JP2001034527A - Method for generating html film and recording medium where program therefor is recorded - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To speed up an altered screen display by managing the frame display definitions at one place and requesting only altered contents of a WWW server when the frame arrangement is changed. SOLUTION: A frame management sheet wherein plural combination patterns of frame arrangement and contents are described as defined as one file is held as initial display information by a WWW browser (503). A frame display definition file is read in and the contents which are described therein are displayed (504). When an operator makes a request to alter the contents (505), it is decided whether or not there is a frame having the same arrangement in case of an alteration request by referring to the frame management sheets (506), thereby requesting only contents whose arrangement is to be altered of the WWW server (507). When the contents to be altered are received from the WWW server, the contents having been altered are displayed (508).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for changing the arrangement of frames when displaying a plurality of HTML contents stored in a WWW server on the screen of a WWW browser using frames for dividing the screen on the Internet. The present invention relates to a method for displaying HTML content in which only the changed content needs to be received from the server when there is a display change of the content, and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With a WWW browser on the Internet, 1
The function of dividing one window into several and displaying different contents or documents in each area (cell) is called a frame function. Note that the content means content and contents, and the document means a document or document imaged on a window. That is,
The frame function is a function that divides a browser window into a plurality of areas to use. In that case, COLS =
“” Specifies the size (pixel value) and ratio (%) when dividing vertically, and ROWS = “” specifies the size (pixel value) and ratio (%) when dividing horizontally. By providing this frame function, it is possible to use the item contents one after another, for example, while leaving the table of contents. 5 and 6 are explanatory diagrams of the operation of the conventional frame function. 5A and 6A show the WWW browser side, and FIGS. 5B and 6B show the WWW server side. As shown in FIG. 5A, Page1, Page2,
The three contents of Page3 are aaa, bbb, ccc
In order to divide and display the content into a plurality of areas, the WWW browser does not request each content from the WWW server, but displays the content name and the frame name as indicated by 201, 202, and 203 in FIG. HTM for initial display information
L, the WWW browser requests the WWW server for the frame display definition file Frame1 described in the program using L, and the WWW server sends the Frame1 to the WWW browser, so that the WWW browser processes the program described in Frame1; Content Page1, Page2, Pag
By requesting the e3 again from the WWW server, the WWW
Each content must be transmitted from the server to the WWW browser. In addition, 201, 202, 20 of FIG.
3 is the content file name (Page1, Page2, Page
3) and a line describing the frame name (name).

FIG. 6A is a screen view of a divided display changed from the divided display of FIG. 5A by an operator's screen display change instruction. Now, as shown in FIG. 5 (a) to FIG. 6 (a), two contents of Page1 and Page4 are aaa and d.
In order to divide and display a plurality of frames of dd, FIG.
A frame display definition file Frame2 described in a program using HTML as initial display information of a content name and a frame name, such as 401 and 402 in FIG.
The WWW browser makes a request to the WWW server, and the WWW server sends Frame2 so that the WWW browser can use the Frame2.
In this case, it is necessary to transmit the contents Page1 and Page4 from the WWW server to the WWW browser by processing the program described in.

As a layout editing method for dividing a computer screen into a plurality of blocks, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
There is one described in JP-A-222508. this is,
This is related to editing the layout of a computer screen used to create a homepage to be transmitted to the Internet. First, an input pattern for dividing vertically or horizontally is specified, and the computer is designed according to the specified input pattern. The screen is divided into a plurality of blocks, and each block is numbered sequentially. Specify a block number and input character data or image data in block units. The data of the finished screen is generated based on the input data in ascending order of the block number, and the HTML file of the homepage is generated. Then, the HTML file of the homepage is registered in the WWW server. However, also in this case, when changing the number of divisions, it is necessary to have the WWW server send all the contents of the changed screen frame, regardless of the contents that have not been changed.

