JPH03132855A - Reusing system for inputted screen - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the reinput of in an on-line system by inputting a redisplay request for the screen information via a terminal date input means and taking the request out of an external storage area after deciding it via an input data deciding means with a request given for the reuse when the screen information is erased on a display means. CONSTITUTION:An input data deciding means 32 receives the data inputted via a data input means via a screen input/output means 31 and decides the type of the data. When the means 32 decides that the received data requests the store of the screen information, a screen store control means 33 stores the screen information in an external storage area 34. Meanwhile the screen information is taken out of the area 34 and then inputted to the means 31 when the received data requests the redisplay of the screen information stored in the area 34. Thus it is not required to input again the original image even though the image of a desired text or command to be reinputted is erased owing to the insertion of the output of a message or another process. Then an inputted row is used for reinput.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to the use of a time sharing system in a terminal connected online to a host computer, and reuses text or commands that have already been input into a display means. Regarding the reuse method of input screens.

(Prior art) Conventionally, there is a method of using the already input line for re-input by placing the cursor on the input text or command displayed on the display, inputting one or more characters, and pressing the send key. .

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the conventional method described above, reuse is not possible unless the image of the text or command input last time remains on the display at the time when re-input is desired. There were limitations and inconvenience in operability.

In other words, although it depends on the type of display, if you try to display more lines on the screen than the maximum number of lines for that display, the first line that exceeds the maximum number of lines will be erased and the remaining lines will be overwritten. or when the maximum number of lines is exceeded, measures are taken such as clearing the entire screen and displaying the remaining lines.

Therefore, when inputting similar text or commands repeatedly, the message of the process itself is output or other processes are inserted in between.
If the image of the text or command you want to re-enter disappears, you end up having to re-enter the light image, making it impossible to effectively use the lines that have already been entered.The conventional method has the problems described above that need to be resolved. Ta.

An object of the present invention is to enable the display means to reproduce the text, etc. to be re-entered even if the image of the text or command to be re-entered disappears from the display means due to a message or other processing;
The purpose is to make it easier to re-enter information in an online system and to make the flow of actual work more efficient.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The above problem is to provide a terminal including a display means and a data input means, and to supply screen information to be displayed on the display means to the display means and to receive input from the data input means. screen input/output means for accepting data; input data determining means for receiving data input by the data input means via the screen input/output means and determining the type of the data; If it is determined that the screen information is a request to save, the screen information is saved in an external storage area, and the input data determining means requests to re-display the screen/information that the data has been saved in the external storage area. This can be solved by providing screen storage control means for extracting the screen information from the external storage area and inputting it to the screen input/output means when it is determined that the screen information is the same.

(Operation) According to the present invention, when the operator determines that there is a possibility of using screen information on the display means again,
A storage request is input from the data input means of the terminal to the screen input/output means. This storage request is determined by the input data determining means, and the screen information is stored in an external storage area. After this, if the screen information disappears from the display means and you wish to reuse the screen information, input a request to re-display the screen information from the data input means of the terminal to the screen input/output means. . Then, this redisplay request is determined by the input data determining means, and the screen information is retrieved from the external storage area and input to the screen input/output means. By this input, the screen information is displayed on the display means of the terminal, and the operator can use the screen information again.

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention.

11 is a terminal connected online to the host computer. 21 is an application program that is executed while exchanging data and text with the terminal 11. 31 is a screen input/output means that exchanges data with the terminal through the communication control unit and controls screen input/output. Reference numeral 32 denotes input data determining means for determining input data passed from the screen input/output means 31. 33 is a screen for saving a specified screen in a storage area and retrieving it from the storage area when the input data determining means 32 determines that the input data is a request for saving the screen or redisplaying the screen. It is a storage control means.

34 is an external storage area managed by the screen storage control means 33 and in which the screen is saved. Reference numeral 41 denotes an input/output receiving means that receives message output requests and data input requests from the application program 21. 42 is
In response to a message output request from the input/output receiving means 41, the message is edited for output to the terminal 11.
This is a text editing means that edits input data from a computer for an application program.

FIG. 2 is a flow diagram for explaining a conventional method of using inputted lines for re-input. 51 is a screen on the display of the terminal 11 showing the state before re-input. 52 is a screen showing a state in which re-input processing using 51 is being performed; 253 is an area configuration showing the area configuration of the screen 52; 61 is a text editing means 42
This is a re-input buffer included in the re-input buffer 61, and data is transferred to this re-input buffer 61 when re-input is performed using already input lines. 71 is the re-input buffer 6
This is an input buffer for passing the data of each code transferred from 1 to the input/output receiving means 41.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be explained. Note that the term "screen" here refers to a "line mode screen" consisting of one or more texts and commands that can be re-entered, and includes menu screens, editing screens for screen subsystems, etc. "Image mode screen" does not mean "Image mode screen".

