JPH04253231A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display system error, which is generated at a background job, at a foreground job as well by announcing a state to the foreground job when error is generated at the background job. CONSTITUTION:An error monitor task 1 is equipped with a function to monitor the presence/absence of error generation at a background job picture 2 and to announce the error to a foreground job picture 3 when the error is generated. Since the system error generated at the background job picture is announced to the foreground job picture 3 by the error monitor task 1, an operator 4 can discover and recognize the error information of the background job which can not be observed from the operator 4.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an information processing device,
In particular, the present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that can execute multiple jobs simultaneously.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Information processing apparatuses generally have a multi-job operation function for simultaneously executing a plurality of jobs.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a conventional information processing device. The information processing apparatus in this example operates while simultaneously executing four jobs A, B, C, and D. At this time, the only thing the operator can see on the screen is the forejob screen 3, and the background jobs 1 to 3.
3 cannot be confirmed. To check screen 2 of background jobs 1 to 3, perform the screen switching operation and change the desired screen 2 to forejob screen 3.
must be displayed.

0004

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the conventional information processing apparatus shown in FIG. Even if a system error occurs, the operator's detection is delayed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks and provide an information processing apparatus having a function of displaying a system error occurring in a background job even in a foreground job.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The information processing apparatus of the present invention includes an input device, a display device, and a screen that gives display rights to a certain job as a foreground job to the display device.
Other jobs have a processing device that performs multi-job control that operates as a background job, and when an error occurs in a background job, the status is privilegedly displayed on the display device and the foreground job is notified. It is composed of processing equipment.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The details of the present invention will be explained below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is an error monitoring task, 2 is a background job screen, 3 is a forejob screen, and 4 is an operator.

The error monitoring task 1 has a function of sensing (monitoring) whether or not an error has occurred on the background job screen 2, and also has a function of notifying the forejob screen 3 of the error.

Next, the operation of this information processing device will be explained. The operator 4 uses the forejob screen 3 to perform work. At this time, the background job screen 2 that cannot be seen by the operator 4 in this information processing device
All processing operations are performed at the same time.

The error monitoring task 1 can detect a system error that occurs on the background job screen 2 by sensing it. At this time, the error monitoring task 1 notifies the forejob screen 3 of the error. In this way, the operator 4 can discover and know the error information of the background job.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a flowchart of the operation of the error monitoring task 1. Error monitoring task 1 is
It is determined how many background jobs are generated within the information processing apparatus (2.1). Next, sense processing is performed to see if an error has occurred in the background job being generated (2.2). Next, the presence or absence of error information is determined (2.3), and if there is an error, the error information is notified to the forejob (2.
4). The error monitoring task is performed in this information processing device.
It is executed repeatedly at regular time intervals (2.6).

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a second embodiment of the invention. In this embodiment, unlike the embodiment in FIG. 1, the error monitoring task does not sense system errors on the background job screen, but rather
, C, and D directly notify the foreground job screen 3 of the error. In this way, the operator can discover and know the error information of background jobs C and D.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, since the background job notifies the error directly to the foreground job screen, it is possible to notify the operator earlier than in the first embodiment shown in FIG.

[0015] In the above explanation, as an example, it is assumed that an "error monitoring task" and a "direct notification method" are used in the processing device, but the invention is not limited to this, and when an error occurs, all job screens are displayed. Even in the case of an unconditional notification method, the same effects as in the first embodiment and the second embodiment can be obtained, and the object of the present invention can be achieved.

[0016]

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above description, the information processing apparatus of the present invention allows error information of a background job to be notified to a foreground job.
It is possible to obtain the effect that it is possible to easily know in real time immediately after an error occurs without performing a screen switching operation. As a result, errors in background jobs that are not seen by operators can be discovered and dealt with at an early stage.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an "error monitoring task" according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of a conventional information processing device.

FIG. 3 is an operational flowchart of an "error monitoring task."

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a "direct notification method" according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Error monitoring task 2 Background job screen 3 Forejob screen 4 Operator

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: The present invention includes an input device, a display device, and a processing device that performs multi-job control in which one job is given display rights to the display device as a foreground job, and other jobs operate as background jobs. ,
An information processing apparatus characterized by having means for detecting an error when an error occurs in the background job, displaying the status in a privileged manner on a display device, and notifying the foreground job.