JP2871969B2 - Choice creation execution method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an option creation and execution system, and more particularly, to an option creation and execution system capable of easily developing a program of a selection execution system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 2 (a), a selection execution method comprises a figure or the like showing a processing content to be executed in a selection area 21 provided in a part of a display screen 20 of a display. Multiple options (commonly called buttons) 2
2 to 25 are displayed, and one point in a desired option is indicated and selected by a mouse cursor, thereby executing a process indicated by the option.

Conventionally, when a program of such a selection execution method is developed, an image diagram of an option menu screen to be displayed in the selection area 21 is created on a desk, and based on the image diagram, each option occupies on the display. After calculation of coordinate points, determination of character information and the like to be displayed together with options, and assignment of a routine to be called when each option is selected, programming (coding work) is performed based on the information.

[0004]

According to the above-mentioned conventional method, when it is necessary to display various types of option menus in a selection area, or when a large number of options to be displayed in one option menu are required, for example, However, there is a disadvantage that the labor for creating a program for displaying the option menu in the selection area is increased.

An object of the present invention is to provide an option creation and execution method that can reduce the number of programming steps for displaying an option menu required for developing a program of the selection and execution method and can simplify the selection.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided an option creating / executing method, comprising: a name registering means for assigning a name specific identifier to an input option menu name and storing the same in a name file;
A drawing input unit that reads an image diagram of an option menu displayed on a screen and stores it in an image file together with a name-specific identifier assigned by the name registration unit, and an effective area of each option included in the image diagram is represented by a rectangular frame. A setting screen display means for reading an effective range designation diagram and displaying the same on a display; a rectangular frame on a screen displayed on the display by the setting screen display means is designated when a processing-specific identifier is inputted from a keyboard after a mouse is designated; An area allocating means for calculating an effective range coordinate value indicating the range of the rectangular frame and storing it in the option area file in association with the input process specific identifier and the name specific identifier given by the name registering means; When the option menu name or name-specific identifier is specified when executing the program Name input means for obtaining a corresponding name specific identifier or option menu name from the name file, and searching the image file by the name specific identifier received from the name input means, and displaying the corresponding option menu image together with the option menu name on the display. An option menu display means to be displayed, and when a certain option is selected from the option menu displayed on the display, the coordinate information from the mouse and the name specific identifier refer to the option area file to determine a corresponding processing specific identifier. The process name of the process to be executed is determined by referring to the option instruction file stored with the process name of the process that can be executed by the selection execution method according to the determined process specific identifier and the process specific identifier, based on the determined process specific identifier. And an option processing execution means. There.

[0007]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

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

As shown in FIG. 1, the option creation and execution method of this embodiment is an option comprising name registration means 1, drawing input means 2, setting screen display means 3, and area allocation means 4 used when creating an option menu. Creation processing unit A and name file 5 storing various information related to option menu
A file part B including an image file 6, an option area file 9, and an option command file 10, and a name input unit 11, an option menu display unit 12, an option determination unit 13, and an option processing execution unit 14 used when executing a program. , A display 7 for instructing selection with a mouse cursor, and a keyboard 8.

[0010] The name registration means 1 inputs a name to be given to the option menu, defines a name-specific identifier, and stores it in the name file 5. The drawing input means 2 inputs an image of the option menu and an effective range designation diagram for designating an effective area of each option with an image scanner, and stores the former in the image file 6. The setting screen display means 3 displays on the display 7 the image of the effective range designation diagram input by the drawing input means 2. The area allocating means 4 calculates an effective area of each option from the information of the effective range designation diagram received via the setting screen display means 3 and allocates a process to each option according to an instruction from the display 7 and the keyboard 8. The contents are stored in the option area file 9.

The name input means 11 inputs an option menu name from a program of the selection execution method, and determines a name specific identifier by referring to the name file 5. The option menu display means 12 displays the image file 6 with the name-specific identifier.
And outputs an image of the corresponding option menu to the display 7. The option determining unit 13 searches the option area file 9 based on the coordinate information when the mouse is selected from the option menu displayed on the display 7 and acquires the process specific identifier assigned to the option. The option processing executing means 14 searches the option command file 10 by the processing unique identifier, and instructs execution of the processing of the corresponding option.

The option command file 10 is a file for storing a set of a process name of a process (routine) executed when an option is selected and a process-specific identifier for specifying each process. Before activating the option creation execution method of the present embodiment, a process-specific identifier is assigned to a process name of a necessary process and stored in advance. The name of the option menu stored in the name file 5 may be used as the processing name to be stored.

Next, the flow from creation of an option menu to execution of a program by the option creation execution method of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Item numbers in parentheses used in the following description correspond to the same reference numerals in FIG.

(1) When the option creation processing unit A is started, first, an option menu name displayed in the name area 26 above the selection area 21 on the screen shown in FIG. I do.

(2) The name registration means 1 automatically defines and assigns a name unique identifier unique to the option menu name to the option menu name input at this time, and assigns the name to the input option menu name. A set including the name-specific identifier is stored in the name file 5.

(3) Next, an image diagram of the option menu shown in FIG. 2A and an effective range designation diagram in which the effective area of each option shown in FIG. 2B is designated by a rectangular frame are created. Input in order using an image scanner.

