JPH06348467A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the addition and change of a processing program. CONSTITUTION:Processing programs and their program names are previously stored in a menu defining file F, and in the case of starting a certain program, its program name is read out from the file F, a program number is allocated to the program, a menu table Tm expressing correspondence among program names, program numbers and the storing addresses of corresponding processing programs is prepared, and program numbers are successively read out from the table Tm and their corresponding program names are displayed on a display device based upon the table Tm. When a required program name is selected, the storing addresses of the processing program corresponding to the program name is found out from the table Tm and the processing program of the corresponding address in the file F is executed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing device such as a programming device for displaying an executable program name on a display device and selecting and executing a desired program name from the displayed program name.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an information processing apparatus such as a programming apparatus, when a desired processing program is executed, a list of program names of executable processing programs stored in the information processing apparatus is displayed on a display device. Then, the operator selects a desired program name based on the displayed program name and executes the processing program corresponding to the selected program name.

At this time, the information processing apparatus previously creates and holds a menu table indicating the correspondence between the program name and the function number, and the program name is displayed by the menu display process based on this menu table. The processing program calling processing incorporated in the main program of the information processing apparatus calls the processing program corresponding to the selected program name.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the menu display processing. First, in step S31, the process proceeds to step S32 with N = 1, and the program name corresponding to the function number "1" is read by referring to the menu table created in advance. And step S3
The process moves to 3 and the read program name is displayed on the display device.

Then, the process proceeds to step S34, it is determined whether all the program names have been read from the menu table, and if all the program names have been read,
When the menu display processing is completed and all program names have not been read, the process proceeds to step S35 and N = N.
After setting to +1, the process proceeds to step S32, and similarly to the above, the program name corresponding to the function number “N” is read from the menu table and displayed on the display device.

When a program name is selected on the input device by an operator's key operation or the like, the processing program is called by the processing program calling processing incorporated in the main program shown in FIG. Be seen. In FIG. 8, when the program name is selected, first, in step S41, the function number corresponding to the selected program name is obtained based on the menu table, and the process proceeds to step S42.

In step S42, the function number "M" corresponding to the obtained program name corresponds to the processing program A of the function number corresponding to the processing program set in advance so that the program name corresponds to the processing program. If the function number “M” corresponding to the selected program name is equal to the function number corresponding to the processing program A, the process proceeds to step S43. To execute.

In step S42, the function number "M" obtained
If is not the function number corresponding to the processing program A, the process proceeds to step S44, and it is determined whether the obtained function number "M" is the function number corresponding to the processing program B. If the function number corresponds to the processing program B, the process proceeds to step S45 to execute the processing program B. If the function number does not correspond to the processing program B, the processing program B corresponds to the next processing program. Whether or not it is a function number is determined, and the function number “M” corresponding to the selected program name is sequentially compared with the function number of the processing program to determine the function number of the processing program and the selected program name. When the corresponding function number "M" matches, the processing program is executed.

[0009]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional information processing apparatus, the display processing is performed based on the menu table by the menu display processing, and the selection is performed by the processing program call processing incorporated in the main program. Since the processing program corresponding to the program name is called and executed, when adding or changing a processing program anew, first change the main program of the information processing device and then change the menu table. However, there is an unsolved problem that the processing program cannot be easily added or changed.

Further, in the processing program call processing, since the processing program is called for the program name by branch processing for each processing program, the branch processing increases as the number of processing programs increases, and the program size increases. There is also a problem that the processing speed becomes slower accordingly.

Therefore, the present invention has been made by paying attention to the above-mentioned unsolved problems of the prior art, and it is possible to easily add or change processing programs, and even when a large number of processing programs are stored. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing device capable of high-speed processing.

[0012]

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to claim 1 reads a program name stored in a menu table, displays it on a display device, and displays it on the display device. In the information processing apparatus that executes the processing program corresponding to the program name selected from among the program names selected, the menu definition file storing the program name and the processing program corresponding to the program name, and the menu definition file when starting up And a table creating means for creating a menu table by reading out the program name and the storage location of the processing program stored in.

An information processing apparatus according to claim 2 is
When the processing program is stored in the information processing device, the menu definition file stores the processing program and the program name corresponding to the processing program. Further, the information processing apparatus according to claim 3 stores additional information together with the program name in the menu definition file, and the table creating means uses the program name read from the menu definition file based on the additional information as a menu table. It is characterized by storing in.

