JP2016115047A - Information processor and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent deterioration in operability while performing notification that partial data cannot be stored during storage of a document.SOLUTION: When an editing operation performed to a document applies to a warning condition, a warning flag is turned ON. When the storage of the document is instructed, if the warning flag is ON and a warning display flag is OFF, a warning indicating that data which cannot be stored in a file format during storage exist is displayed, and a user is made to designate whether to store the document in the file format during storage or to select another file format. Then, when the storage of the document in the file format during storage is designated by the user, the warning display flag is set to be ON, and the document is stored. On the other hand, when the storage of the document is instructed, if the warning display flag is ON, the document is stored in the file format during storage without making the user designate whether to store the document in the file format during storage or to select another file format.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10

Description

  The present invention relates to processing at the time of saving a file in an information processing apparatus that executes an application capable of handling a plurality of different file formats.

  Conventionally, in a process of editing and saving a document with a document editing application (for example, Microsoft Office (trademark)), if data that cannot be saved is included, a warning is displayed indicating that the data cannot be saved. It was. For example, in a document editing application that handles multiple different file formats, when selecting a file format when saving data, the type of data that can be saved differs depending on the file format, so depending on the file format selected when saving, Some data may not be saved. In order to deal with such cases, Microsoft Office displays a warning to the user that some data cannot be saved when it is saved in the file format selected by the user, if some data cannot be saved. To do.

  Also, according to Patent Document 1, there is a technique for warning that there is unsaved data and confirming the contents of a part of the unsaved data when the application is terminated in a state where there are a plurality of documents being edited. .

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  However, when Microsoft Office confirms the warning display and saves it and then continues editing without closing the document, the warning is displayed at the next save regardless of the content of the subsequent editing operation. . That is, if the save process is performed several times while the document is continuously opened and edited, a warning is displayed each time and the user needs to press the OK button. In some cases, the value of the In addition, there is a technology for setting the warning not to be displayed when saving, but if the warning is not set, the warning will not be displayed once when the document is being edited. There was a possibility that some data was lost.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the information processing apparatus of the present invention includes a warning flag used for determining whether or not warning display is necessary, and a warning display flag used for determining whether or not warning display is performed. Initializing means for initializing to OFF, first determining means for determining whether or not an editing operation performed on the document satisfies a warning condition, and the editing operation performed by the first determining means to the warning condition. A setting unit that sets a warning flag to ON when it is determined to be true; a second determination unit that determines whether a warning flag related to a file format at the time of saving is ON when an instruction to save the document is given; When the second determination means determines that the warning flag is ON, the third determination means determines whether the warning display flag is ON or OFF; and the third determination means determines the warning display flag. If it is determined to be OFF, a warning is displayed that there is data that cannot be saved in the file format at the time of saving, and the user is allowed to specify whether to save in the file format at the time of saving or to select another file format. A warning unit and a first unit that saves the document in the file format at the time of saving when the user designates that the file is saved in the file format at the time of saving by the warning unit and the warning display flag is set to ON. And a second saving means for saving the document in the different file format when the user designates saving in the different file format by the warning means, and the warning display flag in the third determining means. Is determined to be ON, the user must specify whether to save in the file format at the time of saving or to select another file format. , And having a third storage means for storing the document in a file format when said storage.

  In document editing, it is possible to prevent the operability of the editing operation from deteriorating while notifying that some data cannot be saved when the document is saved.

The figure which shows the structure of a system. The figure which shows the hardware constitutions of a client terminal. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of an image processing apparatus. The figure which shows a software structure. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a UI of a document management application. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a UI of a document management application. FIG. The figure which shows the structure of a binder document. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of document storage processing from document editing according to the first embodiment. The figure which shows an example of a save dialog screen. The figure which shows an example of the warning screen displayed at the time of the preservation | save of a document. The figure which shows an example of a save dialog screen. The figure which shows an example of the warning display which avoided the interruption of the user operation displayed at the time of the preservation | save of a document. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of document processing from document editing according to the second exemplary embodiment. The figure which shows an example of a warning table. The figure which shows an example of the warning screen displayed at the time of the preservation | save of a document. The figure which shows an example of the warning screen displayed at the time of the preservation | save of a document. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of document processing from document editing according to the third exemplary embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the warning table which added the priority. The figure which shows an example of a warning level setting dialog. 10 is a flowchart showing a flow of document processing from document editing according to the fourth embodiment. The figure which shows an example of a file format table. The figure which shows an example of an edit information table. The figure which shows an example of the warning screen displayed at the time of the preservation | save of a document. The figure which shows an example of the warning screen displayed at the time of the preservation | save of a document.

