JPH05274134A - Production system for screen operation manual - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the quality of a screen operation manual and to improve the production efficiency of the manual by using the record including the input items taken out of a screen defining matter and the record including the output items respectively to produce the screen operation manual. CONSTITUTION:A record including the input or output items in its item name field is taken out of a group of records stored in a screen defining matter file 1. Then, an editing processing screen showing the characters corresponding to the Japanese word item field of each record is set at a display/operation part 3. Meanwhile, the comment information corresponding to each display are written in the blank parts of the editing processing screen. Then, the operation manual data on a mode where the comment information corresponds to the data on a prescribed field of each record taken out of the group of records is stored in an operation manual data file 2. Based on this manual data, the print processing is carried out. Then, a screen operation manual is produced in such a procedure for the display screen corresponding to a screen defining matter.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of creating a screen operation manual, and in particular, to create a screen operation manual for a screen used in a user program, a screen composed of a record group that defines the display format of the screen. This is performed by using the edit processing screen set based on the record including the input item and the output item in the item name field in the definition structure.

In recent years, it has been time-consuming for a creator to create a screen operation manual that describes how to use screens used in various user programs because of the increase in user programs and the sophistication of contents. This is a difficult work, and there is a demand for making it possible to efficiently create this screen operation manual. The present invention responds to such a demand.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when a screen display processing routine is incorporated into a user program, a screen definition body consisting of a record group defining the display format of this screen is created, for example, manually used in a hospital article management system. In order to display the ordering processing screen (see FIG. 7), a screen definition body (FIG. 8) that is made up of records each having multiple fields
(See) is incorporated into the user program.

Conventionally, in the case of creating a screen operation manual for such a display screen, it is necessary to understand the characteristics of the screen to be created and then the contents of the guide, for example, what screen is displayed first. In addition, it was described in sequence such as what kind of information to enter in what part of the display screen and how many digits.

[0005]

As described above, since the conventional screen operation manual is created by a manual work independent of the generation itself of the screen display processing routine,
There was a problem that it took a lot of time and effort and the creation efficiency was poor. This has become remarkable as the number of screens used by the user program increases and the input / output processing on each display screen becomes complicated.

Therefore, in the present invention, a record including an input item and a record including an output item are taken out from a screen definition structure obtained by designing a screen display processing routine in a user program, and these records are used for creating a screen operation manual. The purpose of this is to improve the quality of the screen operation manual and to improve the efficiency of creating the screen operation manual.

[0007]

According to the present invention, only records defining input items and display items (output items) of a display screen specified by the screen definition are selected from a group of records constituting the screen definition. To set the edit processing screen that displays the characters corresponding to the data in the Japanese item name field of these records separately for input items and display items, and set them in the margins of each display of this editing processing screen. The annotation information corresponding to the display is entered.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the principle of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a screen definition file, which stores a screen definition (see FIG. 8) defining a display format of a screen used in a user program. Reference numeral 2 is an operation manual data file, which is necessary for creating the screen operation manual among the comment information and the fields of each record (for example, a key item field, an item name field, a Japanese field, an attribute field ...・ See Fig. 4)
Are stored in association with each other. 3 is
It is a display / operation part, and from the records that make up the screen definition, records that have input items or output items in the item name field are extracted, and the characters corresponding to the Japanese item name field of each record are displayed. This is for setting the edit processing screen and for inputting the annotation information corresponding to each display in the margin of the edit processing screen.
Reference numeral 4 denotes a processor for creating a screen operation manual, which executes from the record having the previous input item and output item from the screen definition file 1 to printing of the data stored in the operation manual data file 2. ..

The item name field of each record constituting the screen definition field is as follows: Input item (the record defines the display related to the operator's input operation on the display screen specified by the screen definition field) -Output items (the record defines the display of output items to the operator on the display screen specified by the screen definition body) -Others (the record defines ruled line display, blank part formation, etc.) ).

Here, the processing procedure in the processor for creating the screen operation manual is as follows. That is, a record having an input item or an output item in its item name field is extracted from the record group stored in the screen definition file 1. An edit processing screen displaying characters corresponding to the Japanese item name field of each record is set in the display / operation unit 3. Annotation information corresponding to each display is written (input) in the margin of the editing screen. The operation manual data in a form in which the annotation information and the data in the predetermined field of each record of the step are associated with each other is stored in the operation manual data file 2. Printing processing is performed based on this operation manual data. By following the procedure described above, a screen operation manual for the display screen corresponding to the screen definition is created. The data of the predetermined field of each record extracted in step may be stored in the operation manual data file 2 at that time.

[0011]

As described above, according to the present invention, a predetermined record in the screen definition used for the user program, that is, a record group that defines the display format of the screen, that is, an input item or an output item is set in the item name field. It is designed to create a screen operation manual for the screen using the record that the user has.

