JPH04514A - Method for dislaying rocessing rogress of computer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely and rapidly grasp the progress of processing by partially filling plural frames on a initially displayed progress display screen with icons in accordance with the processing progress state of a working program, and at the time of completing the program, forming and displaying a prescribed graphic by plural icons. CONSTITUTION:In the case of processing a subroutine A, plural written information are read out from a file 20, a character string directly indicating the contents of the processing, a character string indicating the details of the processing contents, a forecasting time, etc., is displayed, a place to be filled with an icon at first is filled with a slash icon and flashed and then only plural frames in the residual place are displayed by icons. At the time of writing information such as progress in the file 20 from the side of a display task 10 by the processing of a subroutine B, a display task 30 is started, prescribed frames are successively filled with icons in accordance with the progress of the processing to form the graphic of a required shape.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a method for displaying the processing progress of a computer used in a computer that executes various data processing, and particularly relates to a method for displaying the processing progress of a computer. This invention relates to a method for displaying the processing progress of a computer with a man-machine interface function that displays the percentage of processing in an easily understandable manner.

(Prior Art) Computers generally execute predetermined processing based on a certain business program, but in the case of this program processing, it often takes several seconds to several minutes, or even longer. As a result, when the computer does not show any reaction even after several seconds, the user often becomes concerned that something is wrong with the computer itself.

Therefore, from the perspective of resolving the above concerns,
During the execution of program processing, an hourglass is displayed on the display section of the computer to indicate that the program processing is being executed.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, the display method described above only represents that the program processing of the computer is being executed;
It is impossible to grasp the extent to which the program processing is progressing or how long it will take to complete, that is, the status of the processing progress cannot be accurately grasped.

The present invention has been developed in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and allows the progress of processing to be grasped visually, and by displaying text information as well, the detailed status of processing progress can be grasped accurately and quickly. The purpose of this paper is to provide a method for displaying the processing progress of a computer.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means and Effects for Solving the Problem) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a subroutine for a business task that processes the business program in a computer that executes the process of a certain business program. This subroutine sends progress information indicating the processing progress and character information indicating the progress status at least at arbitrary intervals during the execution of the business program.

On the other hand, on the display task side, a progress display screen consisting of a plurality of predetermined frames is displayed on the display section, and a progress display screen consisting of a plurality of predetermined frames is displayed on the display section, and an arbitrary progress display screen is displayed based on the progress information sent from the processing of the subroutine of the business task during the execution of the business program. The icon is displayed by partially filling the plurality of frames, and text information indicating the progress status sent from the business task side is also displayed outside the frame, and when the execution of the business program is completed, By forming and displaying a predetermined figure using a plurality of displayed icons, the processing status can be quickly grasped visually, and the detailed status of the processing contents can be easily grasped using text information.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. First, in a computer to which the method of the present invention is applied, there is a business task 10 that executes the processing of the original business program, a file 20 that stores information necessary for this business task 10, that is, processing progress information, etc., and this file 20. The display task 30 receives processing progress information stored in the computer, executes processing of a predetermined display program, and displays the progress status on a display screen. Therefore, the target for understanding and displaying the processing progress is the business program of business task 10, and this business task 10 has three subroutines A to C in addition to the main routine M that processes the original business program. .

In the process of executing the main routine M, this business task 10 sequentially stores necessary information in the file 20 while calling in the order of subroutine A → subroutine B → subroutine B ... subroutine C. .

(1) Processing of subroutine A Subroutine A is a subroutine that is called from the main routine M immediately before the execution of the progress tracking target process, and includes:
As an argument from business task 10, * A character string that clearly indicates the processing content * Estimated processing time (seconds) (When displaying the progress according to the predicted time) * After receiving the character string indicating the details of the processing content and temporarily storing it in a buffer memory etc., the following processing is executed.

■ First, determine the display position of the processing progress display screen. In this case, as shown in FIG. 2, several sets of screen display position data with different display positions are registered in advance in the screen display position registration file memory, and are selected as appropriate to display the progress display screen on the display unit. . At this stage of subroutine A, currently unused coordinates are retrieved from the memory.

(2) In this state, the display task 30 is activated to display the processing progress as shown in the figure (a).

(2) After that, this subroutine A writes the following information to the file 20 as shown in FIG.

This information is to be passed to the display task 30.

