JP2009076017A - Input/output screen generating system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an input/output screen generating system in which items displayed on the input/output screen according to a user request can be automatically set and rearranged in the input/output screen used in an operation control system. <P>SOLUTION: An input/output screen generating system has a state control table which stores a panel displayed on the input/output screen and the items included in the panel by the user, an input/output area definition table which stores attribute information that at least includes the information on the input attribute and the number of digits of each item, a module definition table which stores the information regarding the control by the input attribute, and a screen constituting component control means which executes the arranging treatment of the panel and the items on the input/output screen by using the information of each table. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to an input / output screen generation system in which items displayed on an input / output screen are automatically set and rearranged in response to a user's request on the input / output screen used in the business management system.

  In order to carry out business in a company or the like, a business management system for managing business in various fields such as product management, sales management and salary management is used. In the business management system, when work such as addition, correction, or change of data is performed, the above work is executed by starting a predetermined screen (this is referred to as an “input / output screen”). FIG. 7 shows an example of a conventional input / output screen.

  In the conventional input / output screen shown in FIG. 7, the window size and the arrangement of each item are fixed. Each user can switch between basic items necessary for each user, extension items that each user wants to expand independently, and tabs.

  Another example of the conventional input / output screen is shown in FIG. In this case, the basic item and the extended item are switched by the tab in the same manner as in FIG. 8, but in the case of FIG. 8, in addition to “name” and “address”, “classification”, “ This is a case where each item of “special notes” is provided. In this way, a large number of items can be input on one screen.

  Further, Patent Document 1 below describes a system related to icon scaling for the purpose of improving the listability of icons in a window.

JP 2002-55807 A

  Of the conventional input / output screens described above, in the case of FIG. 7, a tab can be used to input a plurality of items, and basic items necessary for all users and each user can be individually expanded. Since the extended items are displayed separately for each tab, there is also a useful aspect. However, for example, when changing the “address” of the basic item and the item “special item 2” of the extended item, the user needs to input after switching the tabs. However, it is cumbersome for the user to switch tabs, and each item of the extended item is located in the blank part of the basic item. Convenient in terms of sex.

  In the case of FIG. 8, although the problem in the case of FIG. 7 can be solved somewhat, the number of items displayed on one screen has increased. The items displayed on the basic item tab are not necessarily required for all users. Therefore, there is a demand for not displaying items that are not necessary for the user, but it is difficult to respond.

  As described above, it is preferable that the input / output screen displayed depending on the type of master and the number of items is an appropriate screen corresponding to each, but as described above, this has not been done conventionally. This is because a variety of display programs are required to prepare a screen in which the arrangement of each item is changed depending on the type of master and the number of items, which is very complicated in creating the program, and is customized later In some cases, it may be necessary to make similar modifications to each of these display programs.

  This also increases the time required for customization and increases the number of corrections, which increases the risk of unexpected bugs.

  After all, as a result of comparing and weighing problems such as operability and program creation / customization, a common display program as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 is usually used for all users as described above. It has become.

  Therefore, there is a need for a solution that can simultaneously improve the operability and listability of the input / output screen and eliminate the complexity of creating and customizing the display program.

  It should be noted that by using the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, it is possible to surely realize icon scaling. However, this is merely rearrangement of an item having no input / output area called an icon, and the input / output area as in the present invention is reduced. The technical field is completely different from the automatic input / output screen generation system provided.

  In view of the above problems, the present inventor has invented an input / output screen generation system in which items of an input / output screen are automatically set and arranged in response to a user's request for an input / output screen of a business management system.

  The invention according to claim 1 is an input / output screen generation system that automatically generates an input / output screen used in a business management system, wherein the input / output screen generation system includes an input / output area in the input / output screen. A screen component control unit that executes component arrangement processing, and the screen component control unit displays the input / output area in which a display instruction is set in advance or a display instruction is newly given. The input / output screen generation system executes a size change and / or rearrangement process of the screen components in accordance with the size change of the input / output screen and / or the number of the input / output areas.

  By using the present invention, it is possible to automatically set and arrange each item of the input / output screen according to the user's request for the input / output screen of the business management system. This improves the operability and listability of the input / output screen for the user. Further, since the system creation side does not create a complicated display program, the complexity of program creation / customization is eliminated.

