JPH04315214A - Terminal data input system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a terminal data input system which hardly generates input error and improves operability. CONSTITUTION:This system is provided with a terminal input/output mechanism 3 to input/output data from a terminal equipment 6 while receiving instructions from a program 4, a terminal data storing means 11 to store the name of the function key of the terminal equipment 6 inputted from a terminal equipment 5 and data corresponding to this name in a terminal data storage file 2, and a terminal data possessing means 12 while being connected to the terminal input/output mechanism 3 so as to retrieve the function key stored in the terminal data storage file 2 by the terminal data storing means 11, to obtain the correspondent data and to store them in a storage area 7 of an operating system.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a terminal data input method, and more particularly to a terminal data input method for an information processing system operated in the TSS method.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art A terminal data input method in a conventional TSS type information processing system is performed as follows.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, when a program 4 requires data, it requests the terminal input/output mechanism 3 to obtain the data. When receiving a request from the program 4, the terminal input/output mechanism 3 uses the terminal device 6 to prompt the terminal operator to input data. When the terminal operator finishes inputting data in response to this, the data received from the terminal device 6 is transferred to the storage area 7 of the operating system.
After storing the data in the terminal data storage area 71 located in the terminal data storage area 71, control is returned to the program 4. Program 4 is terminal input/output mechanism 3
When control is returned from , data stored in the terminal data storage area 71 is referred to.

0004

In the conventional terminal data input method described above, when a program requires data, a terminal operator manually inputs data using a terminal device. Therefore, the terminal operator is likely to make input errors, and each time an input error is made, the correct data must be input again, resulting in poor operability. Furthermore, if the same data is required many times, the same data must be input each time, which causes a problem in that the operability is significantly reduced.

An object of the present invention is to provide a terminal data input method that is less prone to input errors and has good operability.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The terminal data input method of the present invention receives instructions from a program on a computer,
In an information processing system equipped with a terminal input/output mechanism that inputs and outputs data from a first terminal device, the name of the function key of the first terminal device input from the second terminal device corresponds to this function key. a terminal data storage means for storing data to be stored in a terminal data storage file; The terminal data acquisition means is configured to acquire terminal data and store it in the storage area of the operating system.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

The terminal data input unit 1 of this embodiment is connected to a terminal data storage means 11 that is activated by the user of the information processing system from the operating system using a job control language, and to the terminal input/output mechanism 3. Terminal data acquisition means 12 is used and activated by terminal input/output mechanism 3.

When activated by the operating system, the terminal data storage means 11 requests the terminal operator to input the name of a function key of the terminal device and the data substituted by the function key from the terminal device 5. When the terminal operator inputs the function key name and the corresponding data, a record is created using these as a set and stored in the terminal data storage file 2. If there is a plurality of data to be stored, this series of processing is repeated.

The terminal data acquisition means 12 is connected to the terminal input/output mechanism 3, and when control is passed from the terminal input/output mechanism 3 together with the name of the function key input from the terminal device 6, the terminal data acquisition means 12 is used by connecting to the terminal input/output mechanism 3. Using the name as a key, a record corresponding to the name of this function key is read from the terminal data storage file 2. Thereafter, the data in this record is stored in the terminal data storage area 71 existing in the storage area 7 of the operating system. Next, when control is returned to program 4, program 4
refers to data already stored in the terminal data storage area 71.

Next, one embodiment of records in the terminal data storage file will be briefly described.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the structure of records in the terminal data storage file.

The function key name 21 is the name of a function key on the terminal device that replaces data. The data 22 is data requested by the program 4 and consists of a character set that can be input from the terminal device 5.

Next, the operation of the terminal data storage means will be explained.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of the operation of the terminal data storage means.

In step (hereinafter referred to as S) 1, the terminal data storage means 11 opens a terminal data storage file 2 in order to store the name of a function key and data corresponding to the name of this function key. Next S2
Then, a request is made to the terminal operator for the name of a function key and data corresponding to the name of the function key using the terminal device 5, and the name of the function key input by the terminal operator is obtained. Subsequently, in S3, data substituted by the function key is acquired, and in S4, the name of the function key and the data are created as a record. Next, in S5, this record is stored in the terminal data storage file 2. Next, in S6, it is determined whether or not the storage of the record has been completed, and if there is still data to be stored, the process returns to S2, and the function key name and the data corresponding to this function key name are obtained. A series of processes consisting of record creation and record storage are repeated. When there is no more data to store, the terminal data storage file 2 is closed in S7 and the process ends.

Next, the operation of the terminal data acquisition means will be explained.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of the operation of the terminal data acquisition means.

[0020] When the terminal data acquisition means 12 receives control from the terminal input/output mechanism 3 together with the name of the function key input from the terminal device 6, in S8, the terminal data acquisition means 12 determines in advance the name of the function key and the name corresponding to this function key. Terminal data storage file 2 that stores data
open. Next, in S9, the record is read from the terminal data storage file 2, and in S10, the end is determined based on the presence or absence of the record,
If the record can be read, it is determined in S11 whether the name of the function key in this record matches the name of the function key input from the terminal device 6, and if they match, the data in this record is read in S12. is stored in the terminal data storage area 71 existing in the storage area 7 of the operating system, and then the terminal data storage file 2 is closed in S13. If the name of the function key in the record does not match the name of the function key input from the terminal device 6 in S11, the process returns to S9 and the next record is read from the terminal data storage file 2, and the function key in this record is read in S11. The name of the function key input from the terminal device 6 is compared with the name of the function key input from the terminal device 6. As a result, if the name of the function key in the record does not match the name of the function key input from the terminal device 6, and there is no record to be read in S10, the terminal data storage file 2 is read in S14. In step S15, the terminal operator is notified that the data is not stored in the terminal data storage file 2.

Thereafter, when the program 4 is returned to control, it refers to the data stored in the terminal data storage area 71 in the storage area 7 of the operating system as before.

[0022]

Effects of the Invention As explained above, the present invention stores the name of a function key and the data substituted by the function key in a file in advance, so that data required by a program can be input only by inputting the function key. It can be replaced with. Therefore, the terminal operator only has to press a function key, which reduces input errors by the operator and reduces the burden on the terminal operator due to input errors. Furthermore, since the operation is very simple, such as pressing a function key, it is very convenient, especially when it is necessary to input the same data many times, and has the effect of significantly improving operability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the structure of records in a terminal data storage file.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the operation of the terminal data storage means of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of the operation of the terminal data acquisition means of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional terminal data input method.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Terminal data input section 2 Terminal data storage file 3 Terminal input/output mechanism 4 Program 5 Terminal device 6 Terminal device 7 Operating system storage area 11
Terminal data storage means 12 Terminal data acquisition means 21 Function key name 22 Data 71 Terminal data storage area

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: An information processing system comprising a terminal input/output mechanism that inputs and outputs data from a first terminal device in response to instructions from a program on a computer;
terminal data storage means for storing in a terminal data storage file the name of a function key of the first terminal device inputted from the terminal device and data corresponding to the function key; A terminal data input method characterized in that the data storage means includes terminal data acquisition means for searching the function keys stored in the terminal data storage file, acquiring corresponding data, and storing the data in a storage area of an operating system.