JP2002175138A - Information processor and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make easily and quickly confirmable and settable attribute information for designating an operation environment of the respective functions on a property sheet in a GUI environment. SOLUTION: A constitutive condition ('a page displayed by three times or more among the past five-time displays' in the main, and 'a page displayed by one time or more among the past ten-time displays' on a detailed level 1) of a property page inputted by a user is displayed on a condition setting window W1. A property page having an index of 'multiple column printing' (a page number P5) and 'font setting' (a page number P6) is displayed on a main property sheet W2 by a selecting frequency of a property page recorded on a property page selecting history control table T3a. A property page having a page number of P1 to P4 is additionally displayed on a property sheet W3 of the detailed level 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a recording medium capable of confirming and setting attribute information for specifying an operation environment of each function on a property sheet under a GUI environment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a program operating on an information processing device such as a personal computer or a portable information terminal can change settings of various operating environments to specifications suitable for a user. Are displayed on the display screen, and the setting of the various operating environments is changed via the display screen. In particular, the use of a display / input area called a property sheet (or a plurality of property pages displayed on the sheet) based on a GUI (Graphical User Interface) environment has become widespread.

[0003] Properties are attribute information for specifying the operating environment of various functions (programs) such as printing and communication.
The information processing device refers to when executing the above various functions,
It operates based on the contents referred to. This property can be changed at any time by the user, and a property sheet (or property page) is widely used as an interface for changing the setting.

[0004] The property page is an interactive screen (window) displayed when the user sets / confirms the above-mentioned property, and the property sheet displays a plurality of predetermined indices at a time and displays an index designated by the user. Is an interactive screen (window) for displaying a property page corresponding to. Properties that can be set / confirmed on each property page are determined in advance, and the user displays a necessary property page each time to set / confirm a desired property. Each property page has an index that specifies the content of the property, and the user selects a desired property page using the index.

[0005] Further, the property sheet or property page is accompanied by a detailed property sheet or a detailed property page which is generally used less frequently and has a hierarchical structure based on the property pages. ing.

FIG. 11 shows a display example of a conventional property sheet and property page. On the conventional property sheet shown in FIG. 11, three indexes, that is, “paper setting”, “ink setting”, and “paper discharge setting” are displayed, respectively. Among them, the contents of the property page corresponding to the index of “paper setting”, that is, the setting contents of “paper type” and “paper size” are displayed on this property sheet, and “paper type” is For "plain paper", "paper size" is "A"
It can be seen that they are set to 4 "respectively.

When the "details" button indicated by reference numeral A in the figure on the conventional property sheet is clicked on the screen with a mouse pointer or the like, the detailed property sheet is displayed so as to overlap the front of the property sheet. The detailed property sheet displays three indexes, that is, “printing method”, “column printing”, and “font setting”. Among them, the content of the property page corresponding to the index of “printing method”, that is, the setting content of “paper orientation” and “print margin” are displayed on this detailed property sheet,
From the displayed contents, it can be seen that “paper orientation” is set to “vertical” and “print margin” is set to “10 mm”.

[0008]

However, the index of the property page displayed on the property sheet is fixed in advance, and the change of the hierarchical structure by the property page is not allowed. Therefore, for a user who frequently uses the detailed property sheet or the detailed property page, when setting / checking the property, an operation for displaying the detailed property sheet or the detailed property page desired by the user is further performed. It had to be done, it was tedious and time-consuming.

In addition, when a user who uses only a specific property page displays an index of a property page which is not used on the same property sheet, the index of the specific property page is changed to a plurality of displayed indexes. I had to search for it each time, which was bothersome.

It is an object of the present invention to enable easy and quick confirmation and setting of attribute information for designating an operation environment of each function on a property sheet under a GUI environment.

[0011]

The present invention has the following features in order to solve such a problem. In the following description of the means and the like, a configuration corresponding to the embodiment is shown by parentheses as an example. Reference numerals and the like are reference numerals and the like in the drawings described later.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided attribute information storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of attribute information for respectively specifying operating environments for various functions (for example, the recording medium 1 shown in FIG. 1).
8) and displaying an attribute information display screen having an index display area for displaying a plurality of indices attached to each of the attribute information and specifying the content thereof, and an attribute information display area for displaying the content of the attribute information. Attribute information display means (for example, the display device 15 shown in FIG. 1), and a plurality of pieces of attribute information associated with each of the plurality of indexes displayed in the index display area. Attribute information selecting means (for example, CPU 11 shown in FIG. 1) for selecting attribute information, and selection history recording means (for example, a recording medium shown in FIG. 1) for recording a selection history of the attribute information selected by the attribute information selecting means. 18)
Extraction condition setting means for arbitrarily setting attribute information extraction conditions for extracting the attribute information based on the selection history recorded in the selection history recording means (for example, the CPU shown in FIG. 1)
And 11) extracting a plurality of pieces of attribute information based on the selection history information recorded by the selection history recording unit and the attribute information extraction condition set by the extraction condition setting unit. A plurality of indices attached to each set of attribute information are displayed in the index display area.