[0014]

For example, an information processing apparatus that reads out a program name stored in a menu table, displays it on a display device, and executes a processing program corresponding to the program name selected from the program names displayed on the display device. In the above, the processing program and its program name are stored in advance in the menu definition file, and the menu table creating means creates a menu table based on the program name and its storage position stored in the menu definition file. At startup, the program name is read from the created menu table, displayed on the display device, and the storage location corresponding to the program name selected on the display device is obtained from the menu table and executed. When the additional information is stored in the menu definition file and the menu table is created, the program names are stored in the storage order based on the additional information.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. The information processing device 1 includes, for example, a processing unit 2, a main storage unit 3, an auxiliary storage unit 4, a display device 5, and an input device 6, and the processing unit 2 receives an input signal from the input device 6. Is received, data is output to the display device 5, and information is exchanged between the main storage unit 3 and the auxiliary storage unit 4 based on the input signal.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. In addition, in advance, a processing program Pr as shown in FIG.
It is assumed that a menu definition file F including a program name Pm corresponding to the processing program Pr to which additional information for determining the storage order in the data table is added is created and stored in the auxiliary storage unit 4, for example.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the processing unit 2 when the menu list is displayed. First, in step S1, the menu definition file F stored in the auxiliary storage unit 4 is read, and then in step S2, each program name Pm read from the menu definition file F is read.
On the other hand, the program number Np is set in the order of reading. Then, the process proceeds to step S3, and the program name Pm
And the program number Np and the address Ad of the menu definition file F in which the processing program Pr of the program name Pm corresponding to the program number Np is stored, a menu table Tm (FIG. 5) is created, and step S4 is performed. Move to.

In step S4, the arrangement of the menu table Tm is rearranged in the preset storage order based on the additional information added to the program name Pm. Then, the process proceeds to step S5 to set n = 1, and then proceeds to step S6 to read the program number Np stored first in the menu table Tm, and in step S7, the program corresponding to the read program number Np. The name is obtained and displayed on the display device 5.

Then, in step S8, it is determined whether or not all the program names Pm have been read from the menu table Tm. If all the program names Pm have been read, the processing is terminated and all the program names are read. If Pm has not been read, the process proceeds to step S9, where n
After setting = n + 1, the process returns to step S6, and the process is performed in the same manner as above.

Here, steps S1 to S4 correspond to the table creating means. Then, when an arbitrary program name is selected from the program names displayed on the display device 5 by the key operation of the operator or the like, the process program calling process shown in FIG. 4 is executed, and first, in step S21. , The address A where the processing program corresponding to the selected program name Pm is stored based on the menu table created in the menu display processing
d is obtained, the process proceeds to step S22, and the obtained address A
The processing program is read from the address of the menu definition file F corresponding to d, and the processing program calling processing ends.

Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG.
It is assumed that the menu definition file F stores four processing programs of menus A, B, C, and D.
The address where each processing program A to D is stored is
Ad (A), Ad (B), Ad (C), and Ad (D). Then, for example, when the program names are displayed on the display device 5 in the order of the menus A, B, C, and D at the time of displaying the menu list, the menu A is previously added to the menu A as additional information indicating the display order. , “1”, Menu B is “2”, Menu C is “3”, Menu D
Is added with "4".

When the information processing apparatus 1 is started from this state, first, the menu display process is performed, the program name is read from the menu definition file F, and the program number Np is added to the read program name. , Menu A is Np1, Menu B is Np2,
Np3 is given to the menu C and Np4 is given to the menu D. At the same time, the menu table Tm showing the correspondence between the program name Pm, the program number Np, and the address showing the storage position of each processing program of the menu definition file F.
Create (Fig. 5).

Based on the additional information, the storage order in the menu table Tm is rearranged in the ascending order of the number of additional information. In this case, the menu table Tm is stored in the ascending order of the additional information. Do not sort. Then, first, the program number Np1 is read in the order stored in the menu table Tm, and the program name Pm corresponding to the program number Np1 is displayed on the display device 5. In this case, as shown in FIG. Display menu A ".

Similarly, from the menu table Tm,
The next program number Np2 is read and the corresponding program name, "Menu B", is displayed on the display device 5. Similarly for program numbers Np3 and Np4,
“Menu C” and “Menu D” are displayed on the display device 5. The operator selects a desired program name from the four program names displayed on the display device 5 by, for example, operating a key on the input device 6.

In this case, for example, if "menu B" is selected, the processing unit 2 selects the program number "menu B" corresponding to "menu B" from the menu table Tm (FIG. 5) created when the menu list is displayed. Np2 ″ is calculated, and the address corresponding to the program number Np2 is calculated. In this case, the corresponding address is Ad (B), and the processing program B stored in the address Ad (B) of the menu definition file F is calculated. Read and do this.