<< Example 1 >>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a client terminal (information processing apparatus) 101, a file server 102, and an image forming apparatus 103 are connected via a network 110. In the figure, a plurality of client terminals 101 may be connected. The network 110 is, for example, a LAN, WAN, telephone line, dedicated digital line, or the like, and is a so-called communication network such as the Internet or an intranet. The network 110 may be either wired or wireless as long as it can transmit and receive data.

  The client terminal 101 is, for example, a desktop personal computer, a notebook personal computer, a mobile personal computer, a tablet terminal, a smartphone, or the like with a built-in program execution environment. The client terminal 101 has an environment for executing programs such as an office application and a printer driver.

  The file server 102 is a server that manages document files, and is accessible from the client terminal 101 through the network 110. The image processing apparatus 103 is a multifunction machine having a printer function, a FAX function, a copy function, a scanner function, a file transmission function, and the like.

  FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration example of the client terminal (information processing apparatus) 101. In FIG. 2, a CPU 202 is a central processing unit that controls the entire apparatus. The CPU 202 executes an application program, an OS, and the like stored in a hard disk (HDD) 205, and performs control for temporarily storing information, files, and the like necessary for executing the program in a random access memory (RAM) 203. A Read Only Memory (ROM) 204 is a storage unit, and stores various data such as a basic I / O program therein. A RAM 203 is a temporary storage unit, and functions as a main memory, a work area, and the like of the CPU 202. An HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 205 is one of external storage means and functions as a large-capacity memory, and stores application programs such as office applications and Web browsers, an OS, and related programs. Various applications that execute specific function processing are also stored. Here, specific function processing includes document processing, spreadsheet processing, presentation processing, image processing, graphic processing, and the like, and each application has a function of storing a file having a unique data structure (unique format). . Further, the OS is configured to refer to the identifier of each file and issue a print instruction to the corresponding application. A display 206 is a display means for displaying a screen of each application, a command input from the keyboard 207, and the like. An interface 208 is an external device I / F, and connects a printer, a USB device, and a peripheral device. A keyboard / mouse 207 is an instruction input unit. The system bus 201 controls the flow of data in the apparatus. A network interface card (NIC) 209 is an interface for exchanging data with an external device via the network 110. Note that the configuration of the computer is an example thereof, and is not limited to the configuration example of FIG. For example, the storage destination of data and programs can be changed by the ROM 204, the RAM 203, the HDD 205, etc. according to the characteristics. Unless otherwise specified in the present embodiment, a program stored in the ROM 204 or the like is loaded into the RAM 203 or the like and executed by the CPU 202, whereby the CPU functions as each means for executing each function described later. And

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration in the image processing apparatus 103 illustrated in FIG. Note that this embodiment shows an example of a multifunction peripheral (MFP (Multi-Function Peripheral)) having a scanner function, a printer function, and a FAX function.

  The I / O 301 is an interface for connecting to the client terminal 101 via a communication medium such as a network (LAN) 104. Note that a plurality of I / Os 301 may be mounted to support a plurality of different networks. The image processing apparatus 103 passes the device ID and the scan image to the information processing apparatus 100 via the I / O 301. In addition, it receives various control commands from the client terminal 101 and performs processing. The I / F control unit 302 performs control to issue a device ID for a processing system such as a scanner (not shown), a printer (not shown), and a FAX (not shown) installed in the image processing apparatus 103.

  A RAM 303 is a primary storage device and is used to store external data such as a control command acquired by the I / O 301 and an image read by the scanner engine 313. Further, the RAM 303 is used for storing images before being transferred to the printer engine 306 developed by the printer controller 310. The RAM control unit 304 performs allocation management of the RAM 303.

  The image data start-up circuit 305 is an apparatus that outputs an image captured by the printer controller 310 or the scanner engine 313 and developed in the RAM control unit 304 in accordance with the rotation of the printer engine 306. The printer engine 306 is a device that develops an image on an output medium such as paper.

  The main controller 308 performs various controls of the printer engine 306 by the engine I / F 307. The main controller 308 is a module that is important for control, and performs an appropriate distribution process of the control language received from the client terminal 101 via the I / O 301 to the scanner controller 309, the printer controller 310, and the FAX controller 311. Further, the main controller 308 controls the printer engine 306 and the scanner engine 313 in response to instructions from the respective controllers and the UI 312. By unifying the control interface between the main controller 308 and various controllers, an expansion board capable of processing a plurality of types of control commands can be mounted on one peripheral device. It is also the role of the main controller to acquire and manage the device ID of the currently installed expansion controller from each controller.

  The scanner controller 309 decomposes the scan control command received from the client terminal 101 into internal execution instructions that can be interpreted by the main controller 308. Further, the image read by the scanner engine 313 is changed to a scan control command.