According to the information processing apparatus of the present invention, the attribute information storage means stores a plurality of attribute information for designating an operation environment for each function, and the attribute information display means stores the attribute information. An attribute information display screen having an index display area for displaying a plurality of indices attached to the information and specifying the content thereof, and an attribute information display area for displaying the content of the attribute information; Selecting, from among a plurality of pieces of attribute information associated with each of the plurality of indexes displayed in the index display area, the attribute information to be displayed in the attribute information display area;
The selection history recording unit records a selection history of the attribute information selected by the attribute information selection unit, and the extraction condition setting unit extracts the attribute information based on the selection history recorded in the selection history recording unit. Attribute information extraction conditions for the selection history information recorded by the selection history recording means, and a plurality of attribute information based on the attribute information extraction conditions set by the extraction condition setting means The extracted index information is displayed in the index display area with a plurality of indexes attached to the extracted attribute information.

Therefore, when the contents of the attribute information are displayed on the attribute information display means in accordance with the user's instruction in order to confirm the various attribute information set in the information processing apparatus, the condition set by the extraction condition setting means is set. Since it is possible to preferentially display the content of the attribute information suitable for the user, a user-friendly information processing apparatus that can easily and quickly confirm the content of the attribute information desired by the user is realized.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an information processing apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. First, the configuration will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic internal configuration of an information processing apparatus 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing apparatus 10 includes a CPU 1
1, an input device 12, a RAM 13, a communication control device 14, a display device 15, a printing device 16, a storage device 17, and a recording medium 18. Each part except the recording medium 18 is connected by a bus 19.

CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11
Reads out various application programs recorded on the recording medium 18 in the storage device 17 and
In the program storage area (not shown), and executes various processes based on these programs.
It is temporarily stored in a work area (not shown) in the AM 13 and displayed on the display device 15. The CPU 11 further performs, based on an instruction signal input from the input device 12,
The processing result is stored in the specified storage destination in the storage device 17.

The CPU 11 stores the property setting contents set by the user in a property page management content recording area (not shown) formed on a recording medium 18 described later.
Record within. For example, when the user selects “plain paper” for the “paper type” of the property setting item for the property whose index is “paper setting”, the CPU 11 sets the property corresponding to the setting item of “paper type”. A record indicating “plain paper” is recorded in the page management content recording area (see FIG. 6).

In the property page management content recording area, a property page management table T1 shown in FIG.
Is recorded, the details of which will be described later.

The CPU 11 displays on the display screen of the display device 15 a plurality of indices representing the contents of each property and the property setting contents corresponding to one of the plurality of indices in association with each other. For example, the index "print column" and the property setting corresponding to the index are displayed on the display screen of the display device 15 in association with each other, and another index such as "font setting" is displayed (FIG. 5). reference).

When any one of a plurality of indexes displayed on the display screen of the display device 15 is selected by the user, the CPU 11 stores the property setting contents corresponding to the selected index on the recording medium. The content is read from the property page management content recording area 18 and the read property setting content is associated with the index and displayed on the display screen of the display device 15.

The CPU 11 stores a selection history of the index selected by the user in a property page selection history recording area (not shown) formed on the recording medium 18 described later.
(See FIG. 8). Whether the index is selected or not is determined based on whether the property page is an index continuously displayed on the property sheet for a predetermined time,
Alternatively, the determination is made based on whether or not the index has been set and input on the property page. That is, C
The PU 11 determines that the index is a selected one of the index of the property page continuously displayed on the property sheet for a predetermined time or more or the index for which the setting input is performed on the property page. It is determined that any of the index of the property page whose display time is less than the predetermined time or the index of which the setting input is not performed on the property page is not selected.

The content of the property page selection history management table T3 shown in FIG. 8 is recorded in the property page selection history recording area, which will be described later in detail.

The CPU 11 records an extraction condition for extracting an index to be displayed on the display screen of the display device 15 in a property page configuration change condition recording area (not shown) formed on the recording medium 18 to be described later (FIG. 9).
The extraction conditions are changed at any time by the user. When there is a change in the set contents, the CPU 11
The recording contents of the property page configuration change condition recording area are updated according to the changed extraction conditions.

The property page configuration change condition T shown in FIG. 9 is stored in the property page configuration change condition recording area.
4, the details of which will be described later.

In response to the instruction signal supplied from the input device 12, the CPU 11 determines the index of another property page which is dependent on the index of the predetermined property page being displayed on the display screen of the display device 15 on the same screen. Is displayed further.