[0012] That is, regarding the input performed by the operator and the display to the operator on the display screen specified by the screen definition body in the user program, for example, the input of the product code, the display of the product name of the product code, the stock amount, etc. When creating the screen operation manual, the edit processing screen is set based on the predetermined record extracted from the record group that constitutes the screen definition body, and the screen operation manual is set in the margin of the edit processing screen. I am trying to enter the annotation information that is the content.

Here, characters such as "product code" as an input item and "product name" and "stock amount" as display items (output items) are displayed on the initial editing screen. In the margin of each display, the content, for example, "product code" can be entered with any number of digits, and it is possible to add annotation information such as abbreviated names, etc. Since the edit processing screen is set using the screen definition body for the screen for which the screen operation manual is to be created, it is possible to efficiently create the screen operation manual.

[0014]

EXAMPLE Referring to FIGS. 2 to 6, a manual order processing screen used in the hospital article management system of the present invention (see FIG. 7).
An example will be described. 2 and 3 are explanatory diagrams showing the procedure for creating the screen operation manual. (1) Data in record units from the screen definition body (see FIG. 8) of the screen for which the screen operation manual is created Take out and proceed to the next step. (2) Judge whether the item field of this data is an input item, and if "YES", proceed to the next step,
If "NO", proceed to step (4). (3) Store the record in the mode in which "R" is set as the new input / output key field in the operation manual data file, and proceed to step (4). (4) Determine whether the item field of this data is an output item, and if "YES", proceed to the next step,
If "NO", go to step (6) without storing the data in the operation manual data file. (5) Store the record in the mode in which "W" is set as the new input / output key field in the operation manual data file, and proceed to the next step. (6) Determine whether all the records to be processed have been fetched, and if "YES", proceed to the next step and click "N
If “O”, return to step (1). (7) Read the operation manual data file and proceed to the next step. (8) For each record, if the input / output key is "R", the data of the Japanese item name field is output to the input area of the display screen, and if the input / output key is "W", the Japanese item name field is output. Output to the output area of the display screen and proceed to the next step. (9) Determine whether all records to be processed have been output, and if "YES", proceed to the next step,
If "NO", return to step (8). (10) Input the annotation information necessary for creating the screen operation manual in the word processor image in the margins of the input items and display items of the display screen (editing screen) set based on the screen definition. And proceed to the next step. (11) This annotation information is stored in the operation manual data file, and the annotation information and steps (3), (5)
The printing process is performed based on the data stored in. By making a series of judgments and processing such as the above, a screen operation manual for the screen used in the user program is created. The above process is repeated as necessary until the annotation information is complete as the contents of the screen operation manual.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the contents of the operation manual data file, FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the initial state of the edit processing screen, that is, the stage in which the processing in step (8) is completed, and FIG. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of an edit processing screen at the stage where the necessary annotation information has been entered (input).

Here, in the operation manual data file 10 shown in FIG. 4, the input / output key field 11, item name field 12, Japanese item name field 13, attribute field 14,
The number of digits field 15, the comment information field 16 and the like are stored in units corresponding to the record of the screen definition body. The attribute 14 indicates a character format, where "X" is an alphanumeric character, "N" is Japanese, and "9" is a number.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, only a predetermined record, that is, a record having an input item and an output item in its item name field is taken out from the screen definition body which defines the display format of the screen in the user program. The screen operation manual for the above-mentioned screen is created by using the annotation information obtained by adding or deleting the word processing image in the margin of the screen for editing processing set based on the record, and the data in the predetermined field of the record extracted earlier. Since the data is created, the data at the time of developing the user program is directly used for creating the screen operation manual, so that the creation time can be shortened and the screen operation manual can be enhanced.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view (No. 1) showing a procedure for creating a screen operation manual according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view (No. 2) showing the procedure of creating the screen operation manual of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of an operation manual data file of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an initial state of an edit processing screen according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an edit processing screen in a state where necessary annotation information is input according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen used in a general user program.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a general screen definition body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 In FIG. 1, 1 ... Screen definition file 2 ... Operation manual data file 3 ... Display / operation section 4 ... Processor for creating screen operation manual

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Michiko Morita 1015 Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Fujitsu Limited

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A method of creating a screen operation manual using a screen definition body used in a user program, the record group comprising a record group defining a screen display format, and the record group constituting the screen definition body. From, the record that has the input item or output item in the item name field is taken out, and the edit processing screen that displays the characters corresponding to each record is set, and the margin part of each display on this edit processing screen is set. Fill in the annotation information corresponding to each display, and store these annotation information in the operation manual data file by associating these annotation information with the data necessary for creating the screen operation manual. The feature is that the contents are specified based on the data stored in this operation manual data file. Screen operation manual creation method that. 2. The screen operation manual creating method according to claim 1, wherein the character corresponding to each record is based on a Japanese item name field of the record. 3. The screen operation manual creating method according to claim 1, wherein the specification is performed by printing the data stored in the operation manual data file.