JPH03102452A - Screen display control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save the time and the labor required for production of a user program by instructing the read of the definition information corresponding to plural screens of a process in accordance with the display order of screens when the process is started. CONSTITUTION:A screen transition control means 151 controls the transition states of the screens corresponding to the processes requiring the display of plural screens, i.e., the display order of screens. Then the means 151 gives the read instruction of each definition information in accordance with the display order when a user program is carried out and the start of a process is instructed from an instruction means 111. A screen display control means 141 reads the corresponding definition information out of a store means 121 with the read instruction. Thus the means 151 controls the transition state of the display screen, and the user program is just required to instruct the start of a process requiring the display of plural screens. Thus it is possible to reduce the production load of the user program.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Table of Contents] Overview Industrial Field of Use Conventional Technology Problems to be Solved by the Invention Means for Solving the Problems Action Examples Effects of the Invention (Summary) Terminal Device for Displaying Screens , concerning a screen display control method that displays multiple screens based on definition information, the purpose is to reduce the effort of creating a user program and to package the user program 1. , an instruction means for instructing the start of a process involving display of multiple screens, a storage means for storing definition information regarding each display element of the multiple screens in a screen-compatible manner, a display means for displaying the screens, and a storage means. A screen display control means controls the display of the screen on the display means based on the stored definition information, and when the instruction means instructs the screen display control means to start a process, the screen display control means performs a plurality of processes. A screen transition control means for instructing the reading of definition information corresponding to each screen in the order in which the screens are displayed is provided.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a screen display control method for displaying multiple screens based on definition information in a terminal device that performs screen display.

[Conventional technology]

When displaying a screen on a terminal device installed at a financial institution, etc., prepare information regarding the display elements of the screen (hereinafter referred to as a screen definition), and the user program that performs the desired processing uses this screen definition. A commonly used technique is to display a screen by specifying a body.

For example, each screen definition includes definition information for screen display data, definition information for input/output items, unique information for each definition, and unique information for each human output item. In this way, by storing the detailed information of the screen structure in the screen definition, each user program related to ordinary deposit withdrawals and balance inquiries can specify the screen definition corresponding to the screen that they want to display. This allows the screen to be displayed.

Incidentally, the processing of each task performed by a user program generally consists of displaying a series of screens in a predetermined order and outputting data corresponding to each item on each display screen. Here, each operation refers to a series of processes such as new application processing when opening a new account at a financial institution and address history change processing.

FIG. 6 shows an outline of the case where various tasks are performed by specifying screen definitions using a user program.

In the figure, 611 indicates a user program, 62l indicates a screen editing control program, 631 indicates a screen definition program storage area, and 641 indicates a display screen. For example, the screen definition program storage area 631 corresponds to a disk device. Further, the screen editing control program 621 performs screen display, input/output of data related to each screen, and editing processing in response to instructions from the user program 611.

For example, assume that address change processing is specified, the corresponding user program 611 is executed, and screens A, B, . . . are displayed in order.

(1) First, in order to display screen A, the user program 611 instructs the screen editing control program 621 to read screen definition a. When the reading of the screen definition body a is completed, a response is returned to the user program 611.

Note that the screen definition body a may include user information. User information is information for requesting editing from the user (in this case, the user program 611).
The user program 611 that has received the user information performs predetermined processing and then sends the editing results back to the screen editing program 621.

In this way, it is possible to provide some degree of versatility by allowing the user to edit a part of the screen definition.

(2) The user program 611 instructs the display of screen A, and the screen editing control program 62 displays screen A on the display screen 641 based on screen definition a.

■Next, the user program 611 instructs to read the input items on the display screen, and the screen editing control program 6
Reference numeral 21 reads data for one or more items, and performs editing processing and display processing of the read data. A response is returned when all items are read and the display operation is completed.

(2) Thereafter, in the same manner, the user program 611 instructs the display of each screen after the next screen (screen B) necessary for the corresponding business, and also instructs to read input items on each screen.

In this manner, the screen editing control program 621 performs display control operations on the display screen 641 in response to instructions from the user program 611.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

By the way, in the conventional method described above, the user program 611 controls the transition state (display order) of the display screens, so in order to discipline the user program 611, it is necessary to understand the contents of each screen to some extent. There is a problem in that it takes time and effort to create the user program 611.