  The printer controller 310 decomposes the page description language received from the client terminal 101 into internal execution instructions including a developed image of the page description language that can be interpreted by the main controller 308. The developed image is conveyed to the printer engine 306 and printed on an output medium such as paper.

  The FAX controller 311 expands the FAX control language received from the client terminal 101 into an image, and transfers the image to another FAX apparatus or IP-FAX via a public line (not shown) or the Internet. A user interface (UI) 312 is used as an instruction input / output unit by a user when various settings of the main controller 308, a scanner function, a printer function, and a FAX function are directly executed by the image processing apparatus 103.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the document editing application 401 included in the client terminal (information processing apparatus) 101. The document editing application 401 is an application that is stored in the external memory 206 and operates by being expanded in the RAM 203 and the ROM 204 when executed by the CPU 202. The document editing application 401, which is executed by the CPU, can perform print settings and document structure settings for document data, add annotations to pages in the document data, and the like. Functions as a unit 403, an input management unit 404, and a display unit 405.

  The output management unit 402 performs an output process on the document edited and saved by the editing unit 403 to the image processing apparatus 103. Specifically, output processing includes printing on paper from the printer controller 310 and FAX transmission from the fax controller 311.

  The editing unit 403 performs editing and storage processing on the document. The editing here includes an annotation function, which is editing to a single page, print settings, document structure, additional print settings, and addition and deletion of original documents. The document editing application can save the edited data as a binder document (extension is iwb, details will be described later in FIG. 7), which is a file format unique to the document editing application. Further, it is assumed that the document editing application can save only the document data portion of the edited data in a general file format (for example, PDF (Portable Document Format)). In the following description, a PDF document (extension pdf) indicates a general-purpose file format. The document editing application can edit documents of two types of file formats, the binder document and the PDF document, and can specify and save the file format. The input management unit 404 detects an operation of the input device 205 by the user via the UI screen of the document editing application 401 displayed by the display unit 405, and acquires user operation information.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a user interface screen of the document editing application displayed by the display unit 405. A window 500 shows a main window of the document editing application displayed on the OS. The tab list 501 includes tabs for switching to a screen for executing each function. When a tab is selected, a list of editing controls (506 to 507) arranged on the selected tab is displayed. In the example of FIG. 5, the print tab and the annotation tab are displayed, and the print tab is selected.

  A document structure tree 502 shows the document structure (chapter and page structure) of the document being edited. In the figure, the document Document1 being edited has a configuration of two pages in Test 1 of the first chapter and two pages in Test 2 of the second chapter. This document structure tree can be used to edit the document structure, such as changing the chapter name or adding a chapter.

  The original document list 503 shows the original documents used for creating the document 502 being edited in a list format. The original document refers to a document used for creating a document being edited, and can be stored in a binder document. The original document is added to the original document list by D & D operation, or the original document is deleted from the original document list by executing the delete command with the document name specified in the original document list. It is possible.

  A work area 504 is a document display area for displaying document contents according to the editing state. When the print tab 505 is selected, a plurality of controls (506 to 507, etc.) related to editing of print settings are arranged. When the paper size control 506 is selected by a user operation, it is possible to set a paper size for printing a document. Further, when the additional print setting control 507 is selected by a user operation, additional information can be set. For example, an example of additional information is a variable printing setting in which an area in which text or an image is arranged in a document is specified, data is inserted from a database, and printing is performed. That is, when the additional print setting control 507 is selected, a variable print setting screen (not shown) is displayed, and variable print information is set.

  The preview display area 508 is an area for displaying a print preview of the document. The print preview is displayed according to the setting state of controls (506 to 507, etc.) related to print settings.

  Controls (510, 511, etc.) arranged in the toolbar area 509 are always displayed in the document editing application 401 regardless of the tab selection state or editing state. In the example of FIG. 5, “document opening control 510” and “document saving control 511” are arranged.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a display screen of the document editing application 401, and shows a display state when the annotation tab 600 is selected in the tab list 501. A display area 601 is an area for displaying a document when an annotation is edited. The document can be displayed in units of pages, and various editing operations such as adding, selecting, and moving an annotation can be performed. When the text box insertion control 602 is selected by the user, a text box insertion function is executed to insert a text box into the document to be edited. Reference numeral 603 denotes an example of the inserted text box. In the annotation setting display area 604, the attribute information of the annotation selected by the user operation in the document display area 601 is displayed. For example, when the text box 603 is selected by the user, attribute information such as font information and typeface (bold / italic) of the selected text box is displayed. In addition, the font information can be changed in the setting display area 604.

  The document editing application 401 can be activated in a state where a print tab as shown in FIG. 5 is selected or an annotation tab as shown in FIG. 6 is selected according to an instruction from the user.

