JP2002333973A - Online terminal control system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To display a screen on a terminal device of a different model without changing a business program and a screen template in a configuration in which terminal devices connected to an online terminal control system are different. Make it possible. Kind Code: A1 A method is provided in which terminal panels in an online terminal control system can be displayed on terminal devices of different models by giving a common screen generation template relating to attributes of screen components and display components. I do.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention belongs to the field of outputting to a terminal device using a business program, a screen template, and screen display data in an online system with screen display.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an online system, when a terminal device is different, a screen template depending on a model is newly created and constructed. This is generally to create hypertext information from a dedicated data stream when displaying what is displayed on a dedicated terminal screen on a Web browser. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
-301748.

[0003]

The above technique is based on the premise that a business program is changed or a screen template is created for each terminal device. If there are a large number of business programs and screen templates, the change is made. The volume is enormous, and the change period and cost are enormous. It also depends on the change cycle of the terminal device, and changes are constantly occurring. An object of the present invention is to enable screen display on terminal devices of different models without changing a large number of business programs and screen templates.

[0004]

The above object is achieved by preparing model-dependent information for terminal devices of different models as a common screen generation template.

[0005]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. This is a system configuration in which an online terminal control system 1, a terminal device A7, and a terminal device B10 are connected to a network. The online terminal control system 1 includes a business application 2 for generating screen display data, a terminal control program 3 for generating terminal display data, a common screen generation template 4 and a screen template 5 required for generating terminal display data, and terminal display data. Communication control device 6 for transferring the data to the terminal device A7 and the terminal device B10
Consists of The inside of the terminal device A7 has a configuration of a communication control device 8 for receiving terminal display data and a display device 9 for displaying on a screen. In the terminal device B10, a communication control device 11 for receiving terminal display data and a browser 12 for displaying on a screen
It consists of. This online terminal control system 1
The data to be displayed on the screen is passed from the business application 2, and the terminal control program 3 combines the data with the screen template 5 (information describing the frame, position, and size of the screen) to form the terminal device A7 / terminal The terminal display data to be transmitted to the device B10 is created. that time,
Since the control information is different between the terminal device A7 and the terminal device B10, conversion information regarding the different information is required. The information is obtained from the common screen generation template 4 and the terminal display data is generated.

FIG. 2 shows the display contents of the online terminal screen displayed on the terminal device. Regarding the configuration of this online screen, information regarding the size and position is described in the screen template 5.

[0007] The screen 13 of the online terminal includes the following components. It is composed of fixed characters 14, which are characters fixedly displayed on the screen, variable characters 15, which display information set from the business application 2, and ruled lines 16, which separate the parts on the screen.

FIG. 3 shows a display example of an online terminal. “Number” and “Name” are fixed characters and “5
“555” and “OXXX” are display examples of variable characters.

FIG. 4 shows a format of a common screen generation template information file in which generation rules are described in data for different terminal devices. The common screen generation template information file adds information for generating terminal display data from the screen template 5 according to the type of screen to be displayed. The format 18 of the common screen generation template information file is information set for each terminal type, and is information that associates the terminal type 19, the screen component 20, and the real component name 21. When the types of terminal devices increase, it is an information file that can be realized without changing the screen template by adding a description to this common screen generation template.

