JPH11154076A - Icon design device for business screen and storage medium recording icon design program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily change an icon to be displayed on a business screen by displaying icon in an icon display area corresponding to the business screen that i shown on a display, based on the information on an acquired icon. SOLUTION: When all item data which are inputted to each item data input column are set at an item data base 32, an application screen consisting the vertical and horizontal sizes and the number of buttons which are set in an application screen setting process and is to be produced this time is shot on a display. The icon number corresponding to each of item data that is inputted to each item data input column is read out of the data base 32 and used as a key to retrieve an icon data base 31. If the icon data are set against the icon number of each of item data, these icon data are read out and then shown within each corresponding button together with the item data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for designing an icon displayed on a business screen of a business program (application) to be processed by a computer, and a recording medium storing the design program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, when an operator of a computer selects one of operations operable on the computer, a business screen for executing the business is displayed on a display by a business program for controlling the business. Therefore, the operator operates the input means of the computer to input necessary data and commands to the business screen, and causes the computer to execute the selected business.

[0005] By the way, conventionally, icons representing various computer functions that can be executed in the business are displayed on the business screen, and various computer functions can be executed only by operating the icons. .

Conventionally, however, the business program itself has information on icons to be displayed on the business screen. For this reason, for example, when changing the design of the icon from the conventional one or when displaying an icon of another function, the program must be modified, which is troublesome and expensive.

[0005]

As described above, in a conventional computer, a business program itself for controlling a business operable on the computer is provided with an icon displayed on a business screen for executing the business. Since the information is provided, changing the icon requires modification of the program, which is troublesome and expensive.

Accordingly, the present invention provides an icon design apparatus for a business screen and a recording medium on which the icon design program can be easily changed without changing the icons displayed on the business screen of the business program processed by the computer. It is assumed that.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a business screen icon design apparatus for designing icons displayed on a business screen of a business program to be processed by a computer on a display of the computer. A database that stores icon information corresponding to item data of various computer functions that can be selected by the user, a screen display control unit that displays a business screen having one or more icon display areas on the display, Item data input means for inputting the item data of the icon to be displayed in the icon display area of the business screen, and when the item data is input by the input means, the database is searched with the input item data to respond. Icon information acquisition means for acquiring information on the icon to be executed Is obtained by a corresponding icon display control means for displaying an icon in the icon display area of the operation screen displayed on the display based on the information of the icon acquired by the acquisition means.

[0008] The invention corresponding to claim 2 of the present application is the above-described claim 1.
The corresponding invention is provided with a database correcting means for correcting information of an icon stored in the database corresponding to each item data.

[0009] The invention corresponding to claim 3 of the present application is the above-described claim 1.
Alternatively, in the invention described in Item 2, the icon display control means is means for displaying the item data input together with the icon in the corresponding icon display area.

[0010] The invention corresponding to claim 4 of the present application is the above-mentioned claim 1.
In the corresponding invention, an icon database for storing various icons in association with unique identification codes, and an item database for storing icon identification codes corresponding to item data of various computer functions selectable by icons When the item data is input by the item data input means, the icon database is searched by the input item data, and when the identification data of the corresponding icon is detected, the icon database is obtained by the identification data. This is a means for obtaining a corresponding icon by searching.

The invention corresponding to claim 5 of the present application is the above-described claim 2.
In the corresponding invention, an icon database for storing various icons in association with unique identification codes, and an item database for storing icon identification codes corresponding to item data of various computer functions selectable by icons When the item data is input by the item data input means, the icon database is searched by the input item data, and when the identification data of the corresponding icon is detected, the icon database is obtained by the identification data. The means for searching for the corresponding icon and the means for correcting the database are the means for correcting the identification code of the icon in the item database.

[0012] The invention corresponding to claim 6 of the present application is a recording medium that records a business screen icon design program for designing an icon displayed on a business screen of a business program of a business program to be processed by a computer. The icon design program has a database in which information of icons is stored in correspondence with item data of various computer functions that can be selected by icons, and a computer screen provided with one or more icon display areas on a display. Is displayed, and when item data is input to the icon display area of the business screen displayed on the display by the processing of the first processing step by the input means, the input item data is used as a database. Search for the corresponding icon information A second processing step of acquiring,
And a third processing step of displaying an icon in a corresponding icon display area of the business screen displayed on the display based on the information of the icon obtained in the second processing step.

