JPS63101962A - Input/output data processor for easy programming language - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a general user to simply form an I/O picture matched with the format of a slip or an account book by accessing and activating various definition table forming modes for forming an input definition table and an output definition table from a system program storage means. CONSTITUTION:Input picture forming data necessary for the constitution of an input picture having the same format as that of a slip or an account book in which input data are written are inputted in every message displayed on a display screen, the inputted input picture forming data are stored as a definition table for forming the input picture, the input picture based on the definition table is displayed on the display picture, and the data in the input slip are inputted in each item of the input picture displayed on the display picture. The change or the like in the format of the input picture is executed by changing data such as the position of an input item and an item name constituting the input picture definition table. The output format of data can be also changed by similarly preparing an output definition table for outputting the same format as an output slip.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Technical Field of the Invention) The present invention relates to a simple language input/output data processing device.

(Background of the Invention) Recently, with the advent of personal computers, simplified languages that can easily process data have been used.
Data processing using computers is performed across many industries.

Conventionally, in order to process business using Humpieta, even though it is a simple language, it is necessary to create a group of tabular data input items according to the business content, so there are fixed restrictions on data input and output. Ta.

That is, there are various types of data processing operations such as accounting, sales management, etc., and there are various data formats for each of these operations. For example, in accounting work, there are withdrawal slips, transfer slips, trial balance sheets, balance sheets, profit and loss statements, etc. Furthermore, in sales management work, there are sales management ledgers, customer ledgers, sales slips, statements of delivery, invoices, etc.

In this way, in actual business, there are many types of vouchers, ledgers, etc. with different data formats, and in order to input these data into a computer, it is necessary to use a display screen that displays the items of these vouchers, ledgers, etc. in table format. The data was to be entered in the relevant item.

For this reason, the format of a form such as a slip or ledger is naturally different from the tabular display screen displayed on a computer, which is extremely inconvenient for data input.

This is the display screen displayed on the computer, the slip, and the book n.
This is due to the different shapes of documents, etc., and the need to find items such as slips and ledgers on the display screen and enter the data, which makes data entry inefficient and prone to input errors caused by inputting the wrong items. It happened often.

On the other hand, the same applies to data output from the computer.
Since this data is stored in a tabular format, there is a restriction that the data can only be output in a fixed format.

In other words, there are various forms of data used in actual business operations, such as slips, trial balances, and sales management slips, as mentioned above, and the form of data output from the combiator also varies depending on each slip, ledger, etc. It would be extremely convenient if the output could be reduced.

For this reason, it is desirable to be able to input and output data by having the computer display or output an input screen or output screen that is the same as the format of the slip, form, etc. on which data processing is performed.

However, in conventional simple languages, it is necessary to set the data area, attributes, etc. for each item name each time, making it difficult for general users to create input/output screens that match the format of documents, ledgers, etc. Therefore, it was necessary to ask a combination of computer experts such as programmers.

(Purpose of the Invention) The present invention was invented under these circumstances, and its purpose is to enable general users without specialized knowledge of computer computers to easily create input/output screens that match the format of slips, ledgers, etc. It is an object of the present invention to provide a simple language input/output data processing device that can input and output data by making it possible to create data.

(Summary of the Invention) The present invention provides input screen forming data necessary for configuring an input screen having the same form as a slip, ledger, etc. (hereinafter referred to as an input slip) in which data to be input is recorded on a display screen. input for each message displayed on the screen, and store the input screen formation data as a definition table that forms both sides of the input screen.
The input screen based on the definition table is displayed on the display screen, and the data of the input slip is input for each item on the input screen displayed on the display screen.

Changes in the format of the input screen are performed by changing data constituting the input screen definition table, such as the positions of input items and item names.

On the other hand, regarding the data output format, the output f:?
It is equipped with an output definition table that outputs data in the same format as the 4 votes. The output definition table is also constructed by inputting data constituting the output definition table for each message displayed on the display screen. The output format of the data is also changed by changing the positions, item names, etc. of the output items constituting the output definition table.