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional processing method, the display definition of the frame is managed by the WWW server as a separate file for each layout pattern of the frame. Therefore, when the contents are changed with the change in the arrangement of the frames as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the WWW browser must request the WWW server not the changed contents Page4 but the frame display definition file Frame2. Therefore, the WWW server is shown in FIGS.
Cannot be recognized that the frame aaa and the content Page1 are common, and the content Page1 is
Since the content must be transmitted to the WWW browser, there is a problem that the display performance of the content becomes slow, which causes a network load.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the conventional problems as described above, and to change the arrangement of frames and display the contents on a WWW browser, instead of a frame display definition file, a changed content. Only w
Efficient HTML by requesting WW server
An object of the present invention is to provide a file creation method and a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, in the HTML file creation method according to the present invention, a frame management sheet is prepared in which a plurality of patterns of frame arrangement are defined as one frame display definition. The WW
The WWW browser receives the frame management sheet and holds it as frame display information. Thus, since the arrangement of the frames of the plurality of patterns and the initial display information of the content are held in the WWW browser as the frame management sheet, the frame display definition can be centrally managed in the WWW server. Further, in the display change of the content accompanied by the change in the arrangement of the frames, only the content having the display change need only be requested from the WWW browser to the WWW server, so that the display speed of the content can be increased.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an initial display position of a WWW browser and a frame display definition file of a WWW server when a frame is divided according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a frame management sheet used in the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing contents, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display position when a content change accompanied by a frame layout change is made. First, as an initial display position in a WWW browser, as shown in FIG.
It is assumed that 1, Page2, and Page3 are divided and displayed in frames. At this time, the frame display definition file that describes the initial display information in the WWW server is included in FIG.
As shown in (b), the frame management sheet (Sheet
1) and an initial display frame (fr)
An HTML file defining the information 702 of ame1) is created and stored.

FIG. 8 shows a specific example of a frame management sheet in which a plurality of patterns regarding the arrangement of frames are defined as one frame display definition. In FIG. 8, Frame 1 (80
1 to 804) and Frame 2 (805 to 807) describe two frame definitions. Each of Frame1 and Frame2 has frame definition information (framesetro).
ws, frameset cols,) and content information (Page1, Page2, Page3, Page)
1, Page 4), and the plurality of frame definitions are defined as one file = frame management sheet in WWW.
A page content provider creates the page in a storage device of the WWW server in advance. Thus, in the present invention,
By setting the arrangement of frames of a plurality of patterns and the initial display information of contents as a frame management sheet in the WWW server, the frame management sheet is centrally managed in the WWW server. Then, when the operator instructs to change the screen display, the WWW browser makes a request,
The WWW server transmits the above frame management sheet, and the WWW browser reads and stores the frame management sheet, thereby checking whether the position information of each frame after the screen display is changed matches or not by referring to the frame management sheet. , Requesting the WWW server for the content corresponding only to the unmatched frame. Thereby, the display speed of the content at the time of changing the screen can be increased.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a frame display changing process of a WWW browser according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, Frame 1 shown in FIG. 1 is replaced by F shown in FIG.
The process when changing to frame2 will be described. FIG.
2A shows the initial display positions of a plurality of frames, FIG. 1B shows a frame display definition file describing initial display information, FIG.
3A, and the display position when the content is changed with the change in the arrangement of the frames in FIG. 3A. (1) Based on the URL address input to the WWW browser by the operator, the WWW browser requests an HTML file in which frame display is defined from the WWW server (step 501). (2) The WWW server reads the corresponding HTML file from the storage device and sends it to the WWW browser. The HTML file transmitted at this time includes a frame management sheet (Sheet1), which is combination information of a plurality of frame definition information and content information, initial display information (Frame1), and Page1, Pa as content information based on the initial display information.
ge2 and Page3 are transmitted to the WWW browser (step 502). The WWW browser receives the information and processes the program described in the frame definition information.

(3) In the WWW browser, the received FIG.
Is temporarily stored in the storage device of the client (step 503). (4) The WWW browser reads the frame display definition file (Frame1) defined in the initial display information, and
The contents of 1, Page2 and Page3 are displayed (step 504). The display of FIG. 1A shows the operation of this step. (5) The operator selects the F embedded in any of the display information.
By clicking the link information of rame2, the operator is instructed to display Frame2 and a content change request is made (step 505). (6) The WWW browser uses F in the frame management sheet (Fig. 2).
By referring to the frame display definition of rame2, it checks whether or not each frame position information (including contents) of each frame before change and each frame after change matches or does not match.
That is, it is determined whether or not there is a frame having the same arrangement (step 506). The WWW browser requests the corresponding content from the WWW server only for the mismatched frame. In this example, since it is determined that Page1 matches and Page4 does not match, only the content of Page4 is
A request is made to the W server (step 507). (7) The WWW browser that has received the content of page 4 displays the content of page 1 and page 4 on the screen as frame 2 (step 508). Figure 3 shows the display results.
(A).

The processing described in the flowchart of FIG.
By converting each step into a program, it is realized as a processing function of a computer program called a WWW browser. This computer program is C
The above-described functions can be realized by being once recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a D-ROM, and read from the recording medium into a computer and executed. Also, this computer program is stored on a WWW server
The program can also be executed by being recorded on a recording medium of a computer and then downloaded to each client computer running a WWW browser via the Internet.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when displaying WWW contents on a WWW browser, every time the display frame and display contents are changed, all frame definition information and contents constituting the screen are transmitted to the WWW server. The requested screen can be displayed by requesting the frame definition information and the content of only the changed portion of the screen without request, and by receiving only the frame definition information and the content, the display processing in the WWW browser can be speeded up. Realize.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A frame management sheet that describes a plurality of combination patterns of frame arrangement and content and defines it in one file,
Since the initial display information is stored in the WWW browser, the frame display definition can be centrally managed. Also,
In the display change of the content accompanied by the change in the arrangement of the frames, only the changed content needs to be requested to the WWW server, so that the display operation of the content can be sped up.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a display position of a content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a description example of a frame management sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a display process of content after change according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a frame change process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows a display position and HT of a content in the related art.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a description example of an ML.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display position of a content after a change and an HTML description example in the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

701: link information to the frame management sheet 702: initial display frame information, 805 to 807 ... Fr
. a2 definition description, 801-804... Frame1 definition description, 201-203... frame definition information, 401, 402.
Frame definition information, aaa, bbb, ccc ... each frame, Frame1, Frame2, Frame3 ... each frame definition file, Page1, Page2, Page3 ... each content.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An Internet WWW browser, 1
A method of creating an HTML file that divides one window into several regions and displays different contents for each of a plurality of divided frames, including a method of dividing each frame, a position of the divided region, And a plurality of combinations of combination patterns of frame definition information defining the size of the region and content definition information corresponding to each frame defined by the frame definition information are defined in one file as a frame management sheet; A WWW server centrally manages the frame management sheet, and transmits the frame management sheet in response to a request from a WWW browser. 2. Using a WWW browser on the Internet, 1
A method of creating an HTML file that divides one window into several areas and displays different contents for each of a plurality of divided frames, wherein the WWW browser includes: Initial display processing of a frame management sheet in which a plurality of combinations of combination patterns of frame definition information defining an area size and content definition information corresponding to each frame defined by the frame definition information are defined as one file. At the time of reading, when the screen re-display processing is performed by the screen display change instruction of the operator, the difference screen information is identified by comparing the screen configuration information before change and the screen configuration information after change with reference to the frame management sheet. Only the screen configuration information that is the specified difference information is WWW
Requesting the corresponding content by designating the server, receiving the screen configuration information transmitted from the WWW server,
A method for creating an HTML file, wherein the screen configuration information is redisplayed in a window. 3. The procedure of the HTML file creation method according to claim 2 is converted into a WWW browser program, the converted WWW browser program is recorded on a medium, and the program recorded on the medium is directly loaded on the personal computer. Or a storage medium storing a program characterized by being downloaded from another personal computer.