JPH05143216A - Multi-terminal data input system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To secure the input of plural data with a simple function key input operation in an information processing system which is operated in a TSS system. CONSTITUTION:A multi-terminal data input system 1 is constituted of a terminal data storing file 2, a terminal data storing means 11, and a terminal data acquiring means 12. The means 12 is constituted of a main control part 121, a terminal data retrieving part 122, and a terminal data editing part 123. Then a program 4 acquires plural data 72 corresponding to the function keys and stored previously with the function key input operations.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a terminal data input method in an information processing system, and more particularly to a multiple terminal data input method for facilitating input of a plurality of data in an information processing system operated by the TSS method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, data input in a TSS type information processing system has been performed as follows.

For example, as shown in FIG.
Requests the terminal input / output mechanism 3 to acquire the data when it needs the data. When the terminal input / output mechanism 3 receives a request from the program 4, the terminal input / output mechanism 3 uses the terminal device 6 to prompt the terminal operator to input data.

When the terminal operator finishes inputting the data as a response, the data received from the terminal device 6 is stored in the terminal data storage area 71 on the storage area 7 of the operating system, and then the control is returned to the program 4.

When the program 4 is returned from the terminal input / output mechanism 3, it refers to the data stored in the terminal data storage area 71.

[0006]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional terminal data input method, the terminal operator manually inputs the data by using the terminal device when the program needs the data. Therefore, there is a drawback that the terminal operator is likely to make an input error and that the correct data must be input again each time an input error is made, which imposes a load on the operator.

Further, when a plurality of data are required, all the data must be input one by one, which is very complicated. In particular, when a plurality of data are required many times, all the data must be input in the same way each time, which has a drawback that the operability is remarkably reduced.

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, the technical problem of the present invention is to provide a multi-terminal data input method capable of inputting a plurality of data by a simple operation in an information processing system operated by the TSS method. It is to be.

[0009]

According to the present invention, in a multi-terminal data input system having a terminal input / output mechanism for receiving and outputting an instruction from a program on an electronic computer, data is input / output from / to a terminal device. A terminal data storage file for storing a name of a function key and a plurality of data replaced by the function key is provided in advance, and a plurality of data requested by the program is acquired by inputting the function key. A multi-terminal data input method can be obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, in the multi-terminal data input method, means for storing a plurality of data acquired by the input of the function key in a multi-terminal data storage area in a storage area of an operating system is provided. A multi-terminal data input method characterized by being provided is obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, the name of the function key in the plural terminal data input system having the terminal input / output mechanism for receiving the instruction from the program on the electronic computer and inputting / outputting the data from the terminal device. And a terminal data storage file that stores a plurality of data corresponding to the function key, a terminal data storage that stores the name of the function key of the terminal device and a plurality of data corresponding to the function key in the terminal data storage file Means and the terminal input / output mechanism, the terminal data storage means retrieves a plurality of corresponding data after searching the function key stored in the terminal data storage file, and stores a plurality of data in the storage area of the operating system. A terminal data search unit for storing in a terminal data storage area; A terminal data editing unit that reads one data from the end data storage region and stores it in the terminal data storage region in the storage region of the operating system, a main control unit that controls the terminal data retrieval unit and the terminal data editing unit. And a terminal data acquisition means including a terminal data acquisition unit.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a multi-terminal data input method 1 of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an embodiment of a record in a terminal data storage file 2, and FIG. 3 is a multi-terminal data input of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the details of the operation of the terminal data storage means 11 in the method 1, and FIG. 5
6 is a flowchart showing the details of the operation of the terminal data retrieval unit 122 of the terminal data acquisition means 12 of the multiple terminal data input method 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing details of the operation of the terminal data editing unit 123.

The multi-terminal data input method 1 of this embodiment is
A terminal which is used by a user of the information processing system connected to the terminal data storage means 11 started by the operating system by using a job control language and the terminal input / output mechanism 3 and started by the terminal input / output mechanism 3. The data acquisition means 12 is included.

When called from the operating system, the terminal data storage means 11 uses the terminal device 5 to request the terminal operator for the name of the function key of the terminal device and the data replaced by the function key.

The terminal operator inputs the name of the function key and the corresponding data. If the data corresponding to the function key still exists, the next data is input after adding the NL code indicating the delimiter between the data and the data.

When further inputting data, a series of processes of adding an NL code and inputting data is repeated. When the terminal operator finishes inputting the name of the function key and the data corresponding thereto, a record is created with these as a set and stored in the terminal data storage file 2.

An embodiment of the record in the terminal data storage file 2 will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

The function key name is the name of the function key on the terminal device that substitutes the data. The data is the data requested by the program 4, and is composed of a character set that can be input from the terminal device 5. The NL code is a code that represents data and data delimiters.

The terminal data acquisition means 12 is used by being connected to the terminal input / output mechanism 3, and when control is passed from the terminal input / output mechanism 3 along with the name of the function key input from the terminal device 6, the terminal data acquisition means 12 receives the terminal data. The search unit 122 reads a record corresponding to the name of the function key from the terminal data storage file 2 using the name of the function key as a key. After that, the plurality of plurality of data in the record are stored in the plurality of terminal data storage areas 72 existing in the storage area 7 of the operating system.

When a plurality of pieces of data are stored in the plural terminal data storage area 72, the terminal data editing unit 123 stores one data in the plural terminal data storage area 72 in the terminal data storage area 71.

The main control section 121 is a control section for controlling these, and when the processing is completed, returns the control to the terminal input / output mechanism 3 again. When control is returned from the terminal input / output mechanism 3 to the program 4, the program 4 causes the terminal data storage area 7
Refer to the data in 1.

