JPH08255064A - Document output device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To facilitate customization such as the alteration and addition of an item to be displayed or printed by providing screen parameter files by documents corresponding to one piece of screen layout information and setting whether each item is displayed or not. CONSTITUTION: This device is equipped with screen layout information 2 wherein the layout of items to be displayed on a screen is previously defined, the screen parameter files 3 wherein use flags determining whether or not the defined items are displayed and the values of the items are set, and a means which takes out the values of items whose use flags in the screen parameter files 3 set to a display state and displays them according to the screen layout information 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a form output device for outputting a form. In program development, more efficient program creation is required. For this reason, if the program can be customized,
It is required to devise from the designing point, and especially when displaying a form consisting of a plurality of items.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when it is desired to output several types of forms on a form output instruction screen, even if the process of creating a program has the same flow of form output, the items to be extracted to be displayed on the screen are If they are different, the screen layout and the program for each form are individually created.

Further, when the customizing of the form output instruction screen occurs, the screen layout and the program are reviewed, and the changed items are corrected individually for each form.

[0004]

Therefore, there are the following problems. (1) When the customization that changes the items to be extracted that are common to all the form output instruction screens occurs, all the changed items of the screen layout and program that exist for the number of forms must be corrected. There is a problem that a large amount of time requires a lot of time. In addition, when adding a form, it is necessary to create another screen layout and program suitable for the form, which also takes a time.

(2) When the screen layout and the program are changed, there is a problem that mistakes are likely to occur, such as omission of changed items and influence on other than the changed portion.

The present invention solves these problems.
The purpose is to provide a screen parameter file for each form in association with one screen layout so that display / non-display of each item can be set, and to simplify customization such as changing or adding items to be displayed. There is.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Means for solving the problems will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, the screen layout information 2 defines the layout of items displayed on the screen.

The screen parameter file 3 is used to preset the use flag for determining display / non-display of the items defined for each form and the value of the item. The display device 4 displays a screen.

The display control means 5 controls the screen layout information 2
And is displayed according to the screen parameter file 3.

[0010]

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG.
Displays the fixed items on the screen according to the screen layout information 2 and extracts and displays the value of the item for which the use flag of the screen parameter file 3 is set to be displayed.

Further, a screen parameter file 3 is provided for each form for one screen layout information 2, and the display control means 5 displays and sets the use flag of the screen parameter file 3 of the selected form. The value of the specified item is taken out and displayed.

Further, the form displayed on the screen is printed by the program having the program ID set in the screen parameter file. Therefore, a screen parameter file 3 is provided for each form to display / display each item.
By setting and changing the non-display, it is possible to simplify customization such as changing or adding items to be displayed / printed.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the construction and operation of an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, the form 1 is an example of form numbers of a plurality of forms to be displayed on the screen based on one screen layout. Here, five types of forms are displayed according to the screen parameter file 3 based on one screen layout.

The screen layout information 2 is a layout on the screen commonly used for a plurality of forms 1. Here, the positions and contents of fixed items and the positions of variable items are defined. Show / hide variable items and their contents (values)
Set in the screen parameter file 3 created for each form.

The screen parameter file 3 is used to set a use flag for deciding display / non-display of variable items defined for each form and a value of the item, and as shown in an enlarged view, for each form. The use flag and the display value are set as a screen display information for each (form number).
As for the output form information, the program ID and the form are set as shown in the figure.

The display device 4 displays a screen, and here displays a form output instruction screen as shown in the figure. The display control means 5 displays on the screen of the display device 4 according to the screen parameter file 3 based on the screen layout information 2 (program).
(Described later with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3).

Next, the operation of the configuration of FIG. 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 2 shows a flowchart for explaining the operation of the present invention. In FIG. 2, S1 creates a screen parameter file for each form. This is because the use flag of the screen display information is YES for each form number, as shown by enlarging the screen parameter file 3 in FIG. 1 described above.
The number of variable items is set to set the display value when either / NO or YES.

In S2, a form is selected. This is to select one form number to be displayed on the screen of the display device 4 from the screen parameter file 3 created in advance in S1.

In step S3, the screen layout information and the screen parameter file are read. In response to the selection of the form number to be displayed on the screen in S2, the screen layout information 2 and the screen parameter file 3 of the selected form number are read.

In step S4, items are displayed on the screen based on the record read in step S3. This is because the fixed items are displayed on the screen of the display device 4 according to the read screen layout information 2 according to the flow chart of FIG. 3 to be described later, and then the variable item for which the use flag is YES according to the screen parameter file 3 (screen display information ), The variable item and its value are displayed on the screen.

As described above, the use flag for deciding display / non-display of variable items (screen display information) for each form is set to YES /
By setting the value (display value) of the variable item to any of NO in advance in the parameter file 3 for screen,
When this form is selected, the fixed items are displayed according to the screen layout information 2, and then the variable items for which the use flag of the screen parameter file 3 is set to YES and the values (display values) of the variable items are extracted and displayed on the screen. It will be automatically displayed. As a result, YES / of the use flag of the screen parameter file 3
NO and its value (display value) can be changed to easily customize.

FIG. 3 shows a display flow chart of the present invention. This is a detailed flowchart of the display in S4 of FIG. 2 described above. In FIG. 3, S41 reads one record. This is, for example, one record from the top of the screen parameter file 3 of the form selected in S2 of FIG.
For example, the record at the top of the screen parameter file of FIG. 5B, which will be described later, -date information-date use flag: Y-date: 19550110-date name: start date is read.