The input device 12 includes a keyboard having cursor keys, numeric input keys, various function keys, and the like, or a pointing device such as a mouse, a tablet, and a touch panel. A signal for pressing a key pressed on the keyboard is output to the CPU 11, and an operation signal for a mouse is output to the CPU 11.

The RAM (Random Access Memory) 13
It has a program storage area for expanding various programs executed by the CPU 11, and a work area for temporarily storing input instructions, input data, processing results, and the like.

The communication control device 14 has a modem (MODE)
M: Modulator / DEModulator) or a terminal adapter (TA), public communication line such as telephone line, ISDN line, or LAN
(Local Area Network) and the like to control communication with external devices via a dedicated line.

The communication control device 14 may include an antenna, a modulation / demodulation circuit, an encoding / decoding circuit, and the like.

The display device 15 is a CRT (Cathode Ray Tu).
be) or liquid crystal display (LCD)
Display), and displays the input contents of the input device, the recorded contents of the recording medium 18 and the like on the display screen in accordance with various display information input from the CPU 11. Here, the recorded content of the recording medium 18 displayed on the display screen of the display device 15 is, for example, the content of various management tables shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, and in particular, the index of the property and the setting content of the property And so on.

The printing device 16 prints data created by various application programs and the like, and the contents of various management tables and the like shown in FIGS.

The storage device 17 has a recording medium 18 in which programs and data are recorded in advance. Here, the recording medium 18 is formed of a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, or a semiconductor memory, and is fixedly provided in the storage device 17 or is detachably attached to the storage device 17. In the recording medium 18,
A main control program executed by the CPU 11, various application programs, and various management tables attached to various programs related to confirmation / setting of properties described later are recorded (see FIGS. 6 to 9).

The recording medium 18 includes a property page management content recording area for recording the content of a property page management table T1 described later, and a property sheet management table T.
2, a property page management content recording area for recording the content of the property page selection history management table T3, and a property page configuration change condition for recording the content of the property page configuration change condition T4. Various recording areas such as a recording area are formed (all are not shown).

The program, data, and the like to be recorded on the recording medium 18 may be received and recorded from another device connected via a communication line or the like. The recording medium 18 may be provided on another connected device side, and the program, data, and the like recorded on the recording medium 18 may be used via a communication line.

FIGS. 6 to 9 show various management tables and the like recorded on the recording medium 18. FIG. The management table and the like recorded on the recording medium 18 are composed of a property page management table T1, a property sheet management table T2, a property page selection history management table T3, and a property page configuration change condition T4.

FIG. 6 shows a property page management table T.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of FIG. The property page management table T1 shown in FIG. 6 includes property page numbers, index information, property setting items, and property setting contents, and is recorded in a property page management content recording area formed on the recording medium 18. You.

The property page number item records the page number of each property page, and the index information item records the index of each property page. This index specifies the content of the property set on the page. In the property setting item, an item name set for each property page is recorded, and in the property setting content item, the content of the property setting item specified by the user is recorded. The content recorded in the property setting content item is updated each time the property setting is changed.

According to FIG. 6, the property page with the page number P1 has the index "paper setting", and it can be seen that this is a property page for paper setting. This property page has property setting items of “paper type” and “paper size”, and the setting content of the property setting item “paper type” is “plain paper”. size of paper"
Is "A4".

The property page with the page number P2 has an index of “ink setting”, which indicates that it is a property page for ink setting. This property page has the property setting items “ink type” and “density”, and the setting content of the property setting item “ink type” is “color”, and the property setting item “density” Is "1200 DPI".

Similarly, if the property page numbers are P4 and P
The index of each of the 16 property pages is “print method” and “communication method”. The property setting items of the page number P4 are "paper orientation" and "print margin", and the property setting items of the page number P16 are "porate" and "connection destination". Further, the setting contents of the property setting items “paper orientation”, “print margin”, “portrait”, and “connection destination” are “vertical”, “15 mm”, “2400 BPS”,
And “03-000-0000”.

FIG. 7 shows a property sheet management table T.
2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of FIG. The property sheet management table T2 shown in FIG. 7 includes a main property sheet number, a main display property page number, a detail level 1 property sheet number, a detail level 1 display property page number, a detail level 2 property sheet number, and a detail level 2 display property page. Each item of the number is updated when the property page selection history management table T3 and the property page configuration change condition T4 described below are updated (see FIGS. 8 and 9). In addition, the property sheet management table T
2 is recorded in a property sheet management content recording area formed on the recording medium 18.