  The invention of claim 2 is an input / output screen generation system that automatically generates an input / output screen used in a business management system, the input / output screen generation system including a panel displayed on the input / output screen, and the panel A status management table that stores items included in each user, an input / output area definition table that stores attribute information including at least the input attribute and the number of digits information of each item, and a control for each input attribute A module definition table that stores information on the screen, and a screen component control unit that executes a panel and item arrangement process of the input / output screen, and the screen component control unit includes: When the display request is received, the status management table displays the panel to be displayed on the input / output screen of the user and the information of the item based on the identification information of the user. And acquiring the attribute information for each item from the input / output area definition table based on the acquired information of each item, and controlling the input / output area based on the input attribute in the acquired attribute information Is determined using the module definition table, and the panel size is determined based on the number of digits in the acquired attribute information and the item name size of the item, and the determined panel size and the input / output screen are determined. This is an input / output screen generation system that automatically generates an input / output screen by arranging each panel in the window of the input / output screen by comparing with the window size.

  Also according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain the same technical effect as the above-described invention.

  Further, the state management table further stores information indicating whether or not to display items included in the panel, and the screen component control unit obtains item information from the state management table. In this case, it may be configured as an input / output screen generation system that acquires only items to be displayed.

  With the configuration according to the present invention, only the items selected by the user and necessary for the user are displayed. As a result, if the user determines that the item that he / she deems unnecessary is not displayed, it will not be displayed on the input / output screen.

  Further, the input / output screen generation system further includes an alignment means for aligning the positions of the items in the panel arranged in the vertical direction before arranging the panel in the window of the input / output screen. You may comprise as follows.

  Apparently, the item names arranged vertically are arranged and displayed. Therefore, it can be realized by using the present invention.

  Further, the alignment means obtains the maximum number of characters among the number of characters of the item name of each item of the panel arranged in the vertical direction, and sets the size of each item of the panel arranged in the vertical direction to the maximum number of characters. You may comprise like the input / output screen production | generation system which performs the alignment process by aligning to width.

  There are several methods for the alignment process, but it is preferable to carry out the method as in the present invention.

  Further, the screen component control means compares the determined size of each panel with the window size of the input / output screen. As a result, if the window size is smaller than the size of each panel, scroll display or reduction is performed. You may comprise like the input / output screen production | generation system which performs any of a display and arrange | positions each said panel in the window of the said input / output screen.

  The window size of the input / output screen may be smaller than the total size of each panel. In such a case, it is preferable to cope by scroll display or reduced display.

According to the input / output screen generation system of the present invention, the items of the input / output screen are automatically set and rearranged according to the user's request for the input / output screen of the business management system. Therefore, it is possible to simultaneously improve the operability and listability of the input / output screen and eliminate the complexity of creating and customizing the display program.

  An example of the system configuration of the input / output screen generation system 1 of the present invention is shown in FIG.

  The input / output screen generation system 1 includes a server module provided in the application server 2, various data provided in the database server 3, and a client terminal 4.

  The input / output screen generation system 1 of the present invention is preferably provided as a part of the business management system. The business management system is a system composed of business software necessary for business execution of a company and hardware (computer terminal, server, etc.) that executes this software. For example, an accounting management system, a sales / purchase management system, a human resource, etc. There are salary management systems, customer management systems (CRM systems), sales support systems (SFA (Sales Force Automation) systems), and the like. In addition, these systems may be linked in real time as modules to manage data collectively.

  The input / output screen generation system 1 is realized on a server or a computer terminal that controls the processing of the present invention. FIG. 2 schematically shows a hardware conceptual diagram of a server or a computer terminal. These servers and computer terminals have at least an arithmetic device 20 such as a CPU that executes program arithmetic processing, and a storage device 21 such as a RAM and a hard disk that store information. Each function (each unit) realized on the server or the computer terminal is executed when a unit (program, module, etc.) for executing the process is read into the arithmetic unit 20. When using the information stored in the storage device 21 in the processing, each function reads the corresponding information from the storage device 21 and uses the read information for processing in the arithmetic device 20 as appropriate. The server or computer terminal includes a communication device 24 that transmits and receives processing results of the arithmetic device 20 and information stored in the storage device 21 via a network such as the Internet or a LAN, an input device 23 such as a keyboard, mouse, or numeric keypad, and a display. The display device 22 may be included.

