JPH05324299A - System for preparing menu - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the manpower and time for preparing menu by inputting menu items on a screen, selecting the processing ID from a list, and selecting the transmission destination on the screen as necessary, thereby preparing a menu information list. CONSTITUTION:The menu item inputted from the screen, processing ID selected from the displayed list, and transmission destination object selected from the screen are registered in a menu information list 12 of an object 11. At the time of displaying the menu, the menu information list 12 of the object 11 is referred to fetch the item and to display the menu. When the item is selected from the menu, the processing ID corresponding to the selected item is fetched, which sends the fetched ID to the transmission destination. The object 11 receiving this transmission performs the processing corresponding to the processing ID. Therefore, the menu can be prepared by the interactive operation such as the menu item input on the screen, the processing ID selection from the list, and the selection of the transmission destination from the screen as necessary.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a menu creating method for creating a menu, and more particularly to a menu creating method for building an interactive application.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a menu has been created by describing setting values such as menu items and processes to be activated by coding. Also, to add an item to the menu,
I had to recode and recreate the menu.

[0003]

As described above, since the conventional menu creation is performed by coding in a programming language, knowledge about the programming language and the like is required, and it is difficult for a user who is unfamiliar with programming. There was a problem. Further, when adding an item to an existing menu, there is also a problem that it is necessary to re-code the menu and recreate it. Therefore, it is desired to interactively select / input a menu item, a process to be activated, etc. on the screen to create a menu.

The present invention solves these problems by
The purpose is to eliminate the coding work that requires knowledge of programming languages, etc., which was necessary when creating a menu, and to enable an inexperienced user to easily build an interactive application using a menu. ..

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Means for solving the problems will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, an object 11 sets a process corresponding to a process ID.

The menu information list 12 sets menu items, process IDs, and destinations.

[0007]

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, a menu item input from the screen, a process ID selected from the displayed list, and a destination object selected from the screen as necessary are associated with each other. In addition, it is registered in the menu information list 12.

When the menu is displayed, the menu information list 12 of the object 11 is referred to, the item is taken out to display the menu, and when the item is selected from the menu, it corresponds to the selected item. Retrieve the process ID, send the retrieved process ID to the destination,
The object that receives this performs the process corresponding to the process ID.

Therefore, a menu can be created by an interactive operation of inputting a menu item on the screen, selecting a process ID from the list, and selecting a transmission destination from the screen as necessary, and a programming language can be completely created. Even a user who does not know can easily create a menu.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the construction and operation of an embodiment of the present invention will be sequentially described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, an object 11 sets a process corresponding to a process ID, and here, position information,
A pointer to menu information, a process ID (open), a process ID (close), and the like are set.

The position information is the position information of the window which is the object here, and is, for example, the upper left coordinate and the lower right coordinate. The pointer to menu information associates the object (window) 11 with the menu information list 12. It is not necessary when the menu information list 12 can be set in the object (window) 11.

The process ID (open) is used to set a process corresponding to the process ID, and is a process for opening a window or the like here. The menu information list 12 is for registering menu items, process IDs, and transmission destination objects (transmission destinations, link destinations) in association with each other. The menu item is an item to be displayed in the menu, for example, as shown in FIG. The process ID is an identifier that specifies a process. The transmission destination object is an object to which the processing ID is transmitted and processing is requested.

FIG. 1B shows an example of the menu. In this case, the items (menu items) in the menu information list 12 in FIG. 1A are taken out and displayed as a menu as shown. When the user selects, for example, the top "open" from this menu displayed on the window, the process ID "open" of the top item "open" in the menu information list 12 of FIG. This is transmitted to the window 32 which is the destination object. Window 3 that received this process ID "open"
2 performs a corresponding process, that is, an open process.

FIG. 1C shows the configuration of an object (window). This is a schematic representation of the configuration of the object (window) 11 of FIG. 1A, which includes registration window management 13, registration processing 14, menu information list 12, menu creation processing 15, and transmission processing 16. It is composed of etc. The processing of these is performed by the object (window) 11 of FIG.
Is set to.

The registration window management 13 manages windows, menu items on the screen, selection of process IDs, and the like. The registration process 14 is to register various information (items, process IDs, destination objects, etc.) in the object (window) 11 and the menu information list 12.

The menu information list 12 is shown in FIG.
It is the menu information list 12 of. Menu creation process 1
5 is based on the menu information list 12 and shown in FIG.
The menu shown in (b) is created and displayed.

The transmission process 16 refers to the menu information list 12 for the item selected from the menu, extracts the corresponding process ID, and transmits this process ID to the destination object.

Next, the operation of creating the menu information list 12 of FIG. 1 will be specifically described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2 and with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. In FIG. 2, S1 selects a window. This is to select a window to arrange and display a menu, for example, to move the mouse cursor 31 to the window 32 in FIG.
Position and click to select.

In step S2, it is determined whether a window is selected. Here, since it is YES, the process proceeds to S3. On the other hand, if NO, it waits until a window is selected. S43, the dialog is displayed. This displays a dialog screen for inputting a menu item, for example, the dialog 36 in FIG. 3B.

In step S4, menu items are input. For this, for example, on the dialog 36 of FIG. 3B, a menu item, for example, "close" is keyed in from the keyboard. In S5, a list of process IDs that can be processed is displayed.
This is a list of process IDs of processes that can be executed in the window in response to the input of the menu item in S4, for example, as shown in (c) of FIG. 3, ・ Open ・ Close ・ Move ・ Iconify ・Display a list of process IDs such as Raise / Lower.

In step S6, a process ID to be activated is selected.
This is the processing I displayed in S5, for example, the processing I in FIG. 3C.
From the list of D, position the mouse cursor 31 on "Close" and click to select. ..