(One Embodiment of the Invention) Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail as shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a simple language input/output data processing device 1 according to the present invention, in which 2 is an input section including a keyboard, 3 is a printer, 4 is a display section, 5 is a data file, definitions A storage memory for tables and the like (hereinafter referred to as a data storage memory), 6 a system program storage memory, 7 an input/output screen buffer, and 8 a control unit for controlling these. The data storage memory 5 and the system program storage memory 6 may be provided in separate storage media or in the same storage medium. Figure 2 shows an input definition table 9 and an output definition stored in the data storage/memory 5. This shows a configuration diagram of Table 10, and the input section 'a39 shown in figure f52(a) stores control message g11 that stores information about the entire input definition table 9, and attribute heading information about the input definition table 9. An item heading section 12 to be stored, an item attribute section 13 to store attribute information about each item, a fixed character section 14 to store information about fixed characters on the screen, a message section 15 to store messages, and a processing formula to be stored. It is composed of a processing formula section 16 and a graphic processing section 17 that stores graphic processing data.

The output definition table 10 shown in FIG.
It is composed of an item heading section 30, an item attribute section 19, a processing expression section 20, and a fixed character section 21.

FIG. 3 shows details of the item attribute section 13 of the input definition table 9, and data is recorded for each attribute name. ! -I can do it.
To further explain the present invention in detail, the system program stored in the system program storage memory 6 is called by a command from the input section 2 and activated by the control section 8.

System program can be executed by commands from input section 2 +1
'JJ, an initial screen 23 showing a list of definition table names is displayed on the display screen 22 of the display unit 4, as shown in FIG.

Next, when the execution key (not shown) of input g2 is input, the main menu is displayed in the submenu display area 24 displayed on the display screen 22, as shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 shows an enlarged view of the submenu display area 24 displaying the main menu.

The main menu consists of [Create/Edit Definition Table, Register Definition Table, Delete Registration of Definition Table, Read Definition Table, Print Definition Table List, Print Definition Table, Input Unregistered Definition Table, Output Unregistered Definition Table], etc. Specify each menu from 2 and input definition table 9
Create, register, etc.

Definition table creation/ail collection mode is creation of input definition table 9.
Do collection a.

In the definition table registration mode, the definition table written to the input/output screen buffer 77 is stored in the data storage memory 5.

The definition table registration deletion mode is already in data storage memory 5.
The input definition table 9 stored in the input definition table 9 is called up and written to the input/output screen buffer 7.

The mode is set to definition table list printing, and the definition table list stored in the data storage memory 5 is printed.

In the unregistered definition table input mode, definition table data in a data file that is not stored in the data storage memory 5 is read out and written to the input/output screen buffer 7. A check is made to see if the data read at this time is definition table data.

In the unregistered definition table output mode, the definition table data stored in the input/output screen buffer is written to the specified page of the data 7T file of the data storage memory 5.

The definition table creation/editing mode is "Screen image creation/l1"
IL collection mode, processing image creation/compilation mode, execution image confirmation (trace) mode, control information section J&/
It has a submenu of ``Ii a mode, main menu''.

The screen image creation/fraud collection mode is a mode for creating and editing screen images that match the format of the input slip.
Set the items and various attributes that the user actually inputs.

In the processing image creation/collection mode, settings such as processing such as arithmetic operations for each item in the screen image, input order, and messages to be displayed according to the processing are performed.

The execution image confirmation (trace) mode is a mode in which execution is simulated (traced) according to the processing information set in the processing image creation/deception mode and the flow of processing is confirmed. The control information creation/editing mode sets various control information for the input processing created in each of the screen image creation/deception mode, processing image creation/editing mode, and execution image confirmation (trace) mode. .

Next, creation of the input definition table 9 will be explained. First, the main menu is displayed by specifying the main menu mode.