  Each function (each unit) in the present invention is only logically distinguished from each other, and may be physically or effectively the same area. Each function can be processed by one or a plurality of programs, modules, devices, or the like.

  The database server 3 has at least a state management table 8, an input / output area definition table 9, a user information management table 10, and a module definition table 11.

  The state management table 8 is a table for managing the display / non-display information of the input / output area of items on the input / output screen and the information on which panel each item is included. FIG. 9 shows a conceptual diagram of the state management table 8. The state management table 8 is provided for each of a plurality of users for each master. Here, “display” indicates an item that is displayed on the input / output screen, and “non-display” indicates an item that is not displayed on the input / output screen.

  The input / output area definition table 9 is a table that defines input attributes of input / output areas of items on the input / output screen (for example, full-width characters, half-width katakana, date, etc.) and attribute information such as the number of displayed digits (number of characters). is there. FIG. 10 shows a conceptual diagram of the input / output area definition table 9. In the case of FIG. 10, it is an example of the input / output area definition table 9 when the item of the product master is defined. The input / output area definition table 9 includes two types, an initial table set in advance and an expansion table for managing information on an input / output area newly set by the user. When the screen component control unit described later refers to the input / output area definition table 9, both the initial table and the extension table are referred to. In addition, the initial table and the extended table may be managed as one table without being divided.

  The user information management table 10 is a table in which restriction information regarding input / output of each user is defined. FIG. 11 shows a conceptual diagram of the user information management table 10.

  The module definition table 11 is a table in which information for determining a software module for displaying an input / output area is defined. FIG. 12 shows a conceptual diagram of the module definition table 11. Although the control names are schematically shown in FIG. 12, what is actually defined is information indicating an area in which these controls (software modules) are stored. FIG. 13 shows a display state of the input / output area when each control of FIG. 12 is executed.

  Here, the control (composite control) that can display the item name and the input / output area is shown. However, a single function such as a control to display only the item name and a control to display the input / output area is displayed. A plurality of controls may be prepared, and items may be displayed in combination at the time of execution. For example, in the case of the item name “product name”, the system refers to the input / output area definition table 9 and acquires “attribute = double-byte characters” and “number of digits = 20”. Call the double-byte character output control to display the item name and the double-byte character input control to display the input / output area, and the full-width character output control has a display area for 3 characters from the "product name". A name is displayed and an input / output area in which 20 digits can be input is displayed beside it. As described above, a complicated input / output area may be displayed by determining and executing a plurality of controls having a single function from the item names and displaying them in combination.

  For controls that can input and output ranges, only certain temporary points can be displayed. For example, in the control that displays the input area from "XXXX / XX / XX" to "YYYY / YY / YY", the user inputs the start date as "2007/10/01" and changes the "From" part to "Only" Then, only the “only” part and the final “YYYY / YY / YY” part are hidden and “2007/10/01” is displayed. In this way, the system does not need to hold more specialized controls than necessary.

  The database server 3 may further include a master table. The master table stores data used in the business management system, and is managed as a product master table or a customer master table, for example.

  The server module of the application server 2 includes a screen component control unit 5, an activation control unit 6, and an alignment unit 7.

  The screen component control means 5 arranges at least one screen component on the input / output screen, and changes the shape of the screen component by changing the window size of the input / output screen or the number of input / output areas to be displayed. Change or relocate.

  The screen component control means 5 is distributed as a software module from the application server 2 to each client terminal 4, and operates by being incorporated on the client terminal 4 side. When the screen component control means 5 is changed, the application server 2 delivers again to each client terminal 4. Even if a change occurs due to customization, update, etc., it is not necessary to install each client terminal 4 individually, and management of the client terminal 4 becomes easy. The application server 2 does not distribute to the client terminal 4, and the client terminal 4 only transmits and receives input data and screen display data with the screen component control unit 5 of the application server 2 using a web browser or the like. Also good. In this case, a so-called web system is obtained.

  One or more input / output areas are displayed on the screen component. For example, an input / output area (for example, an input / output area such as a product name and an index) on the input / output screen and a heading (for example, a basic item) are associated as one screen component by the state management table 8. The screen component is a unit of a related input / output area and is used as a unit for arranging the input / output area.