Furthermore, since each screen definition is often different depending on the user, a user program 611 for specifying this screen definition must also be prepared for each user, which adds to the time and effort described above. There was a problem in that it was difficult to create a package for mutual use.

The present invention was created in view of these points, and aims to provide a screen display control method that reduces the effort required to create a user program and also enables packaging.

[Means to solve the problem]

FIG. 1 is a principle block diagram of the screen display control method of the present invention.

In the figure, an instruction unit 111 instructs the start of a process that involves displaying multiple screens by executing a user program.

The storage means 121 stores definition information regarding each display element of a plurality of screens in correspondence with the screens.

The display means 131 displays a screen.

The screen display control means 141 controls the screen display on the display means 131 based on the definition information stored in the storage means 121.

Screen transition control means 151, instruction means 1 1. σ of processing by 1? When the first start is instructed, the screen display control means 141 is instructed to read definition information corresponding to each of the plurality of screens of this process in the order in which the screens are displayed.

Therefore, after the user program instructs the start of processing, the screen transition control means 151 is configured to control the transition state of the display screen.

[Function] The screen transition control 151 controls the screen transition state, that is, the screen display order, corresponding to each process that involves the display of multiple screens, and controls the instruction means 111 when the user program is executed. When instructed to start processing,
Instructs to read each definition information corresponding to the display order.

The screen display control means 141 reads the corresponding definition information from the storage means 121 in response to this read instruction, and displays a screen based on the definition information in the display row 131.

In the present invention, the transition state of the display screen is controlled by the screen transition control means 151, and the user program only needs to instruct the start of a process that involves displaying a plurality of screens.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of an embodiment to which the screen display control method of the present invention is applied. Moreover, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a screen display of one embodiment.

Here, the correspondence between the embodiment of the present invention and FIG. 1 will be shown.

The instruction means 111 corresponds to a central processing unit (CPU) 211 and a user program 311.

The storage stage 121 corresponds to the disk device 241.

The display means 131 corresponds to the display device 221.

The screen display control means 141 corresponds to the central processing unit 2ll and the screen editing control program 321.

The screen transition control stage 151 includes a central processing unit 211, a screen editing control program A321. This corresponds to the screen transition management table 351.

Examples of the present invention will be described below assuming that the correspondence relationship as described above exists.

9 10 In FIG. 2, a terminal 210 installed at a financial institution, etc. has a central processing unit 211 that performs overall control, and a ROM 210 that stores an operating program for the central processing unit 211.
3, a RAM 215 which stores programs and data read from a disk device, etc., which will be described later, and serves as a work area for the central processing unit 211, a CRT (cathode ray tube) and its drive device, and displays various information such as account numbers. It includes a display device 221 and a display control device 223 that controls the display of the display device 221.

The terminal device 210 also includes a printer 231 for printing various information on predetermined forms or recording paper, a keyboard 232 for manually inputting various information by pressing keys, and a tablet device 233 for inputting handwritten characters. , a magnetic card reading device (MCR device) 234 that reads information stored in a magnetic card, an input/output control device 235 that controls these various input/output devices, and a screen definition program related to operation programs and displays. Does it control the disk device 241 that holds various information and the human output operation of the disk device 241? A disk control device 243 that performs ffll, and a communication control device 251 that controls data transmission and reception via a line.
It is equipped with

Central processing unit 2 ]. ]. , ROM2 1 3, RAM
215, display control device 223, human output control device 235,
The disk control device 243 and the communication control device 251 are connected via a bus. In addition, the display device 221 is the display control device 2
23, the printer 231, the keyboard 232, the tablet device 233, and the MCR device 234 are the input/output control device 2.
35, the disk device 241 is a disk controller 243
are connected to each. Furthermore, the communication control device 251
is connected to a host computer 26 installed at a center or the like via a line.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention described above will be explained.

For example, assume that address change processing and new recruitment processing are considered as processing units.

When the user changes the address etc., the keyboard 232
The user operates the device 233 to issue instructions such as changing the address. Central processing unit 2 1. 1 executes the user program stored in the ROM 213 or RAM 2 1 5 in response to this instruction, and the business for the user is performed.

FIG. 3 shows an overview of a screen display control method when a user program corresponding to a certain task is executed.

In the figure, 311 indicates a user program, 321 indicates a screen editing control program, and 323 indicates a recognition processing program, and each of these programs is stored in a ROM.
2 1 3 or RAM 2 15,
It is executed by the central processing unit 211.

