JPS6394324A - Field input processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize a function for processing the field input of respective screens by one input processing means common to the types of the screens by forming a screen control table consisting of control data for every screen type. CONSTITUTION:A screen identification part 26 interprets the designated information of an input type delivered from an input control part 25 and informs the required screen type to an input processing part 27. The input processing part 27 refers to one table or the screen control tables 29a, thereby, displays the screen corresponding to the screen type delivered from the screen identification part 26 on the screen of a display 3 executes the field input processing to the displayed field. The screen control tables 29a are disposed according to the type of the screen and constituted of control information item 30 common to the field of the screen and information 31 designating the attribute for every field. The input processing part 27 interprets the information of these tables, thereby, executes the input processing according to the field attribute or the like different for every screen.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] This is a method that enables a common means to process input conditions for each field of a terminal device that inputs data into fields displayed on a screen.

A control table is provided that displays control information common to fields and field attribute specification information for each field in a fixed format for each screen, and the common processing means refers to it to perform field input on multiple types of screens. Make control manageable.

This method eliminates the need to create separate processing means for each type of screen, making development/updating of input processing more efficient.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention provides an input processing method for a terminal device in which data is input into fields displayed on the screen.Fields for data input are displayed on the display screen of the terminal device, and the types of data defined in each field are The method of inputting data in each predetermined format is widely used as an input method in many businesses.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a terminal device.

The processing device 1 processes command information and data inputted from an input section 2 consisting of a keyboard, etc., outputs control messages, input data, etc. to a display section 3 and displays them on the screen, and also indicates when the input is completed. Partial data etc. can be transmitted to, for example, a host computer.

When processing data input in a format in which fields displayed on the screen are filled with input data, the processing device 1
According to the specified information inputted from the screen, a screen corresponding to the specified input type, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, is displayed on the display section 3.

In the figure, the area surrounded by a broken line frame indicates an input field, and the display outside the frame indicates the item number, item name, and other explanations of each field.

The processing device 1 first displays a cursor (indicated by a square in the figure) at the first digit of the first field, displays the characters to be input in sequence at the cursor position, and moves the screen so that the cursor advances to the next input digit position. Control the display.

For example, if field 16 in the figure is a field for inputting up to 20 digits of Japanese characters, the processing device 1 will perform Japanese input processing such as kana-kanji conversion on the input to this field, and check whether input is completed up to 20 digits. , or for example “
``Line Feed'' key When input completion is identified manually, the cursor is moved to the next field 17.

For example, if the field 17 is a field in which a man-hour number is to be input by selecting from the numbers F1 to F5, the processing device 1 checks the manual labor, marks only the man-hour numbers of numbers [1 to 5], and inputs this man-hour number. If there is an input, the cursor is moved to the first digit position of field 18, indicating the end of input for this field.

For example, if the field 18 is a field for inputting alphanumeric characters and alphanumeric characters up to 16 digits, the processing device 1 will only accept inputs that match those field attributes, and will end the processing of the field 18 if it determines that the input is complete. , for example, returns the cursor to the first digit of the first field 16.

Also, if a cursor movement designation key such as "↑, ↓, -1→" is pressed at any time, field 16.
17. Move the cursor in the specified direction within the range of 18.

In this way, when data input or correction etc. are completed and, for example, a predetermined function key indicating completion of screen input is pressed, the processing device 1 completes the data input process on this screen and, for example, inputs the input data. Edit it into the specified format and send it to the host computer.

In order to execute the input processing as described above, the input control section 5 of the processing device 1 receives information sent from the input section 2 and passes it to the screen identification section 6, and the screen identification section 6 specifies the input type. Interpret and input processing units 7a, 7b, 7c, --m---
A one-man processing unit that performs specified input processing is activated.

The input processing units 7a, 7b, etc. are provided individually for each input screen with a different field configuration in order to display a screen designed according to the input type and perform input processing according to the field attributes of the field, and perform input control. Based on the information input through the section 5, field input processing as described in the example of FIG. 4 is executed.

During the above processing, the output control section 8 receives display information output from the screen identification section 6, input processing section 7a, etc., and executes control to display it on the screen of the display section 3.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

As mentioned above, it is necessary to provide separate input processing units 7a, 7b, . . . for each input screen having a different configuration.
There has been a problem in that a large amount of man-hours are required to develop such an input processing system, and to modify and add screens.

[Means for solving problems]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention.

The figure shows the configuration of a terminal device, in which 1 is a processing device, 2 is an input section, 3 is a display section, 25 of the processing device 1 is an input control section that receives input information sent from the input section 2, and 26 is an input section. Interpreting the input type specification information passed from the control unit 25,
A screen identification unit that notifies the input processing unit 27 of the required screen type; 27 is a screen control table 29a provided according to the screen type;
, 29b, 29c, -1----.--, the input processing unit executes screen display and field input processing according to the screen type passed from the screen identification unit 26, and 8 is the above. This is an output control unit that displays information output from the screen identification unit 26 and the input processing unit 27 on the screen of the display unit 3 during the processing.

