JPH04216132A - System for displaying identifier of program - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To concisely display a program on a screen without lowering the distinguishability of the identifier of the program by making the maximum length of the identifier displayed on the screen arbitrarily specifiable irrespective of the length of inputted length of the identifier. CONSTITUTION:A means 6 which specifies the maximum length of an identifier to be displayed when a program being prepared is displayed on a screen and another means which displays an identifier in such a way that, when the identifier is longer than the maximum length, '1' is subtracted from section of the identifier corresponding to the maximum length and an identifier continuation mark indicating that the identifier is to be continued is added to the end of the subtracted section are provided. Namely, when a program is displayed, a program display processing section 8 compares the maximum length of a specified identifier to be displayed with the length of the identifier in a program and, when the length of the identifier of the program is longer than the maximum value, displays the identifier after subtracting '1' from the section of the identifier corresponding to the maximum length and adding the identifier continuation mark to the end of the subtracted section.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a system for creating interactive programs using a simple language, and in particular to adjusting the length of display labels in order to concisely display the program being created on the screen. Concerning name display methods to be restricted.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art In conventional interactive program creation systems such as program editors, the length of a name such as a program procedure name is limited to a predetermined maximum value. For example, set the maximum name tag length to 3
If you limit the value to a large value such as 0 characters, the content of each procedure in a program generally includes multiple names, so one line of data will take up the horizontal displayable width of one screen. This makes it difficult to display all the information for one procedure on one screen. FIG. 4 shows an example of such a conventional name display, and is an example of an input procedure list screen for a newly created program.

In FIG. 4, the item "Processing Order" indicates the processing order of the procedures in each row. Further, the "procedure name" is a name uniquely given to each procedure, and is limited to a maximum length of 30 characters. The next "screen" is the name of the screen definition for each procedure, and in the example shown, it is expressed using up to 18 characters. Further, "definition" indicates whether the procedure is defined, "repetition" indicates the method of repeating the process, and "termination condition" indicates the termination condition of the process. For example, if the horizontal display width of one screen is 42 characters, only the information in the upper part of Figure 4 can be displayed initially, and in order to see the information in the lower part of the diagram, you must scroll the screen horizontally. The move had to be made. In order to avoid such screen movement operations, conventionally the maximum value of the name tag length was set to a maximum of 8, for example.
It was necessary to limit it to small size like letters.

0004

[Problem to be solved by the invention] In the name display method of conventional programs, the maximum value of the name tag length is fixed, and if the maximum value is made large, it becomes necessary to move the screen, resulting in poor operability. Furthermore, when the maximum value is reduced, it is necessary to express the name name using a limited number of short characters, which causes the problem that the number of abbreviations increases and the identifiability deteriorates. Furthermore, the name tag length could not be easily changed. An object of the present invention is to enable a simple screen display of a program without reducing the distinctiveness of a name tag.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention makes it possible to arbitrarily specify the maximum length of the name tag displayed on the screen regardless of the length of the input name tag, and the length of the actual name tag If the maximum length is exceeded, an appropriate continuation mark will be added and displayed on the screen. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the principle of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an interactive program creation system. 2 is a display device. 3 is an input device. Reference numeral 4 denotes a program creation processing unit having an editing function for creating or updating programs. 5 is a program file that stores a program that is being created or has been created. Reference numeral 6 represents a display name standard length designation part for specifying the maximum value of the display name standard length. 7 is the maximum value of the specified display name length. 8 is a program display processing unit that displays the program stored in the program file 5. When displaying a program, it compares the specified maximum display name value with the length of the name tag in the program and displays the program. If the name tag length exceeds the specified maximum value, a name tag continuation mark (for example, "...") is added to the name tag part of the specified maximum value minus 1 and displayed on the screen. indicate.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the length of the name tag used in the program can be allowed to be quite long, regardless of the display length of the screen. However, the initial value of the maximum display name length on the screen is specified to be small so that all information items on each line of the program can be displayed on one screen as much as possible. As a result, name tags whose length exceeds the initial maximum value are displayed on the screen with a name tag continuation mark. If the user wants to see the remaining part of the name tag that is not displayed with the name tag continuation mark, the user should update the maximum value of the display name tag length to a larger value and adjust the value corresponding to the updated value. Name tags can be displayed for the same length. However, as a result, some information may overflow from the screen and become invisible. In this way, by specifying the maximum value of the display name tag with the required length when necessary, you can view the name tag of any length, and if the minimum length of the display name tag is sufficient, , the entire information can be displayed concisely on the screen, and selections can be made according to the information.

[0007]

Embodiment FIG. 2 is a flowchart of name tag display processing in an interactive program creation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, ■ is the start of program display processing,
■ is an operation by the user to specify the maximum value of the display name standard length. However, an appropriate initial value can be set as a default value. (2) is a process of determining whether the display name mark length is longer than the maximum value of the name mark length specified by the user. For ■, if YES in ■, name tag and name continuation mark (“…”) for the length of (maximum display name length - 1)
and displayed on the screen. ■: If the answer to ■ is NO, the name tag is displayed as is on the screen. ■ indicates the end of the display process.

FIG. 3 is an example of a name sign display according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3(a) shows an operation for specifying the maximum value of the display name standard length, and the user can specify the maximum value of the display name standard length in the range of 8 to 30 characters when necessary. Figure 3(b)
) is an example of the input procedure list screen when the maximum display name length is 8 characters. In the figure, "..." is a name continuation mark, indicating that there is a continuation name part. Figure 3
(c) shows the input procedure list screen when the maximum display name length is 30 characters. In this case, can you see the name tag in its complete form?The first screen is for the information part shown in the upper row, and you need to perform a horizontal scroll operation to see the information part in the lower row. . The screens shown in FIGS. 3(b) and 3(c) can be easily switched by changing the designation using the maximum value designation operation for the display name standard length shown in FIG. 3(a). Moreover, the display name standard length in between can also be specified arbitrarily.

[0009]

[Effects of the Invention] Compared to the conventional display method using a fixed name head length, the present invention allows the user to arbitrarily specify the display name head length, allowing the user to view the entire program information and individual information using simplified name names. Complete information on the name tag can be selected and viewed easily at any time, improving operability and visibility.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram explaining the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of name tag display processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a name display of a program according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an example of name plate display according to a conventional method.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Interactive program creation system 2 Display device 3 Input device 4 Program creation processing section 5 Program file 6　Display name standard length specification section 7 Display name maximum length 8 Program display processing section

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] In an interactive program creation system, a means for specifying the maximum value of the display name mark length when displaying the program being created on the screen, and a means for specifying the maximum value of the name mark length in the program to be displayed on the screen. If the above maximum value is exceeded, a name mark continuation mark will be added to the end of the name mark equal to the length of the maximum value minus 1 to indicate that there is a remaining name mark and displayed on the screen. 1. A name display method for a program, characterized in that a name name display method for a program is provided with a means for specifying and displaying a display name name length of an arbitrary length.