FIG. 5 shows a description example 22 of the common screen generation template information file. The upper part is an example in which conversion information to be displayed in the terminal type A7 is described, and the lower part is the terminal type B1.
This is an example that describes the conversion information to be displayed in 0. This figure shows an example in which T01 is a fixed character, T02 is a variable character, and T03 is a ruled line with component names. The terminal type A7 is TYP
EA23 is described, and T01 for displaying is displayed.
24 uses a component of 0xAAFC01 25 and T0
226 uses 0xAAFC02 27 parts,
T03 28 is an instruction to generate terminal display data using the component of 0xAFC15 29. Also, the terminal type B10 is described as TYPE B30,
T01 31 uses the components of OUTTXT32,
02 33 uses INPUTTXT34 parts,
T0335 is an instruction to generate terminal display data using the components of the SEP36. Based on this information,
The terminal control program 3 generates conversion information when creating terminal display data from the screen template 5 as a table. FIG. 6 shows the memory state of the conversion information table.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a conversion information table 37 generated by reading the common screen generation template 4. The conversion information table 37 is a table used to convert attribute information when creating terminal display data from the screen template 5. By using this table, it is possible to rewrite as attribute conversion data for creating terminal display data from the same screen template 5 according to the type of various terminals. When the terminal display data is created, first, the screen template 5 is converted according to the terminal type. However, since the component data differs for each terminal type, the conversion information table 37 is used for that part. Can be created. The leading data type 38 represents the type of the data that follows, and is 0
1 indicates the terminal type, 10 indicates the conversion information, and 00 indicates the end of the data. In the example of FIG. 6, the terminal type TYPE A / TYPE B is recognized from the content described in the common screen generation template information file, and information to be stored in the table is set thereafter.

In the case of TYPE A, 0xAAFC01 is stored as information corresponding to T01. Similarly, the information corresponding to T02 and T03 is 0xAA, respectively.
The information of FC02 and 0xAAFC15 is stored. In the case of another type B, T01, T02, T
03 from each common screen generation template to OUTTX
The information of T, INPUTTXT, and SEP is stored as a table.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the terminal control program 3. Before the data comes from the business application 2, the common screen template 4 is read by the common screen generation template reading 100, and the conversion information table 3 shown in FIG.
7 is created, and is put into a waiting state in a data reception waiting 300 from the business application 2. When the screen data is passed, the screen template 5 is read in the screen template reading 400 for display on the terminal device, and the terminal device data is created in the terminal device data generation processing 500.
Next, the generated data is written to the communication control by the output processing 600 to the communication control, and the process transits to the data reception waiting again.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the terminal device data generation processing 500. In the terminal device data generation process, first,
Screen frame creation 1 from the read screen template 5
000, information about the screen frame is generated. Next, the presence or absence of a component is determined in 1200, and if there is no component,
If there is a part, the process proceeds to the determination of the part type 1300. In the component type 1300, individual attribute conversion is performed for fixed character, variable character, and ruled line components. The attribute conversion uses the information created by the conversion information table generation 200, and 14
In the case of 00, the fixed character information of the screen template information is rewritten as it is. In the case of 1500, the variable character information is rewritten. In the case of 1600, the ruled line information is rewritten. This rewriting operation can be converted based on the information described in the common screen generation template even if the terminal type is changed. Next, the converted data is subjected to output processing in terminal data output processing 1700,
The process proceeds to the component determination process, and the process of the next component is performed.

An embodiment to which this is applied will be described.

In the business of providing an online inquiry service, when the terminal of each sales office or the terminal of the agency is changed from an online-only terminal to a Web browser terminal using a personal computer, the screen that has been displayed until now is changed. W
By using the common screen generation template for the work of newly creating or changing the business program for the web browser, the cost for changing the display terminal can be significantly reduced, and a great effect can be obtained.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, a common screen generation template is used in an online terminal control system to enable a different display terminal to be used without changing an existing business program or a screen template. Since it is possible to display the screen, the cost is reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen display example of an online terminal.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a screen display example of an online terminal.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a format of a common screen generation template information file.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a description example of a common screen generation template information file.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a description example of a conversion information table.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a terminal control program.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a terminal device data generation process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 online terminal control system 2 business application 3 terminal control program 4 common screen generation template 5 screen template 6 communication control device 7 terminal device A 8 communication control device 9 display device 10 display device B 11 communication control device 12 browser

Claims (2)

[Claims] In an online control system for controlling a business program for generating screen display data and a screen template defining a layout of a display terminal, screen display is performed on terminal devices of different models using a common screen generation template. An online terminal control system characterized by this. 2. The online terminal control system according to claim 1, wherein the common screen generation template focuses on information depending on the attribute and form of the screen display component to be used and the terminal device.