JPH03219356A - Message output control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it unnecessary to consider the function of a terminal at the time of development without losing the function of the terminal by referring receiving information and selecting and outputting character sorts which can be received by a corresponding terminal and a message matched with the sort of a message concerned. CONSTITUTION:When A and B terminals 6, 7 respectively output processing execution instructions, a processor 2 transfers application programs necessary for executing the processing contents requested from respective terminals 6, 7 from a secondary storage device 4 to an application program area 3b. The 1st application control means 11a controls the processing execution relating to the A terminal 6 while referring the contents of the area 3b and the 2nd application control means 11b similarly controls the processing execution relating to the B terminal 7 while referring the contents of the area 3b. Consequently, the highly general program can be formed without losing the merits of the terminals and without requiring the consideration of the terminals at the time of forming the program.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a message output control method for outputting messages to a plurality of terminals that can accept different types of characters.

(Prior Art) There is a computer system that performs multiple processes in parallel to improve processing efficiency. Such computer systems are equipped with a plurality of terminals, and by operating these terminals, various processes can be executed in parallel.

FIG. 2 shows a configuration diagram of a boat fishing computer system.

As shown in the figure, the computer system 1 includes a processor 2 and a storage device N3.2 connected to the processor 2.
It consists of a storage device 4 and a terminal 5.

The processor 2 controls and manages each component of the computer system 1. The storage device 3 is composed of a RAM and the like that stores application programs, data, etc. that are referenced by the processor 2 during operation.

The secondary storage device 4 is comprised of a hard disk device, etc. that stores various programs and data to be transferred to the storage device 3. The terminal 5 is composed of an A terminal 6 and a B terminal 7, which perform various processing execution operations and display and print processing results. The functions of these A terminal 6 and B terminal 7 are not necessarily the same. In other words, terminals that operate application programs that handle kanji, such as word processors, are configured to handle kanji in addition to kana and alphabets, and terminals that operate application programs that simply perform numerical calculations are configured to handle kanji. It has no configuration. Here, it is assumed that the A terminal 6 is configured to be able to handle kanji, and the B terminal 7 is a terminal that cannot handle kanji, and can only handle kana and alphabets, for example.

In the computer system 1 having the above configuration, the terminal 5
When attempting to execute a process by operating the , application programs, data, etc. necessary for the process are transferred from the secondary storage device 4 to the storage device 3. Thereafter, the processor 2 refers to the contents of the storage device 3 and executes the process.

Note that when the A terminal 6 and the B terminal 7 constituting the terminal 5 execute processing simultaneously, programs and data necessary for the processing related to each terminal are transferred onto the storage device 3.

Now, while the processor 2 is executing an operation referring to an application program stored in the storage device 3, messages may be outputted to each terminal for various operational instructions or operational warnings.

In this case, the problem is what type of characters (Japanese characters such as kanji and kana, and English characters such as alphabets) the side receiving the message, that is, the terminal 5, accepts.

For example, the A terminal 6 can handle not only alphabetic (English) messages but also kanji (Japanese) messages, and can display these messages on a display device or print them on a printer. However, in the case of terminal B, messages in alphabets (English) can be handled, but messages in kanji (Japanese) cannot be handled.

Therefore, the message output by processor 2 is sent to terminal 5.
In cases where so-called backward compatibility is achieved so as to output only messages in kana and alphabets that can be handled by all of If it can be handled, a message in kanji is generated, and if it cannot be handled, a message in alphabets is generated. Note that this determination is made by referring to a function table (a list showing whether each terminal can handle kanji or not) provided in the application program on the storage device 3.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) Now, when backward compatibility is achieved, the advantage of terminal A 6 that can handle kanji, that is, the advantage of kanji messages, such as the fineness of message content expression, will be lost. Such problems arose.

Furthermore, when determining whether a terminal can handle kanji when generating a message, a function table or the like must be provided for each application program that the processor 2 refers to during processing for each terminal. It took a lot of effort to do so.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a message output control method that does not impair the functions of the terminal and does not require consideration of the functions of the terminal when developing an application program.

(Means for Solving the Problems) A message output control method of the present invention includes a processor, a plurality of terminals controlled by the processor, and a list of character types that each of the terminals can accept as reception information. a storage device, a plurality of application control means prepared for each terminal and determining the type of message to be output to each terminal; Message transfer control means selects and outputs a message that matches the character type that the corresponding terminal can accept and the message type.

