JPH06259213A - Interactive processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simultaneously correct commands by providing a means for updating the commands by simultaneously displaying the commands registered to plural interface parts corresponding to the plural interface parts to which the commands are registered. CONSTITUTION:A graphic editor (command registration) 11 registers the commands to the interface parts. A command editing part 17 simultaneously displays the commands registered to the plural interface parts corresponding to the plural interface parts, to which the commands are registered, and simultaneously updates the commands of the plural interface parts. In the command editing part 17, a batch command display part 4 simultaneously displays the registered commands corresponding to the plural interface parts on a display panel. When the update of commands is simultaneously instructed, a batch command update part 5 simultaneously updates the commands of plural interface parts. Thus, the processing of editing is enabled.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an interactive processing system, and more particularly, in an interactive processing system having a plurality of interface parts for executing a user interface function on a display screen of a display device, the interactive processing system is registered in a plurality of interface parts. The present invention relates to an interactive processing system capable of collectively modifying commands.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an interactive processing system having a plurality of interface components for executing a user interface function on a display screen of a display device, a display panel incorporating the interface components has been created, and this display panel is used. The user interface function in the application program is executed. In this case, the information about the panel to be created (interface part) is converted into a source program to create the source program of the interface part, and this source program is compiled and linked with the application program itself, so that the corresponding execution format is obtained. A panel is created that performs the user interface function with the interface components of.

By the way, in the construction of the user interface of the computer system, the operation of the user interface component for carrying out the dialog processing between the user and the system needs to be given as a program, which is complicated. Further, there is a problem that a complicated work process is required even when a part of the specifications is changed.

On the other hand, in the "dialogue processing composition system" proposed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-266424,
The system side provides parts composed of database visual data and behavioral description data, and by combining them, the operation program of the user interface of the computer application system is synthesized to facilitate the construction of the user interface. To do.

Therefore, in this interactive processing composition system, an interface component database section for providing a component composed of visual data and behavioral description data,
An interface component editor unit that describes the components of the interface component database unit in combination and an interface composition unit that synthesizes the interaction processing unit based on the description of the interface component editor unit are provided. This makes it easy to combine parts,
A dialogue processing unit of the computer application system can be configured.

Further, in the "software prototype creation support device" proposed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 254539/1990, a prototype of the man-machine interface of the interactive CAD system is created by graphic input.
Therefore, here, the function as a prototype is realized by individually registering in the database as man-machine interface component elements (menus) of the interactive CAD system and operating according to the specified operation definition. Furthermore, the source code of the target system is converted and output.

[0007]

By the way, in a display panel including an interface component of this kind of interactive processing program, a command can be registered in the interface component constituted by a graphic to be arranged, so that a user can register the command. By selecting the figure of the interface component on the display panel with a mouse cursor or the like, the processing of the command registered in the figure is executed.

In this case, the operation of registering a command in the graphic (object) of the interface component is to first select the graphic of the target interface component by operating the mouse cursor on the display panel. Next, a window for setting attributes of the selected interface component graphic is opened. Next, the command required for the figure is set in the opened window. Then, the attribute setting window is closed. Such operation of ~ is 1
Since it has to be performed for the figure of one interface component, if there are a large number of interface components for which commands are set on the display panel, it will be a rather complicated operation and each interface component will be set. There is a problem that it is difficult to check the command contents. In addition, when a large number of interface parts are provided on the display panel, there is a problem in that there is an error in the command set for each interface part and the operation is considerably complicated, such as when updating the error. is there.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a dialogue processing having a plurality of interface components for executing a user interface function on a display screen of a display device. It is an object of the present invention to provide an interactive processing system capable of collectively modifying commands registered in a plurality of interface components.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a dialogue processing system of the present invention is a dialogue processing system having a plurality of interface parts for executing a user interface function on a display screen of a display device. A command registration means (11) for registering a command in the interface component, and a plurality of interface components in which the command is registered, displaying the commands registered in the plurality of interface components collectively, and collectively. And a command updating means (17) for updating commands of a plurality of interface parts.

Further, in the interactive processing system of the present invention, the command updating means (17) collectively displays the commands registered in the plurality of interface components for the plurality of interface components on the display panel. When the display means (4) and an instruction to update the commands registered in a plurality of interface components collectively are given,
A batch command updating means (5) for collectively updating the commands of a plurality of interface components is provided.