[For production]

The screen identification unit 26 interprets the input type designation information passed from the input control unit 25 and notifies the input processing unit 27 of the required screen type.

The input processing unit 27 has screen control tables 29a, 29b, 29c,
By referring to Table 1 of -------, a screen corresponding to the screen type passed from the screen identification section 26 is displayed on the screen of the display section 3, and field input processing to the displayed field is executed.

The screen control tables 29a, 29b, 29c, . This is a table configured by control information to be displayed.

The input processing unit 27 is configured to interpret the information in these tables and execute input processing according to field attributes and screen layouts of fields, etc., which differ from screen to screen.

With the above processing method, only a screen control table consisting of control data is created for each screen type, and one means of input processing unit for executing input processing is provided in common for all screens. Processing development, etc. will be made more efficient.

〔Example〕

In FIG. 1, parts given the same reference numerals as in FIG. 3 have the same functions as in the conventional case.

The input control unit 25 receives the information sent from the input unit 2 and passes it to the screen identification unit 26, and the screen identification unit 26 interprets the passed input type designation information and selects the screen type necessary for the input processing unit 27. Notify.

The input processing unit 27 has screen control tables 29a, 29b, 29c,
- By referring to the first table in Table 1, a screen corresponding to the screen type passed from the screen identification unit 26 is displayed on the screen of the display unit 3, and field input processing is executed for the displayed field. .

The screen control tables 29a, 29b, 29c, etc. are provided according to the screen type, and contain control information common to fields on the screen,
This table is made up of information specifying field attributes for each field and control information that displays the information in a fixed format.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a screen control table.

FIG. 2(a) shows an example of the structure of the entire screen control table corresponding to one screen, where 30 is a control information item that specifies common controls for this screen, and 31 is a field ring that specifies field attributes for each field. The number of field rings 31 is equal to the number of fields in this screen, and the number of fields is indicated in the control information field 30 as described later.

FIG. 2 (bl is a detailed configuration example of the control information item 30, including the item number tank 32 indicating the number of items in the field ring, the item length column 33 indicating the data length of the field ring, the screen number column 34, and the screen scroll specification. , a screen information field 35 that specifies whether to display a new line mark, etc., a color information field 36 that specifies the color of the screen, a current field number field 37, a final position movement information field 38, a default value base address field 39, and other control information. Consisting of

The current field number column 37 holds the field item number of the current processing field during input processing.

The final position movement information column 38 indicates the position to which the cursor is moved when characters are written to the final digit position of the final field, and allows you to specify the digit position next to the final one, the first digit position of the first field, etc. shall be.

In addition, the default value, which is a value automatically taken when data input is omitted for a predetermined field, is the processing device 1.
The default value base address column 39 shows the start address of the table that holds default values for required fields stored in the storage area of .

FIG. 2(C) is a detailed configuration example of each field ring. The field ring 31 includes a field specification w440 that indicates the field area in coordinates on the screen, a cursor size field 41 that specifies the size of the cursor display, and a cursor control field. Information column 42
, valid data information @ 43, a character count field 44 that specifies the number of input characters for this field, a data area address field 45 that holds a pointer to the area that holds input data, a default value address field 46, and other control information. .

The cursor control information field 42 specifies where the cursor is to be moved when a cursor movement key such as rTJ, "↓", or "line feed" is pressed, and specifies the first digit position of the next field, the same digit position, and other information. It shall be possible to specify.

The valid data information column 43 specifies, for input characters to be valid in this field, the valid character type of key input, the valid character type after kana-kanji conversion, and the upper and lower limits of significant figures in the case of numbers.

Further, in the default value address 46, a pointer for pointing to the term in the default value table that stores the default value used in this field is specified.

The input processing unit 27 generates a screen control table 29 configured as described above.
By interpreting a, etc., the required fields are displayed on the display unit 3, and input processing is executed according to the attributes of each field, the screen layout of the fields, etc.

From the above explanation, if each column of the screen control table with the above configuration is filled with specified information for each screen type, this screen control table,
It is clear that input processing functions corresponding to various screen designs can be realized by the input processing section that interprets and executes the input processing.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, in the input processing of a terminal device, the function of processing field input on various screens can be realized by a single-handed processing means common to the screen types. There is a significant industrial effect in that development, renewal, etc. are made more efficient.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a screen control table, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a conventional configuration example, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a field input screen. It is. In the figure, 1 is a processing device, 2 is an input section, 3 is a display section,
5.25 is an input control unit, 6.26 is a screen identification unit, 78 to 7c, 27 is an input processing unit, 8 is an output control unit, 16.17.18 is a field, Block V No. 1171 showing the configuration of the present invention Figure 2 shows an example of the configuration of a screen control table.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In a terminal device configured to input data into one or more fields displayed on a screen according to predetermined conditions for each field, a control common to the fields of the screen for each screen is provided. control tables (29a, 29b, 29c) configured to display information and information specifying field attributes for each field using control information in a certain format; and the predetermined conditions for each field on the screen. A field input processing method characterized by comprising a common processing means (27) that executes data input processing according to the following by interpreting the control table (29a, 29b, 29c).