Next, the operation of the terminal data storage means 11 in the multi-terminal data input method 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The terminal data storage means 11 opens the terminal data storage file 2 for storing the name of the function key and the data corresponding to the name of the function key, as shown in S31.

After that, the terminal operator 5 is used to request the name of the function key and the data corresponding to the name of the function key to the terminal operator, and the process S32 for acquiring this is performed.

When the data to be replaced by the function key still exists, after the process S33 for disabling the NL code indicating the data delimiter is performed, the processes S32 to S33 are repeated. When the acquisition of the data is completed, the name of the function key input by the terminal operator and the data replaced by the function key are created as a record, and the process S34 of storing the record in the terminal data storage file 2 is performed. .. Then, the process S of closing the terminal data storage file 2
35, and the whole process is completed.

Next, the operation of the main controller 121 of the terminal data acquisition means 12 of the multiple terminal data input method 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

When the main control section 121 receives control from the terminal input / output mechanism 3 along with the function key name input from the terminal device 6, the main control section 121 transfers control to the terminal data searching section 122 together with the function key name. When control is returned from the terminal data search unit 122, control is passed to the terminal data editing unit 123.

On the other hand, when the control is transferred from the terminal input / output mechanism 3 without the name of the function key, the control is transferred to the terminal data editing unit 123.

Next, the operation of the terminal data retrieval unit 122 of the terminal data acquisition means 12 of the multiple terminal data input method 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

When the terminal data search unit 122 receives control from the main control unit 121 with the function key name input from the terminal device 6, the function key name and the function key are assigned to the function key name in advance as shown in S51. The terminal data storage file 2 storing a plurality of corresponding data is opened.

Next, as shown in S52, the record is read from the terminal data storage file 2 and the name of the function key in the record is compared with the name of the function key input from the terminal device 6.

If the name of the function key in the record does not match the name of the function key input from the terminal device 6, the next record is read from the terminal data storage file 2 and the name of the function key in the record is read. The name of the function key input from the terminal device 6 is compared.

If the name of the function key in the record matches the name of the function key input from the terminal device 6, a plurality of data in the record are stored in the storage area 7 of the operating system as shown in S53.
Stored in a plurality of terminal data storage areas 72 existing in, the terminal data storage file 2 is closed, and control is returned to the main control unit 121.

If the name of the function key in the record does not match the name of the function key input from the terminal device 6 and there is no record to be read, as shown in S54, the terminal data storage file 2 Is closed to notify the terminal operator that the data is not stored in the terminal data storage file 2, and control is returned to the main control unit 121.

Next, the operation of the terminal data editing unit 123 in the terminal data acquisition means 12 of the multiple terminal data input method 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The terminal data editing unit 123 is the main control unit 121.
When the control is transferred from the storage area 7 of the operating system, the data from the plural terminal data storage areas 72 to
A process S61 of reading data is performed.

If there is data to be read in the multi-terminal data storage area 72, the read data is stored in the terminal data storage area 71 existing in the storage area 7 of the operating system as shown in S62, and the multi-terminal data storage is performed. The read data in the area 72 is deleted. If there is no data to be read in the plural terminal data storage area 72, the terminal device 6 is used to request data from the terminal operator as shown in S63, and the data input by the terminal operator in response to this is requested. To obtain the terminal data storage area 71
And the control is returned to the main control unit 121.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, by storing the name of a function key and a plurality of data to be replaced by the function key in a file in advance, a plurality of data required by a program can be stored in the function key. You can substitute only by inputting. Since the terminal operator only needs to press the function key, input errors by the operator are reduced, and the load caused by the input error by the terminal operator can be reduced. Also, since it is only a very simple operation of pressing a function key, it is very convenient especially when it is necessary to input the same plurality of data many times, and there is an effect that the operability is significantly improved. ..

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a multi-terminal data input system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of a record in a terminal data storage file.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the terminal data storage means of the multi-terminal data input method of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the main control unit of the terminal data acquisition means of the multiple terminal data input method of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of a terminal data search unit of the terminal data acquisition means of the multiple terminal data input method of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the terminal data editing unit of the terminal data acquisition means of the multiple terminal data input method of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional terminal data input method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Multiple terminal data input method 11 Terminal data storage means 12 Terminal data acquisition means 121 Main control section 122 Terminal data search section 123 Terminal data editing section 2 Terminal data storage file 3 Terminal input / output mechanism 4 Program 5 Terminal device 6 Terminal device 7 Operating System storage area 71 Terminal data storage area 72 Multiple terminal data storage area

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A multi-terminal data input method comprising a terminal input / output mechanism for inputting / outputting data from / to a terminal device in response to an instruction from a program on an electronic computer, wherein the function key name and the function key are used in advance. A terminal data storage file for storing a plurality of data to be replaced, and a plurality of data requested by the program is obtained by inputting the function key. 2. The multi-terminal data input method according to claim 1, further comprising means for storing a plurality of data obtained by inputting the function key in a multi-terminal data storage area in a storage area of an operating system. A multi-terminal data input method characterized in that 3. A multi-terminal data input system having a terminal input / output mechanism for receiving and outputting data from a terminal device in response to an instruction from a program on an electronic computer, corresponding to a function key name and the function key. A terminal data storage file for storing a plurality of data to be stored, a terminal data storage unit for storing a name of a function key of the terminal device and a plurality of data corresponding to the function key in the terminal data storage file, Connected to the output mechanism, the terminal data storage means searches the function key stored in the terminal data storage file, obtains a plurality of corresponding data, and stores it in the plurality of terminal data storage areas in the storage area of the operating system. The terminal data retrieval unit that is Terminal data including a terminal data editing unit for reading one data from the terminal data storage unit in the storage region of the operating system, and a main control unit for controlling the terminal data searching unit and the terminal data editing unit. A multi-terminal data input method comprising: an acquisition unit.