[0013] The invention corresponding to claim 7 of the present application is the above-described claim 6.
In addition to the first to third processing steps of the icon design program recorded on the recording medium described above, a fourth processing step of correcting the information of the icon stored in the database corresponding to each item data is added. It is.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part of an information processing apparatus mainly composed of a computer. A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11 constituting a control unit body,
ROM (Read Only Memoly) 12 storing fixed data such as a program for controlling the operation of U11, and RAM in which various memory areas in which data can be rewritten are formed
(Random Access Memoly) 13, HDD (Hard Disc Drive) device 1 that writes and reads data to and from hard disk 14 on which various databases are formed
5. FDD (Floppy Disk Drive) device 17 for writing and reading data to and from a floppy disk 16 which is a computer-readable recording medium, a keyboard interface 19 to which a keyboard 18 is connected,
A display interface 21 to which the display 20 is connected, a mouse interface 23 to which the mouse 22 is connected, a printer interface 25 to which the printer 24 is connected, a communication interface 26 for controlling data communication with an external device connected by a communication line, and the like. Have. Then, the CPU 11, the ROM 12, the RAM 13,
The HDD device 15, the FDD device 17, and the interfaces 19, 21, 23, 25, 26 are connected by a bus line 27 such as an address bus and a data bus.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, an icon database 31, an item database 32, an item database update processing program 33, and an icon database 31 are stored in the information processing apparatus having the above configuration. By installing an icon design program consisting of the application screen icon setting processing program 34, the task screen icon designing apparatus of the present invention is to be realized. The installed databases 31 and 32 and the programs 33 and 34 are stored on the hard disk 14, for example.

As shown in FIG. 4, the icon database 31 stores various types of icon data (up to 100 in this embodiment) as icon numbers (001 to 001 in this embodiment) as unique identification codes. 100). Note that the icon data usually includes figures and characters in a frame, but here, alphabets are used for convenience of explanation. As shown in FIG. 5, the item database 32 stores the icon numbers corresponding to item data of various functions that can be executed by the instruction operation of the icons.

The item database update processing program 33 is a program for controlling a process of updating an icon number corresponding to each item data set in the item database 32. That is, when the execution of the item database update processing program 33 is selected, the CPU 11 starts the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. First, the item database 32 on the hard disk 14 is stored in the RAM 13.
To be rewritable. Here, the keyboard 18
Alternatively, if any item on the item database 32 is selected by an operation input of the mouse 22 and an arbitrary icon number is subsequently input, the item database 32
The icon number corresponding to the above selected item is changed to the input icon number. Further, when the end of the update of the item database 32 is declared, the item database 32 on the RAM 13 is overwritten on the hard disk 14 and the process is terminated (database correcting means).

The application screen icon setting processing program 34 is a program for controlling processing for creating a business screen (application screen) of a business program (application) operable on the information processing apparatus. That is, when the execution of the application screen icon setting processing program 34 is selected, the CPU 11 starts the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. First, as an application screen setting process to be created this time, a screen for setting the screen vertical and horizontal sizes and the number of buttons on the screen is displayed on the display 20. Here, when the screen vertical / horizontal size and the number of buttons are input by operating the keyboard 18 or the mouse 22, the input values are stored as application screen setting information to be created this time.

Next, as a process of setting an icon to be displayed in each button on the application screen to be created this time, as shown in FIG.
2,..., BottonN: N is the number of buttons. Here, by operating the keyboard 18 or the mouse 22, the item data of various icons is selectively input into the respective item data input fields 41, and then the "OK" button on the same screen 40 is operated to complete the input of the item data. Is commanded, the item database 32 is searched using the item data input for each button as a key. As a result, if at least one item data has not been set in the item database 32, the process returns to the item data input waiting state. In this case, for the item data which has not been set, for example, the characters on the screen 40 are displayed in black and white in reverse, and the re-input is prompted (item data input means).

On the other hand, if all the item data entered in the respective item data entry fields 41 are set in the item database 32, the vertical / horizontal size and the number of buttons set by the application screen setting process are set. Is displayed on the display 20 (screen display control means).

