JPH04302324A - Field arranging method in generation of interactive picture - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the arrangement and detail setting of a various kinds of field when an interactive picture is generated. CONSTITUTION:An inputtable/outputtable area is defined as a field element, and proper ID number and element number are set on a field definition table 8a in sequence of definition in unit of field element and the name, size, and data type of the field are set on a field information table 8b in unit of field, and the display position, display attribute, and data of the field are set on an element information table 8c in unit of field element, then, interactive type picture generation processing is executed as referring to the information of the field and a field element and the information in sequence of definition.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of arranging fields when creating an interactive screen, and more particularly to arranging and setting display character input/output areas on the screen in a method of arranging fields when creating an interactive screen.

0002

[Prior Art] In an LA workstation, the screen on which users monitor the progress of experiments constantly displays items and measurement results that meet the needs of individual users, allowing them to respond flexibly to various situations. is required.

The input/output area is an area where input/output is possible on the interactive screen during an experiment. Therefore, this area must have unique characteristics such as data type and display attributes.

Conventional tools for arranging such areas and creating interactive screens treat the CRT as an actual screen and allow areas to be placed by moving a cursor.

[0005]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In this case, it is possible to arrange a large number of areas at once, but in that case, the arranged areas are considered to be a group. All modifications and deletions are made in groups. Therefore, when a large number of areas are required, applications after placement (modification of part of a group) cannot be applied, and it is necessary to newly rearrange all areas. This is one of the reasons why it takes so much time to create conversational screens.

[0006] The present invention has been made with attention to these points, and its purpose is to provide a field arrangement method when creating an interactive screen that allows easy arrangement and detailed setting of various fields. be.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention to solve the above problems defines an input/output area as a field element,
Set the unique ID number and element number for each field element in the order of definition in the field definition order table, set the field name, size, and data type in the field information table for each field, and set the field display position, display attributes, and data. is set in the element information table for each field element, and interactive screen creation support processing is executed while referring to information on fields and field elements, and information on the order of definition.

[0008]

[Operation] In the present invention, input/output possible areas are defined as field elements, and unique ID numbers and element numbers are set in the field definition order table for each field element in the order of definition. In addition, field names, sizes, and data types are set in the field information table for each field. Then, the field display position, display attributes,
Data is set in the element information table for each field element, and the interactive screen creation support process is executed while referring to information on fields and field elements, and information on the order of definition. As a result, field elements can be arranged all at once in units called fields, and each arranged field element can be easily changed. That is, during interactive screen production support processing, processing can be performed both on a field element basis and on a field basis.

[0009]

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an apparatus for implementing the method of the present invention. In this figure, a keyboard 1 as an external input device and a mouse (or trackball) 2 as a pointing device are provided. The interactive screen creation support tool includes a cursor position buffer 5 that holds the cursor position, field coordinate determination means 6 that determines field coordinates, internal table setting means 7 that sets data in an internal table, definition order table 8a, and field coordinate determination means 6 that determines field coordinates. An internal table 8 consisting of a sequential table 8b and an element information table 8c, a duplication determining means 9 for determining duplication of data set in the internal table, and an arithmetic unit 10 for generating a display signal based on the data in the internal table 8. It is equipped with Further, a CRT 3 is connected to the output of the interactive screen creation support tool.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between individual information in <field element> units and individual information in <field units> as defined in this embodiment. In this embodiment, the input/output area is defined as a field element. Field elements are managed in units called fields, as shown in this figure. Field name, size, and data type are set for each field, and display position, display attributes, and data are set for each field element.

When arranging such field elements, there are roughly two possible methods. The first method is to arrange each field element at an arbitrary position on the CRT screen. The second method is to collectively arrange a large number of field elements specified as an array in field units.

The field arrangement operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. 3 and subsequent figures. <Arrangement in Field Element Units> FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the screen state when field element units are arranged at arbitrary positions on the CRT screen. On the screen in the state shown in Figure 3,
A cursor is placed at an arbitrary position on the screen using the arrow keys of the keyboard 1, and its coordinate position is calculated by the calculation unit 10 and is shown at position 3 in FIG. Further, the current placement mode is shown at position 3 in FIG. Then, specify the starting position of the field element by clicking the position input switch display in Figure 3 with the mouse 2 or pressing the corresponding function key on the keyboard 1.
The method for determining the field size and the method for specifying the start/end points of field elements are switched.

