JPH04290126A - Input/output format customizing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the productivity at the time of the customization of input/ output screen information and document information corresponding to individual application programs by reusing existent definition components of input/output screen information or document information. CONSTITUTION:The above method has a 1st process wherein input/output format definition components to be customized are extracted from the existent input/ output format definition components, a 2nd process wherein customization data for the customization corresponding to the respective definition elements of the input/output format definition components are inputted, and a 3rd process wherein the customization data inputted in the 2nd process are analyzed and the respective definition elements of the input/output format definition components are corrected with the customization data when the respective definition elements of the input/output format definition components correspond to the customization data.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an input/output format customization method, and more specifically, an input/output format definition component that defines each input/output format of an application program running on a computer system and input/output field attributes in each input/output format. This invention relates to an input/output format customization method that supports the task of changing the definition contents of each in accordance with the purpose of use of an application program.

0002

[Prior Art] Conventionally, program data for input/output screen formats (hereinafter referred to as input/output screen information) and program data for output form formats (hereinafter referred to as "form information") in application programs running on computer systems.
In order to efficiently create
DES) definition creation method is used. This definition creation method using map definition (MAPDES) is a method of creating input/output screen information and form information using an application program called "MAPDES", which is a support tool for creating input/output screen information and form information. be.

According to this, data for each item on the sketch screen is defined from a sketch screen in which input/output screen information and form information in a prescribed format registered in advance are developed in a map format, and a desired input/output screen is created. Obtain information and form information. By using this definition creation method using map definition (MAPDES), you can obtain multiple types of input/output screen information and form information, or when obtaining input/output screen information and form information with only some fixed items changed. Start the work from the initial work screen of the sketch screen displayed on the screen where the input/output screen information and form information of the preregistered specified format are developed in map format, and then perform each step on the sketch screen, including the parts to be changed. Define item data to obtain desired input/output screen information and form information. In this case, even when changing some items, the same operation must be repeated many times.

0004

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As mentioned above, in the past, input/output screen information and form information were created by map definition using the "MAPDES" program, which is a support tool for creating input/output screen information and form information. Although a method for creating information relatively efficiently has been established, this method always creates an initial work screen of a sketch screen in which input/output screen information and form information in a specified format are developed in a map format and displayed on the screen. Since this is a new creation method from scratch, there is a problem in that there is a limit to productivity in the work of creating input/output screen information and form information.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to reuse the definition parts of existing input/output screen information or form information to improve the efficiency of individual applications. To improve productivity in creating input/output screen information and form information when customizing input/output screen information and form information in accordance with a program.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the input/output format customization method of the present invention customizes each input/output format and input/output field attributes in each input/output format of an application program running on a computer system. A method for supporting the creation of specified input/output format definition parts in accordance with the purpose of use of an application program, the method comprising: a first step of extracting input/output format definition parts to be customized from existing input/output format definition parts; , a second step of inputting customization data to be customized corresponding to each definition element of the input/output format definition component, and each definition element of the input/output format definition component extracted in the first step and the customization data input in the second step. and a third step of modifying each definition element of the input/output format definition component with the customized data when each definition element of the input/output format definition component corresponds to the customized data. .

[0007]

[Operation] According to this input/output format customization method, in order to improve productivity in creating input/output screen information and form information, input/output formats and input/output formats of application programs running on a computer system are When creating an input/output format definition component that defines output field attributes in accordance with the intended use of an application program, existing input/output screen information or form information that has already been created and stored is reused. When creating new input/output screen information and form information,
Furthermore, even when input/output screen information and form information are created through reuse, each input/output screen information and form information is stored in a library as an input/output format definition component.

In this input/output format customization method, the first step is to extract the input/output format definition components to be customized from the existing input/output format definition components, and the second step is to extract each definition of the input/output format definition components. Input customization data to be customized corresponding to the element. In the following third step, each definition element of the input/output format definition component extracted in the first step and the customized data input in the second step are analyzed, and each definition element of the input/output format definition component corresponds to the customized data. In this case, each definition element of the input/output format definition component is modified using customized data.

[0009] This allows the search and extraction of screen definition parts, form definition parts, etc. of the input/output format definition parts that are required from the library that has accumulated existing screen definition parts, form definition parts, etc., and the extraction of the extracted definition parts. Since input/output format definition parts are created by changing some of the element parts, existing screen definition parts, form definition parts, etc. can be effectively reused. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently create input/output format definition parts. When reusing an existing input/output format definition component, the user inputs customization data for changing some of the definition elements of the input/output format definition component and customizes the input/output format definition component. This facilitates the creation of customization, and as a result, it is possible to efficiently produce input/output format definition parts that meet the individual requirements of individual users.