(Operation) In the above method, when the application control means determines the type of message to be output to the terminal, the message transfer control means refers to the reception information so that the terminal to which the message should be output receives the message. Determine the type of characters that can be written,
Furthermore, a message matching the type of message received is selected and output to the terminal.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of a computer system according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, a computer system 1 includes a processor 2 and a storage device 3.2 connected to the processor 2.
It consists of a storage device 4 and a terminal 5.

The processor 2 controls and manages each part constituting the computer system 1, and is provided with an application control part 11 and a message transfer control means 12.

The application control unit 11 is composed of first and second application control means 11a and 11b, and each control means controls the processing executed corresponding to the A terminal 6 and the B terminal 7. . The message transfer control means 12 is composed of a message editing control means 12a and a terminal control means 12b. When the message editing control means 12a receives an instruction to output a message from the first and second application control means 11a and 11b, the message editing control means 12a edits the corresponding message (selects a message corresponding to the content to be output from among a plurality of messages). This process performs the extraction process. The terminal control means 12b is
Among the messages edited by the message editing control means 12a, the messages to be actually output to the terminal 5 are specified.

The storage device 3 is composed of a RAM or the like that stores application programs, data, etc. that the processor 2 refers to during operation. This storage device 3 includes a reception information area 3a, an application program area 3b, a message editing program area 3c, and a terminal control program area 3.
d is provided.

The reception information area 3a includes each terminal composing the terminal 5, that is, A
This is a table showing a list of whether the terminal 6 and the B terminal 7 can each handle kanji. This reception information indicates, for example, whether or not kanji can be handled with one bit; if the bit is "l", kanji can be handled, and if the bit is "○", kanji can be handled. Indicates a terminal that cannot.

The application program area 3b includes first and second
This is an area for storing application programs referred to by the application control means 118.11b. The message editing program area 3c is an area for storing a message editing program referred to by the message editing control means 12a. The terminal control program area 3d is an area for storing a terminal control program referred to by the terminal control means 12b. Application program area 3b
In addition to application programs, message collections are stored in .

FIG. 3 shows a configuration diagram of a message collection according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the message collection 15 is composed of an English message collection 16 and a Japanese message collection 17.

The English message collection 16 is composed of n messages from message 1 to message n in English. Similarly, Japanese message collection 17 also includes Japanese (kanji) message 1.
It consists of n messages from message n.

For example, message 1 in English and message 1 in Japanese have the same meaning except for the difference in the way they are expressed. This is common to all n messages.

Now, returning to FIG. 1 again, the secondary storage device 4 is comprised of a hard disk device or the like that stores various programs, data, etc. to be transferred to the storage device 3. The terminal 5 is an A terminal 6 that performs various processing requests and displays and prints processing results.
and B terminal 7. The functions of these A terminal 6 and B terminal 7 are not necessarily the same. In other words, a terminal that operates an application program that handles kanji, such as a word processor, is configured to handle kanji in addition to the alphabet, and a terminal that operates an application program that simply performs numerical calculations is configured that cannot handle kanji. It becomes. Here, it is assumed that the A terminal 6 is configured to be able to handle kanji characters, and the B terminal 7 is a terminal that cannot handle kanji characters, and can only handle alphabets, for example.

In the computer system I having the above configuration, when the processor 2 starts, the reception information, the message editing program, and the terminal control program are first read from the secondary storage device 4, and the reception information area 3a and the message editing program area of the storage device 3 are respectively read out. 3c, and stored in the terminal control program area 3d. When the so-called transfer process as described above is completed, the processor 2 waits for an instruction from the terminal 5 to execute the process.

When the A and B terminals 6.7 each issue an instruction to execute a process, the processor 2 transfers the application program necessary to execute the process requested by each terminal from the secondary storage device 4 to the application program area 3b. and forward it. If both A and B terminals 6.7 request processing execution, two application programs, one for A terminal 6 and one for B terminal 7, will be stored in the application program area 3b.

Thereafter, the first application control means 11a controls the execution of processes related to terminal A 6 while referring to the contents of the application program area 3b, and similarly, the second application control means 11b controls the execution of processes related to terminal B 7. Control is performed while referring to the contents of the application program area 3b.

Here, the case of outputting a message to terminal A 6 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6.

