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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1992
Hideki Kuwamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Tadashi Kuwabara, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Koreeda, Yokohama, JP;
Naomichi Nonaka, Yokohama, JP;
Keiichi Nakane, Yokohama, JP;
Masaki Fujiwara, Hitachi, JP;
Kiyoshi Masuda, Oomiya, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of help-information control for displaying help information on a display unit of an information processing system executing a plurality of application programs. A status management table for storing the executing status of application programs is provided as common to these programs. During execution of a given application program, the contents of the status information table are updated successively in accordance with the executing status. Whenever an operator makes a help request, the contents of the status management table in effect at that point in time are referenced. The table is searched for the help information corresponding to the request. When found and retrieved, the information is displayed. The search is performed using a program identifier, a message identifier, and a help message searching table that includes the position information containing the corresponding help data. Each application program is equipped with a control data part that makes it possible to reference help data of other application programs.