At this time, for example, as additional information indicating the display order, “3” is displayed in menu A and menu 3 is displayed in menu B.
"2", menu C has "4", menu D has
If "1" is set, the menu table T
After creating m, the storage order in the menu table Tm is rearranged based on the additional information, and the program number N
P4, Np2, Np1, and Np3 are stored in this order.

Program numbers N are stored in the order in which they are stored.
p is read, that is, program numbers Np4 and Np
2, Np1, Np3 are read out in order, and the corresponding program name is displayed on the display device 5, and the display device 5 displays the program name in the order of menu D, menu B, menu A, and menu C. Also, menus A, B, C, D
It is assumed that a processing program called menu E is newly added to the information processing apparatus 1 in which the four processing programs described above are stored.

Here, for example, menus A and B are processing programs related to arithmetic processing, and menus C and D are
It is assumed that it is a processing program related to calculation result processing,
The menu definition file F stores the processing programs of the menus A to D. At this time, as additional information, the menus A and B store information indicating that they are processing programs related to arithmetic processing, and the menu C. , D stores information indicating that the program is a processing program related to calculation result processing, and when it is displayed on the display device 5, a processing program name related to calculation result processing is displayed after the processing program name related to calculation processing. To do.

When a processing program called menu E is added to the information processing apparatus 1, the program name called menu E and the processing program E are stored in the menu definition file F and added to the program name at this time. As additional information, the information that the menu E is a processing program related to arithmetic processing is stored. Then, when the information processing apparatus 1 is started, for example, the program numbers are assigned in the order of reading, the menu A is Np1,
Menu B is Np2, Menu C is Np3, Menu D
Is Np4 and menu E is Np5. First, a menu table is created in this order. Then, the menu table is rearranged on the basis of the additional information, and Np which is the program number of the processing program relating to the arithmetic processing.
The storage order is changed in the order of 1, Np2, Np5, and the program numbers Np3 and Np4 of the processing program of the calculation result processing program. And this menu table T
The program names are displayed in the order of storing m, and the display device 5
, Menu A, menu B, menu E, menu C, and menu D are displayed in this order.

Therefore, the processing program is stored in the menu definition file F. Therefore, when the processing program is changed or added, the processing program can be changed by simply changing the menu definition file F. The processing can be performed, there is no need to change the main program of the information processing apparatus, the work is easy, and correction mistakes such as forgetting to correct can be prevented.

Further, since the additional information is stored when the processing program is stored in the menu definition file F, regardless of the storage order in the menu definition file F, the program is displayed on the display device in the desired order based on the additional information. The name can be displayed, and operability can be improved. Further, since the processing program calling process for the program name selected on the display device 5 is performed by a plurality of menu tables, the program size can be reduced and the processing speed can be increased as compared with the conventional process. You can

In the above embodiment, after the menu table Tm is once created, the storage order in the menu table is changed based on the additional information, but the storage order is set based on the additional information. It is also possible to create a menu table. Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the priority order is set as the additional information has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and any information that can be prioritized may be any additional information. be able to. Further, when the program numbers are assigned, the program numbers are assigned in the order in which the program numbers are read out. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
It is also possible to store it in m.

[0033]

As described above, according to the information processing apparatus of the present invention, the menu definition file storing the program name and the processing program corresponding to the program name, and the menu definition file stored at the time of startup are stored. By providing the created program name and the storage location of the processing program and creating the menu table, the table creating means is provided, so that the processing such as changing and adding the program can be easily performed by performing the processing on the menu definition file. When the menu table is created, the display order of the program names displayed on the display device can be arbitrarily set by setting the storage order in the menu table based on the additional information added to the program names.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the structure of a menu definition file.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of menu display processing.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of processing program calling processing.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a menu table Tm.

FIG. 6 is a menu display example of a display device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of conventional menu display processing.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of conventional processing program calling processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Information processing device 2 Display device F Menu definition file Tm menu table

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An information processing apparatus for reading a program name stored in a menu table, displaying the program name on a display device, and executing a processing program corresponding to the program name selected from the program names displayed on the display device. A menu definition file for storing a program name and a processing program corresponding to the program name, and a table for creating a menu table by reading the program name and the storage location of the processing program stored in the menu definition file at startup An information processing apparatus comprising: a creating unit. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the processing program is stored in the information processing apparatus, the processing program and a program name corresponding to the processing program are stored in the menu definition file. 3. The menu definition file stores additional information together with the program name, and the table creating means stores the program name read from the menu definition file based on the additional information in a menu table. The information processing device according to claim 1 or 2.