The items of the main property sheet number include:
The sheet number of the main property sheet is recorded, and in the item of the main display property page number, the page number of the main display property page displayed in the main property sheet is recorded. In the item of the detail level 1 property sheet number, the sheet numbers of a plurality of detail level 1 property sheets formed below each of the main property pages are recorded, and the item of the detail level 1 display property page number is recorded. The page number of the detail level 1 display property page displayed on the detail level 1 property sheet is recorded for each detail level 1 property sheet.

Further, in the item of the detail level 2 property sheet number, the sheet numbers of a plurality of detail level 2 property sheets formed below each of the detail level 1 property pages are recorded, and the detail level 2 is displayed. The property page number item has its detail level 2
The page number of the detail level 2 display property page displayed on the property sheet is recorded for each detail level 2 property sheet.

As shown in FIG. 7, the main property sheet S1 has main display property page numbers P1, P
2 and P3 are displayed. Further, the property sheet S2 is a detail level 1 property sheet formed below the main property page P1, and displays each detail level 1 display property page whose detail level 1 display property page number is P4, P5, and P6. I do.

According to FIG. 7, the main display property page P2 displayed on the main property sheet S1,
It can be seen that none of P3 has a detail level 1 property sheet formed below it.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the property page selection history management table T3. The property page selection history management table T3 shown in FIG. 8 includes a main property sheet number, the number of property sheet display operations,
It consists of each item of selection property page information,
The page number of the property page selected by the user is recorded for each main property sheet, and every time a property sheet display operation is performed, an item of the number of property sheet display operations performed is automatically added each time. Lever property page selection history management table T
3 is updated. Further, the contents of the property page selection history management table T3 are recorded in a property page selection history recording area formed on the recording medium 18.

The items of the main property sheet number include:
The sheet number of the main property sheet is recorded, and the number of times the display operation of the main property sheet is performed is recorded in the property sheet display operation count item. Further, in the item of the selected property page information, the page number of the property page selected in the property sheet display operation count recorded in the property sheet display operation count item is recorded.

As shown in FIG. 8, at the time of the first display operation of the main property sheet S1, the property page numbers P1, P2, P5, and P6 are determined from the contents recorded in the item of the selected property page information. You can see that the property page has been selected. Also, at the time of the second display operation of the main property sheet S1, it can be seen from the content recorded in the item of the selected property page information that the property pages with the property page numbers P1, P3, and P5 have been selected. .

FIG. 9 shows a property page configuration change condition T.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of FIG. The property page configuration change condition T4 shown in FIG. 9 includes items of a main property sheet number, a display level, a condition, and a condition valid flag. Property page configuration change condition T4
Is recorded in the property page configuration change condition recording area formed in the recording medium 18.

In the item of the main property sheet number, the sheet number of the property sheet is recorded, and in the item of the display level, the display level at which the property page is displayed is recorded. Further, a display condition for displaying the property page for each display level is recorded in the condition item, and a condition valid flag item indicates whether the condition recorded in this condition item is valid. Is recorded, and the item of the condition and the item of the condition valid flag are changed as needed by the user (see FIG. 4).

As shown in FIG. 9, in the main property sheet S1, the condition for the property page to be displayed as the main display property page is "select three or more out of the last five times" and the detail level 1 display property The conditions for displaying as a page are "select one or more of the last 10 times" and the like.
It can be seen that an extraction condition for extracting an index whose number of selections exceeds a predetermined number during a predetermined period is recorded.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a property setting process in the information processing apparatus 10.

First, when a predetermined main property sheet is selected by the user (step S201), the CP
U11 updates the content of the property page selection history management table T3 recorded in the property page selection history recording area of the recording medium 18 (step S202). That is, in the property page selection history management table T3, the item of the property sheet display operation number of the selected main property sheet is added. For example, in the property page selection history management table T3 shown in FIG. 8, the number of times of the property sheet display operation of the main property sheet S1 is up to two times.
If the main property sheet selected in 201 is S1, the number of display operations for this sheet is three, so one item of the number of property sheet display operations for S1 is added, and Recording of the selected property page information is performed.

Next, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S201.
Is displayed on the display screen of the display device 15, and the main display in the main property sheet is referred to by referring to the property sheet management table T2 recorded in the property sheet management content recording area of the recording medium 18. The index of the property page recorded in the item of the property page number is displayed on the main property sheet in the order recorded in the item (step S203), and the properties of the first displayed main property sheet are further displayed. A page is displayed (step S204). For example, step S
If the main property sheet selected in 201 is S1, the CPU 11 displays the sheet S1 on the display screen of the display device 15 and displays the property recorded in the item of the main display property page number shown in FIG. The indexes of the pages P1, P2, and P3 are displayed on the main property sheet S1 in this order, and the property page P1 is further displayed.

