JP2862734B2 - Screen form definition body automatic generation processing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention is, your in the data processing device
That, which relates to the automatic generation processing of a program for constructing a data file, in particular to automatic generation processor <br/> screen form definition for creating input screen or form.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When an application program for constructing a data file is created, design and generation of a data file (for example, an employee management file) itself, design and generation of an input / output screen or a form, and creation of a data file are performed. Each task and process of creating a procedure for construction is required. These design tasks are generally entrusted to experienced users, but often require enormous man-hours. In particular, in the design of a screen form definition body, there are many repetitive operations for checking the length and attributes of data contained in a data file, and a long period of time has been spent on development by limited human resources.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended to enable a user who has little experience in designing and creating a screen form definition in screen or form creation to easily create a screen form definition in a short period of time. The purpose is to provide a means of.

[0004]

According to the present invention, a coordination information file that defines the contents of a data file to be constructed and a construction method is created, and all the necessary forms for creating a screen form definition body are created from the coordination information file. The information is taken out and the screen form definition body is automatically generated.
Linkage information file means, validity check means, and screen
An image consisting of a form design means and a screen form definition body creation means
A face sheet definition body automatic generation processing device, wherein the link information
The file means includes screen form definition body information for specifying the format of the screen form definition body to be generated, including the layout type and the number of repetitions of the body part, and executing attention information for specifying a trigger for program state transition. , Screen transition attention information that specifies what triggers a screen transition, and the heading, item attribute, and number of digits of the item to be generated, and whether the item is expanded to the head, body, or tile. is configured to hold the screen form definition generating data comprising the item information containing the extracted portion, the
Validation means includes a processing function information of the link information file unit checks whether the validity is capable of handling, the screen form design means, based on the item information of the collaboration information file means To expand each item, manage the expanded range in a table,
A processing function of designing data layout and the like by calculating format information including a body, a tile, a start line position and the number of lines of each part, and generating it as intermediate data ,
The screen form definition body creation means is generated by the screen form design means.
Screen form definition body based on generated intermediate data
It has a processing function to create in a structure and store it in a file.
Things.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a cooperation information file, which stores a generation data information group necessary for automatically generating a screen form definition body. In the present invention, the following generated data information is referred to. -Screen form definition body information This is a specification relating to a screen form definition body to be generated, and is information such as a generation pattern (type of layout to be generated) and a repetition number (repetition number of the first body part in the case of a slip format). -Attention information during execution This is attention information that triggers a program state transition. -Screen transition attention information Attention information that triggers screen transition. -Item information This is a specification regarding an item to be generated, and is information such as a heading, an item attribute, the total number of digits, and a development unit (a unit for arranging the corresponding item).

Reference numeral 2 denotes validity checking means for checking whether the rules satisfy or not, for example, whether the length of the data is within a limit. Reference numeral 3 denotes a screen form design unit, which performs the position and calculation of item data on a screen or a form, determines layout design attention information, and generates the result as intermediate data.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a screen form definition body creating means for creating a screen form definition body in a table structure based on the intermediate data and storing it in a file. 5 is a stored screen definition body.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a stored form definition body. 7
Is an example of a screen image based on the screen definition body. 8
Is an example of a form image based on a form definition body.

The validity checking means 2, the screen form designing means 3, and the screen form definition body creating means 4 are sequentially activated, and the screen definition body 5 or the form definition body 6 is automatically generated from the cooperation information file 1.

[0010]

According to the present invention, after setting necessary information in the cooperation information file, the validity checking means, the screen form designing means, and the screen form creating means automatically create the screen form definition body.

The user can make corrections by looking at the screen, and can quickly redo the design even if the contents of the link information file are changed.

[0012]

An embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the system according to the embodiment. In the figure, 9 is a link information file, 10 is screen form definition information, 11 is active attention information, 12 is screen transition attention information, 13 is item information, and 14 is a processing device (C
PU memory), 15 is a generated data management unit, 16 is a definition body automatic generation unit, 17 is an internal data management unit, 18 is a definition body storage unit, and 19 is a screen form definition body.