When the definition table creation/editing mode of the main menu is specified by the input g2, the control unit 8 switches to the screen image creation/11g collection mode of the submenu, and the display screen 22 displays the definitions as shown in FIG. A basic screen 25 for creating/editing a table is displayed.

A cursor 26 is displayed on the basic screen 25 for creating and collecting definition tables, and the position of the cursor 26 is indicated by (row, column) 8.
A mark 27 is displayed on the system line display section 28. "Screen image creation" is displayed on the system line display section 28, indicating that the current mode is the screen image creation/collection mode.

An example of a screen image 29 created in accordance with the input slip by moving the cursor 26 from the input unit 2 and inputting item names such as "due date" and "product number" is shown in Figure tjIJ7.

Areas (also called fields) for entering data in item names such as "Product number" and "Product name" are marked with special double-byte symbols such as "
@”, special half-width symbols such as “×” are used to represent the number of squares and the number of characters.

Furthermore, the case where color attributes, emphasis attributes, etc. are set for the screen image 29 will be explained. When the execution key (not shown) of the input section 2 is input in the screen image creation/editing mode, the submenu 1 "Text color setting 1, l1j2'$4 force method,
"Create from shape, design, page, input/output settings," will be displayed.

To set color attributes, use the submenu display area 24.
Specify "Text color setting" with the cursor (not shown) inside. When the submenu of "character color setting" is designated, the submenu "red, u, 'fR1 blue, magenta, cyan, white, (black)" is displayed in the submenu display area 27. When a color is specified using the input unit 2, the color attribute of the specified color is set to the character such as the item name where the cursor 26 is located.

When you specify "emphasis method" in the submenu, each submenu of "highlight, underline, reverse blink" will be displayed in the submenu display area 27, and these emphasis will be applied to the character where the cursor 26 is located according to the specification in the input section. Attributes are set.

Submenus such as ``Create from other shapes, designs, and pages'' can be operated in the same manner, and the details will be omitted.

Next, the case of setting areas for inputting data of these item names, attributes, etc. will be explained.

When you specify the submenu "input/output settings" in the submenu display area 24 shown in FIG. 7, the submenus "batch setting, sequential setting/change, sequential cancellation, batch cancellation, termination" are displayed in the submenu display area 24. Ru.

Cursor in submenu display area 24 (not shown)
When you specify "Batch setting" with "Do you want to perform batch setting?" in the system line display section 28. Yes [Y]/
No [N] Only rRETURNJ is Y. ” will be displayed and you will be in a waiting state for input.

When [Y]N- is input from the keyboard of the input unit 2, the control unit 8 performs scanning in the row direction from the upper left to the lower right of the display screen 22 shown in FIG. (attributes) and data input area at once.

A series of full-width symbols "@" and half-width symbols rXJ are regarded as areas for inputting data, and as shown in FIG.
xJ is displayed in a half-width "mouth" to indicate that it is collectively set as Hta for inputting data.

Note that when setting the data input area, attributes, etc. for each item name, this can be done by specifying the submenu "sequential setting/change".

In addition, to modify the screen image, the area for inputting data on the screen 29, and the attribute settings, the submenu "Cancel All" is specified. When the submenu "Batch cancellation" is specified, the set data input area, attributes, etc. are canceled all at once, and as shown in Figure 7, the data input area is changed to the full-width symbol "@" and the gyukaku symbol rXJ. Therefore, the number of squares, the number of characters, etc. can be corrected using the full-width symbol "@" and the half-width symbol [x1.

After making corrections using the full-width symbol "@" and the half-width symbol "x", you can specify the submenu "batch setting" as described above to perform batch settings.

In addition, corrections to settings for data entry and attributes can be made by specifying the submenu "sequential cancellation."