[0012]

The interactive processing system of the present invention is an interactive processing system having a plurality of interface components for executing the user interface function on the display screen of the display device, wherein the command registration means (11) is Register the command in the interface component. A command updating means (17) collectively displays the commands registered in the plurality of interface components for the plurality of interface components in which the command is registered, and collectively updates the commands of the plurality of interface components. . As a result, it is possible to collectively display commands for a plurality of interface components for which commands have been registered, and to collectively update the commands of the interface components.

In the command updating means (17), when the collective command display means (4) collectively displays the commands registered in the plurality of interface components for the plurality of interface components on the display panel, The command updating means (5) collectively updates the commands of the plurality of interface components when the commands for updating the commands registered in the plurality of interface components are collectively issued. As a result, it is possible to view the contents of the commands of all interface components and perform the editing process.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a dialogue processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 1
1, 2 and 3 are graphics as interface parts, 4 is a command batch display section, 5 is a command batch update section, 11 is a graphic editor, 12 is an interface control section, 13 is an operating system, 14 is an input / output device control. Reference numeral 15 is an input / output device. Reference numeral 16 is a display panel section for arranging graphics of interface parts, 17 is a command editing section, and 18 is a command execution section. The figures 1, 2 and 3 are provided with commands 1a, 2a and 3a for defining the operation of the user interface function for each figure as an interface component.

As the input / output device 15, a CRT display as a display output device, a mouse as a pointing device, a keyboard as a character input device, etc. are used. The input / output device control unit 14 is a driver that controls the connected input / output devices, and controls the input / output devices such as the CRT display, mouse, and keyboard used here. The operating system 13 provides a system environment in which application programs operate and controls the entire system of hardware devices. The user interface control unit 12 controls each interface component to execute a user interface function when the application program operates. Graphic editor 1
As will be described later, 1 creates graphic data to be an interface component on a display panel that executes a user interface function, and performs graphic editing processing to add attribute data such as commands to the graphic as necessary.

By the graphic editing process by the graphic editor 11, a rectangular graphic A, a rhombic graphic C, a circular graphic B, etc. are created, appropriately positioned and arranged, and commands are registered as necessary. As a result, as shown in the figure,
The display panel section 16 is in a state in which the graphic 1 to which the command 1a is added, the graphic 2 to which the command 2a is added, and the graphic 3 to which the command 3a is added are arranged.

The command editing section 17 includes a display panel section 16
It manages the graphics as the interface parts arranged above, and edits the commands added to each graphics. When the editing of the command added to each graphic is completed and the execution mode is set, the command editing unit 17 controls the execution of the command for the graphic managed here.
That is, in the execution mode, when a figure is selected and instructed by the mouse cursor, the presence or absence of a command to which the figure is added is checked, and when the figure in which the command is registered is instructed and selected, the command execution unit 18 is executed. It is activated to control the command execution processing registered in the figure. In addition,
The command execution unit 18 refers to a command library (not shown) or the like to execute the processing of the command added to the figure.

Further, the command editing section 17 is provided with a command batch display section 4 and a command batch update section 5. The command batch display unit 4 collectively registers commands (1a, 2a, and 3a) for a plurality of interface component graphics (1, 2, and 3) on the display panel 16. Further, when the command batch display section 4 gives an instruction to update the commands registered in a plurality of figures in a batch, the command batch update section 5 executes a command for the plurality of figures in a batch. Edit processing to update. As a result, it is possible to view the command contents of all graphics and edit the commands of each graphics, which improves the maintainability of the display panel having a plurality of interface components.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the processing flow of the command editing section in the interactive processing system of this embodiment. The command editing process added to the graphic of the interface component will be described with reference to FIG. When the command editing process is started, first, in step 21, the command batch display section obtains a script (statement in the command) added to all the parts (figure of interface parts, etc.). Then, in the next step 22, a script edit window for displaying graphic commands all at once is opened and the obtained script is displayed. In this script, the script sequence of commands for each figure is displayed separately in the script editing window, and the commands for each figure are displayed collectively (see FIG. 3).

Next, in step 23, when the command added to each figure is changed, script edit input processing is performed. Next, in step 24, it is determined whether or not the batch update of the edited scripts is instructed. When the batch update is instructed, in the next step 25, the changed script is updated for all the parts, and the process ends. Also, in the determination at step 24. If the collective update is not instructed, the command of each figure is an individual update. Therefore, the collective update process is not performed here, and the process ends.

