Patent ID: 8705060

Claim:
A display input device, comprising: a display portion for displaying a plurality of kinds of executable functions as setting items, and displaying setting screens for the setting items; a storage portion for storing: a program, which is a combination of setting items selected and registered in advance from among a plurality of the setting items, and which is invoked to cause the display portion to sequentially display the setting screen for each of the setting items selected and registered in advance; and additional display data indicating an additional setting item for which an added setting screen is to be additionally displayed when the additional setting item is added to the program; an input portion for receiving: a setting item selection and a setting screen input; when the program is created and registered, an input made to select a setting item that is to be included in the program; and an input made to invoke the registered program; and a processing portion for determining, when the registered program is invoked, the additional setting item based on the additional display data, and causing the display portion to additionally display the additional setting item in the added setting screen if the additional setting item is not already included in the invoked program, and preventing the display portion from additionally displaying the additional setting item if the additional setting item is already included in the invoked program.