0010

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a processing block diagram illustrating a processing procedure of an input/output format customization method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, we will explain the overall process flow of reusing existing screen definition components, customizing input/output screen information screen definition components with customization data, and creating a desired screen definition component. . In addition,
The same applies to the ledger definition component for the ledger information, and here the method for creating the screen definition component for the input/output screen information will be representatively explained.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a screen definition component prototype file, 2 is a classification information file, and 3 is search data. The screen definition component prototype file 1 is a file that stores existing screen definition component prototypes created in the past. The classification information file 2 includes predetermined search keys for industry, application system name, screen definition part name, form definition part name, etc., corresponding to the existing screen definition part prototype data and form definition part prototype data created in the past. This is a file of classification information that is added and classified. When an appropriate search key is input as search data 3 using the classification information of this classification information file 2, screen definition component prototype data suitable for reuse is extracted.

First, the user selects the industry type, application system name, and screen as conditions for extracting the screen definition component prototype data to be customized from among the existing screen definition component prototype data that has been stored in advance. When search data 3 using a definition part name, form definition part name, etc. as a search key is input from an input device, a screen definition part prototype extraction process (processing block 21) is performed. As a result, using the classification information of the document information file 2 from the search data 3, the screen definition component prototype data 4 to be customized is selected from the existing screen definition component prototype data stored in the screen definition component prototype file 1. is extracted and stored in a temporary storage file.

Next, fixed item customization data input processing in processing block 22 is performed. This processing block 22
In the fixed item customization data input process, the fixed item customization data, which is customization data related to fixed items consisting of the classification of deletion or modification, the character string to be deleted or modified, and the character string after modification, is input from the display input device. Since the input data 5 is input according to a predetermined guide on the display screen, input processing is performed to convert the fixed item customized input data 5 into data that conforms to the predetermined format of the screen definition component, and the fixed item customized data information is 9, the process of storing it in a temporary storage file is performed.

Next, field customization data input processing in the processing block 23 is performed. This processing block 23
In the field customization data input process, field customization input data 6, which is field-related customization data consisting of a deletion or modification classification, a field name to be deleted or modified, an attribute, and an editing style, is input from the display input device. is input according to a predetermined guide on the display screen, so input processing is performed to convert this field customization input data 6 into data that conforms to the predetermined format of the screen definition component, and the field customization data information 10 is stored in a temporary storage file. Perform processing to store in .

Next, PF key card customization data input processing in processing block 24 is performed. Processing block 24
PF (Programmable Function)
The key card customization data input process involves only the creation of screen definition component data. In the work of creating the form definition component data, the PF key card customization data input process of the processing block 24 is omitted. P
In the F key guide customization data input process, similarly to the input process described above, PF key guide customization input of customization data consisting of a changed character string of the PF key guide to be deleted or changed is performed using a predetermined guidance on the display screen from the display input device. Since data 7 is input,
An input process is performed to convert this PF key card customization input data 7 into data that conforms to a predetermined format of the screen definition component, and processing is performed to store the data as PF key card customization data information 11 in a temporary storage file.

Then, the next processing block 25 is a body part customization data input process. In the body part customization data input process of the processing block 25, the body part customization input data 8 of the customization data consisting of the number of body part rows is input according to a predetermined guide on the display screen of the display input device. Performing input processing to convert the input data 8 into data that conforms to a predetermined format of the screen definition component,
A process is performed to store the body part customized data information 12 in a temporary storage file.

Through each of these processes, the screen definition component prototype data 4 and the customized data information for each fixed item, field, PF key guide, and body part have been obtained, so next processing blocks 26 to 28 are obtained. Customize screen definition parts using In the customization process, each customization data is analyzed based on the extracted screen definition component prototype data 4, each customization data is replaced, and the layout of the screen definition component data finally created is adjusted.

That is, in the customization process, first,
Analysis processing of processing block 26 is performed. In this analysis process, the screen definition component prototype data 4 is divided into a header part, a body part, and a trailer part, and the correspondence between fixed items and fields and the relationship with ruled line information are analyzed. Next, the processing block 27 is replaced. In the replacement process, each of the customization data of the fixed item customization data information 9, the field customization data information 10, the PF key guide customization data information 11, and the body part customization data information 12 corresponds to the information of the screen definition component prototype data 4. Replace the parts according to each customized data information. The collapse of the layout caused by this replacement process is re-layouted by the layout adjustment process of the next processing block 28, and finally the screen definition component data 13 that has been customized is obtained.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of a computer system that implements the input/output format customization method of this embodiment in one aspect. In Figure 2,
15 is an input/output device, 16 is a processing device, 17a is a screen definition component prototype storage device, 17b is a form definition component prototype storage device, 18 is a document information storage device, and 19 is a customized definition component storage device.