Next, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S201.
After the display of the main property sheet selected in step 5, measurement of the display time of the main property sheet is started (step S205), and the "details" button (reference numeral B shown in FIG. 5) provided on the main property sheet is pressed. It is determined whether or not the mouse has been clicked (step S2).
06). When the “details” button is clicked (step S206; Yes), the CPU 11 refers to the property sheet management table T2 and records the detail level 1 recorded in the detail level 1 property sheet number item on the main property page. After selecting the property sheet (step S216), the process proceeds to step S203.

In step S206, the "details"
If the button has not been clicked (step S20)
6; No), the CPU 11 sets an “OK” button (reference C shown in FIG. 5) provided on the main property sheet.
It is determined whether or not has been clicked by the mouse (step S207). When the “OK” button is clicked (Step S207; Yes), the CPU 11
The process moves to step S217 to be described later.

In step S207, the above "OK"
If the button has not been clicked (step S20)
7; No), the CPU 11 determines whether or not the “cancel” button (reference D shown in FIG. 5) provided on the main property sheet has been clicked by the mouse (step S208). When this “cancel” button is clicked (step S208; Yes), C
The PU 11 proceeds to step S220 described below.

If the "cancel" button is not clicked in step S208 (step S208).
208; No), the CPU 11 determines whether or not a property setting input has been made on the currently displayed property page (step S209). If there is a property setting input (Step S209; Yes), the property input data is temporarily recorded in a predetermined recording area (not shown) of the RAM 13 (Step S215).
Move to step S206.

If there is no property setting input in step S209 (step S209; No),
The CPU 11 determines whether or not another index among the indexes displayed on the main property sheet is clicked with the mouse (step S21).
0), if no other index is clicked (Step S210; No), Step S21 described later
Move to 3.

When another index is clicked in step S210 (step S210; Ye
s), the CPU 11 displays the property page corresponding to the clicked index on the main property sheet (step S211), and starts measuring the display time of the newly displayed property page (step S212). ).

Next, the CPU 11 determines whether the display time of the currently displayed property page has exceeded a predetermined time (step S213). If the display time has not exceeded the predetermined time (step S213; No), Step S
Move to 206.

In step S213, if the display time of the currently displayed property page exceeds a predetermined time (step S213; Yes), the CPU 11 stores the page number of the displayed property page in the property page selection history management table T3. After recording in the item of the selected property page information corresponding to the main property sheet (step S214), the process proceeds to step S206.

Returning to step S207, the description will be continued. When the “OK” button is clicked in step S207 (step S207; Yes), the CPU 11
It is determined whether there is property input data temporarily recorded in step S215 (step S21).
7) If there is no temporarily set property input data (step S217; No), step S will be described later.
Move to 220.

In step S217, if there is temporarily recorded property setting input data (step S21)
7; Yes), the CPU 11 updates the data of each property setting content of the property page management table T1 recorded in the property page management content recording area of the recording medium 18 based on the property setting input data (step S218). ), The page number of each property page is recorded in the selected property page information of the property page selection history management table T3 (step S219).

Next, the CPU 11 closes the active property sheet (step S220), and determines whether there is any other property sheet that has not been closed (step S221). If there is another property sheet that has not been closed yet (step S221), the CPU 1
In step S206, the process proceeds to step S206.

In step S221, if there is no other property sheet that has not been closed yet (step S22)
1; No), the CPU 11 writes the configuration of the property page in each of the displayed property sheets to the recording medium 18.
Of the property page configuration change condition T4 recorded in the property page configuration change condition recording area (see FIG. 3) (step S222), and the above-described series of property settings The process ends.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the property page configuration change processing in step S222 shown in FIG.

For the main property sheet being displayed, the CPU 11 determines whether the content recorded in the condition item of the property page configuration change condition T4 is valid or invalid by referring to the content recorded in the condition valid flag item. It is determined (step S31), and if the content recorded in the item of the condition is invalid (step S31; No), the property page configuration change process ends.

In step S31, if the content recorded in the condition item of the property page configuration change condition T4 is valid (step S31; Yes), the CPU 11
Selects a predetermined display level from "main", "detail level 1", and "detail level 2" recorded in the display level item of the property page configuration change condition T4 (step S32). The content recorded in the item of the condition corresponding to the selected display level (that is, the condition for changing the property page configuration) is read (step S).
33). For example, in the property page configuration change condition T4 shown in FIG. 9, the property page configuration change condition recorded in the item of the condition that the display level for the main property sheet S1 is “main” is “3 out of the last five times.
If the display level is "detail level 1", it means "select one or more of the last ten times", and it can be seen that all of the conditions are "valid".

Next, the CPU 11 refers to the property page selection history management table T3 and, based on the content recorded in the item of the selected property page information for the relevant main property sheet, determines the property page configuration change condition read in step S33. A suitable property page is extracted (step S34).

