JPH03176737A - System for forming various information files - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To form the development of an information file by providing a system with an input definition table obtained by separating information definition stored in a source file and storing the separated definition in an external file and a development processing part for developing information. CONSTITUTION:The information definition stored in the source file 3 is separated and stored in the external file 7 as the input definition table 1. The development processing part 2 develops the information by the information definition of the table 1 and an information file forming system 5 forms an information file 6 by the information definition. In the case of shifting the system to another system, an input definition table 1' is formed from the table 1, a processing part program 2' is formed from the program of the processing part 2 and the system 5 forms an information file 6' in accordance with the information definition of the table 1'. Thereby the information file can easily be formed even without using highly developed program language knowledge or coding technique.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a method for creating various information files used in software programs such as terminal systems of financial institutions, for example.

(Prior Art) FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of various conventional information file creation methods.

As shown in this figure, conventionally, various information files are coded 21. This was done through 22 stages of compiling and 23 stages of linking. That is, a source file 24 is created by coding 21, and an object file 2 is created by compiling 22.
5, and finally create information file 2 by link 23.
6 was created.

Another method was to create an information file by inputting data into a dedicated screen creation tool.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, the above-described device has the following problems.

That is, the source file 24 created in a general-purpose language etc.
cannot be reused when migrating to another system and had to be recoded. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, a source file 24' is created by coding 21', an object file 25' is created by compiling 22', and finally an information file 26' is created by linking 23'. There wasn't. Therefore, when migrating to another system, it was necessary to acquire knowledge of programming languages and coding techniques.

Also, when developing a system using specialized tools,
If the system was different, the tools used during the development of the previous system could not be used, and it was necessary to change the tools or develop new ones.

The present invention has been made with attention to the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for creating various information files that does not require the acquisition of advanced programming language knowledge and coding skills, and does not require the development of new dedicated tools. The purpose is to

(Means for Solving the Problems) The various information file creation method of the present invention separates information definitions stored in source files and externalizes them when creating various information files used in computer processing. An input definition table stored in a file and an expansion processing unit that expands information based on the information definition stored in the input definition table are provided, and by changing the expansion processing unit or the input definition table, various information files can be created. It is characterized by being created by expanding.

(Operation) According to the above-described method, for example, symbols in data can be changed by changing the expansion processing section without creating a new source file. Furthermore, by changing the input definition table, it is possible to change the digit positions and lengths of fields in the data. Therefore, various information files can be created without using advanced programming language knowledge or coding techniques.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating various information file creation methods of the present invention.

In the illustrated system, an input definition table 1 and an expansion processing section 2 are used to create an information file.

The input definition table 1 is obtained by separating the information definitions stored in the source file 3 and storing them in an external file. The structure of this table will be explained in FIG. 6, which will be described later.

The expansion processing unit 2 expands information based on the information definitions stored in the input definition table 1. The contents of this process will be explained later in FIG. 12.

Further, the various information file creation system 5 uses the input definition table 1 and the expansion processing section 2 to create information files 6 and the like. This various information file creation system 5 includes the functions of the conventional compiler 22 and linker 23 shown in FIG. Its configuration will be explained in FIG. 4, which will be described later.

In the method described above, first, the source file 3 is created by coding 4. The information definitions stored in the source file 3 are stored as the input definition table 1 in the input definition file 7, which is an external file. Further, the expansion processing section file 8 includes a program for the expansion processing section 2 that expands information according to the information definition stored in the input definition table 1. The various information file creation system 5 creates an information file 6 according to the information definition of the input definition table 1 by the program of the expansion processing section 2.

When migrating to another system, from input definition table 1 stored in input definition file 7 to input definition table 1'
is created and stored in the input definition file 7'. Also, a program for the expansion processing section 2' is created from the program for the expansion processing section 2 stored in the expansion processing section file 8, and stored in the expansion processing section file 8''.Thereby, the various information file creation system 5 can: An information file 6' is created according to the information definition of the input definition table 1' by the program of the expansion processing section 2'.

Therefore, it is not necessary to recreate the entire source file 3, and it is not necessary to have advanced knowledge of programming languages or to acquire coding skills.

