JPH0612370A - On-line half-screen automatic update control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically update data, which are updated on a host side at any time, by an upper and a lower half screen without requiring operator's operation by controlling the update of the screen by the half screens at intervals of timer time associatively with timer control. CONSTITUTION:A terminal which is connected to a host computer in an on-line state is provided with screen update control parts 2 and 3 and timer control parts 10 and 11 for the upper and lower screens and a timer time file 12 wherein the timer times of the upper and lower screens can be set. Screen displays by the upper and lower screens are made by initial actuation under screen update control which is started at the point of time when an operator performs operation. At the same time, the timer control parts 10 and 11 for the upper and lower screens reads out the timer times of the upper and lower screens registered in the timer time file 12, the timer control parts 10 and 11 for the upper and lower screens automatically start the screen update control at intervals of the timer times, and interruption control parts 4 and 5 in process of timer monitoring by the upper and lower screens shift the display to the other screen at any time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an online screen update control system, and more particularly to an automatic online screen update control system by timer control for each half screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a screen update control system for an online data entry terminal, in particular, is a system for starting the screen update control by a human operation from an input device such as a keyboard.

In the above-described conventional online screen update control method, the screen is updated only when the operator is aware of the data (information) to be updated at any time on the host computer side, and the data (information) is updated in real time. (Information) is not displayed.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides an on-line half-screen automatic update control system which enables automatic updating of data to be updated on the host side at any time without requiring operator operation. Especially.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An online half-screen automatic update control system of the present invention is a display device for displaying screen data, a timer time file for registering a timer time for timer control for each half screen, and a half screen. For each half screen, the timer control unit that reads the timer time interval of the timer time file and sets the timer, and the screen update control unit that controls the screen update for each timer time in conjunction with the timer control for each half screen And an interrupt control unit for interrupting the timer monitoring.

[0006]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart of screen updating of this embodiment. In FIG. 1, one embodiment of the present invention is a display device 1 for displaying data on an upper half screen and a lower half screen.
And; timer time file 12 for registering the timer time for each of the upper and lower half screens; reading the timer time interval for each of the upper and lower half screens of the timer time file, and setting the timer. It includes upper / lower screen update control units 2 and 3 for controlling the upper and lower screens for each timer time in conjunction with the control; and upper / lower screen interrupt control units 4 and 7 for interrupting timer monitoring.

The display device 1 displays an automatic update screen by the upper / lower screen update controls 2 and 3 and a screen display by interrupt control during timer monitoring, and is connected to the upper / lower screen update control units 2 and 3. There is. The upper / lower screen update control units 2 and 3 are connected to the upper / lower screen timer control units 10 and 11 via paths 6 and 7 and also connected to the upper / lower screen interrupt control units 4 and 5. There is. The upper and lower screen timer control units 10 and 11 are connected to a timer time file 12 in which the timer time for each upper and lower screen is registered. The upper and lower screen interrupt control units 4 and 5 use the path 8,
It is connected to the upper and lower screen timer control units 10 and 11 via 9.

Next, referring to FIG. 2, the display device 1 displays screens A to A "and screens B to B'on the upper half screen and screens C to C ', screens D to D'and screen E on the lower half screen. First, when an initial search is performed on the upper half screen by the operator, the screen A is received from the host computer and displayed on the display device 1, and at the same time, the timer control by the upper screen timer control unit 10 is performed. At this time, the upper screen timer control unit 10
The upper half screen timer time is read from the timer time file 12 and the timer is set. The upper screen timer control unit 10 performs timer monitoring control at time intervals set by the timer, and the upper screen update control unit 2 performs timer monitoring control at each timer time.
To the screen update control request. Upon receiving the request, the upper screen update control unit 2 obtains the screen A'from the host computer by the screen update control. When the operator also performs an initial search for the lower half screen, the screen C is received from the host computer, displayed on the display device 1, and at the same time, the lower screen timer control unit 11 shifts to timer control. At this time, the lower screen timer control unit 11 reads the lower half screen timer time from the timer time file 12 and sets the timer. The lower screen timer control unit 11 performs timer monitoring control at time intervals set by the timer, and issues a screen update control request to the lower screen update control unit 3 at each timer time. Upon receiving the request, the lower screen update control unit 3 obtains the screen C ′ from the host computer by the screen update control. If the operator performs an operation on the lower half screen during the timer monitoring control, the lower screen timer control unit 11 transfers control to the lower screen interrupt control unit 5, and the lower screen based on the operation request for the lower half screen. Move to screen update control. The lower screen update control unit 3 causes the display device 1 to display the screen D similarly to the screen display by the initial search, and at the same time, shifts to the timer control by the lower screen timer control unit 11. During the interrupt control of the lower half screen, when the timer set time interval of the upper screen arrives, the timer monitoring control by the upper screen timer control unit 10 is continued, but the upper screen update control unit 2
Waiting is performed, and in conjunction with the screen update control of the lower screen update control unit 3, the upper screen update control obtains the screen A ″ from the host computer. In the same manner, the upper half screen displays the screen B after the interrupt control. Then, the online screen automatic update after the screen B ′ is performed on the lower half screens after D ′ and D ″.

As described above, according to one embodiment of the present invention, a screen update control unit, a timer control unit for each upper and lower screen, and a file for setting a timer time for each upper and lower screen are provided on a terminal connected online with a host computer. In the screen update control method, the screen update control that is usually started when the operator operates is initially displayed and the screen is displayed for each upper and lower screen, and at the same time, the timer control unit for each upper and lower screen registers it in the timer time file. The timer time for each upper and lower screen is read, and the timer control unit for each upper and lower screen automatically activates the screen update control for each timer time. An automatic screen update control method that enables the transition to is obtained.

[0011]

As described above, the present invention can always display the latest data (information) even if the operator does not intentionally operate in providing the data (information) to the operator. It is effective in reducing operations and providing high-quality data (information).

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart explaining automatic screen update and interrupt control in one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 display 2 upper screen update control unit 3 lower screen update control unit 4 upper screen interrupt control unit 5 lower screen interrupt control unit 6, 7 pass 8, 9 pass 10 upper screen timer control unit 11 lower screen timer control unit 12 timer time file

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A display device for displaying screen data, a timer time file for registering a timer time for timer control for each half screen, and a timer time interval of the timer time file for each half screen to read and set a timer. It is equipped with a timer control unit, a screen update control unit that controls the screen update for each timer time in conjunction with the timer control for each half screen, and an interrupt control unit that interrupts the timer monitoring for each half screen. An online half-screen automatic update control method characterized by automatically updating the screen by timer control and screen update control for each screen.