Then, the CPU 11 refers to the property sheet management table T2 and, among the page numbers of the extracted property pages, the page numbers not yet recorded in the item of the property page number corresponding to the display level selected in step S32. Is recorded in this property page number item (step S35), and the same page number previously recorded in the property sheet management table T2 is deleted.

Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not there is another display level for the corresponding main property sheet (step S36). That is, in the display levels “main”, “detail level 1”, and “detail level 2” recorded in the display level item of the property page configuration change condition T4, the property page configuration change processing is still being performed. It is determined whether there is a display level that is not present.

In step S36, if the property page configuration change processing has been performed at all the display levels (step S36; No), the CPU 11 ends this series of processing, and the property page configuration change processing is still in progress. When there is a display level that has not been performed (step S36; Yes), the process proceeds to step S32, and the property page configuration change processing is performed from the display levels recorded in the display level item of the property page configuration change condition T4. A display level that has not been performed is extracted, and the same change processing is performed on the extracted display level.

Next, the property page configuration change processing and the display operation of the property sheet will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a condition setting process in the information processing apparatus 10, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is an operation transition diagram illustrating a property sheet display operation in the information processing apparatus 10.

First, when the main property sheet for setting conditions is selected by the user (step S4).
1) The CPU 11 displays a condition setting window W1 (see FIG. 5) for the selected main property sheet on the display screen of the display device 15. Further, in the condition setting window W1, a selection input of which display level of the main property sheet is to be set (step S42) and a setting input of a condition corresponding to the display level (step S43) are performed by the user. The CPU 11 temporarily records the setting input data in a predetermined recording area of the RAM 13 (see steps S209 and S215 shown in FIG. 2).

For example, the condition setting window W shown in FIG.
In No. 1, the display condition of the property page in the property sheet having the display level “Main” is “Page displayed three or more times in the past five displays”, and the display level is “Detail level 1”. The display condition of the property page in the property sheet is “a page that has been displayed one or more times in the last ten displays”.

Next, the CPU 11 determines whether or not there is another display level for which the condition has not been set (step S44), and if there is a display level for which the condition has not been set (step S44; Yes). ), Step S4
Move to 2. For example, in the condition setting window W1 shown in FIG. 5, the condition settings in the property sheets with the display levels of “main” and “detail level 1” have been completed, but the conditions in the property sheet with the display level of “detail level 2” have been completed. It is found that the setting has not been completed yet, and the condition setting process has not been completed yet (step S4).
4; Yes).

In step S44, when the conditions are set at all display levels (step S44; N
o) After the user inputs a selection as to whether the condition setting is valid or invalid (step S45),
The CPU 11 ends the above-described series of condition setting processing.

For example, based on the recorded contents of the property page selection history management table T3a shown in FIG. 5 and the conditions displayed on the condition setting window W1, the configuration of the property sheet by the property sheet configuration changing process shown in FIG. Is performed, a property page that satisfies the condition of “a page displayed three or more times in the last five displays” is displayed on the main property sheet W1 having a display level of “main”. That is, based on the recorded contents of the property page selection history management table T3a, a property page that satisfies this condition is a property page whose index is “column printing” (page number P5) and “font setting” (page number P6). And both are displayed on the main property sheet W2.

Further, on the detail level 1 property sheet W3 whose display level is "detail level 1", a property page which satisfies the condition "the page displayed one or more times in the past 10 displays" is displayed. . That is, based on the recorded contents of the property page selection history management table T3a, the index of the property page that satisfies this condition is “paper setting” (page number P1), “ink setting” (page number P2), and “paper discharge setting”. "(Page number P3) and" print method "(page number P4), all of which are displayed on the detail level 1 property sheet W3.

As described above, according to the information processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, in addition to the property page management table T1, the property sheet management table T
2. It has a property page selection history management table T3 and various management tables for property page configuration change conditions T4, and controls the display of each property page based on various information recorded in these T2 to T4.

Therefore, when a property page for confirming the attribute information (property) of various functions set in the information processing apparatus 10 is displayed, the property page that meets the conditions set by the user has priority. Since it is displayed, it is always possible to display a suitable property page,
An easy-to-use information processing apparatus 10 that can easily and quickly check a property page desired by the user.

In particular, property pages that have been frequently selected in the past are preferentially displayed as conditions set by the user, so that property pages that are frequently used by the user can be easily and quickly confirmed, which is convenient. The information processing apparatus 10 has high reliability.

The displayed property page is continuously displayed for a predetermined time or more, or only when the setting input is performed on the property page.
It is recorded in the property page selection history management table T3 as “selected”. Therefore, the property page which is simply displayed and not confirmed / set is not recorded in the property page selection history management table T3, so that the display condition of the property page becomes accurate and information for highly accurate operation is obtained. It becomes the processing device 10.

