JPH0689206A - Error message display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display an element where an error occurs at the time of defining the element so that it is easy to be detected at a slip layout editor. CONSTITUTION:An error table generation means 2 stores error information on the error occurring at the time of checking the error in the slip layout editor into an error information table. An error information aquirement means 3 fetches error information from the error information table one by one after the checking of the error terminates, stores them in a memory, displays an error message from the content of error information and emphatically displays the element related to the error displayed on a slip layout screen. An error definition elimination means 6 eliminates the displayed error message, releases emphatic display and displays next error information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an error message display system, and more particularly to an error message display system for a form layout editor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of error message display method has been used to prevent a definition error when a form layout element, which is a print item such as a ruled line or a fixed item, is defined on the screen.
An error message is displayed on the form layout screen.

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional error message display system displays only one error message among a plurality of preset error messages on the form layout, and which element is displayed In order to check the element in which the error occurred, it is necessary to check the related elements one by one, referring to the content of the error message, and it takes time to correct the error. I have a problem.

[0004]

The error message display method according to the present invention occurs in an error message display method for displaying an element which is data input to define a form in a form layout editor and an error between the elements. An error information table creating means for creating a plurality of error information consisting of an error type, an error level, and an identification code of an element causing an error in an error information table,
From the error information table created by this error information table creating means, one set of the above-mentioned error information is taken out, a corresponding error message is displayed from the content of the error information, and the element on the form layout screen where an error has occurred is highlighted. The error information display means to be performed, the error message displayed by the error information display means, and the highlighting of the element are deleted according to the user's instruction, and one set of the next error information from the error information table is displayed on the error information display means. It is constituted by having an error display deleting means for taking out.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, when an error occurs during error checking in the form layout editor 10, an error information holding unit 1 that holds information about which element and which element is in error, and what error is in error information. Error table creating means 2 for creating the error information held by the holding means in the table, error information obtaining means 3 for obtaining the error information from the table when the error information exists at the end of the error check, and error information obtaining means Error information storage means 4 for storing the error information acquired in 3.
And an error information display means 5 for displaying an error message on the form layout screen with reference to the error information stored by the error information storage means, and highlighting an element related to the error message, and an error information storage means 4. The error information deletion means 6 for deleting the error information stored by and the error information display means 5 for deleting the error information displayed on the screen from the form layout screen, and a form layout editor including the above means And 10.

In the above configuration, when the user defines an element on the form layout screen, the form layout editor 10 checks the defined element A for an error. When an error occurs during the error check, the error information holding unit 1 represents the defined identification code of the element A, the identification code of the element B in which the error has occurred, the error code indicating the type of error, and the weight of the error. Holds 4 items of error level. When there are a plurality of elements that have caused an error, a pointer indicating the position of those lists is set in the element identification code. The error information held by the error information holding means 1 is set in the error information table by the error table creating means 2 after holding the error information. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the error information table, which is chained to the next table by a pointer.

When the error check is completed and there is an error, the error information acquisition means 3 acquires from the error information table an error code, an identification code of an element related to the error code, and a set of error information including an error level. . The error information acquired by the error information acquisition means 3 is stored in the memory by the error information storage means 4 as shown in FIG. 3 together with the serial number of the error. The error information display means 5 refers to the error information stored in the error information storage means 4, displays an error message corresponding to the error code of the error information on the form layout screen, and identifies the element related to the error code. From the code, highlight the element corresponding to the identification code defined on the form layout screen. If the error code targets more than one element, a pointer indicating the position where the element identification code is stored in list format is set in the element identification code, so this list corresponds to all identification codes. Highlight the element. If there is no element to be highlighted, the element identification code is a special code. In this case, the element is not highlighted. Furthermore, when there are a plurality of errors, the error information deletion means 6 causes the error information stored in the error information storage means 4 to be stored in the error information storage means 4 after an instruction from the user or after a predetermined time. Referring to, delete the error message on the form layout screen and cancel the emphasis of the identification code element displayed on the form layout screen. When the error code targets multiple elements, the elements corresponding to all identification codes are removed from the list set in the element identification codes. If the identification code of the element is the special code, the element is not highlighted and the highlighting is not canceled.

When the error message is deleted from the form layout screen and the element is deemphasized, the error information is acquired from the error information acquisition unit 3 error information table, and the error information is again stored in the memory by the error information storage unit 4. Memorize and highlight / delete the designated element in the same manner as above. The above processing is performed by moving the acquisition of the error information from the error information table forward or backward until the user instructs the end of the error display. It should be noted that, if the error information acquisition is advanced while the end of the error is displayed on the form layout screen, the error information acquisition unit 3 indicates that to the error code because there is no error after that. Set an error code and set a special code for the element identification code so that the element is not highlighted. Conversely, when the beginning of the error is displayed on the form layout screen,
When the error information is backed off, there is no error before this, so the error information means 3 sets an error code indicating that to the error code, and sets a special code to the element identification code. To prevent elements from being highlighted.

[0010]

As described above, according to the present invention, the error information about the error that occurs at the time of defining the element in the form layout editor is stored in the error table, and after the error check is finished, the error information is retrieved one by one from the error table. Then, the error element is displayed on the form layout screen together with the error message, so that the user can immediately know the element in which the error has occurred, and can promptly correct it. effective.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an error information table created by an error table creating means of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of error information stored in a memory by an error information storage unit of the embodiment of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 error information holding means 2 error table creation means 3 error information acquisition means 4 error information storage means 5 error information display means 6 error definition deletion means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An error message display method for displaying an element that is data input to define a form in a form layout editor and an error between elements, the type of error that has occurred, the level of the error, and the element that caused the error. Error information table creating means for creating a plurality of error information consisting of the identification code of
From the error information table created by this error information table creating means, one set of the above-mentioned error information is taken out, a corresponding error message is displayed from the content of the error information, and the element on the form layout screen where an error has occurred is highlighted. The error information display means to be performed, the error message displayed by the error information display means, and the highlighting of the element are deleted according to the user's instruction, and one set of the next error information from the error information table is displayed on the error information display means. A method for displaying an error message, comprising: an error display deleting means for extracting the error message.