JP2012027602A - File management device, file management device control method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for displaying two files adjacent to each other generated through the division of a file in accordance with the conditions set for automatically determining the display order of a plurality of files.SOLUTION: When the conditions set for automatically determining the display order of a plurality of files are the name or the updating date of a file, the plurality of files is displayed in the order following the conditions set (S609). When the conditions set are not the name or the updating date of a file, the setting of the conditions is canceled (S607) and the plurality of files are displayed such that a first file and a second file generated through the division are adjacent to each other (S608).

Description

  The present invention relates to a file management apparatus that manages a plurality of files, a control method for the file management apparatus, and a program.

  Conventionally, in a file management apparatus that manages a plurality of files, a function of dividing a specific file including a plurality of pages into a plurality of files is known (for example, Patent Document 1).

  Specifically, by using the above function, the original file consisting of 8 pages is divided into a file including the 1st to 4th pages and a file including the 5th to 8th pages. Can do.

JP 2003-067373 A

  In a file management device that manages multiple files, by setting conditions (sort setting) for automatically determining the list display order of multiple files, multiple files are automatically sorted and displayed according to the conditions. can do.

  However, when the file is divided as in Patent Document 1, if the sort setting is made, it may be troublesome for the user who issues the division instruction. For example, two files generated by dividing the file may be displayed at different positions depending on the contents of the sort setting. In this case, the user must perform an operation of searching for each of the two files generated by dividing the file, and a troublesome operation is required.

  More specifically, when the contents of the sort setting indicate that the files are arranged and displayed in the order of the file names, the two files are adjacent to each other by giving the names starting with a common character string. Can be displayed. However, even if this method is adopted, if the contents of the sort settings are different, the two files are not always displayed adjacent to each other.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and two files generated by dividing a file are adjacent to each other according to conditions set for automatically determining the display order of a plurality of files. The purpose of this is to provide a mechanism for display.

  In order to achieve the above object, a file management apparatus according to the present invention is a file management apparatus for managing a plurality of files, the file selection means for selecting a file to be divided from the plurality of files, and the file selection means. Division means for dividing the file selected by the first file and the second file, setting means for setting conditions for automatically determining the display order of the plurality of files, and setting by the setting means The plurality of files in the order according to the conditions set by the setting means, when the displayed condition indicates that the display order of the files is determined based on the file name or the file update date and time And the condition set by the setting means is based on the file name or file update date and time. Display control means for canceling the setting of the condition by the setting means and displaying the plurality of files adjacent to the first file and the second file if the display order is not indicated. And.

  According to the present invention, two files generated by dividing a file can be displayed adjacent to each other in accordance with conditions set for automatically determining the display order of a plurality of files.

It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of PC100 in embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the software structure of PC100 in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the file display item list in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of the file information 301 in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen in case a file is displayed as a list on the display 140 in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining a series of processes performed by PC110 in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining a series of processes performed by PC110 in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining a series of processes performed by PC110 in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the detail of the division | segmentation process of the file in embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the scope of claims, and all combinations of features described in the embodiments are not necessarily essential to the solution means of the invention.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a PC 100 described as an example of a file management apparatus. A control unit 110 including a CPU 111 controls the overall operation of the PC 100. The CPU 111 reads the control program stored in the ROM 112 and executes various control processes. The RAM 113 is used as a temporary storage area such as a main memory or work area for the CPU 111. The HDD 114 stores image data and various programs. The input / output device I / F 115 connects the keyboard 120, the mouse 130, and the display 140 to the control unit 110, and controls display of the display 140 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 111. The network I / F 116 connects the control unit 110 (PC 100) to the LAN. A network I / F 116 controls communication with an external device via a LAN.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a software configuration of the PC 100. All functions of the file management system 200 are realized by a program executed on the PC 100. The file management system 200 includes the modules 201 to 206.

  The file system 206 manages a plurality of files stored in the HDD 114 of the PC 100. The user input management module 205 detects the operation of the keyboard 120 or the mouse 130 by the user, and instructs file operation / display according to the operation. The file storage module 203 instructs the file system 206 to store a file in accordance with the file storage instruction of the user input management module 205.

  The file operation module 201 instructs the file system 206 to acquire a file in accordance with the file operation instruction of the user input management module 205, and operates and processes the file. The screen display management module 204 instructs the file information acquisition module 202 to acquire file information, and displays the file information on the display 140.

  FIG. 3 schematically shows an example of the data structure of a file display item list to be referred to when displaying a file in the screen display management module 204. The screen display management module 204 creates and updates a file display item list when displaying file information, and displays the file information according to the list. The file display item list includes file information 301 and a pointer 302 to the next file or folder. A pointer 303 indicating the end of the list is stored in the pointer 303 at the end of the list. By these pointers, the order of displaying a list of files to be described later is determined.

  FIG. 4 schematically shows an example of the data structure of the file information 301. In addition to the name 401, the file information included in each file includes items such as a file size 402, a file type 403, an update date / time 404, an icon 405, and an icon display coordinate 406. These pieces of information are used when the screen display management module 204 displays file information on the display 140 and for file operations such as search. Further, other extended property items 407 are defined according to the purpose of use of the file management system.

  FIG. 5A shows an example in which the display sort order is not set when the screen display management module 204 displays a list of file information on the display 140. The file information of the files 505, 506, and 507 is read by the file information acquisition module 202 in the order stored in the HDD 114 by the file system 206 in accordance with an instruction from the screen display management module 204 to create a file display item list. The screen display management module 204 further displays each file information exemplified by 501 to 504 in the order of the created list.

  FIG. 5B shows an example in which the display sort order setting is “sort by name” when the screen display management module 204 displays file information on the display 140 as a list. The user can instruct the sort condition by selecting any of the file information 501 to 504. In this case, the user input management module 205 that has received a user input via the keyboard 120 / mouse 130 notifies the screen display management module 204 of the change of the sort target property items (501 to 504). Upon receiving the notification, the screen display management module 204 calls the file information acquisition module 202, automatically determines the display order of each file based on the value of the sort target property item of each file, and creates a file display item list. . In the example shown in FIG. 5B, the file 507 is displayed next to the file 505 in the order according to the name.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a series of processes for dividing a file. Each operation shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6 is realized by the CPU 111 of the PC 100 executing a control program.

  When the user performs a file selection operation for selecting a file to be divided and then issues a file division instruction, the user input management module 205 detects the operation. Then, the user input management module 205 instructs the file operation module 201 to divide the file selected as the file to be divided by the user. Upon receiving the instruction, the file operation module 201 acquires the operation target file from the file system 206, divides the file into two on the target page, instructs the file storage module 203 to store, and displays it on the screen display management module 204. Notify me of updates. The flowchart of FIG. 6 shows the flow of processing by the file operation module 201 in the above flow.

  In step S601, the file operation module 201 sets the name of the file newly generated by the division to the name of the file that is the source of the division, “(”, and an arbitrary numerical value that does not overlap with the existing file. And “)”. In S602, the file is divided to generate a new file.

  In step S603, the update date and time 404 of the file information of the newly generated file is updated to the same value as the file that is the source of the division. In S604 and S605, the current display sort order setting is acquired from the screen display management module 204, and processing according to the sort condition is performed.

  That is, in S604, it is determined whether or not the sort condition is set. If the sort condition is not set, the file display item list is displayed so that two files newly generated by dividing the file are displayed at adjacent positions. Update (S606). Specifically, in the file display item list shown in FIG. 3, the next pointer 302 of the file information 301 of the first file generated by the division is set as the file information of the second file generated by the division. Point to it. By this operation, when the screen display management module 204 displays a list of file information on the display 140, the second file generated by the division is displayed next to the first file generated by the division.

  When the screen display management module 204 displays the file information as an icon on the display 140, settings relating to the icon display coordinates 408 are also performed. That is, the file information 301 of the first file generated by the division is obtained by adding a predetermined numerical value to the (x, y) value of the icon display coordinates 408, and the second file generated by the division. In the file information 301 of FIG.

  By this operation, when the screen display management module 204 displays the file information as an icon on the display 140, the second file generated by the division is displayed at a position adjacent to the first file generated by the division. The

  As a result of the determination in S604, when it is determined that the sort condition is set, the process proceeds to S605, and the content of the sort condition is determined. If the result of this determination is that the content of the sort condition is not a file name or update date / time, the process advances to step S607 to cancel the setting of the sort condition. In S608, the file is displayed so that the second file generated by the division is displayed next to the first file generated by the division, similarly to the case where the sort condition is not set (No in S604). Update the display item list.

  On the other hand, if the result of the determination in S605 is that the content of the sort condition is either a file name or an update date, the file operation module 201 instructs the screen display management module 204 to update the file display item list. The screen display management module 204 automatically determines the file display order according to the set sorting condition, and updates the file display item list (S609).

  As a result, the second file generated by the division is displayed next to the first file generated by the division. That is, when the content of the sort condition is a file name, the two files are displayed at adjacent positions because the two files are given names starting with a common character string by the processing in S601. . If the contents of the sort condition are update date / time, the two files are displayed at adjacent positions because the same update date / time information is given to the two files by the processing in S601.

  Next, the file division processing in S602 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. Here, a case will be described in which a file consisting of four pages shown in FIG. 9A is divided into two files shown in FIGS. 9B and 9C.

  In step S <b> 701, when the file operation module 201 is instructed to execute the file division process in a state where the user performs a page selection operation to select a specific page, which page is selected before the current page is selected. It was determined whether was selected. When the page selected before the current page is selected is the page one page before the current page (for example, the currently selected page is 903, and the previously selected page is 902) ), The process proceeds to S705. In S705, the file operation module 201 is instructed to divide the current selection page 903 after the division position (S705), and the first page 903 of the file FIG. 9C is selected. An instruction is given (S706, S707).

  When the page selected before the current page is selected is the page after the current page (for example, the currently selected page is 902 and the previously selected page is 903) ), The process proceeds to S702. In step S702, the file operation module 201 is instructed to perform division using the position before the current selection page 902 as a division position (S702), and the final page 902 of the file FIG. 9B is selected. An instruction is given (S703, S704).

  If no page has been selected before the current page is selected, or if a page other than the pages before and after the current page has been selected, the process proceeds to S708. For example, the case where the currently selected page is 903 and the previously selected page is 901 corresponds to this case.

  In S708, the file operation module 201 is instructed to perform division after the current selection page 903 as a division position (S708), and both the file FIG. 9B and the file FIG. 9B are selected. An instruction is given to enter a state (S709).

  Next, the file new arrival notification function of the file management system 200 will be described. The file management system 200 further includes a new arrival monitoring module (not shown), and can notify the user when a new file is stored in a specific storage area (folder). However, when such a function is used, if a notification is made each time a file generated by file division is newly saved, there is a possibility that the user's operation may be hindered. Therefore, in this embodiment, the necessity of notification is determined according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining a series of processing when a new arrival notification of a file is performed. Each operation shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8 is realized by the CPU 111 of the PC 100 executing a control program.

  The new arrival monitoring module of the file management system 200 inquires the file system 206 about the number of files stored in the target folder in order to detect increase / decrease in the files of the target folder. Then, the collation is repeated to determine whether there is a difference from the previous acquisition (S801, S802). When the number of files increases or decreases, the new arrival monitoring module inquires of the screen display management module 204 whether or not the folder to be detected is currently displayed (S803), and notifies when the folder is not displayed. (S804). On the other hand, when the target folder is displayed, notification is not performed.

  As a result of the above processing, when a file split operation is performed, since the folder containing the file to be split is displayed (opened) for the operation of the file, a new arrival notification is performed. Therefore, the user's operation can be prevented from being hindered.

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The object of the present invention can also be achieved by executing the following processing. That is, a storage medium that records a program code of software that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or apparatus is stored in the storage medium. This is the process of reading the code.

  In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the program code and the storage medium storing the program code constitute the present invention.

Claims (7)

A file management device for managing a plurality of files,
File selection means for selecting a file to be divided from the plurality of files;
Dividing means for dividing the file selected by the file selecting means into a first file and a second file;
Setting means for setting conditions for automatically determining the display order of the plurality of files;
When the condition set by the setting means indicates that the display order of the file is determined based on the file name or the file update date and time, the order according to the condition set by the setting means If the condition set by the setting means does not indicate that the display order of the files is determined based on the file name or the file update date and time, the condition by the setting means Display control means for displaying the plurality of files adjacent to the first file and the second file,
A file management apparatus comprising:   The file management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first file and the second file generated by the dividing unit are given file names that start with a common character string.   The file management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein common update date and time information is given to the first file and the second file generated by the dividing unit. Page selection means for selecting any of a plurality of pages included in the file selected by the file selection means;
When a page is selected by the page selection unit, the division unit divides a page before the page selected by the page selection unit according to a page selected before the selected page is selected. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a determining unit that determines whether the page is selected as a delimiter position, or after the page selected by the page selection unit is set as a delimiter position of the division by the dividing unit. The file management apparatus according to claim 1. In the case where a new file is stored in a storage area in which the plurality of files are stored, further comprising a notification means for notifying the user to that effect,
5. The notification unit according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit performs the notification when the storage area is not displayed, and does not perform the notification when the storage area is displayed. The file management device described in 1. A method of controlling a file management apparatus that manages a plurality of files,
A file selection step of selecting a file to be divided from the plurality of files;
A division step of dividing the file selected in the file selection step into a first file and a second file;
A setting step for setting conditions for automatically determining the display order of the plurality of files;
If the condition set in the setting step indicates that the display order of the file is determined based on the file name or the file update date and time, the order in accordance with the condition set in the setting step If a plurality of files are displayed and the conditions set in the setting step do not indicate that the display order of the files is determined based on the file name or the file update date and time, the conditions set in the setting step A display control step of displaying the plurality of files with the first file and the second file adjacent to each other,
A method for controlling a file management apparatus comprising:   A program for causing a computer to execute the control method of the file management apparatus according to claim 6.

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