JPS6238729B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improvement in a format control method for controlling parameters on a field (item) basis when creating slips on an office computer or the like.

In recent years, automatic creation of slips using office computers and the like has become common, but its data entry functions can be broadly divided into entry and verification.
Entry is the process of creating record data (a group of data for each slip) by the operator's key operations, and Verify retrieves the entered data sequentially from memory and inputs the same data as at the time of entry for comparison. This is the work of conducting an inspection.
Conventionally, when implementing this data entry function, the EFP (Entry Format Parameter) control method was generally used to reduce the burden of key operations on the operator during entry and verification in accordance with various document formats. There is.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a conventional EFP control system, where 1 indicates a record data buffer memory for storing records to be created, and 2 indicates an EFP buffer memory for storing EFP. EFP buffer memory 2 has the same length as record data buffer memory 1 except for the storage area for the last end code E, and has independent control that corresponds one-to-one to each word of record data to be created. Codes (hereinafter referred to as parameters) are stored in advance. this
The parameters stored in the EFP buffer memory 2 include a field start code indicating the field (item), a continuation code indicating the continuation of the field,
These parameters are sequentially retrieved from the beginning of the tab stop code, that is, from the left to the right of the EFP buffer memory 2, key input control, etc. are executed, and one record that matches the target slip format is retrieved. Each character is created and stored in the record data buffer memory 1.
An end code E is defined at the end of the EFP buffer memory 2, which indicates the end of the process.

In this way, the data entry control method using EFP allows the EFP itself to easily correspond to the record data that is created, so format programs can be easily set up, and control is also very simple. It has the great feature of being However, on the other hand, with conventional EFP control methods, there is control for inserting fixed data (data that does not require key input) into specific fields, and for each item.
It is difficult to control the display of guidance to the operator about the input contents of the item, and furthermore, it is difficult to control the insertion of the results of calculations between fields into another field. For this reason,
There are cases where the EFP control method is not adopted and another program control method is used, but in that case, it may be difficult to assemble the program easily, or
The drawback was that the control was complicated.

The present invention was made to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and it defines a special code as a type of EFP parameter, and
Added a function to directly transfer the code in the EFP buffer memory to the record data buffer memory.
The object of the present invention is to provide a format control method that makes it possible to insert fixed data into a specific field and display guidance.

FIG. 2 shows, as an embodiment of the present invention, the data structure of a record data buffer memory and an EFP buffer memory for realizing a guidance display for an operator. In FIG. 2, 1 is a record data buffer memory;
is the EFP buffer memory. Now, the record in data buffer memory 1 is field F ₁ of guidance display "Tanka", unit price input field
It is assumed that it consists of F ₂ , a field F ₃ for the guidance display "SURIOUS", and a quantity input field F ₄ .
In accordance with this record format, the data structure of the EFP buffer memory 2 is set as ``Tanka'' N-- ``Suuriyou'' N-- so that each character can correspond to each other, but the data is enclosed in "" and "". The data entered is “””
It is defined that the data is transferred to the record data buffer memory 1 as is, including the characters "N-" and "N-".
-” is the conventional start code and continuation code, and key input data “1”, “2” etc. are controlled by these codes and the record data buffer memory 1
is input to. That is, in FIG. 2, the part indicated by the solid arrow between buffer memories 1 and 2 is the EFP.
The data is directly duplicated (copied) from the buffer memory 2 to the record data buffer memory 1, and the portion indicated by the dotted arrow indicates data input from the keyboard under the control of the EFP.

In this way, guidance display data can be prepared in advance.
"" in the corresponding position in the EFP buffer memory.
By enclosing and programming the data, when an operator inputs a slip, it is automatically sent from the EFP buffer memory to the record data buffer memory for guidance display, thereby realizing a guidance display corresponding to the key input data. The reason why "" and "" are also duplicated in the record for guidance display is because when processing input records, it may be necessary to distinguish between the guidance display section and the key input data section. It is.

