JPS62169239A - System with execution result display function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the malfunction of a system by displaying visually forecasted results which should occur when the function operation is actually performed and discriminating whether the function execution is good or not in accordance with display results. CONSTITUTION:When an operator inputs a command from a keyboard after setting the operation mode of the system to a trial mode, each copy operation designated by this command is performed under the control of a CPU 12. In this case, data is not actually copied from the first floppy 17 to the second floppy 18, but data is copied while calculating the area of the floppy 18 required for copying and execution contents are displayed on a display device 14. If the capacity of the data storage area in the copy destination is smaller than the quantity of data in the copy source after the end of this temporary copy operation, a message indicating that a part of data in the copy source cannot be copied is displayed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] In a system in which a function to be executed is specified and the function is executed, when the execution content is specified to be displayed prior to specifying the function, the specified function is displayed. The system only displays the execution contents and/or execution results on the display device. From such a display,
It is possible to understand the actual execution content and the degree of system failure that would occur if it were actually executed.
This provides great advantages in system operation, etc.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a system with an execution result display function, and more specifically, to a system with an execution result display function that displays only the execution mode of the functional operation when a function is executed.

In a data processing system, it is necessary to perform various operations in order to process data therein.

Depending on the level of skill involved, these operations may result in errors. Some of these operational errors are relatively minor, while others are unrecoverable.

The system is required to be able to eliminate such various errors and operations as much as possible. This is naturally required in order to prevent system failures and to eliminate wasted recovery time if they occur.

[Conventional technology]

Conventional techniques for copying data from one volume to another in a personal computer or the like are as follows.

When the system becomes ready in the system configuration shown in FIG. 3, READY is displayed on the display 100 as a signal to the operator. After that, an operator issues a command from the keyboard 102 or the program storage area 104, for example, C0PY/Sw*, E
B/10. *.

Suppose */2 is given (see Table 1). This command "Copy all files with EB appended to the name of volume No. 10 to volume No. 12"
It means that.

Table 1 System display READY COPY/SLJ*, EB/10. *、*Tem 5
ETATR, BB FILE END An example of executing the above command is as shown in Table 1.

Each line in this example, for example DATE, EB FILE END, is D
Files named ATE and EB are in volume no.
, 10 to volume N002. This physical copy is CPU 106
Under the control of , the data in volume No. 10 is once transferred to the work area 108 and from there to volume No. 2.

Copying that is actually performed in this way executes the above-mentioned execution when the above-mentioned command is given, regardless of the size of the data amount of the copy source and the storage capacity of the copy destination to which this data amount is copied. Sometimes I end up doing it.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Therefore, if the amount of data at the copy source is larger than the storage capacity at the copy destination, the shaded areas in Table 1 are displayed on the display 100 only after the execution, and the operator is notified of the occurrence of such a situation. . Since this is a reactive countermeasure, when such a display appears, the operator is forced to waste time on recovery.

Moreover, such a situation may also occur in other data processing.

The present invention was created in view of such problems, and it visually displays the predicted results that would occur if the functional operation was actually performed, and from the results, it is determined whether the functional execution is good or bad. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a system with an execution result display function that provides many benefits in terms of operation, etc.

[Means for solving problems]

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the principle of the present invention. In this figure, 1 is a function specifying means.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a function execution means, which executes the function specified by the function specifying means 1.

Reference numeral 3 denotes an execution content display designation means, which, when a display designation instruction is given to the function execution means 2, displays the execution content and/or execution result for the function designated by the function designation means 1 on the display device 4. This is to cause the function execution means 2 to generate a function that only generates a function.

[Effect]

If a display designation is previously given to the function execution means 2 by the execution content display specification means 3 before the function specification given to the function execution means 2 by the function specification means 1, the function executed by the function execution means 2 Among the functions to be executed, the function is reduced to a function that only displays the executed execution contents and/or execution results on the display device 4.

(Thus, since no processing system other than the above-mentioned degenerate system is actually operated, even if the function execution means produces a simulated operation of the function,
It becomes possible to predict the result that would occur if the function was actually executed without any adverse effect on the processing system.

〔Example〕

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the invention.

In this figure, 10 is a bus, and this bus 10 includes keyboards 11. CPU12. Program storage area (
ROM)13. Display 14° working area (RAM)
15. Printer 16. The system according to the present invention is configured such that a first floppy (or disk) 17 and a second floppy 18 can be connected.

The keyboard 11 also includes a display designation key 11-1 and other keys 11-2. ..., 11-N are provided, and these keys can be connected to the bus via encoders 11-0.

Next, data processing aspects of the present invention in this configuration will be explained.

The system of the present invention is ready for data processing.
), the message READY is displayed on the display 14 as a signal to the operator (see Table 2).

Table 2 system Kara no IREADY display system MODE TRY COPY/S-*, EB/10. j.

*/2 When the processing example display specification key 11-1 is pressed down and the system is set to the trial (TRY) mode, the same command as described in [Procedure] is sent from the keyboard 11, etc.
Each copy operation specified by that command (in Table 2,
Since it is the same as Table 1, the middle part has been omitted. ) under the control of the CPU 12, without causing an actual (physically caused) copy from the first floppy (or disk) (volume No. 10) 17 to the second floppy 18. When the copying operation is actually executed, it is performed while calculating the required area of the floppy disk 18, and the contents of the execution are displayed on the display 14 in the same manner as in the prior art.

When such a temporary copy operation is carried out until its completion, if the amount of data storage area at the copy destination is larger than the amount of data at the copy source, an error message will be displayed indicating that the rope shown in Table 2 has been applied. (Also, if necessary, a hard copy may be obtained from the printer 16). As a result, if the above-mentioned command is executed in the normal mode of the system, a part of the data from the copy source cannot be copied to the copy destination, and the operator is informed before the command is transferred to the program processing from the keyboard 11 or the like. If the display designation key is not pressed as described above, an actual copying operation is performed as in the conventional case.

Although the embodiment of the present invention shows an example of predicting a copy operation, it is clear from the gist that the present invention has extensibility to cases where it is desired to predict other functions.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, since the system is degraded to display the content of function execution and/or its result, the actual execution result can be displayed without any adverse effect on processing systems other than the degraded system. (Contents, errors, etc.) can be predicted, which brings great benefits to system operation, etc.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional system configuration. In Figure 1, 1 is a function specification means, 2 is a function execution means; 3 is an execution content display specification means; 4 is a display device. In Figure 2, 11 is the keyboard, 11-1 is a display specification key; 12 is the CPU. 13 is a program storage area; 14 is a display; 15-ba work area, 17 is a floppy or disk; 18 is a floppy disk. Principle of the invention, block mouth Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a system having a function specifying means (1), a function execution means (2), and a display device (4), an execution content display specification means (3) is provided, and an execution content display specification means (3)
In response to the display designation by the function designation means (1), a display device (
4) The function execution means (2)
) A system with an execution result display function, characterized in that it is configured to produce an execution result.