JPH03260738A - Screen control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily inspect the check of the screen transition and the data stored in a screen by registering the instructions into an external storage as the control commands for the screen transition and the screen check. CONSTITUTION:A control command analyzing part 1-1 analyzes the information on a screen transition command and the intra-screen field checking method which are registered in a storage 1-8 which stores the control command information. Then a screen control table is produced to control only the transition of a screen together with a field control table which controls the check instruction of the data inputted to the screen, the message text used for a check error, and the transition request produced by the input data for the next screen. The information on these table are registered in a storage 1-9. A screen control part 1-2 controls the transition of the screen based on the screen control table registered in the storage 1-9 and sends a screen display request to a screen display part 1-3. In such a constitution, a screen control system can be visually inspected and the manhour required for reconsideration of the system can be reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a screen/screen control method, and particularly to a screen control method for controlling screen transitions in an information processing system.

[Conventional technology]

In conventional screen control methods, screen transitions in online systems with screens are verified either by creating a production program and verifying it directly, or by using a program whose main purpose is screen transitions.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional screen control method described above has the disadvantage that in the former case, a program must be created for each online system that has a screen, and when modifying screen transitions, the program must be modified. There is. Also,
The latter has the disadvantage that a general-purpose program dedicated to screen transitions cannot perform detailed checks on field data or freely set error messages when a check is erroneous.

[Means to solve the problem]

The screen control method of the present invention includes a screen control table that manages screen transitions by acquiring instructions to check screen transitions and data in fields within the screen as control command information, instructions to check data input to the screen, and check errors. a control command analysis unit that generates a field control table that manages message text and next screen transition requests based on input data; a screen control unit that controls screen transitions based on the screen control table; and a screen control unit that controls screen transitions based on the screen control table. a screen display unit that acquires screen display information and displays it on the input/output device;
an input data reading unit that reads data input on the display screen of the input/output device; a control judgment unit that determines whether the request is for screen transition or input data check; A field control unit that controls check instructions and requests control of screen transition based on check results, and a field data inspection unit that compares input field data with check data of the corresponding field registered in the field control table. Configured with the necessary features.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the screen control method of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the screen control method of this embodiment includes a control command analysis section 1-1, a screen control section 1-2, a screen display section 1-3, and an input data reading section 1-4. , control determination section 1-5, and field control section 1-
6, data inspection unit 1-7, and storage device 1-8.1-9
1-10, and an input/output device 1-11 having a keyboard and a display.

The control command analysis unit 1-1 analyzes information regarding screen transition instructions and checking methods for fields within the screen registered in the storage device 1-8 that stores control command information, and manages only screen transitions. The screen control table information and the field control table are generated by creating a screen control table to manage data input on the screen, a message text when a check is erroneous, and a field control table to manage requests for transition to the next screen based on input data. Register the information in the storage device 1-9.

The screen control unit 1-2 controls screen transitions based on the screen control table registered in the storage device 1-9 that stores screen control table information and field control table information, and displays the screen display unit 1-3. sends a screen display request to the control judgment unit 1-5, screen transition condition data to the control judgment unit 1-5, and sends a screen display request to the field control unit 1-5.
The field control table position information for checking the screen is passed to 6.

The screen display unit 1-3 stores the screen requested by the screen control unit 1-2 in the storage device 1-1 in which screen display information is registered.
It is read from 0 and displayed on the input/output device 111. The input data reading section 1-4 reads data input by the user on the screen displayed on the input/output device 1-11.

The control determining unit 1-5 checks whether the user has instructed only a screen transition based on the information passed from the screen control unit 1-2, and if it is a screen transition request, the screen control unit issues a request to display the next screen. Notify 1-2. If it is an input data check request, the field control unit 1-6 is notified of the input data check request.

The field control unit 1-6 controls field check instructions based on the information notified from the screen control unit 1-2 and the field control table registered in the storage device 1-9, and sends the data inspection unit to the data inspection unit. 1-7 to request a data check. Furthermore, when all field checks are completed, a next screen display request is notified to the screen control unit 1-2.

