JPH0256063A - Customizing system for business form guide message - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To always display an appropriate function key guide message by designating and registering the function key guide message and whether a function key can be used or not in accordance with each business slip. CONSTITUTION:By a useable key and guide message registering part 4, a message key corresponding to each business form, an unused function key mask designation and a function key guide message generated by a user are registered in a message file 10. Subsequently, a function key guide message processing part 7 reads in the message file 10 by using a business form number of the business form as a message key, and displays a function key guide message generated by a user corresponding to its message key on an issued business form screen. Also, by referring to an unused function key mask designation of a message control table, whether a function key can be used or not is set to a function key mask state reference table 11.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field 1] The present invention relates to a method for displaying a guide message on a form, and in particular, a guide message unique to an IP1 form is registered in advance in a file, and when an IN form is issued, it is read from the file. The present invention relates to a guide message customization display method for a form, which improves key operability by reading a corresponding guide message and displaying it at the bottom of a form display screen.

[Prior Art] Various forms are used in offices, such as commuter pass purchase application forms, delivery notes, budget application forms, goods purchase application forms, and business trip request forms. These forms were processed by the filing department, which took out blank forms, entered data into the forms, checked and corrected them, inspected and approved them, and sent them to the supervising department. In addition, in the main department, the management department handles the design of new form formats for new introductions, ordering printing, and replenishment management, and also handles data processing such as sorting, transcription, aggregation, and punch input of forms. ing.

An electronic slip system that digitizes such forms and their processing is a system that is located at the interface between BDP and OA.
In recent years, its introduction and use has progressed. In conventional electronic slip systems, the names of function keys that can be used by the user and operation guide messages for the function keys are displayed at the bottom of the display screen of the form. Furthermore, function keys that cannot be used are covered with masks, and if the user presses them by mistake, a buzzer sounds to alert the user.

However, the function keys that can be used and the operation guide messages for the function keys are the same for every form on the creation screen of the electronic slip system, and operation guide messages are displayed on the screen even if the user does not need keys. If the key is pressed by mistake, the function corresponding to the pressed key will be activated, and the electronic slip system does not allow the activation of an application program (hereinafter referred to as AP) created individually by the user. Although there is a user AP activation key that can be used, the guide message for the user AP activation key differs depending on the AP, and it is not possible to display the guide message at the bottom of the ticket creation screen like the function keys that can be used in the reservoir. There wasn't.

[Problem B to be solved by the invention] In the conventional form guide message display method described above,
The function key guide message on the invoice screen is unique to the various forms used in the electronic form system. As a result, when a user submits a request, a guide message for an unnecessary function key may be displayed on the request form, or a user AP activation key that the user has assigned to activate an AP that he/she created himself/herself may be displayed. There are drawbacks such as the fact that you may not be able to display a guide message even if you want to do so.

[Means for Solving the Problems] A customized display method for a form guide message according to the present invention allows a user to designate a function key to be used when filing an individual form in an electronic slip system, and to set the function key to the function key. a guide message registration means for registering a corresponding guide message in a file in advance; a guide message display means for reading a guide message specific to the form from the file and displaying it at the bottom of the form display screen when creating a form; and function key masking means for disabling unnecessary function keys during display.

[Example] Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall coffin diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 0, 1 is an input section, where an input operator uses keys such as letters, numbers, and symbols to instruct various operations. Pressing any of the function keys generates a corresponding predetermined data or operation code. Reference numeral 2 denotes a CRT display, which displays various information, data, forms, images, etc. in response to input from the input unit 1. Reference numeral 9 denotes a system setting file, which stores parameters that are set differently depending on individual users in the electronic slip system.

Figure 2 shows the structure of the system settings file.

A system setting file control table is stored in the system setting file. The system setting file control table is made up of system setting information given to functions of the electronic slip system that are not individually specified for each user. 21 is one of the system setting information, and specifies whether to display a guide message specific to the electronic slip system or a guide message created by the user for the guide message display function of the electronic slip system. This is the parameter to perform.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a message file, which stores function key use/unuse designations and form guide messages created by the user. Message file 10 consists of a message control table.

FIG. 3 shows the structure of the message control table.

Reference numeral 31 is a message key, in which the document number of each document in the electronic document system is used, and which guide message is displayed on the invoice screen of a document that has a one-to-one correspondence with the document is determined by that document. Depends on the contents of the message control table corresponding to the form number. 32 is an unused function key mask designation, which is used to set which function keys are to be disabled when a form corresponding to each message key is created. Reference numeral 33 indicates a function key guide message created by the user, which is a function key guide message unique to a form that is displayed when a form corresponding to each message key is created.

