JPH07129372A - Application constructing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prepare an original menu and a picture design by a user himself (or herself) by extracting the minimum number of functions necessary for the execution of user's work from various application software and constructing one exclusive application appropriate for the work by integrating the extracted functions. CONSTITUTION:Only functions required for a user are extracted out of various processing functions included in various application elements 31, a user's original function is constructed by an application builder 21 based upon macro processing and a user's original picture is constructed. Macro programs corresponding to respective functions are transferred from the builder 21 to respective application elements 31, which execute the functions corresponding to the transferred macro programs and return the executed results to the builder 21. Although all the application elements 31 are started in parallel, the user recognizes only the function and picture corresponding to the constructed application.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an application construction system, and more particularly to a system in which a user extracts a required function from the functions of various applications and constructs an original application.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Personal computers have been widely used in various places such as offices, factories, and laboratories. In order to effectively use this personal computer, various application software such as word processing software, graphic software, spreadsheet software, and database software have been developed and provided. Then, when a user performs a specific job such as writing a report, it is possible to include a part of a graphic or a graph according to the content of the report rather than simply writing the text of the report. May be needed. In such a case, it is very inefficient to create and print out the necessary sentences, figures, graphs, etc. with individual applications and cut them out. Therefore, an application that allows multiple applications to be launched individually, creates multiple frames (windows) on the screen, and launches different application software within the frame to enable the creation of complex documents is also provided. There is.

FIG. 5 shows the state of the screen by the application for creating such a complex document. As shown in FIG. 5, on the screen 11, a graphic area 12 created by graphic software, a spreadsheet area 13 created by spreadsheet software, and a text area 1 created by word processing software.
4 is taken respectively. Then, the menu area 15 for processing the currently activated application is displayed at the bottom of the screen 11. Figure 5
Then, the graphics software as a whole is being activated corresponding to the graphics area 12 in which the cursor 16 is present, and the processing for the graphics area 12 is being performed in the menu area 15 for drawing,
A menu of graphic software such as edit, change, characters, and auxiliary is displayed. When the cursor 16 moves from the processing of the graphic area 12 to the processing of the text area 14, the graphic software ends and the entire word processing software is activated, and a menu for the word processing software is displayed in the menu area 15.

[0004]

In the conventional compound document creating application, each area 12, 13, 14 is
Since all the functions included in the corresponding applications are activated and terminated, it is complicated and requires the same individual operation as the cut-and-paste of the previously printed out. Further, on the menu screen displayed in the menu area 15, only the menu determined by the application being activated is displayed. As described above, conventionally, the user has not been able to design a screen corresponding to the work he / she wants to perform, and cannot select only the function corresponding to his / her work from each application. This allows the user to determine what part of the job the application can handle,
It was difficult to handle work efficiently because various software had to be used properly. That is, a user must always think about which part of an application an application can perform before processing.
I was unable to design an application that consisted only of the processing functions dedicated to my work, and the screen design of the menu screen.

Therefore, it is a first object of the present invention to provide an application construction system capable of constructing an application dedicated to a user, which is composed only of various processing functions necessary for the user's work. A second object of the present invention is to provide an application construction system capable of constructing a screen such as a dedicated menu screen corresponding to the work of the user.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, at least one application having a plurality of modularized processing functions, module selecting means for selecting each module of this application, and this module. Application construction means for constructing an application according to the plurality of modules selected by the selection means, designation means for calling a predetermined module from the application constructed by the application construction means, and module for executing the module designated by the designation means The execution means is included in the application construction system to achieve the first object. In the invention according to claim 2, at least one application having a plurality of modularized processing functions, and a screen construction means for constructing a menu screen corresponding to the plurality of processing functions constituting the integrated application, The screen selecting means for selecting the screen constructed by the screen constructing means and the module detecting means for detecting the module corresponding to the screen selected by the screen constructing means are provided in the application constructing system, and the second system is provided. Achieve the purpose. In the application construction system according to claim 3, the module selection means according to claim 1 selects the module detected by the detection means according to claim 2. According to the invention described in claim 4, in the application construction system according to claim 1, a macro is used in the module execution means.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the minimum necessary functions for performing the work of the person are extracted from various modules from various application software. Integrate the extracted functions and build one dedicated application suitable for the business. According to the second aspect of the invention, the screen constructing means constructs a screen such as a menu screen unique to the user, and when the screen is designated, the module corresponding to the screen is detected. As described above, according to the present invention, the user who has the best understanding of the content of work is
You can build an application that accurately picks up which function of which application you need, and then create your own original menu and screen design suitable for the job. Therefore, it is possible to operate the computer and efficiently perform one's work.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the application construction system of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the system configuration of the application construction system. As shown in this FIG.
The application construction system includes an application builder 21 and an application builder 2 for realizing unique screen construction and unique function construction for a user.
Various applications 3 to realize the request by 1
It is composed of 1 and 1. Application Builder 21
Includes a macro editor 22, a macro debugger 23, an interface builder 24, a help function 25, and a macro execution engine 26.