■Explanation of the conventional method of using inputted lines for re-input When input processing is performed on the terminal 11, as shown in FIG. A certain command A (File/FL-A
Execute. ) to re-input a similar command (here, file/PL-B is executed).

(1) The terminal user should move the cursor to the command A that remains on the screen and overwrite the part of the file name that should be changed to /FL- with /FL- (see screen 52 in Figure 2).
Press the send key 0 For example, if you want to re-enter command A as is, you can enter any character or more and press the send key.

(2) The screen image is divided into a message output area from the host side and an input area from the terminal. In the area configuration 53 in FIG. 2, 0 indicates the message output area from the host side, and 0 indicates the input area from the terminal screen 52.
Of the image, the input area portion re-inputted from the terminal is collected by one line from the beginning and stored in the re-input buffer 61.

Note that when even one character is input into the input area from the terminal, it is assumed that all the characters in the input area have been input, and the records of the entire input area are transferred to the re-input buffer 61. At this time, the data of each input area is MT
They are separated by the code B.

(3) In the text editing means 42, the re-input buffer 61
The record in the first area is moved to the input buffer 71 among the areas in which - characters or more have been input.

(4) When the input/output accepting means 41 receives a data input request from the application program 21, it takes out the record from the input buffer 71 and passes it to the application program 21.

(5) If there are multiple areas with input in the re-input buffer 61, from then on until the last input record,
The processes (3) and (4) described above are repeated.

Next, a usage method used to solve the above-mentioned problems in the conventional system described above will be explained from the perspective of the user and the operation between the constituent elements.

■Operations seen from the user's side (1) When a terminal user repeatedly inputs similar text or commands, a screen containing the input text or command that they want to re-enter is displayed on the display. Issue a screen save request when the screen is being saved.

(2) If the image of the text or command you want to re-enter has disappeared due to message output or other processing, you can display it on the display by issuing a screen re-display request. You can use the retrieved text or command image to re-enter new text or commands.

(3) A screen save request and a screen redisplay request are each made by inputting a function key from the terminal 11.

■Operation between components As shown in Figure 1, the data input from the terminal 11 is
The data is passed through the screen input/output means 31 to the input data determining means 32. The input data determining means 32 determines whether the input data is (a) a screen save request, (b) a screen redisplay request, or (
c) Determine which of the text command input requests is.

Next, the processing in cases (a) to (b) above will be explained.

(a) When the input data is a screen save request (1) The input data determination means 32 passes control to the screen save control means 33.

(2) The screen storage control means 33 receives the screen from the terminal 11 through the screen input/output means 31 and stores it in the external storage area 34.

(b) When the input data is a screen redisplay request (1) The input data determination means 2 passes control to the screen storage control means 33.

(2) The screen storage control means 33 takes out the screen from the external storage area 34, passes it to the terminal 11 through the screen input/output means 31, and redisplays the screen.

(3) When re-inputting text or commands on the re-displayed screen, input is performed using the conventional method of using already input lines for re-input, as described above. here,
The re-input data is passed to the input data determining means 32 via the screen input/output means 31, and is similar to (c) described later. The details of the input and data transfer processing are as described in Section 1 above.

(C) In the case of a text command input request There are two types of input: new input and input using already input lines. For details on input using input lines, see This is as explained in Section 1 above.

(1) The input data determining means 32 passes control to the input/output receiving means 41.

(2) The input/output accepting means 41 edits the input data in the text editing means 42 and passes it to the application program 21.

<Effects of the Invention> As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to save a screen containing text or commands to be re-entered with a single key, and retrieve it and display it again when necessary. can. Therefore, by adopting the method of the present invention, even if the image of the text or command that you want to re-enter disappears due to message output or other processing, there is no need to re-enter the original image, and the input line can be saved. The functions used for re-input can be used effectively in accordance with the actual flow of work.

Storage area, 41... Input/output receiving means, 42... Text editing means, 51... Screen, 52... Screen, 53...
- Area configuration, 61... Re-input buffer, 71... Input cover buffer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a terminal comprising display means and data input means;
screen input/output means for supplying screen information to be displayed on the display means to the display means and receiving data input from the data input means; input data determining means for determining the type of the data received by the input data; and when the input data determining means determines that the data is a request to save the screen information, the screen information is stored in an external storage area; , when the input data determining means determines that the data is a re-display request for screen information stored in the external storage area, the screen information is retrieved from the external storage area and input to the screen input/output means. A method for reusing an inputted screen, comprising a screen storage control means.