The present invention is not limited to the contents of the above embodiment, and can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, although the property page configuration change processing is performed based on the condition of the condition setting window W1 shown in FIG. 5, the property page configuration change processing may be performed based on another condition. FIG.
FIG. 9 is an operation transition diagram illustrating a display operation of a property sheet constituting a property page in descending order of the number of display times.

The condition setting window W1a shown in FIG. 10 is newly provided with a "page order automatic reordering setting (in order of the number of display times)" button. When this button is checked by the user, the CPU 11 refers to the recorded contents of the property page selection history management table T3b shown in FIG. 10 and, in the order of the number of display times in the property pages displayed on each property sheet, Sort property pages.

For example, based on the recorded contents of the property page selection history management table T3b, the main property sheet W
The property page with the highest number of display times among the property pages displayed on 2a is a property page whose index is “discharge setting” (page number P3) (4 times of display times), followed by the next most display times. The property page is a property page whose index is “paper setting” (page number P1) (display number is 2), and the property page with the least display number is index “ink setting” (page number P2). (The number of times of display is one), and these are displayed on the main property sheet W2a in descending order of the number of times of display.

Further, among the property pages displayed on the detail level 1 property sheet W3a from the recorded contents of the property page selection history management table T3b, the property page with the largest number of display times has an index of “font setting” (page The property page with the number P6) (the number of times of display is 5), and the property page with the next largest number of times is the property page whose index is “column printing” (page number P5) (the number of times of display 4).
Times), the property page with the fewest impressions,
The index is a property page of “printing method” (page number P4) (1 display count), and these are detailed level 1 property sheets W3a in descending order of display count.
It is displayed above.

FIG. 10 shows an example in which property pages are rearranged in descending order of the number of display times among the property pages displayed on each property sheet. However, the present invention is not limited to this. A predetermined number of pages may be displayed on the main property sheet in order from the property page, and the property pages of the subsequent display count may be displayed on the detail level 1 property sheet in descending order of the display count.

Therefore, the configuration of the property pages displayed on each property sheet is automatically assigned in descending order of the number of display times, so that the property pages that are frequently used are displayed with special priority, and the property page configuration conditions Can be saved as "a page displayed three or more times in the last five displays" or the like, and a more convenient information processing apparatus can be obtained.

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According to the first aspect of the present invention, the content of the attribute information is displayed on the attribute information display means in response to the user in order to confirm the various attribute information set in the information processing apparatus. The user can preferentially display the contents of the attribute information meeting the conditions set by the extraction condition setting means, so that the user can easily and quickly check the contents of the attribute information desired by the user. An apparatus is realized.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when any index is selected and designated on the index display area, attribute information associated with the selected index is selected. When selecting and instructing an index having a strong index, it is not necessary to search the index from the beginning each time, and the attribute information can be easily and quickly confirmed, resulting in a user-friendly information processing apparatus.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to preferentially display the contents of the attribute information having a high selection frequency in the past, and search for the desired attribute information from the attribute information which is rarely used. Since there is no need to perform the operation, the attribute information can be easily and quickly confirmed, and the information processing apparatus is easy to use.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the attribute information which is simply displayed and not confirmed by the user is not recorded in the selection history, so that the attribute information extraction condition based on the selection history becomes accurate. The information processing device operates with high accuracy.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the contents of the attribute information desired by the user can be set at any time from the plurality of indices being displayed, so that the setting of the attribute information can be performed easily and quickly, and the convenience is improved. Is improved.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, simply display,
Alternatively, attribute information that has not been set and input only after confirmation is not recorded in the selection history, so that the attribute information extraction condition based on the selection history becomes accurate. Therefore, the content of the attribute information with a high frequency of setting input is preferentially displayed, so that the attribute information can be easily and quickly set, and the information processing apparatus operates with high accuracy.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, when the contents of the attribute information are displayed on the attribute information display means in accordance with the instruction of the user in order to confirm the various attribute information set in the information processing apparatus, the selection is made. The contents of the attribute information with high frequency are displayed with priority, and the contents of the attribute information with low selection frequency can be displayed as necessary, so that the contents of the attribute information with high selection frequency can be easily and quickly confirmed. The information processing device is easy to use.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an information processing apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a zero.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a property setting process in the information processing apparatus 10.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a property page configuration change process in the information processing apparatus 10.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a condition setting process in the information processing apparatus 10;

FIG. 5 is an operation transition diagram illustrating a property sheet display operation in the information processing apparatus 10.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a property page management table T1.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a property sheet management table T2.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a property page selection history management table T3.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a property page configuration change condition T4.