  The activation control unit 6 limits input / output of each user based on the user information management table 10. That is, a restriction process is performed so that an item that cannot be used by the user cannot be input / output. For example, when the user information management table 10 is shown in FIG. 11, the user with ID “002” has the authority of “business administrator”, and the business in charge is “sales”. And with the authority of “business administrator”, “all items of other business” cannot be changed. Therefore, with respect to all items other than sales, control is performed so that the input / output area of the corresponding item name (all items of other business other than sales) in the status management table 8 is hidden and cannot be changed. . This process is executed in parallel with the process of the screen component control means 5.

  The aligning means 7 performs vertical alignment for the input / output areas of the screen components displayed on the input / output screen. As with the screen component control unit 5, the alignment unit 7 is preferably distributed as a software module from the application server 2 to each client terminal 4 and is installed and operated on the client terminal 4 side.

  Next, an example of the processing process of the input / output screen generation system 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 to 6 and the conceptual diagram of the system configuration of FIG. In the following embodiment, a case will be described in which the business management system is a product management system and the input / output area definition table 9 is a product master item definition table.

  First, a case where the initial input / output screen is displayed on the client terminal 4 will be described.

  When the user performs a predetermined operation on the client terminal 4, the operation input is accepted at the client terminal 4, and the merchandise management system is activated. When the user inputs an ID, password, etc., it is transferred from the client terminal 4 to the application server 2, and the application server 2 authenticates the ID and password. As a result, when the authentication is normally performed, the product management system can be operated in the client terminal 4 (S100). If authentication is not normally performed due to a difference in ID or password, an error is displayed on the client terminal 4 (S100).

  When the user performs an operation to display a predetermined input / output screen after the merchandise management system becomes operable at the client terminal 4, the screen component control unit 5 determines the panel size of the user's input / output screen. (S200) Next, the process which arrange | positions each panel on the said screen is performed (S300).

  First, the process for determining the panel size will be described.

  Based on the input ID, the user information management table 10 is displayed on the screen component control means 5 (the screen component control means 5 at this time has already been distributed from the application server 2 to the client terminal 4, and the client terminal 4 Is working). For example, when the input ID is “002”, the database server 3 is inquired based on the ID “002”, and the authority of the user, the work in charge, and the unchangeable items are acquired from the user information management table 10. .

  When the user information management table 10 is shown in FIG. 11, since the ID is “002”, “business manager” is acquired as the authority, “sales” is assigned as the business in charge, and “all items of other business” are acquired as items that cannot be changed. That is, the user “002” has the authority as a business administrator and does not have the authority to change all items of business other than sales.

  Then, the screen component control unit 5 refers to the state management table 8 of the user (ID “002”) and acquires information regarding display items to be displayed on the panel of the input / output screen (S210). For example, when the state management table 8 of the user with ID “002” is FIG. 9, the items “product name”, “index”, and “unit” are acquired for the panel name “basic item”. At this time, the screen component control means 5 acquires the item name “display” as a key, and does not acquire the item name “non-display”. Here, the panel is a group of items displayed on the input / output screen. Therefore, the items on the same panel are arranged adjacent to each other. The group name is a unit for further grouping each item in the same panel. Accordingly, items having the same group name are arranged adjacent to each other.

  When the item name to be displayed on the input / output screen of the user (ID “002”) is acquired from the state management table 8 in this way, the screen component control unit 5 uses the input / output area definition table based on the item name. Reference is made to 9 (product master item definition table), and attribute information indicating what kind of input / output area attribute each of these items has is acquired.

  When the input / output area definition table 9 is FIG. 10, for the item name “product name”, the input attribute “double-byte characters”, the number of digits “20”, and the reference master “none” are acquired as the attribute information, and the item name “index” As for the attribute information, the input attribute “half-width katakana”, the number of digits “30”, and the reference master “none” are acquired. For the item name “unit”, the input attribute “double-byte characters”, the number of digits “2”, Get reference master "none".

  Further, the screen component control means 5 refers to the module definition table 11 to determine what kind of control each input attribute is realized based on the input attributes acquired from the input / output area definition table 9. Then, the type of control for displaying each item is determined (S220).

  For example, the input attribute “double-byte characters” acquires “InputTextWithItemName” as the control type.

  When the control type of the input attribute of each item is determined in this way, the screen component control unit 5 determines the display area of each item based on the number of digits defined in the input / output area definition table 9 (S220). ). For example, in the case of the item name “product name”, since the number of digits is “20”, an input area for 20 digits is generated.

