JPH10207675A - Data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display a required message such as a data processing result, a required warning message or a required operation procedure in a specific area on a display screen mainly in a personal computer or the like. SOLUTION: Processing data processed by a data processing part 2 in accordance with the input of required data by an input part 1 are displayed on a display part 8. When a miss is included in a required data processing result message or a data input, a required warning message is read out from a 2nd memory part 6 and displayed in a specific area on the display screen. Data related to the specific area are stored in a 1st memory part 5. In the case of requiring to know a succeeding operation procedure during the period of current operation, the display of the operation procedure is specified by an operation procedure display specification means included in the input part 1. When the specification is executed, data related to the required operation procedure are read out from a 3rd memory part 10 and displayed on the specific area. At the time, the displayed message is interrupted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus, and more particularly, to a data processing apparatus, such as a personal computer or an engineering workstation (EWS). The present invention relates to a data processing device for displaying a message.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, on a display screen of a personal computer or the like, a message of a data processing result or a warning message in case of an error in an input operation is displayed according to an input operation.
However, these messages are limited to very rough contents, and when it is desired to check more detailed contents, it is necessary to start up and display a warning message screen or a data processing result message screen each time. Further, when the operation procedure of the apparatus cannot be understood, it is necessary to refer to an operation procedure manual or the like, or to start and display another screen in the form of help.

[0003]

Therefore, there is a problem that an operation for starting a required separate screen is required, which hinders the operator from performing a quick operation. The operation procedure manuals and the like generally consist of several books, and use a considerable amount of paper. As a result, it takes time to search for a necessary operation procedure, which hinders a quick operation of the operator.
The present invention has been made to solve the above problem, and provides a data processing device which displays a necessary detailed message in a specific area of a display screen, or an operation procedure of the present device as necessary. Aim.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided a data input means for inputting data by designating a required display on a screen or using a keyboard, and a required data processing based on the data input by the data input means. Data processing means, display means for displaying required data in the data input means or display of required processing data by the data processing means, and control means for controlling the data input means, data processing means and display means In the data processing apparatus comprising: a specific area for exclusively displaying a warning message or a data processing result message is provided in the display means, and the data processing apparatus is provided with a message display means.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In accordance with input of required data by data input means, data processed by data processing means is displayed by display means. In a specific area of the display screen, a required data processing result message or a required warning message when there is a mistake in data input is read from the memory unit and displayed together with the original display data. . The operator confirms this display and continues data input. If you want to know the subsequent steps during operation,
The display of the operation procedure is designated by the operation procedure display designation means provided in the data input means. When the above designation is made, data relating to the display of the required operation procedure is read from the memory unit and displayed in the specific area. At this time,
The display of the displayed message is interrupted. The operator continues inputting data while confirming this display.
When the display designation of the operation procedure is released, the display returns to the interrupted message display.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A data processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part showing an embodiment of a data processing apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart for explaining FIG. Hereinafter, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to the operation flowchart of FIG.
The ST numbers in parentheses in the description indicate the steps in FIG. The data input from the input unit 1 is sent to the data processing unit 2 via the control unit 13, and the processing unit 2 starts required data processing such as calculation (ST1, ST2). Regarding the data processing performed by the data processing unit 2, the data processing end determination unit 3 determines whether all data processing is completed (ST
3). If the data processing is not completed in the above determination (ST
3-N) As the next step, the first determination unit 4 determines whether the data processing is an abnormal processing.

If there is an error in the way of input from the input unit 1, the data processing of the data processing unit 2 becomes abnormal. The first determination unit 4 determines that the data processing is abnormal when the data processing is abnormal, and determines that the data processing is not abnormal when the data processing is not normal. If the data processing is not an abnormal processing in the above determination (ST4-N), a message (data processing result message) indicating the result of the data processing is displayed. To display this data processing result message, a dedicated display area (specific area) is provided in the display screen, and the message is displayed in this area. That is, the data processing result message of the specific area is displayed together with the original data processing display. Data relating to this specific area is stored in the first memory unit 5 in advance.

[0008] In addition to the data processing result message, the specific area is used for displaying a warning message or an operation procedure described later. The second memory unit 6 stores data relating to a required data processing result message and a warning message, and reads out necessary data. When displaying the data processing result message in the specific area, it is necessary to determine what message is to be displayed. This message content is determined by the second determination unit 7. The second determination unit 7 determines data related to the data processing result message corresponding to the processing state of the data processing unit 2 based on the data stored in the second memory unit 6, and determines the display content (ST5). ). The required data processing result message determined by the second determination unit 7 is sent to the control unit 13.
(ST6).

On the other hand, if the determination by the first determination section 4 is an abnormal process (ST4-Y), a warning message is displayed in the specific area. In this case as well, it is necessary to determine what kind of warning message is to be displayed, and this is performed by the first determination unit 9. The first determination unit 9 determines data related to a warning message corresponding to the processing state of the data processing unit 2 based on the data stored in the second memory unit 6, and determines display contents (ST7). The required warning message determined by the first determination unit 9 is displayed on the display unit 8 via the control unit 13 (ST8). The above is the description regarding the display of the data processing result message or the warning message. In the present invention, in addition to the display of these messages, the operation procedure of the apparatus is also displayed in the above-described specific area.