FIG. 3 shows a screen for a method in which the starting position of a field element is designated and the field size is determined. In this method, use mouse 2 to place the cursor at the beginning of the field element, and press the [Line feed] key on the keyboard to confirm. Then, the field size is input from the keyboard 1.

In another method, the start and end points of a field element are input using arrow keys on the keyboard 1. Through the above operations, field coordinates are determined.

The operation of each part of the field element mode will now be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

[0017] First, wait for key input in process (■), and
Line feed] When the key is pressed, the process moves to process ■. At that time, the cursor coordinates must be maintained at all times, so
It is held in the cursor position buffer 5. When other keys are pressed, the respective processes are executed.

In process (2), the field coordinate determination means 6 determines the coordinates of the start point/end point of the field element using the cursor coordinates held in the cursor position buffer 5 when the [Line Feed] key was pressed. The duplication determining means 9 determines whether the position of the determined field element overlaps with the position of another field element by referring to the internal table 8 (process 2 in FIG. 4). If a duplicate is detected, an error message is displayed on the CRT screen and the process returns to the key input waiting state.

If no duplication is found, the internal table setting means 7 sets the coordinates of the field element in the internal table 8 (process 2 in FIG. 4).

The internal tables 8 (definition order table 8a, field order table 8b, element information table 8c) are as follows:
The configuration is as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8. That is,
Each field is created to have a unique ID number. At the same time, a definition order table 8a is also created in which the ID numbers are registered in the order of field definition. When actually displaying the screen, the calculation unit 10 executes the display by referring to the definition order table 8a and the element information table 8c. <Arrangement in field units> Figure 5 shows CR in field units.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen when all the images are arranged on the T screen at once. In this case, follow the message displayed at position a at the bottom left of the screen, and enter the field size, number of vertical rows in the field, number of horizontal rows in the field, vertical spacing of the field, horizontal spacing of the field, and field development order (vertical/horizontal) using keyboard 1. do. Finally, use the arrow keys on keyboard 1 to move the cursor to the start position of the first field, and press the [line feed] key on the keyboard to complete the input. This places each field element on the screen.

[0021] All fields arranged in this way can be deleted in field element units by clicking the [Delete] [Copy] location at the bottom of the screen with mouse 2 or by pressing the corresponding function key on keyboard 1. Edits such as , addition, and movement can be performed. Therefore, even a screen that requires a complex arrangement of many fields can be easily created.

In process (2) in the flowchart of FIG. 4, processing such as field batch processing is executed. Field batch placement is the same process as after process ①, and if the arrayed field elements do not overlap with existing field elements, they are placed and displayed. At this time, all processes are executed while referring to field information and field element information in the internal table.

The definition order table 8a provided in this embodiment is as follows:
Since the ID number and element number are set in the order of definition for each field element, it is easy to move a specific field element to a desired position.

As described in detail above, the proposal of this embodiment provides the following effects. 1. Size specification and start point/end point specification are provided in the arrangement method for each field element, so it can be handled flexibly. Therefore, the grouping range becomes wider and the usability is improved. 2 Field elements can be placed all at once in units called fields, and each placed field element can be easily changed. That is, processing can be performed both on a field-element basis and on a field-by-field basis.

As a result of these points 1 and 2, the number of man-hours required for a user to create an interactive screen can be significantly reduced.

[0026]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a field arrangement method when creating an interactive screen that allows easy arrangement and detailed setting of various fields.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an example of the configuration of an apparatus for implementing the method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of main parts of the configuration shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a state when a screen is created according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state when a screen is created according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of main parts of the configuration shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of main parts of the configuration shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of main parts of the configuration shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Keyboard 2 Mouse 3 CRT 4 Conversational screen creation support tool 5 Cursor position buffer 6 Field coordinate determining means 7 Internal table setting means 8 Internal table 8a Definition order table 8b Field order table 8c Element information table 9 Duplication determination means 10 Arithmetic unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] Define the input/output area as a field element, set a unique ID number and element number in the field definition order table for each field element in the order of definition, and set the field name, size, and data type for each field. Set the field display position, display attributes, and data for each field element in the element information table, and perform interactive screen creation support processing while referring to field and field element information and definition order information. How to arrange fields when creating an interactive screen to be executed.