  In this way, the screen component control means 5 determines the size of the input / output area of each item using the information of the determined control type and the number of digits, and adds the size of the item name to the item name. The size is determined (S230).

  The panel size is determined based on the size of each item determined as described above (S240). At this time, the panel size is a size that allows each item to be displayed. For example, the number of dots in the vertical direction of the panel is calculated as Σ (vertical width of each item + predetermined value) + width of the item + predetermined value. Here, the predetermined value is the width of the gap provided between the items. The number of dots in the horizontal direction of the panel is the maximum value of the horizontal width of each item.

  FIG. 14 schematically shows a state in which a basic item panel is displayed.

  As described above, the process of S200 is performed for each panel acquired by the screen component control unit 5 from the state management table 8.

  After determining the panel size, the screen component control means 5 next executes a panel arrangement process (S300).

  First, the screen component control means 5 acquires the initial window size of the input / output screen from the OS of the client terminal 4 (S310). Panels are sequentially arranged in this window (S320).

  For example, when panel names such as “Heading 1”, “Heading 2”, “Heading 3”, “Heading 4”, and “Heading 5” are stored as panel names in the state management table 8, each panel is sequentially displayed. Place. For example, they are arranged in the order of upper left, lower left, middle upper, middle lower, upper right, and lower right. This arrangement position can be arbitrarily set. It is preferable to provide a predetermined interval between the panels.

  In this arrangement, the arrangement is performed in consideration of the window size of the window of the input / output screen and the size of each panel. However, since this embodiment is an arrangement in the initial state, each panel arranged on the input / output screen is arranged. The size does not exceed the window size. Accordingly, in S330, the process is “NO”, and the panel arrangement is completed. The processing in the case of “YES” will be described later.

  FIG. 15 shows an example in which each panel is arranged in the window of the input / output screen. In FIG. 15, the outer frame indicates the window of the input / output screen, and the broken line indicates the panel (actually, the broken line indicating the panel may not be displayed). “Heading” displays the “panel name” of the state management table 8, “Item name” displays the “item name” of the state management table 8, and each control is arranged to the right of the item name. The

  When arranging a plurality of panels in the vertical direction, the aligning means 7 obtains the frame sizes of all the item names included in each panel, and arranges the items so as to fit the maximum size of them. Also good. For example, in the case of FIG. 16A, since the heading “basic item” panel and the heading “unit price” panel are arranged vertically, the aligning means 7 counts the number of characters of each item included therein. Then, the size of each item is changed to the number of characters for displaying the maximum value of the number of characters of each item, and each item is arranged. FIG. 16B shows that the alignment processing in the alignment means 7 is executed in this way.

  By changing the size of each item name, the control position of the input / output area located on the right side of the item name is also shifted. Accordingly, since the panel size is also shifted, when the processing in the aligning means 7 is performed, the processing for changing the panel size, that is, the processing in S240 is executed again.

  In order to simplify the reprocessing, after the process of aligning the item names in the aligning means 7 in the panel size determination process in S240 (that is, after the item name size is determined), the panel size is changed. The determination process may be executed.

  FIG. 17 shows the input / output screen in the initial state generated as described above.

  Next, a case where the user displays items other than the initially set items from the initial state will be described. In this case, the user defines an item to be expanded by performing a predetermined operation.

  Specifically, what items are to be expanded is input from the screen as shown in FIG. 18, and the screen component control means 5 inputs the expanded item definition table in the input / output area definition table 9. sign up. FIG. 18 shows a case where items “maker”, “handling start year”, “product description”, and the like are additionally registered. At this time, information such as an input attribute, the number of digits, and a reference master is also registered as attribute information for each item.

  For example, when the user additionally registers the item name “maker”, “numerical value”, “4” as the number of digits, and “maker master” as the reference master are input. When the item name “product description” is additionally registered, “double-byte characters”, “64” as the number of digits, and “none” as the reference master are input. The screen component control means 5 registers the information of each item input here as an extension item of the user in the extension item definition table of the input / output area definition table 9. This is schematically shown in FIG.

  Further, the screen component control unit 5 inputs a panel name, an item name, and display or non-display as an expansion item in the state management table 8 of the user. When receiving the input, the screen component control unit 5 additionally registers in the state management table 8 of the user. This is schematically shown in FIG. FIG. 20 shows a case where the user is registered in the state management table 8 of the user with ID “002”.