The screen definition component prototype storage device 17a stores screen definition component data created in the past as screen definition component prototype data, and the form definition component prototype storage device 17b stores previously created documents. Standard definition parts data is stored as form definition parts prototype data. In the document information storage device 18, for example, when storing screen definition component data created in the past as screen definition component prototype data in the screen definition component prototype storage device 17a, classification information for the screen definition component data is attached. and stored. This classification information is, for example, classification information that is classified by adding a predetermined search key to the industry type, application system name, screen definition component name, form definition component name, etc., and this classification information is used to classify the desired screen definition component. It serves as a search key when extracting prototype data.

The input/output device 15 is a display input device having a display screen, and classification information that is a search condition for extracting screen definition component prototype data or form definition component prototype data to be customized is displayed by guidance on the display screen. input search data, and also input data for customizing screen definition parts prototype data or form definition parts prototype data. The processing device 16 is
Based on the input search data, screen definition component prototype data or form definition component prototype data is extracted, and each customization data is inputted and customized. Then, the customized screen definition component data and form definition component data are stored in the customized definition component storage device 19.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the program data format of screen definition component data. With reference to FIG. 3, the data content of each definition element that is the main part of the screen definition component data 30 will be explained. The code 31 is header parameter information, and the ID name of the screen definition component prototype is "URIA".
GE". The part indicated by numeral 32 is a part where format parameters that directly define the format of the processing screen on which the computer program performs data input/output processing are described. Since it is not directly related to the section, illustration is omitted to avoid complication of the drawing. Also, reference numeral 33 is program data indicating the row position, column position, and attribute of the fixed item on the processing screen. The program data indicated by reference numeral 34 is defined together with the program data indicated by reference numeral 33, and defines character strings of fixed items for display located at the row and column positions on the processing screen defined by the program data indicated by reference numeral 33. Defined. Here, the character string of "Customer Code" is enclosed in "" to indicate that it is defined. Reference numeral 35 is a program code that defines Japanese item names for fields on the processing screen. The string of KEIS code is “
The program data indicated by numeral 36 is defined together with the program data 35, and defines the attributes of the field having the Japanese item name. That is, code 3
According to the program data shown in 6, a field with a Japanese item name has an item ID name of “TOKUCD”.
”, and the row position and column position on the processing screen are 4.
It is located in the 33rd row and has a length of 5 digits. The field attribute is C, indicating that it is an input/output field,
The display color is Y, indicating green. Also,
The type is Y, indicating that it is an alphanumeric attribute. The program data 37 on the bottom line indicates that the Japanese name of the screen definition component is "sales screen."

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the data format stored in the temporary storage file of fixed item customized data information. For example, in the fixed item customization data information here, as shown in FIG. 4, "C" indicating a change is set in the identification data field 41 indicating the function type,
The character string "Customer code" is set in the target character string field 42, and the character string "Supplier code" is set in the changed character string field 43. This will instruct you to change the fixed item string "Customer Code" included in the screen definition part prototype data to be customized, and change it to the fixed item string "Supplier Code" after the change. This is item customization data information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the data format stored in the temporary storage file of field customized data information. For example, in the field customization data information here, as shown in FIG. 5, "C" indicating a change is set in the identification data field 51 indicating the function type, indicating that the function is a change. The change target is a field whose item name 52 is a character string "customer code" of a Japanese item name in a field included in the customized screen definition component prototype data. The attribute 53 after the change is "X", the total length 54 is "50", and the decimal length 55 is "0".
It is. Also, the edited format after the change is defined in the next field. Edit format comma 56 setting, minus 57
settings, suppress 58 settings, and normal mode 59 settings are defined. Note that the △ (SPACE; indicating a blank space) in each of the editing formats here indicates that the respective editing formats are not set.

When the screen definition part original data is customized using each of the customization data information input and set in this way, the data of each item to be customized is changed, After processing such as deletion, customized screen definition component data is generated.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the customization process focusing on the screen definition component data after the customization process. In FIG. 6, the screen definition component prototype data 61 is, for example, the screen definition component prototype data with the ID name URIAGE shown in FIG. Further, the fixed item customized data information 62 is, for example, the fixed item customized data information shown in FIG. 4. The field customization data information 63 is, for example, the field customization data information shown in FIG. 5. With each of these data,
When the screen definition component customization process 64 is performed, customized screen definition component data 65 is generated.

Customized screen definition component data 6
5, the program code indicated by reference numeral 66 (Fig. 3
The fixed item character string (corresponding to the program code 34) is the fixed item customization data information (Fig. 4) 6
2, the "customer code" before the change is edited into the fixed item string of "vendor code" after the change by the customization process. The program code designated by 67 (corresponding to the program code 36 in FIG. 3) is
After the field-related item information 68 in the screen definition part prototype data 61 is changed, the total length will be edited to 50 according to the field customization data information (FIG. 5) 63, but the computer program will not process it. Keeping in mind that there are column limitations on the input/output screen and that the layout may be distorted after customizing the input/output screen,
Edited by adjusting the matrix position.