First, FIG. 4 is a flowchart according to the present invention.

When it becomes necessary to output a message, the first application control means 11a that controls the execution of processing related to the A terminal 6 inputs a message number (which specifies which message to output among the contents of a large number of messages). The message control data including the message type (message type) is output (notified) to the message editing control means 12a (step Sl).

FIG. 5 shows a configuration diagram of message control data according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the message control data 20 includes a message number item 21, an error type item 22, and a message storage location item 23.

The message number item 21 is an item for storing a message number for specifying which message is to be outputted from the message collection described above with reference to FIG. 3. The error type item 22 is an item for storing the meaning of this message, such as the type of operation instruction or warning. The message storage location item 23 is an item for storing a message storage location (address) indicating a location in the application program area 3b where a message collection exists.

Now, returning to FIG. 4, the message editing control means 12
a executes the application program area 3 based on the message number in the message control data 2o that has been notified.
A message is retrieved from the message collection 15 stored in the message collection 15 (step S2), and it is determined whether the message has the corresponding message number (step S3).

If the result is No, step S2 is executed again. Also, if the result is YES, English message collection 1
Message data is generated by editing the two messages taken out from 6 and the Japanese message collection 17 (step S
4).

FIG. 6 shows a configuration diagram of message data according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the message data 30 includes a control code item 31, a message length item 32, an English message item 33, a Japanese message item 34, and a control data item 35.
It consists of

The control code item 31 is an item that stores a predetermined control code indicating that the message is a message used for outputting a message. The message length item 32 is an item that stores the data length of the English message item 33. The English message item 33 is an item that stores the English message previously extracted from the message collection 15. Similarly, the Japanese message item 34 is an item that stores a Japanese message.

The control data item 35 is an item that stores a preset termination code indicating the termination of the message data 30.

Returning to FIG. 4, message editing control means 1.2
When a generates the message data 30, it notifies the terminal control means 12b of the message data 30 (step S5). Terminal control means that received this notification], 2
b refers to the reception information area 3a to determine the attribute of whether or not terminal A 6 is capable of outputting kanji characters, that is, the character types that terminal A 6 can handle (step S6). Here, the result is YES, and only the Japanese message is extracted from the message data 30 (step S7).
At step S8), the process ends.

The above is the process for outputting a message to the A terminal 6. Then, when outputting a message to B terminal 7,
Since terminal B 7 cannot handle kanji, step S6
If the result is NO, the terminal control means 12b extracts only the English message from the message data 30 (step S9), and proceeds to step S8.

As explained above, when editing both English and Japanese messages and finally outputting the message, the terminal 5
Extracts and outputs the corresponding message.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

In the embodiment, a case has been described in which, after editing messages in English and Japanese, only messages compatible with the terminal are extracted and output. , only messages to be output (English or Japanese messages only)
Message data 30 consisting of the following may be generated. In this case, the terminal control means 12b may simply extract and output only the message from the notified message data.

Further, in the embodiment, the case where the terminal 5 is composed of two terminals has been described as an example, but the number of terminals is not particularly limited. The types of messages are not limited to English and Japanese, and the present invention can also be applied to foreign languages other than English, for example.

(Effects of the Invention) The message output control method of the present invention described above does not impair the advantages of the terminal in order to maintain backward compatibility when outputting messages.

In addition, when creating an application program, there is no need to consider the terminal that outputs the message.
You can create highly versatile programs.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a computer system according to the present invention,
Figure 2 is a configuration diagram of a general computer system, Figure 3
Figure 4 is a configuration diagram of a message collection according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a flowchart according to the invention, Figure 5 is a configuration diagram of message control data according to the invention, and Figure 6 is a configuration diagram of message data according to the invention. It is. 3... Storage device, 5... Terminal, 6... A terminal, 7
...B terminal, 11...Application control unit, 1
1a... first application control means, 11b.
-Second application control means,] 2...Message transfer control means, 12a...Message editing control means, 121D...
Terminal control means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Consisting of a processor, a plurality of terminals controlled by the processor, and a storage device storing, as acceptance information, a list of character types that each of the terminals can accept, prepared for each of the terminals. a plurality of application control means for determining the type of message to be outputted to each terminal, when the type of message is accepted, character types that the corresponding terminal can accept by referring to the reception information;
and message transfer control means for selecting and outputting a message matching the type of message.