JPH07119138B2 - Form definition support device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a form definition support apparatus, and more particularly to a form definition support apparatus involving test data generation.

(Prior Art) A conventional form definition device can only define a form layout, and an actual output image is confirmed by operating a program generated based on actual data.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The above-described conventional form definition device can only define the form layout, and in order to confirm the actual output image using the actual data, the generated program is run on the host computer. However, there was the trouble of having to look at the output result.

(Means for Solving the Problem) A form definition support apparatus according to the present invention forms a program for screen output, forms a program from a screen, forms layout including output items and overlay information, and data processing. Layout analysis unit that inputs the logic such as the above from the display device, analyzes the input input layout information, the logic analysis unit that analyzes the logic such as the processing method of the input data, and outputs the result analyzed by the analysis unit. The application program interface as a COPY original text generated from the item information, the overlay information for performing the form overlay at the time of the form output, and the generator that generates the program from the logic such as data processing, and the information generated by the generator. Generate test data as input data based on And a data generation unit.

(Example) Next, this invention is demonstrated with reference to drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a form definition support device according to the present invention.

From the display device 11, form overlay information, a form layout consisting of data output fields that are application program interfaces, an input file that is an element that constitutes a form program, data processing (processing for setting in output fields), etc. are screen control units. Input by 14 functions (scrolling, etc.). Logic analysis section
12 and the layout analysis unit 13 analyze the input information. The analysis result is supplied to the generation unit 16, and an input file that is an element that constitutes the form program, a program 17 from the data processing process, and a data output field that is an application program interface in the form layout that determines the data and the application program interface. Overlay information 19, which is information for the form overlay, is generated from 18 and the form layout. The data generation unit 15 uses the program 17, the COPY original text 18, and the overlay information 19 thus generated.
Based on the above, input data is generated in a simulated manner, and layout information defined by combining all generated information is displayed on the display device 11 as a form of an actual output image. Input from the display device 11 is equivalent to programming, and only the form layout can be input as an image. That is, the logic analysis unit 12 corresponds to the front end of the compiler and analyzes the programmed contents. From the layout information that has been input as an image, the layout analysis unit 13 extracts only the item information for inputting and outputting information by the program, and the COPY original text that is the application program interface.
18 and the embedding of the COPY command in the program is performed by the generator 16. At the same time, the generation unit 16 generates overlay information 19 as information for overlaying information (headings, ruled lines, etc.) unrelated to the program logic by the information from the layout analysis unit 13 when the program is executed.

FIG. 2 shows a specific example of this embodiment, in which the layout definition 21 is performed from the display device 11. Here, as the page heading, it is specified to output a fixed heading (employee list by department), department name, date (NNNNN, 99/99/99),
It is instructed to output the employee name, address, etc. as a detail line. In the figure, NNN and 99 indicate attributes (data type and number of digits, editing, etc.) at the time of output. The actual output image 23 can be obtained by combining the layout definition 21 thus defined with the data and the logic definition to generate the data. A concrete example of the layout definition 21 and the actual output image 23 obtained in the present embodiment is shown with reference to FIG. 2, so that it will be returned to FIG. Input from the display device 11 is equivalent to programming, and only the form layout can be input in the image format. That is, the logic analysis unit 12 corresponds to the front end of the compiler and analyzes the programmed contents. From the imaged layout information, the layout analysis unit 13 extracts only the item information for inputting / outputting data in the program, and embedding the COPY original sentence 18 which is an application program interface and the COPY instruction in the program corresponds to the back end of the compiler. The generation unit 16 performs this. At the same time, the generation unit 16 generates information irrelevant to the program logic (headings, ruled lines, etc.) and overlay information 19 as information for overlaying when the program is executed, based on the information from the layout analysis unit 13.

(Effect of the invention) As described above, in the present invention, since the data generation unit is added to the form definition device, it is possible to immediately confirm the actual output image by using the actual data instead of the definition image, and the layout definition is possible. The effect is that the details of the form image that could not be confirmed by itself can be created by prototyping.

Further, since it can be performed only by the workstation, it is much easier than the conventional one in terms of work efficiency and resources.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a form definition support device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a layout definition actual output image in this embodiment. 11 ... Display device, 12 ... Logic analysis unit, 13 ... Layout analysis unit, 14 ... Screen control unit, 15 ... Data generation unit,
16 …… Generator, 17 …… Program, 18 …… COPY original text, 19
…… Overlay information, 21 …… Layout definition, 22 …… Data generator, 23 …… Actual output image.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In order to create a program for the purpose of outputting a form, a form layout including output items and overlay information, which constitutes the program from a screen, and logic such as data processing are input from a display device and input. A layout analysis unit that analyzes the input layout information, a logic analysis unit that analyzes the logic such as the processing method of the input data,
An application program interface as a COPY original text generated from the information of the output item based on the analysis result by the analysis unit, a generation unit that generates a program from logic such as overlay information and data processing for performing form overlay at the time of outputting a form. And a data generation unit that generates test data as input data based on the information generated by the generation unit.