Further, by making the input definition table have a general-purpose configuration as shown in FIG. 6, which will be described later, it becomes possible to support various systems, and there is no need to create a new dedicated tool.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of an apparatus to which the method of FIG. 1 is applied.

The illustrated device includes a CPU 31, a display 32, a keyboard 33, a hard disk 34, a floppy disk 35, and the like.

The CPU 31 is a control section for processing data and controlling each section.

The display 32 is for confirming input of data processing information and outputting processing results.

The keyboard 33 is a device for inputting information for data processing.

The hard disk 34 and floppy disk 35 are for storing data related to data processing.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information file creation system to which the method of the present invention is applied.

The illustrated system includes an input editing section 40, an expansion processing section 2, a combination output section 47, and a data section 50.

The input editing section 40 includes an input definition input section 41, a source data input section 42, and a source data table editing section 43.

The input definition input section 41 reads the input definition table 1 or 1'. The input definition table 1 and the like define the storage position, length, attributes, etc. of data in the source file 3. The details will be explained with reference to FIG. 6, which will be described later.

The source data input unit 42 reads data in the source file 3. The structure of the data in the source file 3 will be explained with reference to FIG. 7, which will be described later.

The source data table editing unit 43 edits a source data table from input definitions and source data files. The configuration of the source data table will be explained later in FIG. 8.

The expansion processing section 2 performs expansion processing, and includes an interface processing section 45 and a data expansion processing section 46.

The combination output unit 47 combines and outputs expanded tables, and is composed of a management information creation unit 48 and a combination output processing unit 49.

The data section 50 is as shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of the data section.

As illustrated, the data section 50 includes an input definition table l, a source data buffer 52, a source data table 53, an interface pointer table 54, an object data table 55, and a management information table 56.
It consists of

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the structure of the input definition table 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 5. FIG.

In the illustrated table, input definition data for each row is stored together using source format cores 610, 620, and 630.

For example, source style item information 611 to 616 is stored under the source style core 610. One item includes digit position information 611, digit number information 612, and attribute information 613.
It consists of A single line of source style is used repeatedly as long as there are consecutive lines of the same style.

The digit position information 611 indicates the digit position of an item in one line of data.

The number of digits information 612 indicates the number of digits of an item in one row of data.

Attribute information 613 is the attribute (
(letters, numbers, etc.).

The source style names 620, 630, etc. are source style item information 621 to 62 different from the source style core 610, respectively.
This is to identify the 3rd prize.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the structure of source data.

The illustrated data is stored together so that each line of source data can be identified by source style cores 610, 620, and 630.

For example, the first row, second row, etc. of source data of the same source format are stored under the source format core 610.

The same applies to the source style cores 620, 630, etc.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the structure of the source data table.

Source data pointers for the first line, second line, etc. of the first source format are stored, and similarly, source data pointers for each of the second to nth lines are stored.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the input editing section.

First, input definition table 1 or 1' is read from input definition file 7 or 7' (step 591). Next, the source data shown in FIG. 7 is read from the source file 3 into the source data buffer 52 (step 592). Then, the loaded source data is searched using the source format core as a key, and the source data table shown in FIG. 8 is edited for each source format. At this time, each source data pointer in the source data table stores a value indicating a relative position from the beginning of the source data buffer.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of the structure of the interface pointer table.

The input definition table pointer 101 indicates the start address of the input definition table shown in FIG.

Source data buffer pointer +02 indicates the start address of the source data buffer that stores the source data shown in FIG.

The source data table pointer 103 indicates the start address of the source data table shown in FIG.

The object data table pointer 104 is
This shows the start address of the object data table in the figure.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of the structure of the object data table.

The illustrated table consists of management sections 110, 120, . . . and a data section 140.

The management units 110, 120... are the element length information 11
1, element number information 112, and object head position information 113.

The data section 140 is a section that stores object data 114.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the expansion processing section.

The processing procedure of the expansion processing unit is to first set the start addresses of the input definition table 1, source data buffer 52, source data table 53, and object data table 55 shown in FIG. 6 in the interface pointer table 54 shown in FIG. 10. (step 5121).

Next, the data expansion processing unit 46 created as a program is loaded onto the memory and executed using the start address of the interface pointer table 54 as a parameter (step 5122).