In step S42, it is determined whether the flag is Y. S41
The use flag (date use flag) read in is Y (YE
S). If YES, the record contents (date: 19550110, date name: start date) are output in S43, and the process proceeds to S44. On the other hand, if NO, S44
Proceed to.

In S44, the position is shifted. This shifts to the position of the next record. In S45, the position is moved to the position of the next record in S44, and it is determined whether or not there is no next record and the process ends. In the case of YES, the contents output in S43 are output and displayed on the screen. On the other hand, in the case of NO, the process returns to S41 and the next one record is read and repeated.

As described above, for example, the selected flag is sequentially fetched from the first record of the screen parameter file 3 of FIG. 5B, and the use flag (date use flag) is Y.
Only the record of (YES) can be displayed on the screen, and the form as shown in FIG. 5C can be displayed on the screen. Similarly, the form displayed on this screen can be printed based on the program ID and the form name of the output form information already described in the last part of the screen parameter file 3 in FIG.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the screen parameter file of the present invention. Here, (a) date information, and (b)
It is composed of a date use flag, (c) date, and (d) date name. Here, the information set in (c) date and (d) date name is displayed on the screen only when (b) the use date flag is “Y” (YES in S42 of FIG. 3, S4).
Output and display the repeated record contents of 3).

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a specific example of the present invention (No. 1).
Indicates. FIG. 5A shows an example of the screen layout.
The layout example of this screen is one commonly laid-out screen, and the dotted rectangles (a), (b),
Items other than (c) are defined so that they are always displayed as fixed items, and (a), (b), and
The display / non-display of (c) and its contents are defined for each form by the screen parameter file 3 in (b) of FIG.

When all the items of the form cannot be extracted and defined in the layout of the screen shown, an auxiliary screen not shown is provided to define the layout. FIG. 5B shows an example of a screen parameter file of a certain form. Each record of this screen parameter file 3
As indicated by a dotted arrow, (a) in (a) of FIG.
(B) and (c) are defined in association with the position of the dotted rectangle. This defined FIG. 5A, FIG.
The display or non-display at the position of the dotted rectangle in (c) is displayed when the date use flag is "Y" and not displayed when it is "N". Therefore, in the illustrated example, the date use flag of "Y", the date use flag of "N", and the date use flag of "Y" are "Y", so only the record of "and" is displayed. Therefore, the date of the record with the date use flag = Y: 19550110 Date name: Start date The name of the record with the name use flag = Y: △△ District Name of the district: The district name is as shown in Fig. 5C. Will be displayed on the screen.

FIG. 5C shows an example of the output result screen. Here, as described above, only the contents of the two records of the date use flag = Y and the name use flag = Y in FIG. 5B are displayed on the screen.

As described above, under the single screen layout shown in FIG. 5A, the table shown in FIG. 5B is set for each form.
Information (date information, name information) only for records for which the usage flag is Y according to the screen parameter file 3
Can be displayed on the screen, and the selected form can be displayed on the screen.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of a specific example of the present invention (part 2).
Indicates. FIG. 6A shows an example of the screen layout.
The layout example of this screen is the same as that shown in FIG. Here, the shaded portion is the portion to be corrected, (a) corresponds to (b) of FIG. 6, and (b) is shown in FIG.
It corresponds to each of (b).

FIG. 6B shows an example of a screen parameter file before changing a certain form. The shaded portions of and in this screen parameter file 3 are the portions to be changed, and (a) and (b) in (a) of FIG.
This is a part for changing the shaded part of.

FIG. 6D shows an example of the screen parameter file after a certain form is changed. This is a modification of the example of the screen parameter file before change shown in FIG. To be specific, before change After change Date name: Start date 'Date name: Change date Year use flag: N' FY use flag: Y year: 0000 'Year: 1095 Year name:' Year name: Change year To do. Others are the same.

FIG. 6C shows an output result example. This shows the form displayed on the screen according to the changed screen parameter file by changing the screen parameter file as shown in FIG. 6D. The shaded areas are changed and displayed according to the change of ',' respectively.

As described above, the variable items and their contents displayed on the form on the screen can be arbitrarily changed only by arbitrarily changing or further adding the screen parameter file 3 for each form. .

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the screen parameter file 3 is provided for each form in association with one screen layout information 2 and the display / non-display of each item can be set and changed, it is displayed / printed for each form. It is possible to simplify customization such as changing or adding items. As a result, the form can be displayed / printed according to the screen parameter file 3 for each form by one program (display control means 5) and the screen layout, and the items of the form can be changed or added to the screen. Only the parameter file 3 can be changed or added to deal with it, and the customization can be easily realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a display flowchart of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an example of a screen parameter file of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a specific example explanatory view (1) of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a specific example explanatory diagram (2) of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Form 2: Screen layout information 3: Screen parameter file 4: Display device 5: Display control means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A screen layout information defining a layout of items displayed on a screen, a use flag for deciding display / non-display among the defined items, and a screen parameter file for setting a value of the item, A form output device comprising: means for extracting and displaying the value of an item for which the use flag of the screen parameter file is set to be displayed according to the screen layout information. 2. The form according to claim 1, further comprising means for providing a screen parameter file for each form with respect to the screen layout information and displaying the screen parameter file according to the screen parameter file of the selected form. Output device. 3. The form output device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the form displayed on the screen is printed by a program having a program ID set in the screen parameter file.