JPH036527B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a method in which an operator inputs data into a computer based on the content displayed on a display device, and displays the processed content again for conversation. This invention relates to a conversation input processing method with a computer using a display device that creates a conversation screen by creating a table of parameters necessary for conversation and display, which is controlled by a single program.

In recent years, with the development of information processing systems, display devices such as graphic displays are connected to computers, and input devices such as keyboards are used to input data to the contents displayed on the display device and then processed by the computer. Nowadays, people are having conversations with computers that ask them to do something, display the results, and then input data.

In this case, it is necessary that it not take much time to create a program that instructs processing for creating a conversation screen.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a computer system that allows conversation using a display device.

The processor 11 reads the program stored in the ROM 13 and starts operating. Then, the main program which controls the disk control circuit 14 and instructs processing for creating a conversation screen is read out from the disk 15, stored in the memory 12, and read out to perform the processing operation.

That is, the processor 11 controls the display control circuit 16 to display the question on the display section 17. The operator inputs the answer using the keyboard 18. If the answer is valid, the processor 11 performs the next process, and if the answer is not valid, it displays an error on the display unit 17.

Conventionally, the main program that instructs the processing for creating the above-mentioned conversation screen has been created individually for each different conversation content.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

As mentioned above, conventionally, a main program is created for each different conversation content, so the logic of the conversation is simple. The main program must be created.

By the way, the created main program needs to be debugged, which takes a lot of man-hours, and even if it is a simple misspelling of a message or a mistake in specifying the start address of display data, if it was created in Fault Run, the source must be corrected, compiled, and linked. There is a problem in that it is necessary and takes time.

[Means for solving problems]

The above problem is that in a system in which a conversation screen is displayed on a display device and an operator inputs information into a computer according to the screen, the number for each conversation input, the order in which the numbers are designated in the order of conversation input, and the a storage means for storing a processing format and parameters necessary for creating a conversation screen determined by the processing format in a table; and an execution means for executing a main processing program and a control program for controlling the table stored in the storage means. The problem is solved by the conversation input processing method according to the present invention, which calls the control program with a main program that is provided and executed by an execution means, and allows conversation input to be performed based on the control program.

[Effect]

In other words, instead of creating a main program and creating a conversation screen each time the content of the conversation differs, parameters that change depending on the content of the conversation are compiled into a table, and these parameters are read out as the conversation progresses to display the conversation screen. This eliminates the need to create a main program each time.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a circuit showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the contents of table 19 in FIG. 1.

FIG. 1 shows the circuit shown in FIG. 3 with a table 19 added, and the processor 11 refers to table 19 to create a conversation screen according to instructions from a control program that controls table 19 called by the main program. Reads the necessary parameters and operates.

Now, if we analyze the process of conversation and display,
Certain rules can be found. For example, Display the message of the question Have the answer (the operator inputs the answer from the keyboard) Check whether the answer is valid If the answer is valid, proceed to the next process depending on the content. If it is not valid, display an error message and return.

This procedure is fixed, and the types of parameters required to process it are also fixed. In other words, the required parameters are (1) the coordinates for displaying the message of the question, (2) the message of the question, (3) the parameters required for the number of characters in the message, (4) the coordinates of the position to receive the answer, and (5) the coordinates of the input characters. Conversion format (6) Parameters required for the storage area of input data are (7) Parameters that determine the validity of input data. In this way, if the processing process is the same, the parameters necessary for it are also constant. Therefore, as described above, items that have the same processing process are classified and each is given a unique number, which is used as a processing format number.

Now, conversations usually don't end after one conversation; when one conversation ends, the next one begins. Since conversations have an order, processing numbers are assigned in this order.

Also, the next conversation may be different depending on the result of the conversation. In such cases, after one conversation,
The number of the conversation to be processed next is set as the next processing number.
The next processing number can be selected depending on the result of the conversation. Then, when the conversation is complete, a return code is prepared to return to the main program.

When a table 19 is created by putting together the above conditions, it becomes as shown in FIG.

As described above, the processor 11 refers to the table 19 using the control program that controls the table 19, and first performs processing number 1 conversationally. The processing process at this time is "1" shown in the section of processing format number, and the necessary parameters are, for example, the parameters (1) to (7) above, shown in the section of parameters necessary for each processing format.

When the conversation with process number 1 is completed, the next process number is 2, so the conversation with process number 2 is performed. At this time, since the processing format number is "2", a conversation is performed to select data to be input. The parameters required for each processing format are the same as those in (1) to (7) above, with the addition of parameters for distinguishing input data.

Here, as shown in the next processing number section, the input data is the temporal processing number 3 of a, and the input data is b.
In this case, process the next processing number 4.

The conversations of process numbers 3 and 4 are the same as those of process number 1 because the process format number is "1," and when these conversations are completed, the process proceeds to process number 5. In process number 5, a return code is used to perform standard processing such as graph display based on the data input in process number 3 or 4, and then return to the main program.

Creating this table 19, changing parameters,
By creating a file, correction work can be performed using an editing program, making the work easier.

The present invention can be applied not only to conversations but also to things with fixed processing procedures, such as graph display and sampling processing.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, since the present invention creates a conversation screen using a table, it is possible to create a conversation screen each time the conversation content changes without affecting the main program by simply changing the contents of the parameters necessary for each process. You can save yourself the trouble of doing so.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a circuit showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram explaining the contents of table 19 in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an example of a computer system that communicates using a display device. FIG. In the figure, 11 is a processor, 12 is a memory, 13 is a ROM, 14 is a disk control circuit, 1
5 is a disk, 16 is a display control circuit, 17 is a display section, 18 is a keyboard, and 19 is a table.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a system in which a conversation screen is displayed on a display device and an operator inputs information into a computer according to the screen, a number for each conversation input, the order in which the number is designated in the order of conversation input, the processing format of the conversation input, and a storage means for storing parameters necessary for creating a conversation screen determined by the processing format in a table;
A main processing program and an execution means for executing a control program for controlling a table stored in the storage means are provided, the main program executed by the execution means calls the control program, and conversation input is performed based on the control program. A conversation input processing method characterized by the following: