JPH03180919A - Command menu control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow plural conversational programs to use an execution control part in common by referring the contents of a command menu information table based upon an item to be checked by a command menu input part for checking the item selected by a user and accessing a command processing part. CONSTITUTION:An external storage device 2 stores command menu information and a command menu information entering part 8 enters the command menu information from the device 2 to the command menu information table 11 stored in a central processing unit(CPU) 1. A command menu display part 9 displays a command menu on a display device 3 based upon the contents of the table 11 and the command menu input part 10 inputs user's operation from an input device 4 and checks the item selected by the user. A control part 7 refers the contents of the table 11 based upon the item checked by the command menu input part 10 and accesses the command processing part 6. Thus, the command menu information can be separated from the conversational program execution control part 5.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a command menu control method, and more particularly to a command menu control method in an execution control method for an interactive program in which a user repeatedly selects a command from a menu and processes the command. .

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in this type of interactive program, command menu information has been included in an execution control section within the interactive program as part of the interactive program.

When the number of commands is small, the command menu information usually includes a command identifier for identifying each command and a command name for displaying it on the display device as a command menu by the command processing unit for the number of commands. All you have to do is prepare. However, since there is a limit to the number of commands that can be displayed or selected as one command menu, in an interactive program where the number of commands exceeds a certain level, command identifiers are used as command menu information between commands. In addition to command names, information regarding the hierarchical structure of the command menu is also required.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional command menu control method described above, the command menu information is information unique to the interactive program, and therefore the command menu information is included in the execution control section as part of the interactive program. The disadvantage is that it is necessary to create an execution control section.

Another drawback is that when the interactive program is modified, such as adding or deleting commands, the execution control section must be redoubled. Adding and deleting commands ↓2 If the hierarchical structure of the command menu is affected due to increase or decrease in the number of command menus,
Significant modifications are required to the execution control section.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to provide a command menu control method that separates command menu information from an execution control section of an interactive program.

[Means to solve the problem]

The command menu control system of the present invention is an interactive program execution control system in which a user repeatedly selects a command from a command menu and processes the command. A command menu information import unit that imports a command menu (FJ report) from an external storage device into a human F/F menu information table in the central processing unit, and a command that displays a command menu on a display device based on the contents of the command menu information table. a menu display section, a command menu that receives the user's operation from the input device and recognizes the item selected by the user; - an input section; and a command menu information table based on the items recognized and recognized by the command menu input section and a control section that refers to the contents and calls the command processing section.

[Effect]

In the command menu control method of the present invention, an external storage device stores command menu information, a command menu information import section imports the command menu information from the external storage device into a command menu information table in the central processing unit, and a command menu display section stores command menu information. displays a command menu on the display device based on the contents of the command menu information table, the command menu input unit receives the user's operation from the human-powered device, recognizes the item selected by the user, and the control unit displays the command menu input unit. The command processing unit is called by referring to the contents of the command menu information table based on the items recognized by.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing system to which a command menu control method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. The main parts of this information processing system include a central processing unit 1, a magnetic disk device 2 as an external storage device, a graphic display 3 as a display device, and a cube soto 4 as an input device. .

The central processing unit 1 includes an execution control unit 5 and a command processing unit 6.
It is composed of:

The execution control section 5 includes a control section 7, a command menu information import section 8, a command menu display section 9, a command name 5, - input section 10, and a command menu information table 11.

The control unit 7 controls the overall operation of the execution control unit 5.

The command menu information import unit 8 reads command menu information from the magnetic disk device 2 and develops it in the command menu information table 11 within the central processing unit 1.

The command menu display section 9 displays a command menu in the command menu display area on the graph ink display 3 based on the contents of the command menu information table 11.

The command menu input unit 10 takes in the results of the user's operation on the tablet 4, and refers to the command menu information table 11 to recognize the item selected by the user.

Referring to Figure 2, command menu information table 1
1 is the control information 12 consisting of the number m (positive integer) of command menus and the number n (positive integer) of items constituting one command menu, and the number m defined by the control information 12.
Information about the individual command menus that exist only13
It is composed of.

Information about individual command menus! 113 is composed of command menu identifiers 14 for identifying individual command menus, and item identifiers 15 and item names 16 corresponding to the number n of items specified by the control information 12.

The item identifier 15 is a command identifier or a command menu identifier used by the command processing unit 6 to identify each command. Here, by using the item identifier 15 as a command identifier or a command menu identifier, it is possible to describe the hierarchical structure of the command menu without preparing a special mechanism.

The item name 16 is a command name or a command menu name to be used when displaying the command menu.

In addition to the above, information regarding the command menu to be displayed first, that is, the initial command menu, is required as the command menu information.