[0013] 10 set in the cooperation information file 9
The various information indicated by 13 is referred to by the program of the definition body automatic generation unit 16 of the processing device 14, and the screen form definition body 19 is generated.

The definition body automatic generation unit 16 generates definition body information such as a layout by referring to the information in the cooperative information file, performs processing for setting information in the internal data management unit, and programs A and B for that. , C.

The program A performs a linkage information file information check process, and checks whether the linkage information file is to be processed or not. The program B performs a generated data management information setting process, refers to the cooperation information file, generates generated data management information (intermediate data), and sets the generated data management information in the generated data management unit 15. Program C is
An internal data management information setting process is performed, layout information and the like are set with reference to information of the generated data management unit, and internal data management information is generated and set in the internal data management unit 17.

The information of the generated data management unit 15 is an information group in which the information of the cooperation information file is classified / set in order to efficiently realize processing such as automatic layout design. The information of the internal data management unit 17 is an information group that holds the screen form definition information in a list structure in order to efficiently realize the automatic design processing (addition / deletion, etc.) of the screen form definition body (table structure) information. is there.

The definition body storage unit 18 performs a process of referring to the internal data management information and storing the screen form definition body (table structure) 19. Hereinafter, the function performed by the definition body automatic generation unit 16 will be described in detail.

When the screen form definition body is automatically generated, it is possible to automatically define format information (the number of head lines of a slip (up to “company name” in the example of a separate sheet), the number of body lines, the number of tail lines, etc.).
The following processing is performed to realize the above functions. In the item information, an item in which “head section” is specified in the expansion section is layout-expanded in the head section. Thereby, the number of rows of the head section and the starting row position of the body section are determined. In the screen form definition information, the following processing is performed according to the specification of the number of repetitions (the actual number of repetitions or the maximum number of repetitions). -When the actual repetition number is specified The body part is repeated for the actual repetition number. Thereby, the number of lines and the tail portion (start line position and number of lines) of the body portion are determined. -In the case of the maximum number of repeatable items In the item information, the item whose “tail” is specified in the expansion part is layout-expanded in the tail part. Thereby, the tail part (starting line position and the number of lines) and the number of lines of the body part are determined.

In addition, when the screen form definition body is automatically generated, the program is simplified by making the processing common in the layout design when the expansion form is the same, such as the head part and the tail part of the form.

The following processing is performed to realize the above functions. FIG. 3 shows an example. By designating the development range, a process for developing the layout from the beginning of the development range is configured. With respect to the processing of (1), the expansion processing is performed by designating the entire range of the definition body and the item information in which “head section” is specified as the expansion section in the item information. (See FIG. 3A). For the processing, the expansion processing is performed by specifying the entire range other than the head section and the item information in which the “tail section” is specified as the expansion section in the item information. (See FIG. 3B). The layout is rearranged so that the range developed by (1) is the lowermost end of the defined range (the line position of the item information is added by an offset). (See FIG. 3B).

Further, when the screen form definition body is automatically generated, if the item information specified in the coordination information file does not fit in one screen, it is possible to automatically divide / generate the screen information into a plurality of screens.

At this time, attention information is automatically generated as a trigger for performing a screen transition between the first screen and the second screen. The following processing is performed to realize the above functions. FIG. 4 is referred to. In the link information file, the attention information
Internal data management information setting processing (Program C) is classified into “Attention information during execution (“ Update, end ”in the attached example) and“ Transition attention information (eg, “Next screen, Previous screen”) ”. ), It is determined whether or not it is generated and expanded on multiple screens, and only when the screen is displayed on multiple screens, “screen transition attention information (for example,“ next screen, previous screen ”)” is generated and expanded on all screen definitions. Set on the body.