The macro editor 22 is a part for creating a macro itself for realizing a certain function. Here, a macro is a combination of instructions in which operation commands are described in a macro language according to a certain grammar and a specific function is automatically executed. In this embodiment, in addition to creating a user interface, each function is used to remotely operate each modularized application software 31 side. As a premise for realizing this, a common macro language is supported among the application software 311, 312, 313, 314. The macro bugger 23 is a portion that automatically corrects any mistakes in the usage method of the macro created by the macro editor 22. The interface builder 24 is a part that creates a visual panel or the like that is more clearly shown on the display while realizing the function. The help function unit 25 is a unit for explaining a method of creating a macro by the macro editor 22 and a description of each function prepared in the execution unit 34 of each application, which will be described later. The macro execution engine 26 is a program that executes a macro, and passes a text-format macro script to the corresponding application 31 through inter-application communication.

On the other hand, the various applications 31 are composed of word processing software 311, graphic software 312, spreadsheet software 313, and other software 314 such as LAN (local area network). Each application 311, 312, 313, 314
Each function of the software is modularized in order to correspond to the user's own function built on the application builder 21 side. Since the module configuration of each application 31 is basically the same, the word processing software will be described. The word processing software 311 includes a macro analysis unit 32, a macro expansion unit 33, an execution unit 34, a macro execution result 35, a U / I (user interface) interpretation unit 36, and a module calling unit 37.

The macro analysis section 32 is a section for reading the contents of a macro passed from the macro execution engine 26 as a macro script. The user has a function of reading a macro written by the macro editor 22 line by line and analyzing which function (command) of the application is indicated. The macro expansion unit 33 is a unit that converts text data written as a macro into a form that can be executed as a program and calls a corresponding module. The macro execution unit 34 is a part that manages macro execution itself. It manages where the macro ends and how much memory it is using. In the applications 311, 312, 313, 314, as shown in the execution unit 34, various functions that can be used by the user are modularized.
Users can freely build their own processing functions. The macro execution result 35 indicating the result processed by the execution unit 34 is returned to the application builder 21 side by inter-application communication. U / I interpretation unit 3
6 interprets the content of the action when there is an action from the user by the conventional method regardless of the present embodiment. The module calling unit 37 uses the U / I interpretation unit 36.
This is the part that calls the module corresponding to the action interpreted in.

FIG. 2 shows an application builder 2 based on the application building system configured as described above.
1 conceptually represents the relationship between 1 and each application 31. As shown in FIG. 2, of the various processing functions of each application 31, only the functions required by the user are taken out, and the application builder 21 constructs the user-original functions by the macro and the user-original functions. Screen is constructed. Then, from the application builder 21, the macro corresponding to the constructed function is added to each application 3
1, the application 31 executes the function corresponding to the passed macro and returns the execution result to the application builder 21. Here, all the applications 31 are all activated in parallel, but the user is aware of only the functions and screens corresponding to the constructed application.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a screen uniquely constructed by the user for an application such as a LAN having a mail system function. As shown in FIG. 3, when the power of the personal computer is turned on, the desktop screen (a) is directly displayed. In this screen (a), "Work" column 41 for selecting one's work content and "Break" for selecting a break
Column 42 is displayed.

When the "Break" column 42 is selected, the break screen (b) is displayed. In this break screen, ask the coffee shop as a secretary column to ask the secretary for a specific job via the mail system.
An "e" column 43 and a "newspaer" column 44 requesting a newspaper are displayed. When a specific field is designated on the break screen (b), the request content is notified to the corresponding secretary by the mail system. If the secretary is on vacation, for example, the comment “Secretary is closed today. Please enter by yourself.” Will come back.

