JPS63118928A - Crt displaying and slip print outputting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prepare a slip regardless of the class of an output terminal and without generating a program, by separating a processing to assemble a control code proper to a terminal from a data conversion processing, and performing a terminal control code edit processing independently. CONSTITUTION:In an edit processing program 1, a format No. is taken out from an execution managing table 24 which stores transiently a terminal No. in processing currently, the format No., and a macrocode in processing etc. And after format information is selected from a format information group 21, a bit of information is edited from a data base 25. Also, the terminal type of the terminal No. in processing is taken out from a terminal stipulating table 22, and a processing to read out and add a terminal control code corresponding to the type, is performed, and after that, it is outputted to a designated terminal in an output terminal group 11. In such way, it is possible to describe and register format stipulation with the same format regardless of the class of the terminal, and to prepare a CRT picture plane and the slip.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to CRT display and form printing output processing, and particularly relates to a program that performs data editing and output processing suitable for computer systems having multiple types of output terminals. .

[Conventional technology]

This is a close example of an interpreter system in which the display and print format is stored as information on the tape rather than inside the program, and that information is decoded and displayed or printed in the processing program, as described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 59
-191643r stamp control method". A similar CRT display system is also generally known.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The general program configuration of the above conventional method is as shown in FIG. Data editing department 2. Data converter 3. Output section 4. Consisting of format information 11, the management unit 1 selects the corresponding format, the data editing unit 2 extracts data from the database 12 to the temporary buffer 13 according to the format, the data conversion unit 3 converts the data, and stores it in the output buffer 14. . After repeating steps 2 and 3, the output unit 4 outputs the contents of the output buffer 14 to the corresponding terminal.

This method does not take into consideration the fact that terminal-specific control codes are incorporated in the ≠-data converter 3 and that terminals of different models are processed in the same way. Computer systems that require modification or incorporate different processing programs for display, printing, etc., and that have multiple types of output terminals have problems with memory efficiency, productivity, expandability, and maintainability.

The purpose of the present invention is to
And without programming in a computer language,
The objective is to provide a method for creating and outputting CRT screens and forms.

[Means for solving problems]

The above object is achieved by separating the process of incorporating terminal-specific control codes from the data conversion process and making the terminal control code editing process independent.

[Effect]

FIG. 1 shows the program configuration of the present invention.

A control code editing section 5 and a terminal control code management table 15 are added to the conventional program structure shown in FIG.

The control code editing unit 5 selects a terminal control code from the terminal control code management table 15 according to the type of terminal for which an output request has been made, and writes it directly or into the conversion data stored in the -time buffer 13 according to the format information 11. A code is added and stored in the output buffer 14.

As a result, even if the types of output terminals are diverse, the structure of the program does not change except that the number of terminal control code management tables increases.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.

This embodiment is composed of an editing output processing program 1, an output request management program group 2, an output terminal group 11, a format information group 21, a terminal definition table 22, a terminal control code management table 23, an execution management table 24, and a database 25. ing.

Each terminal is identified by numbers N001 to n, and format information is also identified by numbers 1 to m.

The format information group 21 describes editing and output procedures for each CRT screen and form format using what is called a macro code, and there are the following types of macro codes.

a) Macro execution control...Fortr for the start and end of one format information and the repetition of a certain section of macro.
b) File control: A macro group that instructs to open and close a specified file existing in the database 25, and retrieve a specified record. C) Data editing, conversion...・Macro group that instructs to extract specific information present in the retrieved record and convert it into output data d) Terminal control code editing... Macro group θ that instructs the position 9 color code etc. to be output to the terminal Output control: Instructs the terminal to output edited data. □The terminal definition table 22 defines the terminal type (model) corresponding to each terminal No. as shown in Fig. 5. This table serves as an index for the terminal control code management table 23.

As shown in FIG. 6, the terminal control code management table 23 stores output control codes for each terminal type.

The execution management table 24 shows the terminal No. currently being processed.

This is a work table that temporarily stores the format No., the macro code being processed, and the like.

The output request management program group 2 is activated by a keyboard, a timer, an event, etc., and executes the request terminal No. and the request format No.
The editing output processing program 1 is started.

The editing output processing program 1 extracts the format No. from the execution management table 24, selects format information from the format information group 21, sequentially executes macro codes based on the format information, and stores the data in the database 25.
After processing the information, such as editing, converting, and adding a control code, the information is output to a designated terminal in the output terminal group 11.

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of the editing processing program.

According to this embodiment, CR can be achieved by describing and registering format definitions in the same format regardless of the terminal model.
T screens and forms can be created, improving productivity, expandability, and maintainability.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, processing programs can be unified without depending on the model of the output terminal, which is effective in improving memory efficiency.

In addition, it is possible to add and modify CRT screens, forms, and add output terminals just by maintaining the table without creating a program, so maintenance after operation is easy.

It is economically effective in terms of expansion and improves productivity.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a program configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a processing program of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a general diagram of a conventional method. A program configuration diagram, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a terminal definition table, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a terminal control code management table. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Management section, 2... Data editing section, 3... Data conversion section, 4... Output section, 5... Control code editing section, 11... Format information, 12... Database, 13... Time buffer, 14... Output buffer, 15... Terminal Figure 4 Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a computer system that has many types of display devices and printing devices, output format information and output control information for each model are stored in an external table, and the output format information is selected for each printing or display request, and the output is executed according to that information. A CRT display and form printing output method characterized by having a processing program that edits and converts information from a database, adds control information according to the output request model, and outputs it.