FIG. 10 is an operation transition diagram illustrating a display operation of a property sheet configuring a property page in descending order of the number of display times as a modification of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an operation transition diagram illustrating a conventional operation of displaying a property sheet and a property page.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 information processing device 11 CPU 12 input device 13 RAM 14 communication control device 15 display device 16 printing device 17 storage device 18 recording medium 19 bus T1 property page management table T2 property sheet management table T3 property page selection history management table T3a property page selection History management table T3b Property page selection history management table T4 Property page configuration change condition

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Eiji Hatano, Inventor 2-229 Sakuragaoka, Higashiyamato-shi, Tokyo Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Tokyo Office (72) Inventor Tsuneharu Tamura 2-229 Sakuragaoka, Higashiyamato-shi, Tokyo Shio Computer Co., Ltd. Tokyo Office (72) Inventor Naoki Fukumoto 2-229 Sakuragaoka, Higashiyamato City, Tokyo Shio Computer Co., Ltd. Tokyo Office (72) Inventor Yukihiro Shindo 2-229 Sakuragaoka, Higashiyamato City, Tokyo Ka Inside Shio Computer Co., Ltd. Tokyo Office (72) Katsunori Tsutsumi 2-229 Sakuragaoka, Higashiyamato-shi, Tokyo Ka Shio Computer Co., Ltd. Tokyo Office (72) Takataka Watanabe 2-229 Sakuragaoka, Higashiyamato-shi, Tokyo Ka F-term in Shio Computer Co., Ltd. Tokyo office (reference) 5B075 NK46 PP13 PQ02 PR04 5B082 EA07 GC03 5E501 AA06 AC35 BA05 BA12 CA02 CB02 CB05 CB06 CB09 DA13 EB08 FA24 FA46 FB43

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. Attribute information storage means for storing a plurality of attribute information for respectively specifying operating environments for various functions, and index display for displaying a plurality of indexes attached to each of the attribute information and specifying the contents thereof Attribute information display means for displaying an attribute information display screen having an area and an attribute information display area for displaying the content of the attribute information; and a plurality of attributes associated with each of the plurality of indexes displayed in the index display area Attribute information selecting means for selecting the attribute information to be displayed in the attribute information display area among the information; selection history recording means for recording a selection history of the attribute information selected by the attribute information selecting means; Extraction condition setting means for arbitrarily setting attribute information extraction conditions for extracting the attribute information based on the selection history recorded in the recording means; And extracting a plurality of pieces of attribute information based on the selection history information recorded by the selection history recording unit and the attribute information extraction condition set by the extraction condition setting unit. An information processing apparatus characterized by displaying a plurality of indexes attached to each attribute information in the index display area. 2. The attribute information selecting means selects attribute information associated with the selected index by selecting and instructing one of the indexes on the index display area. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. 3. An attribute information extraction condition extracting means for extracting attribute information whose selection frequency in a past predetermined period exceeds a predetermined number based on the selection history recorded by the selection history recording means. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein 4. When the attribute information selected by the attribute information selecting means is displayed in the attribute information display area for a predetermined time or more, the selection history recording means records the attribute information in a selection history. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said attribute information display means sets the content of the attribute information selected by said attribute information selection means on said attribute information display area. 6. When the content of the attribute information selected by the attribute information selecting means is set on the attribute information display area, the selection history recording means records the attribute information in the selection history. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein: 7. The attribute information display means further displays another attribute information display screen which is dependent on the attribute information display screen in response to an instruction operation from a state in which the attribute information display screen is displayed; The condition setting means sets an attribute information extraction condition for extracting attribute information based on a selection frequency of each attribute information recorded in the selection history recording means, and displays an index on the attribute information display screen which is higher in the dependency relationship. Indices are displayed in order from the index associated with the extracted attribute information having high selection frequency, and are displayed in order from the attribute information having high selection frequency following the displayed attribute information on the attribute information display screen which is lower in the dependency relationship. 7. A display control means, comprising:
An information processing apparatus according to claim 1. 8. A recording medium storing a program for performing various controls related to determination of attribute information for designating operation environments for various functions, wherein a computer for storing a plurality of the attribute information is executable. A program code, a computer-executable program code for displaying an index attached to each of the attribute information and specifying the content thereof, and displaying the content of the attribute information on the attribute information display means; A computer-executable program code for selecting the attribute information to be displayed in the attribute information display area from among a plurality of pieces of attribute information associated with each of the plurality of indexes therein; and a selection history of the selected attribute information Based on the computer-executable program code for recording A computer-executable program code for arbitrarily setting attribute information extraction conditions for extracting the attribute information, based on the recorded selection history information and the set attribute information extraction conditions. A recording medium storing a program for extracting a plurality of pieces of attribute information and displaying a plurality of indexes associated with the extracted pieces of attribute information in the index display area.