In step S7, an input request is made to inquire whether or not there is a mistake in the set value. For example, as shown in (d) of FIG.
On window 38 Name: Close Process ID: close Is this OK? Is displayed and the user is asked whether the menu item “close” input / selected so far and the process ID “close” selected are correct. If yes, click YES. Then, the process proceeds to S9. If wrong, click NO and return to S1 again.

In step S9, the menu information is registered in the menu information list 12. As shown in the menu information list 12 of FIG. 1A, this is “close” or “clo”.
se ”, and the process ID, which was not explained here
For the object to which "close" is transmitted and the processing is requested, the object selected from the screen is set (the pointer to the object is set).

As a result, the window "window 32" for displaying the menu is selected on the screen ", the menu item" close "is input, the process ID" close "is selected, and the object" window 32 "to which the process ID is transmitted. By selecting "(here, the process ID is transmitted to the own window 32 and the process close is requested)", the menu information of the menu information list 12 of FIG. 1A can be registered.

FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 show explanatory views of menu creation according to the present invention. This is a case where a menu is created in the window 32 and the menu information of the menu information list 12 of FIG. 1A is registered.

FIG. 3A shows a state in which the window 32 is selected. This shows a state in which the mouse cursor 31 is positioned and clicked on the window 32 and selected (YES in S1 and S2 in FIG. 2).

FIG. 3B shows the dialog 36 displayed. This shows how the dialog 36 for selecting a menu item is displayed. From this dialog 36, a menu item such as "close" is keyed in.

FIG. 3C shows a state in which a list of process IDs of processes that can be executed by the window 32 is displayed. Here, a list of process IDs is displayed as shown, and
Position the mouse cursor 31 at e and click to select.

FIG. 4D shows a setting value confirmation screen. Here, the input is made as shown in the figure: -Name (menu item): Close-Process ID: close is displayed. If it is correct, position the mouse cursor 31 at YES and click. If it is incorrect, the NO mouse cursor 31 is positioned and clicked.

3 (a) to 3 (c) and FIG. 4 described above.
(D) of the following: -Window 32 for displaying menu-Menu item "close" -Process ID "close" is selected / input. Then, these are registered as the menu information of the menu information list 12 of FIG. 1A, and a series of menu creation is completed. When the process ID is not sent as a destination object to its own window 32 but is sent to another window to request a process, the mouse cursor 3 is moved to the destination window.
1 is positioned and clicked to select it, and this selected window is registered in the destination object field of the menu information list 12.

Next, using the flowchart of FIG. 5, based on the menu information list 12 of FIG.
The operation of displaying a menu on the window, transmitting the process ID corresponding to the item selected from the menu to the destination window, and executing the process will be described in detail.

In FIG. 5, S11 creates a menu from the menu information list. This is shown in FIG.
An item is taken out from the menu information list 12 of the object (window 32) to create a menu.

In step S12, the menu is displayed and the selection of the menu is awaited. This causes the menu created in S11 to be displayed on the window as shown in FIG. The user waits for the user to position and select the mouse cursor 31 from the displayed menu. In response to the user positioning and clicking the mouse cursor 31 on any one of the menu items on the menu, the number of the ID from the top is stored in the variable index.

In S13, it is determined whether or not it has been selected. YES
In the case of, it progresses to S14. If NO, the process ends (END). S14 is from the menu information list 12
The corresponding menu information is extracted based on the index. For example, when index = 2, the second menu information from the top of the menu information list 12 in FIG.

S15 is a process ID for the destination object (window 32) obtained from the menu information.
Send "close". The window 32 which received this process cl corresponding to this process ID "close"
ose is executed.

As described above, in response to the menu display instruction, the menu item is taken out from the menu information list 12 of the window, the menu is created and displayed ((b) in FIG. 1), and the user selects from this menu. Corresponding to, menu information list 1 corresponding to the selected item
2. The process ID “close” is extracted from 2, and the process ID “close” is stored in the destination object (window 32).
The window 32 that has received the process ID “close” performs the process close corresponding to the process ID “close”.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the menu information list 12 is created by inputting menu items on the screen, selecting the process ID from the list, and selecting the destination on the screen as necessary, interactive operation from the screen This allows you to easily create and add menus. As a result, (1) a menu item can be input and a process ID for the menu item can be interactively selected from the screen to automatically create and add a menu.

(2) Since the menu of (1) can be automatically created and added, the labor and time for creating the menu can be reduced, and even a user who does not know any programming language can easily construct the menu mechanism. Is possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of menu creation according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of menu creation according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a menu creation / transmission flowchart of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11: Object (window) 12: Menu information list 13: Registration window management 14: Registration processing 15: Menu creation processing 16: Transmission processing 31: Mouse cursor 32, 38: Window 36: Dialog 37: Menu

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A menu creation method for creating a menu, wherein an object (1
1) and a menu information list (12) that sets a menu item, a process ID, and a destination in association with this object (11), and associates the menu item and the process ID input from the screen with each other. A menu creating method characterized by being configured to be registered in the menu information list (12). 2. The menu information list (12) associating a menu item input on the screen, a process ID selected from the displayed list, and a destination object selected on the screen as necessary. The menu creating method according to claim 1, wherein the menu creating method is configured to be registered in. 3. When the menu is displayed, the menu information list (12) of the object (11) is referred to,
The menu item is taken out, the menu is displayed, and in response to the selection of the item from the menu, the process ID corresponding to the selected item is taken out, the taken out process ID is transmitted to the destination, and this is received. A menu creating method, wherein the created object is configured to perform a process corresponding to the process ID.