Hereinafter, the display of the operation procedure will be described. Required data related to the display of the operation procedure is stored in the third memory unit 10 in advance. Further, the input unit 1 is provided with means for designating the display of the operation procedure. As this means, for example, a method in which a key switch is provided on the input keyboard and the switch is turned on, or a method in which a mark or the like is displayed on the screen and the mark is specified by a mouse may be used (hereinafter, display specifying means) And). Normally, a data processing result message is displayed in a specific area in a state where data processing is normally performed without an input error. Here, when it is desired to confirm the subsequent operation procedure, the display of the operation procedure is designated by the display designation means. This display designation is the second
(ST9).

When the display of the operation procedure is specified (ST9-
Y), the third determination unit 12 determines what operation procedure is to be displayed. The third determination unit 12 determines data relating to a necessary operation procedure for the processing state of the data processing unit 2 based on the data stored in the third memory unit 10 and determines display contents (ST10). . The required operation procedure determined by the third determination unit 12 is displayed on the specific area of the display unit 8 via the control unit 13 (ST11). When displaying this operation procedure, the control unit 13 stops displaying the data processing result message. The operator continues to input data according to this operation procedure. As a result, it is possible to quickly perform a process in a case where the operation is stuck.

Incidentally, there is a case where the data relating to the display of the operation procedure stored in the third memory unit 10 needs to be changed. For example, there is a case where the handling method of the data processing apparatus is changed. Therefore, the maintenance unit 14
May be provided in the third memory unit 10, and the data may be updated as needed. When the display is returned from the operation procedure to the data processing result message, the designation by the display designation means is canceled. This designation cancellation is determined by the second determination unit 11 (ST9-N). When this determination is made, the display of the specific area returns to the data processing result message. When all the data processing is completed, the data processing end determination unit 3 determines the end (ST3-Y). Based on this determination, the control unit 13 displays an end message in the specific area (ST12).

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, a required data processing result message or a warning message, or an operation procedure, if necessary, is displayed in a specific area provided in a display screen of a personal computer or the like. Will be displayed. On the other hand, conventionally, even if a data processing result message or a warning message is displayed, the content is simple, and if a detailed message is to be confirmed, a separate screen must be opened. For this reason, although this is a factor that hinders the workability of the operator, the present invention eliminates the need for an operation of separately opening a screen and can reduce human errors such as input errors. In addition, even if the user gets stuck in the operation, the operation procedure display can be displayed to speed up the response up to the recovery. Thereby, workability can be improved as compared with the related art. In addition, since the operation procedure is displayed on the screen, a conventional operation procedure manual or the like on paper can be omitted, which can contribute to resource saving.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a main block diagram showing an embodiment of a data processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart for explaining FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 input unit 2 data processing unit 3 data processing end determination unit 4 first determination unit 5 first memory unit 6 second memory unit 7 second determination unit 8 display unit 9 first determination unit 10 third Memory unit 11 Second determination unit 12 Third determination unit 13 Control unit 14 Maintenance unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A data input means for inputting data by designating a required display on a screen or by using a keyboard; a data processing means for performing required data processing based on data input by the data input means; A data processing apparatus comprising: display means for displaying required display on input means or required processing data by the data processing means; and control means for controlling the data input means, data processing means and display means. 3. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a specific area for exclusively displaying a warning message or a data processing result message is provided in said display means, and a message display means is added. 2. A first memory unit for storing data relating to the specific area, and a second memory unit for storing data relating to the warning message and the data processing result message, wherein the message display unit stores data relating to the specific area. Determining whether the data processing by the data processing means is abnormal processing.
A first determining unit that determines the content of a warning message to be displayed based on the data stored in the second memory unit when the first determining unit determines that the process is abnormal; A second determination unit that determines the content of a data processing result message to be displayed based on the data stored in the second memory unit when the first determination unit determines that the processing is not abnormal processing. The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein 3. An operation procedure display means for displaying an operation procedure of the data processing apparatus is provided based on the control means, and an operation procedure display designating means for designating a display of the operation procedure is provided on the input means. 2. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a required operation procedure is displayed in the specific area based on display designation of the operation procedure. 4. An operation procedure display means, comprising: a third memory unit storing data relating to display of an operation procedure; and a second memory unit for determining whether display of the operation procedure has been designated.
And a third determination unit that determines the contents of the operation procedure to be displayed based on the data stored in the third memory unit when the second determination unit determines the designation. The data processing device according to claim 3, wherein 5. The data processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said operation procedure display designating means designates a predetermined display on a screen and performs the display. 6. The data processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said operation procedure display designating means is performed by a predetermined key on a keyboard.