JPH0325632A - Error message display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the rate of memory capacity to be occupied an error message on a main storage device by forming the error message to be parts for irreducible minimum message elements, storing the message, linking the message elements, which are formed to be the parts, as needed and displaying the message elements as the error message. CONSTITUTION:In a message storing part 1-8 on the main storage device, the message elements formed to be the parts for preparing the error message are stored. The linking means of the error message is composed of an error message read control part 1-7 and error message linking part 1-6 and a reader is composed of a read control part 1-2 and detailed explanation control part 1-5. Then, a display device to display the error message and detailed explanation is composed of a control part 1-9 and display 1-10. Thus, since the error message is stored in the form of the message elements and displayed by linking the message elements to the form of the error message, the rate of the memory capacity to be occupied on the main storage device can be reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an error message display device that displays an error message to notify an operator when abnormal processing occurs in an information processing system.

[Conventional technology]

Traditionally, error messages are displayed to operators by
All messages used in application programs were stored in the main memory in a form that did not require concatenation (completed as error messages) and displayed as they were. Additionally, when a detailed explanation of a displayed error message was required, the operator referred to the manual to understand the content of the error message. [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The conventional error message display device described above stores all error messages used in application programs on the main memory in a form that does not require concatenation. This has the drawback that the storage capacity occupied by the application program on the main storage becomes large, and as a result, the storage capacity occupied by the application program on the main storage becomes large.

Another disadvantage is that because detailed explanations corresponding to error messages cannot be displayed, unskilled operators must refer to the manual every time an abnormal process occurs and take necessary measures, making it difficult to perform operations smoothly. was there. [Means for Solving the Problems] An error message display device of the present invention includes a main storage device that stores various message elements that make up an error message, and a connecting means that connects the message elements to create an error message. , a display device for displaying a created error message; an input device for instructing display of a detailed explanation for the error message; an auxiliary storage device for storing an error help file for displaying the detailed explanation; It has a reading device that reads detailed explanations onto the storage device. [Example] Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

1-1 is an auxiliary storage device that stores an error help file for displaying detailed explanations; 1-3 is a keyboard; 1-8 is a message storage section on the main storage device; 1-10 is a display device;
-2 is a reading control section, 1-4 is an input control section, 1-5 is a detailed explanation control section, 1-6 is an error message concatenation section, 1
-7 represents a message reading control section, and 1-9 represent a display control section. The keyboard 1-3 and the input control section 1-4 constitute an input device for inputting instructions for displaying detailed explanations in the error message display state, and the keyboard 1-3 and the input control section 1-4 constitute an input device for inputting instructions for displaying detailed explanations, and the message storage section 1 on the main storage device.
-8 stores componentized message elements for creating error messages. Error message reading control unit 1-7 and error message connection unit 1-6
The reading control section 1-2 and detailed explanation control section 1-5 constitute a reading device, and the control section 1-9 and display 1-10 constitute a display device for displaying error messages and detailed explanations. ing.

Next, an example of actual operation will be explained using FIGS. 2 and 3. Figure 2 is an explanatory diagram of error message creation and operation. In the message storage section 1-8 on the main storage device, the minimum message elements necessary for an application program are stored without duplication among componentized message elements from message element 1 to message element n. When abnormal processing occurs, the message linking section 1-6 requests the message reading control section 1-7 to read message elements, and fetches the message elements necessary to create an error message. The captured message elements are concatenated into an error message and displayed on the display 110 through the display control section 1-9. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the detailed explanation display operation.

When an instruction to display a detailed explanation is given from the keyboard 1-3, the detailed explanation control section 1-5 first determines whether an error message is displayed on the display 1-10.

If an error message is being displayed, message connection section 1
-6 receives the detailed explanation number for the corresponding error message, reads the corresponding detailed explanation from the error help file on the auxiliary storage device 1-1 through the reading control section 1-2, and displays the number on the display 1 through the display control section 1-9. -10 Display detailed explanation on top.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, an error message is divided into the minimum necessary message elements and stored, and the message elements which have been divided into components are connected as necessary to be displayed as an error message. This has the effect of reducing the storage capacity occupied by error messages on the main memory. Furthermore, since a detailed explanation of the error message can be displayed while the error message is being displayed, even an unskilled operator can quickly understand the contents of the error message and take appropriate measures.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the error message linking display device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the general operation of error message linking, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the detailed explanation display operation. 1"l...Auxiliary storage device, 1-2...Reading control unit, 1-3...Keyboard, 1-4...Input control unit, 1-5...Detailed explanation control unit, 1 -6...Message concatenation section, 1-7...Message reading control section, 1
-8...Message storage unit, 1-9...Display control unit, 1-10...Display.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A main storage device that stores various message elements constituting an error message, a connecting means that connects the message elements to create an error message, a display device that displays the created error message, and a display that displays detailed explanations for the error message. an input device for instructing, an auxiliary storage device for storing an error help file for displaying a detailed explanation, and a reading device for reading the detailed explanation from the auxiliary storage device onto the main storage device. Display device.