In this embodiment, this is handled by predetermining the command menu identifier 14 of the initial command menu, but it is also possible to provide the command menu identifier 14 of the initial command menu in the control unit fI112.

Referring to FIG. 3, the processing of the command menu control method of this embodiment includes the command menu information acquisition step 1.
7, an initial command menu display step 18, a command menu user step 19, an item identifier determination step 20, a command menu display step 21, and a command processing step 22.

Next, the operation of the command menu control system of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained.

First, the control unit 7 of the execution control unit 5 calls the command menu information importing unit 8. The command menu information importing unit 8 reads command menu information from the magnetic disk device 2 and develops it in the command menu information table 11 (step 17).

Next, the control unit 7 notifies the command menu display unit 9 of the command menu identifier 14 of the initial command menu, and calls the command menu display unit 9. The command menu display unit 9 refers to the command menu information 13 corresponding to the notified command menu identifier 14 on the command menu information table 11, and displays the command menu display area on the graphic display 3 based on the item name 16. Show command menu on (
Step 1B).

Subsequently, the control unit 7 calls the command menu input unit IO. The command menu input unit 10 inputs the results of the user's operation of the tablet 4 while looking at the command menu displayed in the command menu display area on the Graph Ink display 3, and at that point inputs the commands on the Graph Ink display 3. The item identifier 1 corresponding to the item selected by the user is obtained by referring to the command menu information 13 corresponding to the command menu displayed in the menu display area on the command menu information table 11.
5 to the control unit 7 (step 19).

Next, the control unit 7 determines that the item identifier 15 notified from the command menu input unit 10 is the command menu identifier 14.
command menu information table 11.
(Step 20).

If the item identifier 15 is the command menu identifier 14 in step 20, the control section 7 notifies the command menu identifier 14 and calls the command menu display section 9 (step 21). The command menu display section 9 displays the corresponding command menu in the command menu display area of the graphic display 3'' in the same manner as in step 18.

If the item identifier 15 is a command identifier other than the command identifier indicating end in step 20, the control unit 7 notifies the command identifier to the command processing unit 6 and calls the command processing unit 6. The command processing unit 6 performs processing corresponding to the notified command identifier (step 22).

When the process of step 21 or step 22 is completed,
The control unit 7 returns the control to step 19 and performs step 1.
9. Step 20. The process of step 21 or step 22 is repeated.

The repetition of the process ends when the item identifier 15 notified from the command menu input unit 10 to the control unit 7 in step 19 is determined by the control unit 7 to be a command identifier indicating termination in step 20. 〉.

In addition, in the above embodiment, an example of application to a conversational type computer using a graph ink display 3 as a display device and a tablet 4 as an input gW was explained, but a personal computer, an engineering i The present invention is similarly applicable to a conversational program using a mouse, a keyboard, etc. as a human-powered device such as a Norkstein display device.

In addition, display information of command identifier, -・\, item name 1
6, the display information is not limited to text information, and may also be pattern information such as an eye 11 or graphic information.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention makes it possible to share the execution control section among a plurality of conversational programs by separating the one-mantle menu information unique to each conversational program from the execution control section. There is an effect.

Another advantage is that even if modifications are made to the interactive program, such as adding or deleting commands, it can be handled simply by modifying the command processing section and modifying the command menu information in external memory. There is.

Furthermore, as a side effect, it is also possible to run the same interactive program under different command menus.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing system to which a command menu control method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the structure of the command menu j4-information table in FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the command menu control method of this embodiment. In the figure, l...Central processing unit, 2...Magnetic disk device (external storage device), 3...
・Graphic display (display device 4 ・ ・ 5 ・ ・ 6 ・ ・ 7 ・ 8 ・ ・ 9 ・ ・ 10 ・ 11 ・ 2 3 I 4 ・ I 5 ・ 6), ・Tablet (manual device), ・Execution control unit , ・Command processing unit, ・Control unit, ・Command menu 171 information import unit, ・Command menu display unit, ・Command menu input unit, ・Command menu information information, ・Control information, ・Information regarding command menu, ・Command menu identifier , ・Item identifier, Item name.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim] An execution control method for an interactive program in which a user repeatedly selects a command from a menu and processes the command, comprising: an external storage device that stores command menu information; a command menu information import unit that imports the command menu information into a command menu information table in the device; a command menu display unit that displays the command menu on a display device based on the contents of the command menu information table; and a command menu display unit that imports and uses user operations from the input device. a command menu input section that recognizes an item selected by the user; and a control section that calls a command processing section by referring to the contents of the command menu information table based on the item recognized by the command menu input section. Command menu control method.