Thus, in the interactive processing system, the commands registered in the plurality of interface components are collectively displayed on the plurality of interface components that execute the user interface function on the display screen of the display device. Moreover, the commands can be changed collectively. ,

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining an operation example when a command added to a graphic is edited in the edit window of the graphic editor. In FIG. 3, reference numerals 1, 2, and 3 are interface component graphics for which commands are set, and 3
Reference numeral 0 is an edit window of a graphic editor, 31 is a script edit window for displaying commands in a batch, and 32 is a command setting window for individual graphic attributes. As described above, the graphics (1, 2, and 3) on the display panel section
Has a command added to perform interface operation. If you want to display the commands added to these figures, here are two methods: displaying the commands for each figure or displaying the commands for all figures in the display panel section at once. is there.

In the case of collectively displaying the commands of all the figures, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, in the editing window 30 of the figure editor, the command batch display with "property" in the upper editing command area is displayed. Click the button. When this command batch display button is clicked, the script editing window 31 for displaying the commands in a batch is opened, and the commands of all the figures are displayed in a batch. The commands for each figure displayed in the script editing window 31 are displayed continuously although the commands for each figure are divided for each figure. Therefore, the user confirms the command contents of all the graphics displayed in a batch and continues to the commands that need to be changed,
In this script edit window 31, the script of each command is edited.

In the script editing window 31, the commands can be edited while the command contents of all the figures are displayed, so that the commands of the figures requiring the same interface operation can be easily corrected. After editing the script of each figure command, click the batch update button labeled "Update" in the upper command area of the script edit window 31 to edit in this script edit window 31. The commands of each figure are collectively updated in the contents, and the script editing window 31 is closed.

In the case of displaying a command for each figure, similarly, as shown in FIG. 3, in the editing window 30 of the figure editor, a mouse is placed on the figure of the interface component whose command is to be displayed, for example, the figure 2. Position the cursor and click the mouse button. As a result, the command setting window 32 for setting individual graphic attributes for the specified graphic is opened.
The command set for the figure is displayed. Therefore, the user confirms the command content of the displayed graphic, and if it is necessary to change the command, subsequently, the command setting window 32 is edited to change the command script. When the editing is completed, the command setting window 32 is closed to reflect the changed contents in the command of the figure.

As described above, in the editing window 30 of the graphic editor, the command contents are collectively displayed and changed collectively for the graphic of the interface component on the display panel, or the command contents are individually displayed and changed. Then, the editing process of the command of the figure editor here ends. The instruction to end the editing process of the command of the graphic editor is made by clicking the mode switching button displayed as "execute" in the edit command area at the upper part of the edit window 30 of the graphic editor. The interface function by the figure is put into execution.

As described above, according to the dialogue processing system of the present embodiment, in the dialogue processing system having a plurality of interface components for executing the user interface function on the display screen of the display device, a plurality of interface components are provided. The registered commands can be modified collectively. In the above description of the embodiment, the commands added to the graphic of the interface part are displayed collectively and updated. However, instead of the graphic of the interface part, there is some object, and A system to which the or command can be added can be implemented in the same manner as the interactive processing system of the present embodiment. Since batch display and batch change are possible in this way, for example, on a window system, Cut & Pas of a character string is displayed.
Similar commands can be efficiently input using t.

[0028]

As described above, according to the dialogue processing system of the present invention, in the dialogue processing system having a plurality of interface components for executing the user interface function on the display screen of the display device, a plurality of interface components are provided. The commands registered in can be displayed all at once, and the corrections can be performed at once. Therefore, even if there are many interface components, the maintenance can be performed efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a dialogue processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of a command editing unit in the interactive processing system of the present embodiment,

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an operation example when a command added to a graphic is edited in an edit window of the graphic editor. .

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2, 3 ... Graphics (interface parts), 4 ... Command batch display section, 5 ... Command batch update section, 11 ... Graphic editor, 12 ... Interface control section, 13 ... Operating system, 14 ... Input / output device control section, 15
Input / output device, 16 ... Display panel section, 17 ... Command editing section, 18 ... Command executing section, 30 ... Editing window, 31 ... Script editing window, 32 ... Command setting window.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A dialogue processing system having a plurality of interface components for executing a user interface function on a display screen of a display device, comprising: a command registration unit for registering a command in the interface component; and a plurality of the command registration units. An interactive processing system comprising: a command updating unit that collectively displays commands registered in a plurality of interface components on the interface components and collectively updates commands of the plurality of interface components. 2. The interactive processing system according to claim 1, wherein the command updating means collectively displays, for a plurality of interface components on the display panel, commands registered in the plurality of interface components. A dialogue characterized by comprising display means and batch command updating means for collectively updating the commands of a plurality of interface parts when an instruction to update the commands registered in a plurality of interface parts is issued at once. Processing system.