(4) The drawing input means 2 assigns the previously defined name-specific identifier to the initially input image of the option menu, and stores them in the image file 6 as a set.

(5) The setting screen display means 3 receives the input effective range designation diagram from the drawing input means 2 and outputs the image to the display 7.

(6) Next, the area allocating means 4
The valid area of each option is determined and the corresponding process is assigned. That is, FIG. 2 displayed on the display 7
A selection point is selected by specifying a point inside one rectangular frame in the effective range specification diagram shown in FIG. 2B with a mouse cursor, and a correspondence list between the processing name and the processing specific identifier stored in the selection instruction file 10 is displayed. Referring to the table, the process-specific identifier of the process to be assigned to the option is input from the keyboard 8.

(7) The area allocating means 4 recognizes the specified rectangle based on the coordinate information from the mouse, and calculates the coordinate values of two vertices of the lower left corner and the upper right corner of the rectangle as effective range coordinate values. I do. Subsequently, the process-specific identifier input from the keyboard 8 and the previously determined name-specific identifier are associated with the calculated effective range coordinate values, and a set of these is stored in the option area file 9. When the processes (6) and (7) are repeated as many times as the number of options, the option creation process ends. Note that the coordinate value of one vertex and the length of two sides may be used as the effective range coordinate value.

The program of the selection execution method using the option menu created by the above process can be executed by activating the option execution processing unit C and giving the option menu name. Hereinafter, the operation at the time of execution will be described in detail.

(8) After the option execution processing section C is activated, first, the option menu name is input to the name input means 11.

(9) The name input means 11 searches the name file 5 with the input option menu name and acquires a corresponding name specific identifier.

(10) Next, option menu display means 1
2 retrieves the image file 6 based on the acquired name-specific identifier and acquires the image information of the corresponding option menu.

(11) The option menu display means 12
The acquired option menu image is displayed on the display 7 and the option menu name is displayed in the name area 26 on the screen.

(12) When a certain option is selected by the mouse cursor from the option menu displayed on the display 7, the coordinate information of the point selected by the mouse cursor is sent to the option determining means 13.

(13) The option determining means 13 determines the option area file 9 based on the coordinate information and the name unique identifier.
To determine the corresponding process-specific identifier.

(14) Finally, option processing executing means 14
Determines the processing name to be executed from the option command file 10 based on the determined processing specific identifier, and instructs the execution of the processing. At this time, it is first checked whether or not the acquired processing name is stored in the name file 5, and if it exists, an option menu corresponding to the name is displayed on the display 7.
, And the above-described option execution processes (9) to (14) are continued. If the acquired processing name is not in the name file 5, the processing of the option execution processing unit C ends by giving the processing name to the request execution source program and instructing the execution of the processing.

Although it has been described that the option menu name is input to the name recording means 11 from the selection execution type program, a name specific identifier may be input instead of the option menu name. In this case, the name input unit 11 searches the name file 5 based on the name-specific identifier to obtain an option menu name, and this name is displayed on the display together with the option menu.

[0030]

As described above, the choice creation execution method of the present invention involves creating a choice menu display program, creating a choice menu image diagram and an effective range designation diagram on a desk, and operating a mouse cursor and a keyboard. Can be set only by setting various types of information interactively, and a program for displaying the option menu can be easily created by simply inserting a call program with the option menu name or the name specific identifier into the program of the selection execution method. This has the effect of greatly reducing the burden on the program creator.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an option menu image and an effective range designation diagram.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Name registration means 2 Drawing input means 3 Setting screen display means 4 Area allocation means 5 Name file 6 Image file 7 Display 8 Keyboard 9 Choice area file 10 Choice command file 11 Name input means 12 Choice menu display means 13 Choice judgment means 14 Choice Processing execution means 20 Display screen 21 Selection area 22-25 Options 26 Name area

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A name registering means for assigning a name specific identifier to an input option menu name and storing it in a name file, and a name assigned by the name registering means by reading an image diagram of an option menu displayed on a screen. Drawing input means for storing in a picture file together with a unique identifier, setting screen display means for reading an effective range designation diagram in which the effective area of each option included in the image diagram is represented by a rectangular frame and displaying the same on a display, and the setting screen display means When the process-specific identifier is input from the keyboard after specifying the rectangular frame on the screen displayed on the display by the mouse, the effective range coordinate value indicating the range of the specified rectangular frame is calculated and the input process-specific identifier and Store in the option area file in association with the name specific identifier given by the name registration means An area allocating unit, a name input unit that receives a designation of an option menu name or a name-specific identifier when executing a program of the selection execution method, and acquires a corresponding name-specific identifier or an option menu name from the name file; An option menu display means for searching the image file by the received name specific identifier and displaying a corresponding option menu image on the display together with the option menu name, and a mouse when a certain option is selected from the option menu displayed on the display Option determining means for determining the corresponding processing specific identifier by referring to the option area file based on the coordinate information and the name specific identifier from the CPU, and the processing specific identifier indicating the processing name of the processing that can be executed in the selection execution method by the determined processing specific identifier Stored in correspondence with Choice creation execution method is characterized in that a selection processing execution means for determining a process name of a process performed by referring to the choices instruction file are.