information such as table size information, the size of one entry, and the number of PF primary keys are set in the table header. In this embodiment, the number of PF primary keys is 24.

These 24 PF primary keys, in the following explanation, PFI to P
Set it to F24.

In this embodiment, commands and operands can be defined individually for each screen when the PF primary key is pressed.

That is, in the PF key table 13, definition information is managed in the PF key for each of the screen types T1 to Tn corresponding to the current processing state.

For example, type Tl is a standard screen, type T2 is a display/edit screen, and type T3 is a business monitoring support function screen.

It is... The correspondence between these types and screens can be freely set depending on the application program and the like.

Each type of command information consists of function names from PFI to PF24. As shown in Figure 2, this PF primary key function name consists of the command name or meaning (c), the PF primary key control flag (d), and the offset (fl) from the beginning of the table to the operand value. PF primary key The flag is “
0° indicates that there is no operand, and "l" indicates that there is an operand.

In the operand domain in the PF key table 13,
Operand values defined for each command are set.

The command name of the PF primary key command is ALT PF
-K” on the command input line on the screen.

When the command "ALTPFK" is input, a command definition screen 22 as shown in FIG. 3(a), for example, is displayed.

For each PF key from PFI to PF24.

Display command or meaning. In this example, the command starts with the character "/". When changing the definition of a command.

On the screen, move the cursor over the PF primary key display you want to change, and enter the new command name there. This allows you to change the command definition.

In the operand definition field on this command definition screen 22, select "2" (define).

When the ENTER key is pressed, the screen first moves to the operand definition screen 23 shown in FIG. 3 (b). If the operand definition is not required, please enter "l" in the operand definition field.
” (do not define).

In the operand definition screen 23 shown in FIG. 3 (b), each P
The operand with the F primary key is displayed.

If you need to change the operand, click 1 on this screen.
Place the cursor on the appropriate operand.

Just enter a new operand.

In order to display and change the operands for all PF keys, one screen is a logical large screen, and the display can be scrolled.

The section cut out from the large logical screen is displayed. Note that the details of the scrolling process itself are a well-known technique, so a description thereof will be omitted.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, the definition of commands and operands of the PF primary key and the process of executing commands using the PF primary key will be described. In FIG. 4, 40 represents a time sharing system (TSS), 41 represents a PF key definition command processing section, and 42 represents a screen input/output processing section which is one of the application programs.

The flow of processing when defining commands and operands is as shown in (1) to (2) shown in FIG. 4(a), for example.

■ When the ALTPFK command is input from the keyboard 10, the command definition processing unit 16 is activated.

■ The command definition processing unit 16 uses the PF key table 13
, a command definition screen 22 as shown in FIG. 3(a) is displayed. At this time, which type of command information to select in the PF key table 13 shown in FIG. 2 is determined by the mode of the screen on which the ALTPFK command is input. If a command can be changed manually on the screen, it is reflected in the PF key table 13.

- When there is an instruction to switch the screen for operand definition, the operand definition processing section 17 is activated.

■ The operand definition processing unit 17 uses the PF key table 1
3, an operand definition screen 23 as shown in FIG. 3 (b) is displayed. If an operand change is input on the screen, it is reflected in the PF key table 13.

■ If there is a scroll instruction by the cursor.

The scroll processing unit 18 changes the display area on the logical large screen and scrolls the actual display screen.

■ Display the processing results on the display 21 as necessary.

The process flow when executing a command by pressing the PF primary key is 1.
For example, it becomes like ■ to ■ shown in FIG. 4(b).

(2) When the PF primary key is pressed, the conversion processing unit 19 in the single-screen input/output processing unit 42 is activated.

(2) The conversion processing unit 19 refers to the PF key table 13.

(9) Based on the command information and operand information corresponding to the pressed PF primary key, an executable command and operand are created.

(2) Start the command execution processing unit 20 and deliver the created command and operand to the command execution processing unit 20.

(2) The command execution processing unit 20 executes a command and notifies the screen input/output processing unit 42 of the processing result.

(2) The screen input/output processing section 42 displays the processing results on the display 21.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, commands and operands can be easily defined, and also when executing commands.

Since necessary instructions can be given in one click, the ease of inputting commands is improved. Also,
The command and operand definitions for the PF key are as follows:
Since it is stored in the PF key table 13, it is possible to issue command execution instructions using the PF primary key across sessions.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a configuration example of a PF key table used in an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 shows an example of a screen display according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 shows an example of a screen display according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 10 is a keyboard, 11 is a processing device, 12 is an input/output processing unit, 13 is a PF key table, 14 is command information, 15 is operand information, 16 is a command definition processing unit, 17 is an operand definition processing unit, 18 2 is a scroll processing unit, 19 is a conversion processing unit, 20 is a command execution processing unit, and 2
1 represents a display, 22 represents a command definition screen, and 23 represents an operand definition screen.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a computer system that has command definition information for each PF key and has a processing function to execute a predefined command in response to a press of a PF key, A PF key table (13) that stores command information and operand information, and a list of commands defined for each PF key by referring to the PF key table in response to input of a PF key definition command. a command definition processing unit (16) that displays a command definition screen (22) and updates command information in the PF key table when there is a change input to the command definition; and an operand definition instruction on the command definition screen. , the operand definition screen (23) with operand information defined for each command is displayed by referring to the PF key table, and when there is a change input to the operand definition, the PF key table is displayed. Operand definition processing unit (17) that updates operand information in
), and a conversion processing unit (19) that refers to the PF key table and requests execution of a command by combining the corresponding command information and operand information when a PF key is pressed.
An operand definition processing method for a PF key, characterized by comprising: