JP2001142848A - Data processor, display information copying and processing method and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data processor, a display information copying method which can integrally copy and preserve the display information such as a document or a Web page displayed by an application program(AP) while including a non-display part regardless of the kind of the relevant AP or from of data used for this AP and a recording medium. SOLUTION: The non-display part, which is not displayed on a picture display part because of the physical limit of a picture display part 110, is successively moved and displayed on the picture display part 110 by using the moving display function of an AP 122, information displayed on the picture display part 110 is partially copied a number of times, and that partially copied information is successively added as copy data. The entire finally provided display information is integrally stored as copy information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus, a display information copying method, and a recording medium for performing a display information copying process for copying display information displayed by an application program capable of displaying character data and image data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, many application programs have been used for browsing and editing documents and the like on a computer. Examples of these application programs include, for example, an Internet browser. There are mainly three methods for copying and storing information displayed on a display screen of a display device of a computer by using these application programs.

The first method is a method of copying and storing information displayed on a display device as an image. For example, when copying information such as a displayed Web page as an image,
As a simple method, a so-called hard copy method of directly copying information displayed on a display device is adopted.

[0004] The second method is a method of faithfully storing displayed information in an original data format used by the application program, not an image.

[0005] A third method is a method in which information is printed out in the form of paper and stored using the printing function of each application program.

[0006]

These three methods have advantages and disadvantages, and each has advantages and disadvantages as described below.

[0007] (1) According to the first method, regardless of the original format of the displayed information, it can be generally used, and the created data is in a general image data format such as a bit map. There is no problem with data compatibility. Another advantage is that the appearance matches the storage result. In the past, this method had a major problem that it required a large storage capacity.However, with the spread of auxiliary storage devices such as image compression software and large-capacity optical disks, the size of the storage capacity has become a problem compared to before. Is gone.

However, since a hard copy can copy only the portion of the entire document or Web page to be displayed, which is actually displayed on the screen display device, a document that extends over a plurality of pages or a vertically long Web page can be copied. There is a problem that it cannot be normally used for copying and storage. If this method is used for copying and storing a vertically long Web page or a document spanning a plurality of pages, there is a problem that a plurality of hard copies and complicated image clipping and combining operations are required. Further, when the image clipping and synthesizing operations are not performed, there is a problem that the entire image displayed on the screen display device including unnecessary parts other than the originally required document part and Web page part is saved.

(2) According to the second method, the appearance of the information displayed on the display device naturally matches the storage result, and there is an advantage that the amount of information does not decrease at all.

However, according to this method, there is a problem that the application program or another application program having a compatible data format is required to check the stored information. When a browser is used as an application program, the character portion of the displayed information, such as HTML, is saved by the save function of the browser, and the image portion is individually named by giving a name to each image. There is a problem that it takes time to save itself such as saving.

(3) According to the third method, there is an advantage that there is no problem in compatibility of the data format and the handling is simple.

However, when the printing function of each application program is used, there is a case where printing cannot be faithfully performed even if it is displayed on the screen. That is, for example, when printing a web page displayed on a browser, if a moving image is included in a part of the screen, or if data in a special format such as so-called dynamic HTML is included, However, there is a problem that only a single point in time of a moving image can be printed, or a special format part cannot be printed at all because the application program does not support the special format.

Therefore, there has been a need to provide display information copying and storage means capable of copying only necessary display information regardless of the type of application program or the format of data used in the application program.

[0014] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and regardless of the type of application program and the format of data used by the application program, a document or Web displayed by the application program is required. It is an object of the present invention to provide a data processing device, a display information copying method, and a recording medium that can copy and store display information such as a page, including a non-display portion, integrally.

[0015]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data processing apparatus, comprising: an image program for displaying images and characters on a display means of a computer; In a data processing device for performing a display information copying process of copying display information, the display information is displayed on the display unit by the application program, of the display information currently displayed on the display unit. A display information partial copying means for partially copying a part, of the display information, a non-display part which is not currently displayed on the display means due to physical restrictions on a display screen of the display means, Moving display means for sequentially moving and displaying, moving display by the moving display means, and a part by the display information partial copying means And the copy information storage means for sequentially adding the partially-copied display information obtained by executing the copy to the partially-copied display information and storing the same as copy information, Copy information storage means for storing the copy information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the data processing apparatus of the first aspect, the display information partial copying means continuously performs partial copying of the display information at predetermined time intervals. And

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the data processing apparatus according to the first aspect, when a plurality of the application programs are running, each of the operating programs as the running application programs is detected. Operating program detection means for distinguishing
Displaying a list of the operating programs on the display means,
And a target program selecting means for selecting at least one of the operating programs as a target program of the display information copying process.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the data processing apparatus of the first aspect, the data processing apparatus further comprises a format conversion unit for converting a data format of the copy information stored by the copy information storage unit. .

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display information copying method for copying display information comprising images and characters displayed on said display means by an application program for displaying images and characters on a display means of a computer. Among the entire display information to be displayed on the display means by the application program,
A part of the display information that is currently displayed on the display device is partially copied, and the non-display of the display information that is not actually displayed on the display means due to physical restrictions on the display screen of the display means. The part is sequentially moved and displayed on the display means, and the partially copied display information obtained by executing the moving display and the partial copy is sequentially added to the already partially copied display information. , Is stored as copy information, and the stored copy information is stored.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the display information copying method of the fifth aspect, the partial copying of the display information is continuously performed at predetermined time intervals.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the display information copying method according to the fifth aspect, when a plurality of the application programs are running, each of the operating programs which are the running application programs is provided. Is detected and distinguished, a list of the operating programs is displayed on a screen display device, and at least one of the operating programs is selected as a target program of the display information copying process.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the display information copying method of the fifth aspect, the data format of the stored copy information is converted.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium which is executed by a computer and which copies display information consisting of an image and a character displayed on the display means by an application program for displaying the image and the character on the display means of the computer. In a recording medium on which a copy program is recorded, the display information copy program is a part of the display information that is currently displayed on the display unit, out of the entire display information to be displayed on the display unit by the application program. And a non-display portion of the display information, which is not currently displayed on the display means due to physical restrictions on the display screen of the display means, is sequentially moved and displayed on the display means. Moving display step, moving display in the moving display step, and the display information section. A copy information storage step of sequentially adding the partially copied display information obtained by performing the partial copy in the copy step to the display information partially copied so far, and storing the copy information as copy information; A copy information storing step of storing the copy information stored in the step.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the ninth aspect, in the display information partial copying procedure, the display information is partially copied continuously at predetermined time intervals. And

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium according to the ninth aspect, the display information copying program is the operating application program when a plurality of the application programs are operating. An operating program detecting step of detecting and distinguishing each of the programs, and displaying a list of the operating programs on a screen display device, and selecting at least one of the operating programs as a target program of the display information copying process And a target program selecting step.

In a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the storage medium of the ninth aspect, the display information copy program includes a format conversion step of converting a data format of the copy information copied in the copy information storage step. It is characterized by the following.

[0027]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a data processing device according to the present embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1, a data processing device includes a CPU 100 that controls the entire device by executing various programs described below, a main memory 102,
Screen memory 115, input unit (mouse) 130, input unit (keyboard) 140, auxiliary storage units 160 and 1
70 are connected to each other through a system bus 101. In FIG. 1, each device includes an interface portion.

The screen display unit 110 includes a screen memory 115.
Is connected to the system bus 101 via the. The screen memory 115 stores screen display data 116 which is data itself displayed on the screen.

In the main memory 102, a program memory 120 and a data memory 150 are dynamically secured except for an area for an operating system.

An operation system program 121 is resident in the program memory 120. When the stored data B171 in the auxiliary storage device B170 is read, the application program 122 and the display information copying program 123 secure an area in the program memory 120. I do.

The application program 122 is an application program capable of displaying images including characters and moving images on the screen display unit, and corresponds to, for example, an Internet browser.

The display information copying program 123 captures, copies, and stores display information displayed by the application program at the operation system level.
Also, the display on the screen display unit is moved by using the moving display function of the application program to copy and save the display information each time, and the function of detecting and storing the movement amount of the screen at that time and the stored display information are used. It is an independent program that has the function of synthesizing and storing. Note that the moving display function specifically refers to a scroll display function.

The data memory 150 stores copy data 151 partially copied according to a procedure described later of the display information copy program 123, a work 152 for format conversion used when executing format conversion processing, and the number of times the partial copy has been performed. An area for the copy number counter 153 to be stored is a memory secured after the application program and the display information copy program are started.

The copy data 151 is data obtained by copying the portion displayed in the information display portion of the application program 122, and sequentially displays the portion of the entire display information which was actually displayed in the application program at the time of the partial copy. This is data that has been copied and added to the end of the copied data.

The format conversion work 152 is a temporary storage area for executing a format conversion process of the copy data 151.

The copy number counter 153 stores the application program 122 displayed on the screen display device 110.
Is a counter that stores the number of times that the display information is partially copied according to a procedure described later.

The auxiliary storage unit 160 stores stored data 161
Exists. In the present embodiment, the auxiliary storage unit 160
Comprises, for example, a hard disk device.

The auxiliary storage unit 170 stores the application data 122 and the display information copy program 123 which are loaded into the program memory 120 on the main memory 102 at the time of execution.
There is one. In the present embodiment, the auxiliary storage unit 17
0 indicates, for example, a CD-ROM drive device and a CD-R
OM.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a functional configuration for realizing the display information copying process in the present embodiment, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are flowcharts showing the display information copying process procedure.

Hereinafter, the details of the display information copying process will be described with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 2, the display information copying process is as follows.
The display information copying program 123 stored in the program memory 120 is
Alternatively, the program is executed while transmitting / receiving a message to / from the operating system 121.

First, the application program 122
Is started (step S301), and then the display information copying program 123 is started (step S303).
The operating program detection processing unit 224 sends an operating application program (operating program) to the operation system 121 (hereinafter simply referred to as OS).
Is performed (step S303).

When a list of operating programs is returned from the OS 121 to the operating program detection processing unit 224,
The list data of the operating programs is delivered to the target program selection processing unit 225, and the target program selection processing unit 2
At 25, the screen display data 1 of the screen memory 115 shown in FIG.
16 is updated, and the list data of the operation programs and a selection button of the end processing are displayed on the screen display unit 110.

In this state, the user can specify whether or not to perform the format conversion process 226 shown in FIG. 2 and specify a conversion format. In this embodiment, when only one application program is running, a mode in which the running program detection processing unit 224 and the target program selection processing unit 225 are omitted is also possible. Further, in the present embodiment, when the format conversion is not performed, an embodiment in which the format conversion processing unit 226 is omitted is also possible.

In step S303, the screen display unit 11
The user selects a specific operating program or an end process from the list of operating programs and the selection button of the end process displayed at 0 (step S304). And
It is determined whether a button for the end processing has been selected (step S305). If it is determined that the end process has been selected, the process ends.

If the target program is selected in step S304, the copy number counter 153 of the data memory 150 is initialized and updated (step S304).
307). Next, the copy data 151 and the format conversion work 152 are initialized (steps S308 and S309).

Then, display information hook processing is executed for the application program selected in S304 (step S310).

The hook process is a process for intentionally branching to a designated process from a specific part of the original process procedure, and is instructed in advance instead of the original instruction at the timing when the original process is executed. Processing will be performed.
Here, the display information that should be immediately sent from the application program 122 to the operating system 121 is set in advance so as to be sent once via the display information copying program 123.

After the hook processing, the moving display instruction processing section 22
1, the moving display of the application program 122 to be copied is returned to the head position (step S31).
1) After the maximum value information of the moving display bar of the application program 122 is sent to the moving display instruction processing unit 221 (step S312), the information reading processing in the display information copying processing procedure performed after step S400 in FIG. Is started.

In the first routine, a first information reading process is performed, and it is first confirmed whether or not the moving display end flag is ON (step S401). The moving display end flag is, as described later, when the position of the moving display bar is at the maximum value of the moving display position, that is, when the moving display bar is fully moved to the lower end,
This flag is set to N.

If it is determined in step S401 that the moving display end flag is ON, the flow shifts to the format conversion processing in step S412 without further moving display and copying display information.

If it is determined in step S401 that the moving display end flag is not ON, the count number I of the copy number counter 153 is incremented by one (step S402). At the time of the first information reading process, the copy number counter 153 is counted up from 0 to 1 since the first partial copy is not executed.

Then, the count number I of the copy number counter 153 is confirmed (step S403). If I = 1, a redisplay message is sent from the continuous movement processing instruction unit 221 shown in FIG. (Step S403). As a result, the redisplay by the application program 122 is started, and the partial display information to be sent directly to the OS 121 is fetched by the display information partial copy processing unit 222 by the hook process in step S310 (step S406).

The partial display information captured in step S406 is sent from the display information partial copy processing section 222 to the copy information storage processing section 223, and the copy information storage processing section 223 converts the captured partial display information into copy data. 151 is added to the end (step S407).

Immediately thereafter, the display information partial copy processing unit 2
By means of 22, the same partial display information as that fetched in S406 is sent to the operating system 121 (step S408). Then, the moving display instruction processing unit 2
21, a message for confirming the position of the movement display bar is sent to the application program 122 (step S409).

When sent from the moving display bar application program 122 to the moving display instruction processing unit 221,
It is determined whether the position of the moving display bar of the application program 122 has reached the maximum value of the moving display position (step S410). If the position has reached the maximum value, the moving display end flag is turned ON (step S41).
1). Thus, the first reading process is completed, and the second reading process is started from step S401.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S410 that the position of the moving display bar has not reached the maximum value of the moving display position, the first reading process is immediately terminated, and the second reading process is started from step S401. Is done.

Also in the second and subsequent partial copying, first, in step S401, it is determined whether the moving display end flag is ON.

If it is determined in step S401 that the moving display end flag is not ON, the count I of the copy number counter 153 shown in FIG. 1 is counted up (step S402). In the second and subsequent reading processes, since I is larger than 2, step S
The determination in 403 is negative (NO), and step S405
The processing moves to.

In step S 405, a message of moving display for one screen is sent from the moving display instruction processing unit 221 to the application program 122. The application program 122 starts moving and displaying, and the processes from step S406 to step S411 are executed in the same manner as in the first reading process.

If it is determined in step S401 that the moving display end flag is ON, further moving display and partial copying of display information are not performed, and step S41 is performed.
The processing shifts to the format conversion processing of No. 2.

In the format conversion process of step S412, no format conversion is performed if format conversion is not specified in advance. If format conversion is not performed, a bitmap format is used as the data format of the copy data.

If format conversion has been specified in advance, the copy data 151 shown in FIG. 1 is read out and converted into a format specified in advance on the format conversion work 152. Immediately thereafter, the contents of the format conversion work 152 are overwritten on the copy data 151.

Next, the copy data 151 on the data memory 151 is stored in the auxiliary
(Step S413). At this time, the copy data 151 can be output to the printing device.

When the storage and / or printing is completed, this procedure is completed.

FIGS. 5 and 6 are views showing an example of the display screen of the Internet browser in this embodiment.

FIG. 5 shows that the moving display bar is at the head position on the screen at the start of copying. In FIG. 6, the display moving process is performed from the state displayed as in FIG.
This shows a state where the movement display bar is at the lower end position. That is, in the examples shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the copying of the display information is completed by two partial readings.

Although the present embodiment has been described on the assumption that the application program is an Internet browser capable of displaying a mixture of images and characters, the present invention is not limited to this, and other software capable of displaying images and characters may be used.
For example, word processing software or presentation creation software can be similarly applied.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the non-displayed portion which is not actually displayed on the screen display unit due to the physical restriction of the screen display unit 110 can be moved by the moving display function of the application program 122. By sequentially moving and displaying the information on the screen display unit 110, partially copying the information displayed on the screen display unit 110 a plurality of times, and sequentially adding the partially copied information as copy data, the information obtained finally is obtained. The entire display information is stored as copy information as one unit, so even if the display information cannot be displayed all at once by the application program due to physical restrictions on the screen display unit, the display information is copied as a single operation. can do. This eliminates the need for complicated work such as cutting out and pasting only necessary portions after executing the hard copy a plurality of times. That is, regardless of the type of application program and the format of data used in the application program, display information such as a document or a Web page displayed by the application program is integrally copied and stored including a non-display portion. Can be.

The present invention may be applied to a system including a plurality of devices, or may be applied to an apparatus including a single device. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or an apparatus. In this case, the system or the apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention by reading out the storage medium storing the display information copying program and the application program represented by the software for achieving the present invention into the system or the apparatus. Becomes

Further, in the present embodiment, a hard disk is used for the auxiliary storage unit 160 and a CD-ROM drive is used for the auxiliary storage unit 170 in the present embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a floppy disk, an optical disk,
A magneto-optical disk, a CD-R, a DVD, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, or the like can be used.

[0074]

As described above, according to the data processing apparatus of claim 1 or the display information copying method of claim 5,
Of the entire display information to be displayed on the display means by the application program, a part of the display information currently displayed on the display device is partially copied, and the display screen of the display means is included in the display information. The non-display portion that is not actually displayed on the display means due to physical restrictions is sequentially moved and displayed on the display means, and the partial copy obtained by executing the move display and the partial copy is performed. The display information is sequentially added to the display information which has already been partially copied, and is stored as copy information. By storing the stored copy information, the application program can be displayed at one time due to physical restrictions of the display device. Even if the display information cannot be displayed, the display information can be copied as a single operation by one operation. Regardless of the type of program and the format of data used in the application program, it is possible to copy and save the display information such as a document or a Web page displayed by the application program, including the non-display part, as a unit. The effect is obtained.

The data processing device according to claim 2 or claim 6
According to the display information copying method of (1), partial copying of the display information is performed continuously at predetermined time intervals. Therefore, even when a moving image is displayed, the effect that the change of the moving image can be continuously copied is obtained. can get.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the case where a plurality of the application programs are running, each of the operating programs which are the running application programs is used. Is detected and distinguished, a list of the operating programs is displayed on a screen display device, and at least one of the operating programs is selected as a target program of the display information copying process. Even in the state, the effect is obtained that any application program can be selected and the display information can be copied collectively.

According to the data processing apparatus of claim 4 or the display information copying method of claim 8, the data format of the stored copy information is converted. The effect that the storage capacity of the auxiliary storage device can be saved can be obtained.

According to the recording medium of the ninth aspect, the display information composed of the image and the character displayed on the display means is copied by the application program which is executed by the computer and displays the image and the character on the display means of the computer. In a recording medium on which a display information copying program is recorded, the display information copying program is, of the entire display information to be displayed on the display means by the application program, of the display information currently displayed on the display means. A display information partial copying step of copying a part, and a non-display portion of the display information, which is not currently displayed on the display device due to physical restrictions on a display screen of the display device, is sequentially displayed on the display device. A moving display step of moving and displaying, a moving display and the display in the moving display step A copy information storage step of sequentially adding the partially copied display information obtained by executing the partial copy in the information partial copy step to the display information partially copied so far, and storing the information as copy information; And a copy information storage step of storing the copy information stored in the information storage step, so that the display information copy program recorded on the recording medium is read and executed by a computer of the data processing device. The same effects as those of the data processing device according to claim 1 can be obtained.

According to the recording medium of the tenth aspect, in the display information partial copying procedure, the display information is partially copied continuously at predetermined time intervals. By causing the computer of the data processing apparatus to read and execute the copy program, the same effect as that of the data processing apparatus according to claim 2 can be obtained.

According to the recording medium of the present invention, when a plurality of the application programs are running, the display information copying program detects and distinguishes each of the operating programs which are the running application programs. Operating program detection step, and a target program selecting step of displaying a list of the operating programs on a screen display device and selecting at least one of the operating programs as a target program of the display information copying process. Therefore, by causing the computer of the data processing apparatus to read and execute the display information copying program recorded on the recording medium, the same effect as that of the data processing apparatus according to claim 3 can be obtained.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, the display information copying program includes a format conversion step of converting a data format of the copy information copied in the copy information storage step. By causing the computer of the data processing device to read and execute the display information copying program recorded in the data processing device, the same effects as those of the data processing device according to claim 4 can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a data processing device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for describing a functional configuration for realizing a display information copying process according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a display information copying process procedure.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a display information copying process procedure.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of an Internet browser according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of an Internet browser according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 CPU 101 system bus 102 main memory 110 screen display unit 115 image memory 116 screen display data 120 program memory 121 operation system 122 application program 123 display information copying program 130 input unit 140 input unit 150 data memory 151 copy data 152 format conversion Work 153 Copy number counter 160 Auxiliary storage unit 161 Saved data 170 Auxiliary storage unit 171 Saved data

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Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A data processing apparatus for performing a display information copying process of copying display information composed of images and characters displayed on said display means by an application program for displaying images and characters on a display means of a computer, wherein said application program Display information partial copying means for partially copying a part of the display information currently displayed on the display means, of the entire display information to be displayed on the display means, Moving display means for sequentially moving and displaying, on the display means, a non-display part which is not actually displayed on the display means due to physical restrictions on the display screen of the means; moving display by the moving display means and the display information part The display information obtained by executing the partial copying by the copying means. Copy information storage means for sequentially adding to the partially copied display information and storing the copy information as copy information; and copy information storage means for saving the copy information stored by the copy information storage means. Data processing device. 2. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display information partial copying means continuously performs partial copying of said display information at predetermined time intervals. 3. An operating program detecting means for detecting and distinguishing each of the operating programs which are operating application programs when a plurality of the application programs are operating, and displaying the list of operating programs. Display on the means,
2. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: target program selecting means for selecting at least one of the operating programs as a target program of the display information copying process. 4. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising format conversion means for converting a data format of the copy information stored by said copy information storage means. 5. A display information copy processing method for copying display information consisting of images and characters displayed on said display means by an application program for displaying images and characters on display means of a computer, wherein said display means is executed by said application program. Of the entire display information to be displayed, a part of the display information that is currently displayed on the display device is partially copied. A non-display portion that is not displayed on the display means is sequentially moved and displayed on the display means, and the partially copied display information obtained by executing the moving display and the partial copy is obtained by then. It sequentially adds to the already partially copied display information, stores it as copy information, and saves the stored copy information. Display information copying wherein the. 6. The display information copying method according to claim 5, wherein the partial copying of the display information is performed continuously at predetermined time intervals. 7. When a plurality of application programs are running, each of the running application programs is detected and distinguished, and a list of the running programs is displayed on a screen display device. ,
6. The display information copying method according to claim 5, wherein at least one of the operating programs is selected as a target program of the display information copying process. 8. The display information copying method according to claim 5, wherein a data format of the stored copy information is converted. 9. A recording program which is executed by a computer and records a display information copying program for copying display information consisting of images and characters displayed on said display means by an application program for displaying images and characters on display means of said computer. In the medium, the display information copying program is a display information portion that copies a part of the display information that is currently displayed on the display unit, out of the entire display information to be displayed on the display unit by the application program. A copying step, of the display information, a moving display step of sequentially moving and displaying a non-display portion that is not currently displayed on the display means due to physical restrictions on a display screen of the display means on the display means; The moving display in the moving display step and the display information partial copying step And a copy information storage step of sequentially adding the partially copied display information obtained by performing the copying and the display information partially copied so far, and storing the information as copy information. A copy information storing step of storing the copied information. 10. The recording medium according to claim 9, wherein, in said display information partial copying procedure, said display information is partially copied continuously at predetermined time intervals. 11. The display information copying program, wherein, when a plurality of the application programs are running, an operation program detecting step of detecting and distinguishing each of the operation programs that are the running application programs; Display a list of running programs on the screen display device,
10. The storage medium according to claim 9, further comprising: a target program selecting step of selecting at least one of the operating programs as a target program of the display information copying process. 12. The storage medium according to claim 9, wherein said display information copying program includes a format conversion step of converting a data format of the copy information copied in said copy information storage step.