* X coordinate of the screen display position , is a subroutine that is called at predetermined intervals during the execution of the processing of main routine M, and receives as arguments from business task 10: * Display position number (screen number secured in the process of subroutine A) * Processing Receive the progress rate (%) and send information such as the progress rate as shown in diagram (11).
It is written to the file 20 according to the display position number. however,
Subroutine B is called only when the mode of the progress display method in subroutine A is φ.

(3) Processing of subroutine C This subroutine C is called at the end of the processing of main routine M, and is a subroutine that is called when processing of main routine M is completed.
As arguments from 0: *Display position number (screen number secured in the process of subroutine A) *Character string "EN" indicating the end of processing as shown in figure (d)
D" to the file.

(4) Processing of the display task On the other hand, the display task 30 is a task for displaying the progress status of the processing of the main routine M performed by the business task 10 on the display screen, and specifically performs the following processing. .

■ Read the six pieces of information written in the process of subroutine A (■) from the file 20.

■ Displays a character string a that clearly indicates the processing content, a character string b that indicates the details of the processing content, an expected time C, etc., and
Fill in the diagonal line icon in the first place that will be filled and make it blink, then display only 8 frame icons in the remaining places,
An initial progress display screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. However, the icons are blinked by alternately displaying diagonally lined icons and frame-only icons using a one-second timer interrupt.

In addition, A... is a character string that clearly indicates the processing content, B...
. indicates a character string indicating details of the processing content, and C... indicates an expected time.

(2) Thereafter, when information such as progress is written from the business task 10 side to the file 20 by the processing of subroutine B, the display task 30 reads the information and executes the following processing.

(2) - When displaying the progress on the 1-step display screen according to numerical values from 0 to 100.

The processing of the main routine M of business task 10 is a process such as repetition by a loop, and the numerical data of the progress is 1.
If it is possible to send regularly such as 0.20.30, . . . 90.100, the execution processing result is displayed as shown in FIG.

First, the initial display is a diagonal icon in the lower right frame as shown in Figure 3, and then when numerical data proportional to the progress corresponding to one square is read from the file 20, the lower right frame is changed to a figure. A diagonal-lined icon is displayed in the next place to be filled (for example, the top right frame shown in FIG. 4a) and blinks. As this process progresses, it moves to the steps shown in FIG. 4(b), (C), . Note that the order in which the icons are filled can be set arbitrarily.

On the other hand, the numerical data of progress is 10.30.40.7
If the numbers are sent irregularly like 0.90.100, irregular shapes like those shown in Figures 5 (a), (b), . . . (e) will be created.

- When displaying the progress on the binary display screen according to the estimated time.

In a case where the execution process of the business task 10 ends at a line of coding such as a system call, it is impossible to send progress display data at any time. Therefore, in this case, a method of filling the squares according to a preset expected time is selected.

At this time, if the actual processing time is longer than the expected time, it will be displayed as shown in Figure 6, and the frame of the last figure icon will remain blinking. If it is long, as shown in FIG. 7, the frame remaining after all processing of the business program is completed is filled with graphic icons at once.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, a plurality of frames on the initially displayed progress display screen are partially filled with icons according to the processing progress status of the business program, and the processing of the business program is performed. At the time of completion, a predetermined figure is displayed using multiple icons, allowing you to visually recognize that the process is currently progressing. Furthermore, text information indicating the process content is also displayed, allowing you to check the progress of the process. The detailed situation can be grasped accurately and quickly.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1 to 7 are shown to explain an embodiment of the computer processing progress display method according to the present invention, and Figure 1 is a functional configuration diagram for displaying the processing progress status of a business program. , Figure 2 is a diagram explaining the screen display position registered in the registration file, Figure 3 is a diagram showing a display example of the initial progress display screen, and Figures 4 to 7 are tables of the actual progress status. It is a figure which shows an example. 10... Business task, M... Main routine, A. B, C... Subroutine, 20... File, 30
...display task. Applicant's representative Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figures (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Figures (a) (d) (a) (d) (b) (e) (h> 4th Figure (b) ((e) Figure (c) (f) (υ (c) (f)

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a computer processing progress display method for displaying the processing progress of a certain business program processed by a computer, in addition to progress information indicating the processing progress at arbitrary times during the execution of the business program, A subroutine that sends character information indicating the processing status is incorporated, and based on the progress information from the subroutine, arbitrary icons are partially displayed in multiple frames of the initially displayed progress display screen, and the above-mentioned A method for displaying processing progress of a computer, characterized in that the character information is displayed outside the frame, and when the execution of the business program is completed, a predetermined figure is formed and displayed using a plurality of displayed icons.