  By additionally registering items to be expanded in the state management table 8 and the input / output area definition table 9 as described above, when the user opens the input / output screen, the extended items are displayed in addition to the basic items. Further, what items are expanded is managed in the state management table 8 for each user, so that different items can be displayed for each user. Also, by referring to the input / output area definition table 9, the module definition table 11, and the like, the screen component control means 5 generates the input / output screen, so that the input / output screen items are automatically set according to the user's request. -Rearranged.

  For example, FIG. 21 shows an example of the input / output screen in the case where the user uniquely sets an extension item on the input / output screen in the initial state of FIG.

  Next, a case where the user selects an item to be displayed on the input / output screen and the item selected by the user to be displayed is displayed on the input / output screen will be described.

  When the user performs a predetermined operation, a screen for selecting display / non-display of each item is displayed. An example of this screen is shown in FIG. Each item shown in FIG. 22 is displayed by the screen component control unit 5 acquiring the panel name, item name, and display / non-display information from the state management table 8 based on the ID of the user. Can do.

  On this screen, a check box is provided for each item of each panel, and it is possible to select whether or not to display the item. If you want to display it, enter a check in the check box. If you do not want to display it, do not check the check box. Based on the presence / absence of this check, the screen component control means 5 changes and registers the display / non-display information in the state management table 8. “Input” on the screen of FIG. 22 is a check box that indicates whether data is input for the item. Therefore, if the “input” column is not checked, the item cannot be input. In addition, if the “input” is not checked even if the display is checked, the input can not be performed even if it is displayed. The information on the presence / absence of the input may also be registered for each item in the state management table 8 although not shown in FIG.

  For example, when the user with ID “002” performs selection on the screen of FIG. 22, the state management table 8 is registered by changing from the state of FIG. 20 to the state of FIG.

  FIG. 24 shows an input / output screen displayed by the screen component control unit 5 based on the state management table 8 of FIG.

  Next, processing when rearranging panels (and their items) on the input / output screen when the user changes the window size of the input / output screen will be described.

  When detecting that the window size of the input / output screen has been changed, the screen component control unit 5 acquires the changed window size information from the OS (S310). In the same manner as described above, the arrangement process of each panel is executed (S320). That is, the panels are arranged in order of upper left, lower left, middle upper, middle lower, upper right, and lower right.

  Placement is performed while determining the window size and the size at the time of placement of each panel at the time of placement, but if there are panels that do not fit in the changed window size, the display method is selected. Based on this, processing is executed (S400).

  That is, it is selected in advance whether scroll display is to be performed or each panel and item is to be displayed in a reduced manner (S410), and the arrangement processing of all panels is executed based on the selection.

  When it is selected to display in a reduced size, the window size required when each panel is arranged normally is calculated based on the size of each panel. Then, the window size required in the case of normal arrangement is compared with the window size after the actual change, and the degree of reduction is calculated. Based on the magnification, the size of each panel is reduced, and each reduced panel is arranged on the input / output screen of the actual changed window size.

  An example of the input / output screen in this case is shown in FIG.

  If scroll display is selected, for example, the panels are arranged so as to be in a horizontal row, and a scroll bar is displayed (S430).

  An example of the input / output screen in this case is shown in FIG.

  In addition, when scrolling the display, if the window size after the change is reduced to a size that no panel can be placed as it is, change the display to include the selected item in the window. Also good. That is, in each panel, the items may be rearranged so that they can be displayed in the window. This is schematically shown in FIG. 27 and FIG.

  The above rearrangement process compares the window size after the change with the size of each panel or the size of each item, and compares them so that each panel or item fits in the window size after the change. Perform placement.

  In the case of performing the rearrangement process, the item display may extend over two lines. For example, in the case of the input / output screen shown in FIG. 29, the item name “new unit price implementation date” extends over two lines out of the panel name “unit price”. When the window size is changed and the new unit price implementation date is cut off, it is not preferable to display them separately.

  Therefore, these are displayed as one item. This is schematically shown in FIG.

By executing the processing as described above in response to an input from the user, an input / output screen used by the business management software can be generated in response to a request from the user.

