JPH0311395A - Display system for form picture - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily recognize and analyze data by displaying data of a form picture and vertical and horizontal items on different planes and putting them one over the other and displaying these items in different divided areas of one plane. CONSTITUTION:Four kinds of divided area, namely, a base part 601, a first divided part 602, a second divided part 603, and a window part 604 can be set on each plane 600. The whole of a form is displayed in a base part 611 on a first plane, and vertical items of data and horizontal items of data are displayed in a base part 621 and a window part 624 respectively on a second plane. First and second planes are put one over the other to constitute the form picture. Thus, items of data can be always recognized when any position of the form picture is displayed, and data is easily recognized and analyzed.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a display method for a form screen, and more specifically.

The present invention relates to a screen display method for displaying a form on a CRT device driven by an industrial computer.

(Prior Art) In various plants, etc., process data has been conventionally displayed on a CRT device as a form screen in the form of a daily report or a monthly report. FIG. 6 shows the configuration of a system used to display such a form screen. In the figure, 100 is a CPU constituting an industrial computer that controls the display of the form screen, 20G is a CRT device, and 300 is a CPU that constitutes an industrial computer that controls the display of the form screen.
is a keyboard for performing operations such as displaying the form screen.

Using such a system, a form 40 as shown in FIG.
0 on the CRT device N200, it has conventionally been impossible to display the same content and size as the print format of the form 400 on the screen. That is, since the display range 201 on the CRT device 20G is only a partial area of the form 400 as shown in the figure, in order to see the entire form 40G, the screen must be appropriately scrolled to see the relative relationship between the form 400 and the display tube 11201. It was necessary to change the positional relationship.

Note that in the figure, 500 indicates a plane on which the entire form 40G is displayed.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the case of this method of scrolling the screen, as shown in FIG.
Depending on the positional relationship with 1, vertical and horizontal items such as data type and time axis may be outside the display range 201 and become invisible, making it impossible to recognize what the data within the 1 display range 201 relates to. was there. This was extremely inconvenient when analyzing data.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems,
The purpose of this is to always display data items together with the data, and by scrolling the screen while keeping the data and items consistent, the data items can be displayed no matter where on the form screen they are displayed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a display method for a form screen that allows data to be recognized at all times and facilitates recognition and analysis of data.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a form screen display method that displays data and a form consisting of items of this data within the display range of one display device. 1st
, and displays the items in divided areas of a second plane, and configures a form screen by overlapping both the first and second planes. The divided areas of the plane can be integrally scrolled.

(Function) According to the present invention, the plane on which data is displayed is different from the plane on which items of this data are displayed,
Moreover, the above items are displayed in different divided areas on the plane. Therefore, by displaying these planes overlapping each other, the above items are always displayed together with the data, and by integrally scrolling the plane in which data is displayed and a specific divided area, the currently displayed data can be displayed. You can always know what mf is about.

(Example) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, in the present invention, a plane is used when displaying data on a CRT device, and in this embodiment, two planes are used to display data. and,
Each of these planes has a size that is, for example, four times the display range of the CRT device, and can be displayed on the screen by overlapping arbitrary positions.As shown in FIG. Base portion 601, first divided portion 602, second divided portion 603, and window portion 60
4 types of divided areas can be set.

The first plane of the two planes is shown in Figure 2(a).
The entire form is displayed on the base portion 611 as shown in FIG. 2(B), while the vertical items of data are displayed on the base portion 621 as shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the items next to the data are displayed in the window portion 624. Then, by overlapping these first and second planes as shown in FIG. 3, a form screen is constructed.

That is, in this embodiment, by overlapping each plane, the second plane is placed on the base portion 611 of the first plane.
Further, the base portion 621 of the plane.

The window portion 624 of the second plane is displayed superimposed on the base portion 621, and the base portion 62
1 (first plane) and the base portion 621, and the base portion 611 (the same) and the window portion 624 are configured to be integrally scrollable. In addition, the third
In the figure, 201 is a CRT device 1200 as before.
This shows the display range in .

Here, when displaying data at an arbitrary position on the form screen, the following processing is performed.

For example, if you want to display data to the right of the upper left data in Figure 4, scroll the base part 611 horizontally and at the same time scroll the window part 624.
Also, if you want to display data below the data in the upper left of Figure 4, scroll the base portion 611 vertically and scroll the base portion 621 horizontally (processing with ■ in the figure). Also, if you want to display data to the right and below the data in the upper left of FIG.

Perform both of the above processes (■ process).

By doing this, vertical and horizontal items are always displayed regardless of the position of the data, making it possible to immediately recognize what the currently displayed data relates to.

The above-mentioned scrolling process will be explained according to the flowchart of FIG. 5. First, the CPU determines whether or not the scroll key is pressed (Sl). If the scroll key is pressed, the CPU issues a command to scroll vertically. If not, the process proceeds to step S5, which will be described later, and if so, the base portions 611 and 621 are scrolled in the vertical direction (S3 and S4).

Next, it is determined whether or not there is a command to scroll horizontally (S5), and if there is no command, the process returns to step S1, and if there is, the base portion 611 and the window portion 6
24 in the horizontal direction (S6, S7).

In addition, in the above embodiment, the base portion 6 of the first plane
11, the base portion 621 of the second plane, and the window portion 624 are used to display the form, but the divided portions of the second plane may be used in combination as appropriate. Here, the entire form including both data and vertical and horizontal items is displayed on the base portion 611 of the first plane, but only the data excluding the items may be displayed on the base portion 611.

Furthermore, if the data item is either vertical or horizontal, display this item in the second plane and overlay it on the first plane in which the data is displayed, and scroll both of each brane. Bye.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, data on a form screen and vertical and horizontal items are displayed on different planes and these are overlapped, and the above items are displayed on different divided areas of one plane. By doing so, when data at an arbitrary position is displayed by scrolling, the data items can also be scrolled and displayed together. Therefore, the currently displayed data item can be known at all times, making it easier to recognize and analyze the data.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a plane in an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 2(a) is an explanatory diagram of the base part of the first plane,
Figure (b) is an explanatory diagram of the base part of the second plane, Figure (c) is an explanatory diagram of the window part, Figure 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the state in which each plane is superimposed, and Figure 4 is an explanatory diagram of the base part of the second plane. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the scrolling process, FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of the form screen display system, and FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the form screen to explain the conventional technology. be.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a form screen display method for displaying data and a form made up of items of the data within a display range of a display device, the data is displayed on a first plane, and the items are displayed on a second plane. The first plane and the second plane are displayed in divided areas of the plane, and both the first and second planes are overlapped to form a form screen, and the divided areas of the first plane and the second plane can be integrally scrolled. A form screen display method characterized by: