JP2012064156A - Information processing apparatus, and processing method and program thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mechanism that generates a plurality of pictures more efficiently by arranging components identical to a component arranged in a picture to be displayed at a display part of an apparatus together in a plurality of pictures at a time, and reflecting editing contents on the identical components arranged in other pictures when one of the arranged components is edited.SOLUTION: A plurality of pictures in which components constituting the same picture are to be arranged are specified, and identical components are arranged in the specified pictures. The pictures in which the identical components are arranged are associatively managed so that when management information on the component is changed, management information on the identical components can be changed. When the management information on the arranged component is changed, the pictures in which the components identical to the changed component are arranged are specified, the management information on the components which are in the specified pictures and identical to the changed component is changed using the management information on the changed component.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a processing method, and a program for creating a plurality of screens.

  In recent years, digital home appliances such as a mobile phone, a digital camera, and a music player are generally provided with a graphic user interface (GUI). The GUI has excellent operability and good appearance, but has a characteristic that the amount of data constituting the screen is large. In addition, one screen is complicated due to high functionality of digital home appliances, and the number of screens is increasing. Furthermore, since the product life cycle is short and there is a tendency to increase the number of models, it is required to develop a plurality of models in a short period of time, and it is increasingly required to develop screens efficiently and with high quality.

  On the other hand, the screen output destinations of digital home appliances are also diversifying. The output destination of the screen is not only the liquid crystal screen of the device itself, but a high-definition television (aspect ratio 16: 9) when an HDMI cable is inserted into a general television (aspect ratio 4: 3) when an AV cable is inserted. ) Is displayed.

  In general, when the same screen is displayed for output destinations having different aspect ratios, not only the appearance of the screen is remarkably deteriorated, but also the amount of information that can be displayed is limited. Therefore, a screen layout is defined for each output destination. For this reason, screen design, programming, and test development man-hours increase in proportion to the number of screen output destinations.

  Therefore, there is a demand for a technique for creating a screen efficiently. Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for efficiently creating a screen and automatically generating a program related to screen display.

JP2008-203912

  The technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is characterized in that the layout of screen parts such as buttons, bitmaps, and character strings is easily copied as one part (container) to another screen. However, it is not considered to use one screen in an environment where screen layouts are defined for each output destination with different aspect ratios. Therefore, screens with different layouts must be created as individual screens. The screen could not be created efficiently.

  In order to create a screen efficiently, it is efficient to create a single screen and then copy it to an output destination screen with a different aspect ratio for editing. Since there is no relationship between the copy source screen and the copy destination screen, even if the screen component attribute of one output destination is edited and the screen component attribute is different between the screens, the developer does not notice the difference. This led to the inability to detect omissions when changing screen specifications, leading to deterioration in quality, such as the discovery of defects after the test process and market shipment, and the creation of efficient screens was not achieved. .

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to arrange the same parts as the parts to be arranged on the screen to be displayed on the display unit of the apparatus at the same time on a plurality of screens, and arrange them on other screens when the arranged one part is edited. It is to provide a mechanism for improving the efficiency of generating multiple screens by reflecting the edited contents on the same part.

  In order to achieve the object of the present invention, an information processing apparatus for creating a screen by arranging parts constituting a screen, the screen designating means for designating a plurality of screens on which the same part is arranged, and the screen designating means The part placement means for placing the same part on the specified screen and the screen on which the same part is placed are managed in association so that the management information of the same part can be changed when the management information of the part is changed. Management means to

  When the management information of the arranged parts is changed, a screen specifying means for specifying a screen on which the same parts as the changed parts are arranged, and the changed on the screen specified by the screen specifying means And changing means for changing the management information of the same part as the changed part using the management information of the changed part.

  Further, the display device further includes highlighting means for highlighting the same part as the changed part on the screen specified by the screen specifying means, and the changing means changes management information of the highlighted part. It is characterized by that.

  Further, the image display device further comprises a screen display means for displaying a plurality of screens for creation, wherein the screen designating means designates a screen on which the same component is arranged from a list of screens displayed on the screen display means. To do.

  The component management information includes a plurality of pieces of attribute information for arranging the component. The attribute selecting unit that selects an attribute to be changed by the changing unit; and the changing unit is selected by the attribute selecting unit. It is characterized by changing the attribute.

  According to the present invention, when the same parts as those arranged on the screen to be displayed on the display unit of the apparatus are arranged on a plurality of screens at the same time and one arranged part is edited, the same parts arranged on the other screens are arranged. By reflecting the edited contents on the part, the generation of a plurality of screens can be made efficient.

It is a system configuration figure showing an example of a screen creation method of the present invention. It is the screen edit screen and menu screen in this invention. It is a screen attribute setting screen and a warning screen in the present invention. It is a management table block diagram in this invention. It is a management table related figure in this invention. It is a flowchart of the output destination setting process in this invention. It is a flowchart of the new screen creation process in this invention. It is a flowchart of a new screen component creation process in the present invention. It is a flowchart of the screen components edit process in this invention. It is a flowchart of the process which reflects the change in this invention in another output destination. It is a flowchart of the preservation | save process and completion | finish process in this invention. It is the management table block diagram and screen of the template process in this invention. It is a flowchart of the template registration process in this invention. It is a flowchart of the drop process of the template components in this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
The hardware configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 101 denotes a CPU that comprehensively controls each device and controller connected to the system bus 104. Further, the ROM 102 or the external memory 111 is necessary to realize a BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) or an operating system program (hereinafter referred to as an OS), which is a control program of the CPU 101, or a function executed by each server or each PC. Various programs to be described later are stored.

  Reference numeral 103 denotes a RAM which functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 101. The CPU 101 implements various operations by loading a program necessary for execution of processing from the ROM 102 or the external memory 111 into the RAM 103 and executing the loaded program.

  An input controller 105 controls input from a keyboard (KB) 109 or a pointing device such as a mouse. A video controller 106 controls display on a display unit such as a display unit (display) 110. In FIG. 1, the display unit 110 is described, but the display unit may be another display unit such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display. These are used by the administrator as needed.

  Reference numeral 107 denotes a memory controller, which is connected via an adapter to a hard disk (HD), flexible disk (FD), or PCMCIA card slot for storing a boot program, various applications, font data, user files, editing files, various data, and the like. The access to the external memory 111 such as a compact flash (registered trademark) memory is controlled.

  A communication I / F controller 108 connects and communicates with an external device via a network (such as a LAN), and executes a communication control process on the network. For example, communication using TCP / IP is possible.

  Note that the CPU 101 can perform display on the display unit 110 by executing outline font rasterization processing on a display information area in the RAM 103, for example. Further, the CPU 101 enables a user instruction with a mouse cursor (not shown) on the display unit 110.

  Various programs for realizing the present invention are recorded in the external memory 111, and are executed by the CPU 101 by being loaded into the RAM 103 as necessary. Further, definition files and various information tables used when executing the program are also stored in the external memory 111. The programs and tables 310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360, and 500 stored in the external memory 111 are shown.

  The screen editing program 500 is stored in the external memory 111 and refers to the tables 310 to 360 in the external memory 111 to display a screen editing screen on the display unit 110. The screen editing program 500 updates the management table group 310 to 360 and reflects the update result on the display unit 110 by the user operating the keyboard 109 and the mouse 109. Further, the management table groups 310 to 360 are read into the RAM 103 by the screen editing program 500.

  Next, a screen configuration example displayed on the display device 4 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The screen editing screen 210 of FIG. 2 includes a menu 220 section, a screen component selection window 211, and screen editing windows 212 to 215 for each screen output destination. In this embodiment, it is assumed that there are four external output destinations. The screen edit window 212 indicates that it is a screen edit window for an output destination with the name “4: 3 horizontal”. Similarly, 213 is “4: 3 portrait”, 214 is “16: 9”, and 215 is “4: 3 narrow visible screen”. The names and screen sizes of these screen editing windows are determined by output destination setting processing described later.

  In each of the screen editing windows 212 to 215, a cancel button and an OK button are arranged. Even with such a simple button arrangement, the screen aspect ratio is different, so that a different screen design is required for each output destination. That is, a plurality of screens to be created are displayed, screen design and screen component placement are performed.

  The user can add a screen part to a desired screen editing window by selecting an arbitrary screen part from the screen part selection window 211 by a mouse operation and dragging and dropping the screen part to a target screen editing window.

  When the menu 220 is clicked with a mouse or the like, the contents of the menu are expanded and displayed. The menu includes an “output destination setting” 221 for setting an output destination, a “new screen creation” 222 for creating a new screen, a “new screen part creation” 223 for adding a screen part on the screen, and an already created screen part. “Edit screen parts” 224 to edit, “Reflect changes to other output destinations” 225 to reflect changes made to a certain output destination to other output destinations, “Save” 226 to store the editing results in the external memory 111, There is an “application end” 227 for ending the screen editing program. The user edits the screen component by selecting these menu items, but can perform the same operation as the new screen component creation 223 by dragging and dropping the screen component as described above. Also, selecting a screen part on the screen editing windows 212 to 215 and moving the part in the window is equivalent to the effect of changing the coordinates of the screen part in the screen part editing 224.

  The output destination setting window 230 is a screen displayed when the output destination setting 221 is selected from the menu 220. When the number of output destinations used in the target system is input and the OK button is pressed, an output destination setting window 240 is subsequently displayed. Here, the name, width, and height of the output destination are input in dots. This screen is displayed for the number of output destinations specified in the output destination setting window 230.

  In this embodiment, it is assumed that the output destination setting 221 is executed only once when the screen editing program 500 is used. As another embodiment, there is a method of adding an output destination after creating a screen for one output destination, or a method of changing the size of an output destination once added or deleting an output destination.

  The new screen creation window 250 is a screen displayed when the new screen creation 222 is selected from the menu 220. When an ID for identifying a screen is input on this screen and the OK button is pressed, a screen attribute setting window 260 is displayed.

  The screen attribute setting window 260 selects an output destination from the output destination list displayed by clicking the output destination selection box 261, and designates attributes such as coordinates, size, shape, and color according to the output destination. When the setting button 263 is pressed, the input value is set. When the setting is completed for all output destinations, the end button 264 is changed from the press-prohibited state to the pressable state. When the end button 264 is pressed, the new screen creation 222 process ends.

  When a new screen component creation 223 is selected from the menu 220, a new screen component creation window 270 is displayed.

  The new screen component creation window 270 designates an ID for identifying a screen component and a screen component type, for example, a button or text. In addition, an output destination for selecting the screen component is selected. When the OK button is pressed on this screen, a screen component attribute setting window 280 is displayed.

  In the screen component attribute setting window 280, the coordinates, size, and attributes of the screen component are set for each output destination. To specify the output destination, click the output destination selection box 281 and select one from the list of output destinations. When the designation of the attribute or the like is completed, the setting content is confirmed by pressing the setting button 283. When the setting button 283 is pressed for one output destination, the end button 284 changes from the press-prohibited state to the pressable state, so that this screen can be ended even if an unset output destination remains.

  The screen component attribute setting window 280 is also displayed when the screen component edit 224 is selected from the menu 220. The functions and operations of the screen component attribute setting window 280 at this time are as described above.

  If an unset output destination remains, a warning message screen 291 is displayed at the end of editing or when the user selects 225 to reflect changes from the menu 220 at any time. At this time, it is possible to determine whether or not to place the screen component on another output destination.

  The warning message screen 291 displays the changed screen component ID and the changed content 292. Further, the changed screen component of the output destination is displayed in an identifiable manner as shown by 293 in the screen editing window. Unchanged screen parts are shown highlighted 294. It is also possible to select a highlighted screen component and determine a component to be changed. That is, the change is reflected only on the screen component determined by the selection. The parts that are selected and not changed are changed from the highlighted display to the normal non-highlighted display.

  From these pieces of information, the user determines whether to reflect the edited information on the output destination specified in the new screen component creation window 270. When all changes are reflected, the reflecting button 295 is pressed. When narrowing down the attribute to be reflected to other output destinations in the change contents 292, the check is removed from the attribute that is not desired to be reflected, and the reflecting button 295 is pressed.

  Further, when it is not desired to reflect the changed contents to other output destinations, a button 296 that does not reflect is pressed.

  Next, the management table in the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  The output destination management table 310 is a table that stores all output destination attributes, and each entry holds the name and size of the output destination. The size stores the width and height of the output destination in dots.

  The screen management table 320 holds screen numbers of all screens managed by the system. Each entry stores a screen ID, an address of a screen component output destination relation table 350 (to be described later), and an address of a dialog management table 330 that defines a screen layout for each output destination.

  The dialog management table 330 is a table that is created for one output destination for each screen ID and manages the screen layout. The coordinates and size (width, length) of the screen displayed at the output destination are held, and the address of the screen parts management table 340 of the screen parts to be arranged on the screen is held.

  The screen component management table 340 stores screen component numbers, types, display positions, sizes, and attributes of screen components. Since this table is created for each screen (output destination), the position and size of the screen component can be changed for each output destination even if the screen part number is the same.

  The screen component output destination relation table 350 is a table that holds output destinations for arranging screen components. This table is used to determine to which output destination the change is reflected when a change is made to the screen component. Each entry stores a screen part number and a flag indicating whether or not the corresponding screen part is arranged at the output destination. This flag is set to 0 when not placing 1 when placing a component at the output destination.

  The screen edit log 360 is used to determine what changes have been made to the screen components. Each entry stores the contents before and after the change of the screen part management table 340 specified by the screen number, the output destination, and the screen part number.

  Next, the relationship between main management tables will be described with reference to FIG. An explanation will be given using an example in which there are two output destinations.

  When one screen is generated, one entry is added to the screen management table 320. In this entry, the address of the screen component output destination association table 350 corresponding to the screen ID and the address of the dialog management table 330 of each output destination are stored.

  Each entry of the screen component output destination relation table 350 holds a screen component number to be arranged on the screen. The output destination in which the screen component is arranged is 1 and the output destination not to be arranged is 0. . In the example of this figure, there are three screen parts IDC_1 to IDC_3 for the screen number IDD_1, IDC_1 and IDC_2 are arranged at both output destinations 1 and 2, and IDC_3 is arranged only at output destination 1 Show.

  The screen management table 320 indicates the address of the screen component management table 340 arranged on the screen. In this figure, the dialog management table 330-1 exists for the output destination 1 of the screen number IDD_1, and this management table is associated with the three screen component management tables 340-1 of the screen component numbers IDC_1 to IDC_3. 2 shows that there is a dialog management table 330-2, and two screen component management tables 340-2 with screen component numbers IDC_1 to IDC_2 are associated with each other.

  Since the screen part numbers IDC_1 and IDC_2 exist for each of the dialog management tables 330-1 and 330-2, even if the screen part numbers are the same, values having different positions, sizes, and attributes for each output destination. It can be held.

  Hereinafter, processing in the screen creation method of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the output destination setting process 510 when the user selects the output destination setting 221 from the menu 220. The output destination setting is a function that is always executed once before creating a screen and determines the number and attributes of output destinations.

  In step 511, the output destination setting window 230 is displayed, and the number of output destinations input by the user is acquired. The number of output destinations is used to determine the display count of the output destination attribute setting window 240.

  In step 512, the output destination attribute setting screen 249 is displayed, and the output destination name and the output destination size (width and height) input by the user are acquired.

  In step 513, the acquired data is added to the output destination management table 310.

  In step 514, it is determined whether output destination management tables for the number of output destinations input in step 511 have been created. If not, the processing is repeated from step 512. As a result, a screen for creation is generated, and a plurality of screens (212 to 215) to be created are displayed on the screen editing screen 210.

  In this way, the user inputs the number and attributes of the output destination from the screen before creating the screen, and constructs an output destination management table.

  Next, FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a new screen creation process 520 when the new screen creation 222 is selected from the menu 220.

  In step 521, a new screen creation window 250 is displayed to acquire the screen ID input by the user. This screen ID is used to uniquely identify one screen from a plurality of screens.

  In step 522, one entry is created in the screen management table 320, and the screen ID acquired in step 521 is set.

  In step 523, dialog management tables 330 are created for the number of output destinations, and respective addresses are stored in the screen management table 320.

  In step 524, the screen attribute setting window 260 is displayed, and the screen attribute input by the user is stored in the dialog management table 330 created in step 523.

  In step 525, it is determined whether or not the setting button 263 has been pressed by the user. If the setting button 263 is pressed as a result of the determination, the processing in step 524 is repeated. That is, it is repeatedly executed for any number of output destinations. If the end button 264 is pressed, the process ends.

  Through the above steps, a structure for managing layouts for the number of output destinations for one screen is constructed. In addition, screens 212 to 215 of the screen editing screen 210 are generated and displayed.

  Next, FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a new screen component creation process 530 when a new screen component creation 223 is selected from the menu 220. According to this flowchart, screen components are arranged in the screen editing window for each of the output destination screens 212 to 215.

  In step 531, a new screen component creation window 270 is displayed, and the screen component ID input by the user and the output destination for arranging the screen component are acquired. That is, another screen on which the same component is arranged is designated.

  In step 532, the screen component management table 340 creates as many output destinations as possible and stores the screen component ID (number) and the screen component type. In step 533, the address of the screen component management table 340 created in step 532 is stored in the screen component management table address field of the dialog management table 330.

  In step 534, information indicating in which output destination the created screen component is arranged is set in the screen component output destination related table 350. 1 is set to the output destination where the screen component is placed, and 0 is set to the output destination where the screen component is not placed (see FIG. 5). That is, the same screen component is arranged on the designated screen.

  In step 535, the screen component attribute setting window 280 is displayed, and the screen component attribute input by the user is set in the screen component management table 340.

  In step 536, it is determined whether or not the setting button 283 has been pressed. When the setting button 283 is pressed, the process of step 535 is repeated. When the end button 284 is pressed, the process is terminated.

  Through the above steps, the correspondence between the screen component and the output destination where the screen component is arranged is set in the screen component output destination relation table 350, and the attribute of the screen component is set for at least one output destination.

  Next, FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the screen component editing process 540 when the screen component edit 224 is selected from the menu 220. In the screen component editing, for example, the screen component editing is performed by selecting a screen component (for example, cancel or OK) from the windows 212 to 215 and selecting the screen component edit 224 from the menu 220. In this case, when a screen component is selected, each data such as the component ID of the screen component attribute setting window 280 is acquired from the screen screen management table group (FIG. 5) associated with the selected screen component and displayed.

  Step 541 displays a screen component attribute setting window 280. At this time, the currently set attribute is acquired from the screen component management table 340.

  In step 542, the button pressed in the screen component attribute setting window 280 is determined. If the end button is pressed, the present process 540 is terminated, and if the setting button is pressed, step 543 is executed.

  In step 543, it is determined whether or not the screen edit log 360 specified by the screen number (ID), the output destination, and the screen number already exists. If the log already exists, step 545 is executed, the changed content is written in the log, and if there is no log, step 544 is executed, and the content before the change is left in the log.

  In step 544, one entry is added to the screen edit log 360, the currently edited screen number, output destination, and screen part number are stored, and the screen part management table 340 entry specified by the screen number, output destination, and screen part number is stored. Is stored in the pre-editing column of the screen editing log 360

  In step 545, the screen attribute input to be changed by the user in step 541 is set in the screen component management table 340.

  Step 546 stores the contents of the screen component management table 340 after the change in the after-change column of the screen edit log 360. Then, the process returns to step 541.

  Through the above steps, the contents of the screen component management table 340 at the start of editing are set in the pre-change column of the screen edit log, and the contents of the last edited screen component management table 340 are left in the post-change column.

  Next, FIG. 10 shows a process of reflecting changes to other output destinations when “Reflect changes to other output destinations” 225 is selected from the menu 220 / Save 226 is selected and the screen parts are changed. 5 is a flowchart showing 550. Specifically, this is a process when the screen component edit 224 is performed and the change 225 is selected to reflect the change to another output destination.

  Step 551 determines whether or not the screen edit log 360 exists, and if it exists, executes step 552 and subsequent steps in order to reflect the change result on another screen.

  Step 552 extracts the screen edit log 360 specified by the same screen number and screen part number. When a plurality of entries are extracted, it means that the screen component has already been changed for a plurality of output destinations.

  In step 553, when a plurality of output destinations are changed, an entry of the screen edit log 360 having the largest correction amount is selected as a representative.

  In step 554, the screen component output destination relation table 350 is used to determine an output destination that should reflect the change contents to the screen component (an output destination that has not been changed). That is, when the attribute (management information) of the screen component is changed, the screen on which the same component as the changed component is arranged is specified. The screen component in the screen edit window of the output destination is highlighted (screen component 213 in FIG. 3).

  In step 555, highlighting is performed, and an input of an attribute item and an output destination (not shown) to which the change should be reflected is received from the user on the edit screen component warning screen 290.

  Then, when it is detected that the button 293 to be reflected by the user is pressed, the edited content is reflected to the attribute item input (checked) by the user in step 557. That is, the attribute (management information) of the same screen component as the changed screen component on the screen identified in step 554 is changed using the changed attribute (management information) of the screen component.

  When reflected, the value of the screen component is changed in the screen component management table 340. When the value is changed and the screen needs to be updated (for example, when the position of the button is changed), the screen (210) is updated and displayed.

  If the button 296 not reflected by the user is pressed, step 557 is skipped and the process proceeds to step 558.

  In step 558, the entry of the screen edit log 360 extracted in step 552 is deleted. Then, the process returns to step 551 again and is repeated until all edit logs are exhausted.

  Next, FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a save process 560 when the save 226 is selected from the menu 220 and an application end process 570 when the application end 227 is selected.

  In step 561, the storage process 560 refers to the screen edit log to determine whether there is a change. If there is a log, it is determined that there is a change. In step 562, the change is reflected in another output destination 550. In step 563, the management table group is saved in the screen storage area of the external memory 111.

  The application end process 570 calls a storage process (560 in FIG. 11) in step 571, and ends the screen editing program in step 572.

  12 to 14 describe a screen component template function for more effectively performing screen component editing work.

  The template function saves and registers the attributes of each output destination screen part in FIGS. 9 and 10 described above. By calling up the registered contents when creating another screen, all output destinations can be easily created. The attributes of the screen parts for are determined.

  FIG. 12 shows a management table and screen used for realizing the template function.

  The template management table 710 includes items for storing a template number, a name, and a screen component management table address for each output destination. As a result, when the user specifies the registered template name, the screen component management table 340 in which the attribute is set can be extracted for each output destination.

  A template registration 720 is added to the menu 220. When the user selects a screen component to be registered as a template and selects a template registration 720 from the menu 220, a template registration screen 730 is displayed.

  On the template registration screen 730, the user inputs a template number and a template name and presses an OK button. As a result, the template part is registered, and the template selection window 740 is displayed in the window of the screen editing screen 210.

  The user selects a template part registered from the template selection window 740 using the mouse, and drags and drops it to the screen editing window, so that the registered screen parts are copied to all output destinations.

  FIG. 13 shows a flowchart of the template registration process 750 when the template registration 720 is selected from the menu 220.

  In step 751, a screen component to be registered is selected from the screens created in FIGS. 9 and 10, and the screen number and screen component number of the selected screen component are acquired from the screen component output destination relation table.

  In step 752, the template registration screen 730 is displayed, and the template number and template name input by the user are acquired.

  In step 753, a template management table 710 entry is generated, and the template number and template name acquired in step 752 are set.

  In step 754, all output destination screen component management tables 340 specified from the information acquired in step 751 are extracted, and copies thereof are created.

  In step 755, the address of the copied screen component management table 340 is stored in the corresponding output destination column of the template management table 710.

  By specifying the template name through the above steps, the attributes of the corresponding screen parts can be acquired for all output destinations.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a template part drop process 760 when a template part registered from the template selection window 740 is selected using a mouse and dragged and dropped to the screen editing window.

  Step 761 identifies a template management table 710 entry from the dropped template part.

  In step 762, a copy of all output destination screen component management tables 340 is generated from the template management table 710 entry obtained in step 761.

  Step 763 adds the address of the copied screen component management table 340 to the entry of the dialog management table 330 corresponding to the output destination.

  Through the above steps, the screen component registered in the template is added to the screen currently being edited with the attribute content corresponding to the output destination.

  As described above, the present embodiment has been described. That is, in the present embodiment, an information processing apparatus that creates a screen by arranging parts constituting a screen, and that designates a plurality of screens on which the same part is arranged. The same component is arranged so that the management information of the same component can be changed when the management information of the component is changed when the management information of the component is changed. Management means for associating and managing the screens, screen specifying means for specifying a screen on which the same part as the changed part is placed when the management information of the placed part is changed, and the screen And changing means for changing the management information of the same part as the changed part on the screen specified by the specifying means by using the changed part management information.

  According to the above configuration, when the same component as the component to be arranged on the screen to be displayed on the display unit of the apparatus is arranged on a plurality of screens at the same time and one arranged component is edited, it is arranged on another screen. By reflecting the edited contents on the same part, the generation of a plurality of screens can be made efficient.

  It should be noted that the configuration and contents of the various data described above are not limited to this, and it goes without saying that the various data and configurations are configured according to the application and purpose.

  Although one embodiment has been described above, the present invention can take an embodiment as, for example, a system, apparatus, method, program, or recording medium, and specifically includes a plurality of devices. The present invention may be applied to a system including a single device.

  The program according to the present invention is a program that allows a computer to execute the processing methods of FIGS. 6 to 10, 13, and 14, and the storage medium according to the present invention is the memory medium of FIGS. 6 to 10, 13, and 14. A program that can be executed by a computer is stored. Note that the program in the present invention may be a program for each processing method of each apparatus shown in FIGS. 6 to 10, 13, and 14.

  As described above, a recording medium that records a program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the program stored in the recording medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by executing the reading.

  In this case, the program itself read from the recording medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the recording medium storing the program constitutes the present invention.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program, for example, a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD-ROM, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, EEPROM, silicon A disk or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) operating on the computer based on an instruction of the program is actually It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the processing and the processing is included.

  Furthermore, after the program read from the recording medium is written to the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board is based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that the case where the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  Further, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or apparatus. In this case, by reading a recording medium storing a program for achieving the present invention into the system or apparatus, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  Furthermore, by downloading and reading a program for achieving the present invention from a server, database, etc. on a network by a communication program, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  In addition, all the structures which combined each embodiment mentioned above and its modification are also included in this invention.

100 Information processing apparatus 101 CPU
102 ROM
103 RAM
104 System Bus 105 Input Controller 106 Video Controller 107 Memory Controller 108 Communication I / F Controller 109 KB / Mouse 110 Display Unit 111 External Memory

Claims (6)

An information processing apparatus for creating a screen by arranging parts constituting the screen,
A screen designation means for designating a plurality of screens on which the same part is arranged;
Parts placement means for placing the same parts on the screen designated by the screen designation means;
A management means for managing the screen in which the same parts are arranged in association with each other so that the management information of the same parts can be changed when the management information of the parts is changed;
When the management information of the arranged parts is changed, a screen specifying unit for specifying a screen on which the same parts as the changed parts are arranged;
An information processing system comprising: changing means for changing management information of the same part as the changed part on the screen specified by the screen specifying means using the management information of the changed part. apparatus. Highlighting means for highlighting the same part as the changed part on the screen specified by the screen specifying means,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the changing unit changes management information of the highlighted component. A screen display means for displaying a plurality of screens for creation;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the screen designating unit designates a screen on which the same component is arranged from a list of screens displayed on the screen display unit. The part management information includes a plurality of attribute information for arranging the parts,
Attribute selecting means for selecting an attribute to be changed by the changing means;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the changing unit changes the attribute selected by the attribute selecting unit. A processing method of an information processing apparatus for creating a screen by arranging parts constituting a screen,
A screen designation step for designating a plurality of screens on which the same part is arranged;
A component placement step of placing the same component on the designated screen;
A management step of managing the screen in which the same parts are arranged in association with each other so that the management information of the same parts can be changed when the management information of the parts is changed;
A screen specifying step for specifying a screen on which the same part as the changed part is placed when the management information of the placed part is changed;
A changing step of changing management information of the same part as the changed part on the screen specified in the screen specifying step using the management information of the changed part. . A program that can be executed by an information processing apparatus that creates a screen by arranging parts that constitute a screen,
The information processing apparatus;
A screen designation means for designating a plurality of screens on which the same part is arranged;
Parts placement means for placing the same parts on the screen designated by the screen designation means;
A management means for managing the screen in which the same parts are arranged in association with each other so that the management information of the same parts can be changed when the management information of the parts is changed;
When the management information of the arranged parts is changed, a screen specifying unit for specifying a screen on which the same parts as the changed parts are arranged;
A program for causing management information of a part identical to the changed part on the screen specified by the screen specifying means to function as a changing means for changing using the changed part management information.

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