Returning to FIG. 1, 3 is a system setting file generation unit, which generates a system setting file 9 and sets each system setting information. Reference numeral 4 denotes a usable function key and guide message registration unit, which registers a message key corresponding to each form, an unused function key mask designation, and a function key guide message created by the user in the message file 10.

5 is an electronic slip system.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a system setting file processing unit, which determines whether the electronic slip system 5 uses a guide message specific to the electronic slip system or a guide message created by the user registered in the message file in the system setting file control table. The determination is made with reference to the guide message selection 21 (FIG. 2) designated by the user.

Reference numeral 7 is a function key guide message processing unit, which sends the form number of the form to the message when it is decided to use the guide message created by the user registered in the message file in the system setting file processing when creating a form. A message file 10 is read as a key, and a function key guide message created by the user corresponding to the message key is displayed on the ticket creation screen. Additionally, if it is decided to use a guide message created by the user in system configuration file processing, the unused function key mask specification in the message control table is referred to and the function key mask status reference table indicates whether the function key can be used or not. Set.

Here, the structure of the function key mask state reference table is
The 0 function key mask state reference table shown in the figure consists of a bit string assigned to each function key. A bit corresponding to a function key that is disabled due to the unused function key mask specification in the message control table is set to 0, and a bit corresponding to a function key that is enabled is set to 1.

8 is a function key mask processing unit, which refers to the function key mask state reference table when a function key is pressed, and invalidates the input of that function key when the bit corresponding to that function key is “0”. do. When the corresponding bit is "1", the input of that function key is valid and the AT function assigned to that function key is activated.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained using an example in which a function key guide message created by the user is displayed on the form creation screen. The user creates a system configuration file 9 using the system configuration file generation unit 3 in advance, and sets necessary values for the system configuration information in the system configuration file control table. The information is set to "Display user-created function key guide message."

Next, create a message file 10 using the usable function keys and guide message registration section 4, and input the respective document numbers of the documents for which you want to display the function key guide message created by the user using the message key 31, on the creation screen of the document. The designation of whether or not a function key can be used is registered in the message control table as an unused function key mask designation 32, and the function key guide message 33 to be displayed at the bottom of the ticket creation screen is registered as a function key guide message 33 created by the user.

Referring to FIG. 5, when the user starts up the electronic slip system 5 to create a certain form, the system setting file processing unit 6 refers to the system setting file 9 and transfers each system setting information to the electronic slip system. (Step 51) Next, the function key guide message processing unit 7 determines whether the guide message selection 21 specified by the user is set to "Display function key guide message created by the user" (Step 52). If so, the message file is read using the form number of the invoice as the message key (step 53).

When the message file is read, it is determined whether the corresponding message key is registered in the message control table (step 54). If the corresponding message key is registered, the "user-created" message key corresponding to the message key is "Function key guide message" is displayed. Also, refer to the unused function key mask specification and set the bit of the same function key in the function key mask status table to "1" for the pair of function keys specified to be masked.
The bits of function keys that are not designated to be masked are set to 0.

Next, when the user presses a function key, the function key mask processing unit 8 refers to the position corresponding to the pressed function key in the function key mask state table, and if the mask is ON, Disable that function key.

Furthermore, if the user-specified guide message selection 21 in the system configuration file 9 is set to "display standard function key guide message" in step 52, the message key corresponding to the form is registered in the message control table in step 54. If not, a function key guide message specified by the electronic slip system is displayed (step 56).

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention registers a function key guide message and designation of whether or not a function key can be used for each form distributed in an electronic slip system. By displaying the function key guide message according to the registration and masking the function key, the appropriate function key guide message will always be displayed to the user, and if an unnecessary function key is pressed, This has the effect of disabling the function assigned to that function key.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 shows the structure of a system configuration file, FIG. 3 shows the structure of a message file, FIG. 4 shows the structure of a function key mask status table, FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this embodiment. 1... Input section, 2... CRT display, 3...
- System setting file generation unit, 4... Available function keys and guide message registration unit, 5... Electronic slip system, 6... System setting file processing unit, 7...
Function key guide message processing unit, 8...Function key mask processing unit, 9...System setting file, 10...
・Message file, 11...Function key mask status reference table. Figure 2 System settings file control table Figure 3 Message control table Figure It function key mask status table

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In electronic forms and a system that handles them (electronic slip system), the user specifies the function keys to be used when creating individual forms and registers in advance a guide message for the function keys in a file. a guide message registering means for storing a guide message; and a guide message display means for reading a guide message specific to the form from the file and displaying it at the bottom of the form display screen when creating the form;
A customized display method for a form guide message, characterized by providing a function key masking means for disabling unnecessary function keys during display.