The data inspection unit 1-7 checks the input data and the values registered in the field control table, and if the data is correct, it sends an error message to the field control unit 1-6, and if it is incorrect, it sends an error message to the input/output interior Flflll. display,
Control is returned to the input data reading section 1-4.

The storage devices include a storage device 1-8 which is a disk device that stores control command information for instructing screen transitions and field checks within the screen, and screen control table information and field control table information. There is a storage device 1-9, which is a disk device, and a storage device 1-10, which is a disk device in which screen display information is stored.

The input/output device 1-11 is a TSS terminal equipped with a keyboard and a display and communicates in an interactive manner via a suitable line.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the screen control method of this embodiment. Further, FIG. 3 is an information configuration diagram showing an example of a screen control table and a field control table.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 3. First, in step 2-1, control command information registered in the storage device 1-8 is read. The control command information read in step 2-2 is analyzed. Screen control table 3 is created based on the analysis results in step 2-3.
-1. Create a field control table 3-2 and register them in the storage device 1-9.

At the time of the first processing in step 2-4, the screen table No.
The record where 1 is 1 is read from the storage device 1-9, and from the second time onwards, the record of the requested screen table number is read and held from the storage device 1-9. If the read screen identification name of the screen control table 3-1 is empty information, the operation is ended.

Screen control table 3- held in step 2-5
Storage device 1 stores screen display information using the screen identification name of 1 as a key.
-10 and displays it on the display of the input/output device 1-11. Then, in step 2-6, input data from the user is read.

Operation instruction information read from the PF key that indicates whether the user requested a screen transition in step 2-7;
Screen control table 3- held in step 2-4
Compare the PF key information of 1 and if they are equal, step 2-
In step 8, the screen table number corresponding to the PF key is extracted in order to request the next screen display, and the screen tape number is extracted in step 2-4.

Instructs to read records with . If it is not the designated PF key, in step 2-9 the record of the field table No. of the screen control table 3-1 extracted in step 2-4 is read from the field control table 3-2 from the storage device 1-9. and hold it.

Class checks, condition checks, etc. are performed on the data input in step 2-10 and the fields shown in the field control table 3-2, using check identification and check values.

In step 2-11, if the check in step 2-10 is invalid and an error notification instruction request is made, step 2
At step -12, an error is displayed on the display of the input device 1l-11 to request the user to re-enter, and control is passed to step 2-6. If it is not invalid, and if the next field table No. of the field control table 3-2 held in step 2-13 is empty, the next screen table No. is set in step 2-14 in order to request the display of the next screen. , and instructs step 2-4 to read the record having the next screen table number.

If there is a next field table number, step 2-15
In order to perform the next check, the program instructs step 29 to read the record having the next field table number.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the screen control method of the present invention facilitates checking screen transitions and on-screen data by registering screen transitions and on-screen check instructions in the form of control commands in an external storage device. When building an online system with a screen, it is possible to visually verify the system, which has the effect of significantly reducing the number of man-hours required to review the system. There is.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the screen control method of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the screen control method of this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the operation of the screen control method of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an information configuration diagram showing an example. 1-1... Control command, 1-2... Screen control section,
1-3...Screen display section, 1-4...Input data reading section, 1-5...Control judgment section, 1-6...Field control section, 1-7...Data inspection section , 1-8.1-9
゜1-10...Storage device, 1-11...Input device,
3-1...Screen control table, 3-2...Field control table.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A screen control table that manages screen transitions by acquiring instructions to check screen transitions and data in fields within the screen as control command information, instructions to check data entered on the screen, message text when a check is incorrect,
A control command analysis unit that generates a field control table that manages next screen transition requests based on input data, a screen control unit that controls screen transitions based on the screen control table, and a screen control unit that generates screen display information for displaying screens. a screen display unit that acquires and displays the data on the input/output device; an input data reading unit that reads the data input on the display screen of the input/output device;
a control determination unit that determines whether the request is a screen transition request or an input data check request; and a field control unit that controls check instructions for fields within the screen based on the field control table and requests screen transition control based on the check results. and a field data inspection unit that compares input field data with check data of a corresponding field registered in the field control table.