Thereafter, an icon number corresponding to each item data input to each item data input field 41 is read from the item database 32, and the icon database 31 is searched using the icon number as a key. When the icon data is set corresponding to the icon number of each item data, the icon data is read out (icon information obtaining means), and the icon data is displayed in the corresponding button together with the item data ( Icon display control means). If no icon data is set, only the item data is displayed in the corresponding button.

Thereafter, the keyboard 18 or the mouse 19
When the registration of the application screen to be created this time is instructed by the operation of (1), the data of the application screen (business code, screen vertical / horizontal size, the number of buttons, icons and item data for each button, etc.) are previously stored in the hard disk 14. The process is registered in the formed application screen database, and this process is completed.

In the embodiment configured as described above, the icon database 31 and the item database 3 recorded on the floppy disk 16 are stored in the information processing apparatus.
2. When the operator selects the application screen creation mode with the item database update processing program 33 and the application screen icon setting processing program 34 installed, the application screen icon setting processing program 34 starts. Therefore, the operator first inputs the vertical and horizontal sizes and the number of buttons of the application screen to be created this time. Then
Since the icon setting screen 40 is displayed on the display 20, the operator inputs the item data of the icon to be displayed in each button in the item data input field 41 on the screen 40.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the icon setting screen 40 after inputting the item data. Of the eight buttons 1 to 8, button 1 is "execute", button 2 is "save", Button 3 is "change", button 4 is "graph", button 5 is "print", button 7 is "previous page",
This is the case where the item data of the “back page” is input to the button 8 and the item data is not input to the button 6.

In this state, when the operator operates the “OK” button on the screen 40, each item data “execute”,
The item database 32 is searched for "save", "change", "graph", "print", "previous page", and "back page".
Then, the icon number “001” is read out corresponding to the item data “execute” of the button 1, and the icon number “0” is read out.
01 ", the icon database 31 is searched, and the icon data [A] is read. Then, the icon data [A] and the item data “execute” are displayed in the button 1 of the application screen to be created this time. Similarly,
The icon number “014” is read in correspondence with the item data “Save” of the button 2, the icon database 31 is searched with the icon number “014”, and the icon data [D] is read. Then, icon data [D] and item data “Save” are displayed in the button 2 of the application screen. The same applies to buttons 3 to 8. Icon data [K] and item data “change” are displayed in button 3 of the application screen, and icon data [W] and item data “graph” are displayed in button 4. Are displayed in the button 5 and the icon data [P] and the item data “print” are displayed in the button 5.
The icon data [R] and the item data "previous page" are displayed in the box 8, and the icon data [S] and the item data "back page" are displayed in the button 8.

As a result, an application screen 50 as shown in FIG. In this application screen 50, the symbol B1
B8 indicate buttons 1 to 8, respectively. Further, x indicates the vertical size of the application screen 50, and y indicates the horizontal size of the application screen 50. Thereafter, when the operator performs a registration operation of the application screen 50, the data of the application screen 50 is registered in the application screen database of the hard disk 14.

The application screen 50
For example, when the icon in the button B7 is to be changed from the icon of the item data “previous page” to the icon of the item data “previous screen”, the operator sets the button B7 on the icon setting screen 40 shown in FIG. The item data “previous screen” is input in the corresponding item data input field 41 instead of the item data “previous page”. By doing so, the icon [I] is displayed on the button B7 of the application screen 50 together with the item data “previous screen”.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the application screen 50 having the buttons, which are a plurality of icon display areas, is created, the icons displayed in the buttons can be easily operated without modifying the program. Can be changed with.

In this embodiment, the icon data set corresponding to each item data can be modified to another icon data without modifying the program. That is, the operator selects the update mode of the item database 32. Then, the item database update processing program 33 starts. Therefore, for example, as an icon corresponding to the item data “execute”, the icon number “00” is changed from the icon number “001” to the icon number “00”.
When changing to the icon [B] of “2”, the item data “execute” is selected by key operation or mouse operation,
Further, an icon number “002” is input. Then, the icon number corresponding to the item data “execute” in the item database 32 is modified from “001” to “002”. As a result, in the above-described application screen creation processing, when the item data “execute” is set corresponding to a certain button, the icon number “0” is displayed in the button.
01], the icon number “00”
2 ”icon [B] is displayed. As described above, according to the present embodiment, the icon displayed in the button of the application screen can be changed only by changing the icon number of the item database 32 without modifying the program.