The screen editing control program 321 is a program for controlling screen display based on screen definitions, and it sequentially reads out a series of screen definitions related to the relevant business in accordance with instructions from the user program 311, and also edits these screen definitions. Displays both sides based on the body. The recognition processing program 323 is a program for recognizing handwritten characters input by operating the tablet 1/device 233.

In addition, in FIG. 3, 331 is a BIOS (Basic)
Input Output System), 34
1 indicates a tablet function processing section, and 351 indicates a screen transition management table.

BIOS331, display device 221, tablet 1, device 2
This is a program that manages the input/output of information to and from the computer 33, and is stored in the ROM 21.3.

The tablet function processing unit 341 performs a process of separating handwritten characters by operating the tablet device 233, and is included in the human output control device 235. The handwritten characters separated here are sent to the recognition processing program 323 described above. In addition, the screen transition management table 351
For example, it stores information regarding the display order (transition state of screens) of multiple screens displayed corresponding to each task.

FIG. 4 shows details of information regarding the screen transition state stored in the screen transition management table 351.

The information regarding the transition state of the screen includes the management header shown in FIG. 11A and the record shown in FIG. Corresponding to each task, there are 13 14 records in one management area and a number corresponding to the number of display screens.

The management header includes a start pointer SP for pointing to the record corresponding to the first screen to be displayed for each task;
A final pointer LP for pointing to the record corresponding to the last screen is included.

The record also contains the definition file name for specifying the screen definition for each display screen of each task, and the screen that will be displayed before the screen corresponding to this record. It includes a predefinition pointer for pointing to a corresponding record, and a next definition pointer for pointing to a record corresponding to a screen to be displayed one screen after the screen corresponding to this record. Therefore, when displaying a plurality of screens related to a certain task in sequence, it is possible to display a series of screens by following the start pointer SP in the management header and the next definition pointer in each record.

Below, the operation when performing each task in response to a request from the user program 311 will be explained. FIG. 5 shows the control operation procedure by the screen editing control program 321 at this time.

For example, a certain task (task 1) from the user program 311
When there is a screen editing request, the screen editing control program 321 reads the screen transition management table 351 corresponding to 16 tasks from the disk device 241 (step 511).

Next, the screen editing control program 321 searches for a display screen based on this screen transition management table 351 (
Step 512L: It is determined whether there is a screen to be displayed (Step 5-3). Normally, each job corresponds to a plurality of screens, so an affirmative determination is made in step 513, and then the screen definition is read (step 514). First, the screen editing control program 321 reads the record corresponding to the first screen based on the start pointer SP in the management header corresponding to job 1, and then reads the record corresponding to the first screen from the definition program file name in this record. Reads the screen definition file.

15 16 The screen editing control program 321 sets the screen information specified by the screen definition based on the read screen definition (step 515), and displays the screen on the display device 321 ( step 516).

Next, the screen editing control program 321 determines whether there is an input item date (step 517).

If there is an item for which input has not been completed on the display screen, an affirmative judgment is made and the input item is read (step 5).
18). When the user operates the tablet device 233 to input data for the corresponding item, this operation status is
The input data is input to the tablet function processing unit 341 via the OS 331, is further converted into input data in a predetermined format through recognition processing by the recognition processing program 323, and is then input to the screen editing control program 32 via the tablet function processing unit 341.
Sent to 1. In addition, when operating the keyboard 232, the screen editing control program 32 can be accessed from the BIOS 331.
Input data is directly sent to 1.

When the manual data for the relevant item is received, the screen editing control program 321 edits this manual data (step 5).
19), the edited data is displayed on the display device 221 (step 520). After that, return to step 517 and read the input data until there are no more input items.
The editing and display processes are repeated.

When the processing for all input items on the relevant screen is completed and a negative judgment is made in step 517 (whether there are any input items), the screen editing control program 321 searches for the next screen (step 521) and displays the screen. It is determined whether there is a screen (step 522). If the record corresponding to the currently displayed screen is the one pointed to by the final pointer of the manager, the currently displayed screen is the final screen, so a negative determination is made in step 522. In this case, the display of the entire screen corresponding to the task 1 and the processing of entering each item are completed, a notification of this completion is sent to the user program 311, and the processing of the screen editing control program 321 is completed.