The data expansion processing unit 46 extracts each row of each source format from the source data table 53 using the source format core as a key (step 5123), and extracts items necessary for expansion using the digit position information 611, the number of digits information 612, and the attribute information 613. Extract step 5124) 1 bit ~ to the specified position of the data section 114 of the object data table 55
16-bit information is stored (step 5125). This is expanded into one set of information by sequentially executing the same process (step 3126) as (steps 3123 to 125). For each piece of information, a management section is created that includes element length information, element number information, and head position information on the object data for elements such as letters and numbers that are information components (step 3128).

By creating necessary information through the above processing procedure (steps 5123 to 125), the information is developed in the object data table 55 of FIG. 11. Step S to repeat this development process! 26, 127), the expansion process for one item is completed. Further, step S129 repeats such expansion processing for each item.
．． 130), the expansion process for one piece of information ends. Further, in step 5132), such expansion processing for each piece of information is repeated, and the expansion processing for all data is completed. When the processing of the data expansion processing section is completed, the processing moves to the combination output section.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of the structure of management information created by the combination output section.

The illustrated management information consists of management units 131, 136, etc. of each information. These management units can be referenced by the pointer 130. Each of the management units 131 and 136 includes a number of items 132 indicating the number of items, information 133 indicating the element length of the item, information 134 indicating the number of elements of the item,
It consists of head position information 135 on the object data.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the structure of the information file finally created.

As shown in the figure, the information file finally created consists of management information 141 and a data section 142.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the processing procedure of the combination output section.

The management information creation section 48 creates the management information shown in FIG. 13 from the management section developed into the object data table 55 by the development processing section 2 (step 5151). The combined output processing section 49 combines the management section 110 created by the management information creation section 48 and the data section 1 created by the expansion processing section.
40 are combined and output as an information file to a hard disk or floppy disk. In this way, the fourteenth
Management information 141 and an information file of a data section 142 as shown in the figure are created.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, the various information file creation methods of the present invention provide the following effects.

In other words, by separating input definitions from source files, it is possible to create source data for various information files in one system by changing only the input definitions, and each department that uses information files can If the data structure is different, it is possible to deal with it simply by changing the input definition file, and maintenance efficiency and productivity can be improved.

In addition, by separating the expansion processing section, it becomes possible to create various information files simply by replacing the expansion processing section, and each department that uses the information files does not need to develop its own information file creation program. As a result, productivity can be improved. Furthermore, since addition of information and changes in the configuration of the information file can be handled simply by changing the program of the expansion processing section, ease of maintenance can be achieved. Furthermore, since there are few changes, the quality of the program can be improved.

In particular, in financial institution terminal systems, the various information files used have different specifications for each user, but have many common parts. Therefore, when migrating to another user, it is possible to reuse most of the information files by simply making changes to the input definition and expansion processing section, without having to change a large number of source files. Improved productivity can be achieved. Furthermore, since it is used from a system that is already in operation, reliability can also be improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of various information file creation methods of the present invention,
Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram of various conventional information file creation methods, Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a device to which the method of the present invention is applied, and Fig. 4 is an illustration of an information file creation system to which the method of the present invention is applied. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the data section of the system in FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the input definition table used in the system in FIG. 4, and FIG. Figure 4 shows the structure of the source data used in the system shown in Figure 4. Figure 8 shows the structure of the source data table used in the system shown in Figure 4. Figure 9 shows the processing of the input editing section of the system shown in Figure 4. A flowchart showing the flow, FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the configuration of the interface pointer table used in the system of FIG. 4, FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the configuration of the object data table used in the system of FIG. 4, and FIG. A flowchart showing the processing procedure of the deployment processing section of the system in Figure 4, Figure 13 is a diagram showing the configuration of management information created by the system in Figure 4, and Figure 14 is a diagram showing the final information created by the system in Figure 4. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the combination processing section of the system of FIG. 4. 1... Input definition table, 2... Expansion processing section, 3.
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Claims (1)

[Claims] When creating various information files used in computer processing, an input definition table in which information definitions stored in a source file are separated and stored in an external file; and the input definition table. and an expansion processing unit that expands information according to information definitions stored in the information definition table, and expands and creates various information files by changing the expansion processing unit or the input definition table. File creation method.