Further, in the present embodiment, since the item data is displayed together with the icon data in the button on the application screen, there is an advantage that the function of the icon can be easily understood by the user. In the present invention, it is not always necessary to display the item data.

In this embodiment, the floppy disk 16 is used as a computer-readable recording medium on which a business screen icon design program is recorded.
The recording medium is not limited to this, and may be an optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like. The present invention also includes a device in which the icon design program is downloaded from an external device (host) connected via the communication interface 26 via a communication medium.

[0032]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the icons displayed on the business screen of the business program processed by the computer can be easily changed without modifying the program.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of an information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data structure recorded on a floppy disk used in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of an item database update processing program in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a data configuration diagram of an icon database in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a data configuration diagram of an item database in FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of an application screen icon setting processing program in FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of an icon setting screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of an application screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 CPU 14 Hard Disk 16 Floppy Disk 20 Display 31 Icon Database 32 Item Database 33 Item Database Update Processing Program 34 Application Screen Icon Setting Processing Program 40 Icon Setting Screen 50 Application Screen

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An icon design apparatus for a business screen that designs icons displayed on a business screen of a business program to be processed by a computer on a display of the computer, the icon corresponding to item data of various computer functions selectable by the icons. A database for storing information of the icons, a screen display control means for displaying a business screen provided with one or a plurality of icon display areas on the display, and a business screen icon display area displayed on the display. Item data input means for inputting item data of an icon to be displayed in that area, and when the item data is input by the input means, an icon for searching the database with the input item data and acquiring information on the corresponding icon Information acquisition means, and this acquisition means Ri acquired operational screen displayed on the display based on the information of the icon corresponding icon design device of work screen to the icon display control means for displaying an icon in the icon display area, characterized by comprising a. 2. The business screen icon designing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a database correcting means for correcting information of an icon stored in the database corresponding to each item data. 3. The business screen icon design apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the icon display control means displays the item data input together with the icon in a corresponding icon display area. 4. A database comprising: an icon database for storing various icons in association with unique identification codes; and an item for storing the identification codes of the icons corresponding to item data of various computer functions selectable by the icons. When the item data is input by the item data input means, the icon information obtaining means searches the item database with the input item data, and when the identification data of the corresponding icon is detected, the icon information is obtained with the identification data. 2. The business screen icon designing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the means is a means for searching a database and acquiring a corresponding icon. 5. An icon database for storing various icons in association with unique identification codes, and an item for storing the identification codes of the icons corresponding to item data of various computer functions selectable by the icons. When the item data is input by the item data input means, the icon information obtaining means searches the item database with the input item data, and when the identification data of the corresponding icon is detected, the icon information is obtained with the identification data. A means to search the database to get the corresponding icon,
3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the database correction unit corrects an identification code of the icon in the item database. 6. A recording medium recording an icon design program of a business screen for designing icons displayed on a business screen of a business program to be processed by a computer on a display of the computer, wherein the icon design program is A database storing information of the icons corresponding to item data of various computer functions selectable by the icons, and displaying a business screen having one or more icon display areas on the display on the computer. A first processing step to be performed, and when item data is input to the icon display area of the business screen displayed on the display by the processing of the first processing step, the item data is input using the input item data. Search the database for the corresponding eye A second processing step of acquiring information of the computer; and a third step of displaying an icon in a corresponding icon display area of the business screen displayed on the display based on the information of the icon acquired in the second processing step. And a computer-readable recording medium for recording an icon design program for a business screen. 7. A recording medium recording an icon design program for a business screen for designing an icon displayed on a business screen of a business program to be processed by a computer on a display of the computer, wherein the icon design program is A database storing information of the icons corresponding to item data of various computer functions selectable by the icons, and displaying a business screen having one or more icon display areas on the display on the computer. A first processing step to be performed, and when item data is input to the icon display area of the business screen displayed on the display by the processing of the first processing step, the item data is input using the input item data. Search the database for the corresponding eye A second processing step of acquiring information of the computer; and a third step of displaying an icon in a corresponding icon display area of the business screen displayed on the display based on the information of the icon acquired in the second processing step. A computer for recording an icon design program for a business screen, wherein the computer executes the processing step and a fourth processing step of correcting information of an icon stored in the database corresponding to each item data. A readable recording medium.