If you use the submenu "Sequential cancellation", if you move the cursor to the area where data that has already been set or the attribute is displayed, the cancellation will be displayed as a full-width symbol [@] or a half-width symbol "x", so you can do the same. Full-width symbol "@", half-width symbol r
You can use XJ to sequentially (correct by 1) the number of squares, number of characters, etc., and specify the submenu "Sequential setting/change" to correct the settings.

Other processing image creation/, l! Submenus are provided for collection mode, execution image confirmation (trace) mode, and control information creation/editing mode. Various settings can be made by specifying the submenus.

Screen image 2 created by each mode so far
9 is stored in the input/output screen buffer 7.

Next, a case will be described in which the screen image 29 created in this manner is stored in the data storage memory 5 as the input definition table 9.

First, the main menu is displayed in the sub-menu display area 24 as shown in FIG.

Next, move the cursor (not shown) in the submenu display area 24 to specify "Definition Table Registration" on the main menu, move the cursor 30 to the position of the number to be registered on the initial screen 23, and press the execution key. input.

A message saying "Please enter the name of the definition table" is displayed on the system line display section 28, prompting the user to input the name of the definition table to be registered. Since the screen image 29 of the "sales slip" created in the definition table creation/editing mode is to be registered, "sales slip" is entered as the definition table name.

When the definition table name is input, [[
Which page stores the definition table? ] is displayed to prompt the user to enter the number of pages of the data file in which the definition table is to be registered.

When a desired bench number is entered from the input section 2, the screen image 29 shown in FIG.
(a) The input definition table 9 shown in the figure is stored in the data storage memory 5 based on this.

The input definition table 9 stored in the data storage memory 5 stores attribute names and data in a tabular format consisting of rows and columns, as shown in FIG. can be displayed on the display screen 22 to perform (I correction, etc.), and the arrangement of each data is also arbitrary.

The area for inputting the data set by the batch setting and the item attribute section 13 of the attributes are "label, item name...table".

Displaying the input definition table 9 including the item attribute section 13 shown in FIG. 3 on the display screen 22 can be done by specifying the page number of the data file in which the input definition table 9 is stored. In addition, in order to display the input definition table 9 as the screen image 29 on the display screen 22, select "
"Definition table read" and the desired input definition table 9 can be specified.

Next, a case in which data is input from an input slip based on the created input definition table 9 will be explained.

When a command for data input is input from the input section 2, a message "Please specify the definition table name" is displayed on the system line display section 28, and when the desired definition table name is input, the data is stored in the data storage memory 5. A screen image 29 is displayed on the display screen 22 based on the stored definition table.

Data is input using the screen image 29 displayed on the display screen 22, the processing procedure, etc.

Regarding the output definition table 10, if a command to create an output definition table is similarly input from the input unit 2, a main menu consisting of each mode will be displayed, and by selecting the mode of each main menu, the desired output can be set. A screen image is created and can be stored in the data storage memory 5 as an output definition table 10.

As for data output, by specifying the output definition table 10, display, printing, etc. can be performed in an output form based on the output definition table 10.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, even general users without computer expertise can easily create screen images by collectively setting data input areas, attributes, etc. according to input/output slips, etc. It has a remarkable effect.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figures show one embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 1 is a block diagram, Fig. 2 is a configuration diagram of an input definition table and an output definition table, Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the item attribute section, and Fig. 4 is a block diagram. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the initial screen, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the main menu, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the basic screen, and FIGS. 7 and FA8 are explanatory diagrams of screen images displayed on the display screen. 1... Easy M language input/output data processing device 2... Input section 4... Display section 5... Memory for data storage 6... Memory for system program storage 7... Input/output screen buffer for

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Input means for inputting commands, data, etc., and control means for calling and activating various definition table creation modes for creating input definition tables and output definition tables from system program storage means in response to commands from the input means. , and a batch setting unit that is activated in the process of executing various definition table creation modes by the control unit, and the data area for inputting item names represented by special full-width and half-width symbols in the screen image is set in the batch setting unit. A simple language input/output data processing device characterized by setting by a setting means.