FIG. 3 shows the data structure of the record data buffer memory and the EFP buffer memory when fixed data is inserted into a specific field of a record as another embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 3, the relationship between the record data buffer memory 1 and the EFP buffer memory 2 is exactly the same as in FIG. 2, but in the example of FIG. The difference is that "(" and ")" are used as codes to specify "ABC" and "iueo". That is, EFP
The records surrounded by brackets in buffer memory 2 are duplicated to record data buffer memory 1,
If you define the code of Katsuko itself so that it does not duplicate, you can duplicate the fixed data in the EFP to the record.

FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of a specific hardware configuration of the present invention. In Figure 4, EFP pointer 1
1 is for specifying a read address in the EFP buffer memory 12, and the value of the pointer 11 is incremented each time one code is read. EFP buffer memory 12 indicated by the pointer 11
The code read from the address position within is input to the code discriminator 13 and checked. The code discriminated by the code discrimination unit 13 is a specific code, for example, "" or "" in FIG. 2 or "(" in FIG. 3).
If the code is not within the range surrounded by ``,'', or ``'' or (), it is given to the key data converter 15 as a control signal for the key data input from the keyboard 14, and thereby the key data converter 15 Then, shift control or check of the key data is executed, and the key data is stored in the record data buffer memory 17.

If “” explained in Figure 2 is detected,
The code determination unit 13 recognizes that the subsequently read code is not a control code for key input data, but data that should be directly duplicated to the record data buffer memory 17, and recognizes that the code "" has been detected. After memorizing, this “”
At the same time, the code read from the EFP buffer memory 12 thereafter is directly transferred to the record data buffer memory 17. If "" is detected during execution of this code transfer, the code discriminator 1
In step 3, the end of duplication is recognized and the code "" is transferred to the record data buffer memory 17.
The direct transfer of the code from the EFP buffer memory 12 to the record data buffer memory 17 is completed. Even if "(" or ")" explained in FIG. 3 is detected, the transfer of these codes to the record data buffer memory 17 is prohibited.
This is the same as when "" or """ is detected.

The record pointer 16 is the keyboard 14 or
It specifies the write address of data input from the EFP buffer memory 12 to the record data buffer memory 17, and this is the EFP pointer 1.
1, it is controlled by the code discrimination section 13 or the key data conversion section 15, and is incremented every time one character is input to the record data buffer memory 17. However, if the code discriminator 13 detects "(" or ")" in FIG. 3, the record pointer 16 may stop advancing and only the EFP pointer 11 may advance. The display 18 is for displaying the contents of the record data buffer memory 17, and the operator inputs keys from the keyboard 14 while looking at the display 18.

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is only necessary to define special codes such as "" or ( ) and add the function of duplicating the data in the EFP buffer memory surrounded by each code into the record data buffer. This makes it easy to display guidance, insert fixed data, etc., which were difficult with conventional EFP control methods, and greatly improve operability for operators.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a diagram showing the correspondence between records and EFP in the conventional EFP control system, Figures 2 and 3 are diagrams showing examples of the correspondence between records and EFP when the present invention is applied, and Figure 4 is the diagram according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the invention. 1... Record data buffer memory, 2...
EFP buffer memory, 11...EFP pointer,
12...EFP buffer memory, 13...Code discrimination section, 14...Keyboard, 15...Key data conversion section, 16...Record pointer, 17...
Record data buffer memory, 18...display.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Equipped with a record data buffer memory for storing record data, and a control parameter buffer memory for storing control parameters (control codes) that can correspond character by character to the record data in the record data buffer memory; In a format control method in which control parameters are sequentially read out from a buffer memory, record data in a desired format is created character by character by executing key input control and other operations based on the control parameters, and the record data is stored in the record data buffer memory. A special code is assigned to one of the parameters, and when a certain special code is read from the control parameter buffer memory, the contents read from the control parameter buffer memory during that time are handled as a control parameter until the next special code is read. A format control method characterized in that the record data is transferred to the record data buffer memory as mere data.