On the other hand, when the "Work" column 41 is selected, the screen moves to the job selection screen (c) for selecting the contents of the job. In this job selection screen, the user "Mr.
As the contents of the work of "○○", the customer management column 45, the minutes column 46, the approval item column 47, the schedule column 48, the telephone column 49, the memo column 50, the Mail column 51, the report creation column 52, the management index column 53 , Each column is displayed, and when one of the columns is selected,
A menu screen and processing screen that are uniquely constructed from the functions of word processing software, graphic software, spreadsheet software, database software, and other software are displayed.

The user-specific screen is constructed by the application builder 21 by using a keyboard, a mouse and the like (not shown) in FIG. Then, the function corresponding to each screen is selected from the application 31 having the function by creating a predetermined macro with the macro editor 22 and the macro debugger 23.

When the screen is selected, the macro is executed by the macro execution engine 26, and the macro script is passed to the macro analysis section 32 of the corresponding application 31. The macro analysis unit 32 reads the contents of the macro passed from the macro execution engine 26 as a macro script line by line, and analyzes which function (command) of the application is indicated. Then, the macro expansion unit 33 converts the text data written as a macro into a form that can be executed as a program, and calls the corresponding module from the macro execution unit 34. The macro execution unit 34 executes the called function and outputs the macro execution result 35.
Is returned to the application builder 21 side again by inter-application communication.

FIG. 4 shows the screen constructed by the application builder 21 and the contents of the application. As shown in FIG. 4A, the screen 6
A graphic area 62 created by graphic software, a spreadsheet area 63 created by spreadsheet software, and a text area 64 created by word processing software are respectively provided on the table 1. Screen 6
At the bottom of 1 is a common menu area 6 for documents of word processing software, graphic software, and spreadsheet software.
5 are provided. Further, a document file name display area 66 is provided at the top of the screen 61.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the document file name display area 66 displays "○ × tourism" as a document file name, and the menu area 65 displays an application having a function to be processed. A tourist resort 71, the number of tourists 72, a description 73, an image 74, and a view 75 are constructed and displayed as a common menu regardless of.
Then, when the tourist spot 71 in the menu area 65 is clicked with the mouse, as shown in FIG. 4B, the word processor is arranged in the order of Onaruto Bridge, Awaodori, Naruto Whirlpools, German Pavilion, and so on. Area 64, graphic area 62, spreadsheet area 6
The contents of 3 all change.

Similarly, when the number of tourists 72 is clicked, the graph of the number of spectators mobilized in the past several years changes in the spreadsheet area 63. When the description 73 is clicked, the content of the description written in the word processing area 64 changes in the order of highlight, history, transportation, peripheral guidance, .... When the image 74 is clicked, the map and photograph in the graphic area 62 are switched. Further, when the view 75 is clicked, the positions of the frames of the graphic area 62, the spreadsheet area 63 and the word processing area 64 constructed in the screen 61 are changed.

[0021]

According to the application construction system of the first aspect, it is possible to construct an application dedicated to the user, which is composed of only various processing functions necessary for the user's business. According to the application construction system of the second aspect, it is possible to construct a screen such as a dedicated menu screen corresponding to the work of the user.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration of an embodiment of an application construction system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a relationship between an application builder and each application in the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen constructed by the application builder of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen constructed by the application builder of the present embodiment and the contents of the application.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional application for creating a complex document.

[Explanation of symbols]

 21 Application Builder 22 Macro Editor 23 Macro Debugger 24 Interface Builder 25 Help Function Section 26 Macro Execution Engine 31 Application 311 Word Processing Software 312 Graphic Software 313 Spreadsheet Software 314 Other Software 32 Macro Analysis Section 33 Macro Expansion Section 34 Execution Section 35 Macro Execution Result 36 U / I interpreter 37 Module caller

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. At least one application having a plurality of modularized processing functions, module selection means for selecting each module of this application, and a plurality of modules of different applications selected by this module selection means. An application constructing means for integrating the above to construct an application, a calling means for calling a predetermined module from the application constructed by the application constructing means, and a module executing means for executing the module called by the calling means. An application construction system characterized by: 2. A screen construction means for constructing at least one application having a plurality of modularized processing functions, and a menu screen corresponding to the plurality of processing functions constituting the integrated application, and the screen construction. An application construction system comprising: a screen selecting means for selecting a screen constructed by the means; and a module detecting means for detecting a module corresponding to the screen selected by the screen selecting means. 3. An application construction system having both the functions according to claim 1 and claim 2, wherein the module selecting means according to claim 1 is a module detected by the detecting means according to claim 2. An application construction system characterized by selecting. 4. The application construction system according to claim 1, wherein the module executing means uses a macro.