If there is a display screen, the record specified by the next definition pointer of the record corresponding to the currently displayed screen is searched in step 521, and step 5
An affirmative determination is made in step 22 (whether there is a display screen), and the process returns to step 514 to repeat the process. Thereafter, various processes such as screen display, reading of human data, editing 2 display, etc. are repeated until there are no more display screens related to task 1.

In this way, by storing information regarding the transition state of the screen for each task in the screen transition control table 351, the user program 311 can request the screen editing control program 321 to edit the screen for this task at the start of the task. All you have to do is After that, the screen editing control program 32
1 sequentially reads screen definitions based on the screen transition management table 351 and displays a plurality of screens corresponding to the business, and also performs processes such as reading, editing, and displaying the entry items in each screen.

Therefore, since the user program 311 does not need to control the transition state of the display screen, it becomes possible to create the user program 311 without considering the contents of each screen definition, and the creation process is reduced. can be reduced. Since the user program 1, 311 only needs to issue an instruction to start a business, it can be shared by different users and can be used as a base gauge.

Furthermore, since changing the contents of the screen definition does not affect the user program 311, it becomes easy to replace the screen definition.

In the embodiment of the present invention, consideration will be given to a case where each double-sided definition body does not include user information, that is, a case where the user program 311 does not need to perform processing based on user information during the work. However, the present invention can also be applied to cases where user information is included. In this case, each time the screen editing control program 321 reads out each screen definition corresponding to the corresponding task, the user information contained therein is read out and sent to the user program 311. In the user program 311, a plurality of pieces of user information A. , B, C, ..., prepare routines for editing processing a, b, c, etc. 19 20 , perform editing processing based on the sent user information, and display the editing results on the screen. What is necessary is to send it back to the editing control program 321.

In addition, each editing process a, bC, corresponding to user information
... may also be registered as part of the screen editing program 321 to reduce the burden on the user program 311.

Furthermore, in the embodiment, the screen transition management table 351 is stored in the disk device 241, and screen transitions are controlled based on this screen transition management table 351. A dedicated program may be provided to manage the transition state of the screen, and the dedicated program may instruct the screen editing control program 321 to read the screen definition corresponding to the display screen. Even in this case, the user program 31l only needs to issue a screen editing request at the start of a job and the same effect can be obtained.

In addition, in the embodiment, terminal equipment installed at financial institutions;
I thought about the process of displaying multiple screens in response to one task (for example, when automating requests for the issuance of various documents to government offices, when creating purchase requests for various services, etc.) etc.), it can be applied to other devices as well.

〔Effect of the invention〕

'' As described above, according to the present invention, the transition state of the display screen is controlled by the screen transition control means, and the user program only needs to instruct the start of a process that involves displaying multiple screens. This makes it possible to reduce the burden on program creators, and also makes it possible to package the program.
It is extremely useful in practical terms.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a principle block diagram of screen display control method 2 of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment to which the screen display control method of the present invention is applied, and 21 22 Fig. 3 is a screen of an embodiment. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a screen transition management table of one embodiment, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of operation of one embodiment, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional example. In the figure, 111 is an instruction means, 121 is a storage means, 131 is a display means, 141 is a screen display control means, 151 is a screen transition system 1 output means, 210 is a terminal device, 211 is a central processing unit (CPU), and 213 is a ROM, 215 is RAM, 221 is a display device, 223 is a display control device, 231 is a printer, 232 is a keyboard, 233 is a tablet device, 234 is a magnetic card reader (MCR device) 235
241 is a human output control device, 241 is a disk device, 243 is a disk control device, 251 is a communication control device, 261 is a host computer, 311 is a user program, 321 is a screen editing control program, 323 is a recognition processing program, 331 341 is a tablet function processing unit, and 351 is a screen transition management table. 23 24 (a) Shikō ``゛(b) Must-have-one-thing-rf-drops-suggestion-te7''II, (f-ya-diagnosed-D
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Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) An instruction means (111) for instructing the start of a process involving display of multiple screens by executing a user program, and a storage means (121) for storing definition information regarding each display element of the multiple screens in correspondence with the screen. ), a display means (131) for displaying the screen, and a screen display control means for controlling the screen display on the display means (131) based on definition information stored in the storage means (121). (141), when the instruction means (111) instructs the start of the process, the screen display control means (141) is instructed to read the definition information corresponding to each of the plurality of screens of this process. A screen display control method comprising: a screen transition control means (151) for instructing in accordance with the display order of the screens;