According to the present invention, the input / output screen items of the business management system are automatically set and rearranged in response to a user request. Therefore, it is possible to simultaneously improve the operability and listability of the input / output screen and eliminate the complexity of creating and customizing the display program.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of the whole system configuration | structure of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of a hardware configuration. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the whole processing process. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the processing process of determination of a panel size. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process process of a panel arrangement | positioning. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process of a display method selection. It is an example of the conventional input / output screen. It is another example of the conventional input / output screen. It is a conceptual diagram of a state management table. It is a conceptual diagram of an input / output area definition table. It is a conceptual diagram of a user information management table. It is a conceptual diagram of a module definition table. It is an example of the control name and the input / output area displayed by the control. It is a figure which shows typically the state in which the panel of a basic item is displayed. It is a figure which shows an example when each panel is arrange | positioned at the window of an input / output screen. It is a figure which shows the alignment process of an item name typically. It is a figure which shows an example of the input / output screen of an initial state. It is an example of the screen which performs input, such as addition of an item. It is a figure which shows typically the extended item definition table of an input / output area definition table. It is a figure which shows typically the state management table in which the extension item was registered. It is an example of the input / output screen when the set extension item is displayed. It is an example of the screen which selects the display / non-display of each item. It is a figure which shows typically a state management table at the time of registering display / non-display about each item. It is an example of the input / output screen produced | generated based on the state management table of FIG. It is an example of the input / output screen when each panel is reduced. It is an example of the input / output screen in the case of performing scroll display. It is an example of an input / output screen when items are rearranged. It is an example of an input / output screen when items are rearranged. It is an example of an input / output screen. FIG. 29 is an example of an input / output screen when a panel name “unit price” is moved together as a result of changing the window size of the input / output screen in FIG. 29.

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1: input / output screen generation system 2: application server 3: database server 4: client terminal 5: screen component control means 6: start control means 7: alignment means 8: state management table 9: input / output area definition table 10: user Information management table 11: Module definition table 20: Computing device 21: Storage device 22: Display device 23: Input device 24: Communication device

Claims (6)

An input / output screen generation system that automatically generates an input / output screen for use in a business management system,
The input / output screen generation system includes:
Screen component control means for executing arrangement processing of the screen component including the input / output area in the input / output screen,
The screen component control means is
Display the input / output area for which a display instruction has been set in advance or for which a new display instruction has been made,
Executing the size change and / or rearrangement processing of the screen components in accordance with the size change of the input / output screen and / or the change of the number of the input / output areas;
An input / output screen generation system characterized by this. An input / output screen generation system that automatically generates an input / output screen for use in a business management system,
The input / output screen generation system includes:
A state management table for storing, for each user, a panel to be displayed on the input / output screen and items included in the panel;
An input / output area definition table for storing attribute information including at least the input attribute and the number of digits information of each item;
A module definition table for storing information on the control for each input attribute;
Screen input / output screen panel and screen component control means for executing item arrangement processing,
The screen component control means is
Upon receiving the display request for the input / output screen, based on the identification information of the user, obtain information about the panel to be displayed on the input / output screen of the user and the item information from the state management table,
Based on the information of each acquired item, the attribute information for each item is acquired from the input / output area definition table,
Based on the input attribute in the acquired attribute information, the control of the input / output area is determined using the module definition table,
Determine the panel size based on the number of digits in the acquired attribute information and the size of the item name of the item,
By comparing the determined panel size with the window size of the input / output screen, the input / output screen is automatically generated by arranging each panel in the window of the input / output screen.
An input / output screen generation system characterized by this. The state management table further includes:
Storing information indicating whether to display items included in the panel;
The screen component control means is
When obtaining item information from the state management table, obtain only the items to be displayed.
The input / output screen generation system according to claim 2. The input / output screen generation system further includes:
An alignment means for aligning the positions of the items in the panel arranged in the vertical direction before arranging the panel in the window of the input / output screen;
The input / output screen generation system according to claim 2, further comprising: The alignment means includes
Alignment is performed by obtaining the maximum number of characters among the number of characters of the item name of each item of the panel arranged in the vertical direction and aligning the size of each item of the panel arranged in the vertical direction to the width of the maximum number of characters. Execute the process,
The input / output screen generation system according to claim 4. The screen component control means is
As a result of comparing the determined size of each panel and the window size of the input / output screen, if the window size is smaller than the size of each panel, execute either scroll display or reduced display, and Arranging each panel in the window of the input / output screen,
The input / output screen generation system according to claim 2, wherein the input / output screen generation system is provided.

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