As a result, item information 68 indicating the matrix position and length of the field after customization on the input/output screen
and the item information 69 indicating the matrix position and length of the fixed item string on the input/output screen processed by the computer program are adjusted and edited according to the changed fixed item string and field attributes. be done. In other words, the item information 68 ranges from "04330005" to "04230050".
”, and the item information 69 is edited from “04180014” to “04080014”.

FIGS. 7 to 11 are diagrams for explaining the process of inputting customization input data and customizing using such screen definition part original data using examples of display screens on the input/output device. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a literal information input screen for inputting literal information of customized input data information, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a field customization input screen for inputting field information of customized input data information. be. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a PF key customization input screen for inputting PF key guide information of customized input data information, and FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a body part information input screen for inputting body part information of customized input data information. It is a figure showing an example. Further, FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a screen change in which an input screen defined by a screen definition component becomes an input screen changed by customization processing.

Literal information input screen 7 as shown in FIG.
1, the user specifies the customization processing function for each item number and inputs literal information for changing fixed items (headings, etc.). In addition, on the field customization input screen 72 as shown in FIG. 8, field attribute data for changing the number of digits, attributes, and editing format of the "input data field" specifying the customization processing function for each item number can be entered. input. To change or modify the screen operation key guide, use the PF key customization input screen 73 as shown in FIG. 9 to change or modify the character string displayed as the guide for each PF key on the processing screen of each application. Enter the contents, etc. Furthermore, in order to input body part information, customize data information for changing the number of detail lines of a multi-item uniform (slip) format definition part, etc. is input using a body part information input screen 74 as shown in FIG. .

[0031] To input the customization input data, data is input according to the guidance on each input screen as described above, and the customization process is executed. As a result, for example, as shown in FIG. 11, when the screen definition parts data on the warehousing data entry input screen 75 is used as the screen definition parts prototype data and the customization process is performed, the customized warehousing data entry input screen 76 will not be displayed as shown in the figure. As shown in the following, the heading "Invoice" is deleted, the pre-order field is deleted in the input data field, the number of digits in the quantity field is changed from 7 digits to 5 digits, and the purchase unit price field is changed to 7 digits. will be changed to 6 digits.

[0032]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the input format customization method of the present invention, existing screen definition component data and form definition component data accumulated in the past can be reused,
Since all screen definition component data and form definition component data including the minimum customization input data can be customized, productivity in creating screen definition component data and form definition component data can be greatly improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a processing block diagram illustrating a processing procedure of an input/output format customization method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of a computer system that implements the input/output format customization method of the present embodiment in one aspect;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the program data format of screen definition component data;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a data format stored in a temporary storage file of fixed item customized data information;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a data format stored in a temporary storage file of field customization data information;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the customization process focusing on the screen definition component data after the customization process;

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FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a literal information input screen for inputting literal information of customized input data information;

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FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a field customization input screen for inputting field information of customized input data information;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a PF key customization input screen for inputting PF key guide information of customized input data information;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a body part information input screen for inputting body part information of customized input data information;

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a screen change in which an input screen defined by a screen definition component becomes an input screen changed by customization processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Screen definition parts prototype file 2 Classification information file 3 Search data 15 Input/output device 16 Processing equipment 17a Screen definition parts prototype storage device 17b Form definition parts prototype storage device 18 Literature information storage device

Claims (5)

[Claims] [Claim 1] Supports the creation of input/output format definition parts that define each input/output format of an application program running on a computer system and the input/output field attributes in each input/output format in accordance with the purpose of use of the application program. The method includes a first step of extracting an input/output format definition component to be customized from existing input/output format definition components, and a first step of inputting customization data to be customized corresponding to each definition element of the input/output format definition component. In the second step, each definition element of the input/output format definition component extracted in the first step and the customized data input in the second step are analyzed, and each definition element of the input/output format definition component and the customized data correspond to each other. and a third step of modifying each definition element of the input/output format definition component using customization data. [Claim 2] The input/output format according to claim 1, wherein each input/output format of an application program running on a computer system is at least one of an input screen format, an output screen format, and an output form format. How to customize. [Claim 3] According to claim 1, each input/output format definition component of an application program running on a computer system is composed of fixed items, field attributes, PF key guides, and body part definition elements. How to customize the input/output format described. 4. The third step further includes the step of adjusting the layout of the input/output format definition component in accordance with the modification of the input/output format definition component that has been modified. How to customize input/output formats. 5. The input of customization data in the second step includes fixed item customization data, field attribute customization data, PF key guide customization data,
2. The input/output format customization method according to claim 1, wherein each of the customization data of the body part customization data and the body part customization data is inputted sequentially according to input guidance on a predetermined screen.