Next, referring to FIG. 5, a description will be given of the area management of the expansion range in the item expansion processing. At the time of item expansion, a usable range management table 20 is provided so that it is possible to find out to what extent an expanded item has been used and how much the item to be expanded can be used without calculating each time. The starting line of the usable range /
Set column and last line / column. Then, refer to the table at the time of item expansion to find the unused area, execute if the item can be expanded, and update the table to indicate the remaining unused area, that is, the usable range at the time of the next item expansion I do. This operation is repeated each time the item is expanded. The illustrated procedures (1) to (4) show specific examples thereof.

Next, referring to FIG. 6, a description will be given of a format information setting process when a format (format) is blocked like a slip format. Normally, the format information is set in the link information file, but the setting side, that is, the generation request source that created the link information file, cannot know the entire layout without expanding the items. For this reason, in the past, the requester had also developed the items, and the burden was large. However, the expansion unit of the item information of the link information file (FIG. 2)
), Head, body, and tail information are set for each item (in the case of a slip format), so that format information can be created at the time of item expansion during automatic generation processing. FIG. 6 shows the processing. Here, the item development range management table 21 is created for that purpose.

For each item of item information, expansion processing is performed for each head, body, and tail, and the number of lines and the starting position in each case are obtained and set in the item expansion range management table 21. This value is output to the screen form definition body 22 as format information. This can reduce the burden on the requester.

[0026]

According to the present invention, even a user who has not mastered the design technique of the screen form definition body can easily create the screen form definition body. This reduces application program development costs, man-hours,
The development period can be shortened.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a method of managing an item development range.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of attention information development processing.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the flow of an item expansion process and management of an item expansion range.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory flowchart of a format information setting process of a slip format.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 linkage information file 2 validity checking means 3 screen form design means 4 screen form definition body creation means 5 screen definition body 6 form definition body

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tomokazu Nishio 98-2 Unoki-nu, Unoki-cho, Kawakita-gun, Ishikawa Pref. A) JP-A-4-106621 (JP, A) JP-A-3-198128 (JP, A) JP-A-3-228125 (JP, A) "FUJITSU" Vol. 41, No. 5 (1990-9) p. 403-412 (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G06F 9/06

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A coordination information file means and a validity check
Screen means, screen form design means, and screen form definition body creation
Screen form definition body automatic generation processing device
Te, the linkage information file means includes a number of repetitions of the type and the body portion of the layout, specifying the screen form definition information that specifies the format of the screen form definition to produce, what the trigger program state transition Attention information during execution, screen transition attention information that specifies what triggers screen transition, and the heading, item attribute, and number of digits of the item to be generated, and the item are expanded to any of the head, body, and tile. configured so as to hold the screen form definition generating data comprising the item information containing the extracted portion to specify Luke
Made is, the validation unit has a processing function information of the link information file unit checks whether the validity is capable of handling, the screen form design means, the cooperation information file means Expand each item based on the item information, manage the expanded range in a table, and design the data layout etc. by calculating the format information including the head, body, tilt, start line position of each part and the number of lines And has a processing function of generating it as intermediate data . The screen form definition body creating means is generated by the screen form designing means.
Screen form definition body based on generated intermediate data
A screen form definition body automatic generation processing apparatus having a processing function of creating in a structure and storing it in a file.
Place. 2. A screen form designing means according to claim 1,
Further has a processing function of creating a table for managing a usable range when performing processing for expanding an item based on the item information of the link information file means , and updating the table every time the item is expanded. Screen form definition body automatic generation processing device . 3. The screen form designing means according to claim 1,
Further, when performing a process of expanding an item based on the item information of the cooperation information file unit , the device recognizes whether the item is expanded on one screen or a plurality of screens, and determines whether the item is expanded on one screen. Has a processing function that expands only the active attention information without expanding the screen transition attention information, and expands both the screen transition attention information and the active attention information when the item is expanded on multiple screens. Screen form definition body automatic generation processing device.