JPH0455946A - Job control system for information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the check of the state of a job by providing a job display means which shows the start/end state, etc., of the job on the screen of a display means with plural window areas opened and a job control means which registers a new job and deletes the job. CONSTITUTION:When a graphical job manager is started, a window area W of an icon form is displayed on the screen of a display device 3. The windows W are displayed in the icons I1 - I6 in response to the background jobs respectively. The obliquely lines icons I2, I3 and I5 show their corresponding background jobs that are not started yet. Then a microprocessor CPU 1 which controls totally an information processor carries out the job control processing to perform various arithmetic operations, the logical decision, etc. Thus the background jobs can be collectively controlled, and the control of jobs can be facilitated.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a job management method for an information processing device, and particularly to a job management method using a graphical user interface using a Windows system (for example, an X window system). This invention relates to a job management method for collectively managing and displaying a list of background jobs (corresponding processes).

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in an information processing device capable of simultaneously executing multiple processes, management of multiple background jobs has been controlled by a command file containing multiple commands for managing each job. Alternatively, it was controlled from a command line using a command ink printer.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the job management method in the conventional information processing device described above, the startup and management of background jobs is managed by multiple command files or command lines, so the following problems occur. There was a problem.

(1) It is unknown whether a specific background job was started by which command file or by a command line.

(2) If a currently necessary background job is not started, or if a currently executing job ends abnormally, it is unclear how the operator should start the job.

(3) A malicious operator can
If an illegal operation is performed on a job or a background job is started illegally, there is no way to confirm the operation.

[Means and effects for solving the problem] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a job that can display the status of background jobs, such as starting and ending, by opening multiple window areas on a display screen. This is a job management method for an information processing device that is equipped with a display means and a job management means for managing job registration and deletion, and enables batch management of background jobs and facilitates job management. .

[Example] An example of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a microprocessor CPU that controls the entire apparatus, and performs various calculations, logical judgments, etc. in addition to executing job management processing, which will be described in detail below.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a Kikuboard KB in which one-character data, commands, etc. can be input, and job names, file names, job start dates, job start times, etc., which will be described later, can be entered.

3 is a display device DIS, which can display characters, symbols, figures, etc., and can also open a window area.

In this embodiment, a cathode ray tube bitmap display is used.

4 is a pointing device PD attached to the keyboard 2, and the character displayed on the display device DIS;
It is possible to specify symbols, figures, etc.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a read-only memory ROM, which stores an operating system for operating the entire apparatus, a job management processing program (hereinafter referred to as a graphical job manager) to be described later, a window system program, various data, and the like.

6 is a writable memory RAM, which is used for temporary storage of various data.

7 is an external storage device DISK.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the relationship among the operating system, window system, and graphical job manager.

Requests (commands) entered into the operating system
is sent to the graphical job manager, and the activation of the graphical job manager issues a request to the window system to, for example, create a window area. The window system displays various window areas on the display screen according to the request.

This window area is then displayed while the graphical job manager is operating.

In the case of the present invention, when the graphical job manager is started, an icon-shaped window area W as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display screen of the display device 3. Window W has an icon I corresponding to the background job.
,,1. ．． ...Eng. will be displayed as . Among these icons, the one with a diagonal line is 1. ．． 1. ．．
1. indicates that the corresponding background job has not been started.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the window area W in a graph format, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the window area W in a table format.

In each figure, J,, J,...J6 are the names of background jobs, FF2,..., F6 are the file names of the command files that started J6 (command line The file name started from ``-'' is ``-''. Here as well, the job names J, , Jj, and J that are shaded indicate that they have not been activated.

In addition to the window area W, the display device 3 displays a window with a menu M as shown in FIG. This menu M displays submenus that can be specified using the pointing device PD. That is, a startup submenu M1 that executes an instruction to start the job selected from the window area W if it is not being started, and a submenu that executes an instruction to end the job if the job is being started. M2, a display menu M for changing the window display format,
A registration panel display menu M4 is displayed that displays a panel P (shown in FIG. 7) for registering a new job. When the display menu M is designated, an icon format display menu S1 that executes a command to change the display format of the window area W to an icon display format as shown in FIG. 3 and a graph as shown in FIG. 4 are displayed. Graph format display menu S that executes the command to change to the display format
2, and a tabular display menu S for executing a command to change to a tabular format as shown in FIG. 5 are displayed.

The operation of the above embodiment will be explained based on the drawings from FIG. 7 onwards.

First, the processing of the graphical job manager for registering jobs as a database will be explained.

In FIG. 9, it is determined whether the menu M4 displayed on the registration panel is selected from the menu M shown in FIG. 6 by the PD 4 (step 591). If selected, the registration panel P shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display device 3 via the window system (step 592). The job name, file name, starting mill, and starting time inputted from the keyboard 2 are registered (step 593), and the process ends.

Note that it is also possible to omit the activation mill upon registration and have it executed every day. Alternatively, only the days of the week can be entered to enable the activation to be executed on every day of the week. Furthermore, it may be possible to specify only the day and execute it every month.

Next, a process for deleting a registered job from the database will be explained based on FIG. 10.

First, from menu M, icon format submenu S1 is set to P.
Determine whether it has been selected by D4 (step 510
1) If selected, the icon format window area W shown in FIG. 3 is displayed (step 5102).

Then, it is determined whether the icon of the job to be deleted from the window area W has been selected and dragged outside the W by the PD 4 (step 5103). If it has been dragged outside W, window A (deletion confirmation window) shown in FIG. 8 is displayed (step 5IO4). The dragged icon disappears from within W. Next, it is determined whether deletion has been designated in window A (step 5105). If deletion is specified, step S106) deletes the job corresponding to the dragged icon from the database; if CANCEL is specified, window A disappears from the display device 3;
Jobs are not deleted.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the display device can also be made compatible with characters.

C Effect of the Invention 1 As explained above, according to the present invention, background jobs are managed all at once, making it easy to manage and displaying them in multiple types of formats such as icon format and graph format. This makes it easy to see the job status (and you can start and delete jobs in a window, making it easy to use).

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing device to which the present invention is applied; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the relationship among an operating system, a window system, and a graphical job manager; FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the relationship between the window area W Fig. 4 shows the window area W in icon format, Fig. 5 shows the window area W in tabular form, and Fig. 6 shows the menu M window. Figure 7 shows the panel P for registering a new job. Figure 8 shows the deletion confirmation window A. Figure 9 explains the job registration operation. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the job deletion operation. 1...Microprocessor, 2...Keyboard, 3...Display, 4...Pointing device, 5...ROM, 61-RAM

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A job management method for an information processing device capable of executing multiple processes (jobs), comprising: a display unit; and a plurality of window areas on a display screen of the display unit to display statuses such as start and end of jobs. A job management method for an information processing device, comprising: a job display means for opening and displaying a job; and a job management means for registering a new job and deleting a job.