  FIG. 7 shows the data structure of the binder document (combined document). The header 701 is managed in association with data to be described later. The body data of the binder document (combined document) is created by combining one or a plurality of document files, and the file format of the body data 702 is a PDF document. The annotation information described above is stored in each page of the PDF document. Note that a technique described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-19197 may be used as a method of combining a plurality of document files and converting them into text data.

  The print setting data 703 stores print setting values set by the above-described controls (such as 506) relating to various print settings. Additional information set by the additional print setting control 507 is stored in the additional print data 704. Note that the additional print data 704 may not exist when the setting of additional printing is not performed, or may exist when a plurality of additional printing settings are performed. The original document data 705 stores one or more original document data from which the binder document is created, and the file format is not changed as it is. If original data is not stored, the original document data 705 may not exist. The document structure data 706 stores chapter and page information of the body data 502. Since the header 701, the print setting data 703, the additional print data 704, and the document structure data 705 are data created and processed by the document editing application, the data format may be a general-purpose format such as XML or a binary format. . As described above, the binder document has a unique file format in which the body data 702 and the data (703 to 706) unique to the document editing application are stored. In other words, data other than the text data 702 and annotation data stored in the text data (that is, data unique to the document editing application) is data that cannot be saved in a PDF document (general-purpose file format).

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing from document editing to document storage in the document editing application. Each processing step will be described. This flow is started when the input management unit 404 receives that the user has executed the open processing of the binder document or PDF document stored in the HDD 205. Further, not only an existing file open process but also a process of creating and opening a new binder document. The opening of the document is started when the user depresses the control 510 for opening the document, selects a binder document or a PDF document, and receives an OS file open command execution (double click or the like).

  In S800, the editing unit 403 opens the designated file, requests the display unit 405 to display the screen of the document editing application 401, and shifts to the editing state. For example, when opening a binder document, the header 701 is analyzed, the body data 702 is opened, the data 703 to 706 are read, the print tab 505 is selected, and each area (502, 503, 506, 508) is selected. It becomes processing to shift to the state reflecting the data. When a PDF document is opened with the annotation editing mode designated, the annotation tab 600 is selected, and a preview of the text data of the designated PDF document is displayed in 601.

  In step S801, the editing unit 403 initializes a warning flag (sets the value to 0 (OFF)). The warning flag is data used in determining whether or not a warning needs to be displayed in processing to be described later, and is temporary data held in the RAM 203 only while the document editing application 401 is being executed.

  In step S <b> 802, the editing unit 403 further initializes a warning display flag (value is set to 0 (turns OFF). The warning display flag is data used to determine whether warning display has been performed in the processing described later. Yes, it is temporary data held in the RAM 203 only while the document editing application 401 is being executed.

  In step S803, the editing unit 403 determines whether there is data that cannot be saved depending on the file format at the time of saving. If it is determined that the data exists, the process proceeds to step S804. If it is determined that there is no data, the process proceeds to step S805. Data that cannot be saved depending on the file format at the time of saving is data other than data that can be saved in all file formats handled by the document editing application. For example, when the binder document is opened in S800, the binder document includes the print setting data 703 and the document structure data 706 as described above, and these data cannot be saved in the PDF document file format. Therefore, it is determined that the binder document includes data that cannot be saved depending on the file format at the time of saving. On the other hand, when the PDF document is opened by annotation editing, the specified PDF document is just opened, so that all data can be saved even when the binder document format is designated as the file format at the time of saving. Therefore, when the PDF document is just opened, it is determined that there is no data that cannot be saved depending on the file format at the time of saving.

  In S804, since it is determined in S803 that there is data that cannot be saved depending on the file format at the time of saving, the editing unit 403 sets a warning flag for displaying a warning to 1 (ON).

  In step S <b> 805, the input management unit 404 receives various operations from the user, and the editing unit 403 determines whether the received operation (operations such as editing a document or editing print settings) satisfies a warning condition. . If it is determined that the editing operation received by the editing unit 403 is applicable to the warning condition, the process proceeds to S806. If it is determined that the editing condition is not applicable, the process proceeds to S807. For example, when the input management unit 404 receives an operation instruction related to a process of changing the document structure such as adding or deleting a chapter in the document structure tree 502, an editing operation of the document structure data 706 that cannot be saved in a general-purpose PDF document is performed. to decide. Similarly, when changing print settings in various print setting controls and adding or deleting original documents in the original document list 503, editing operations of the print setting data 703 and the original document 705 that cannot be saved in a general-purpose PDF document are performed. Judge that it was broken. Also, editing of the additional print information in the additional print setting 507 is determined to have been performed on the additional print data 704 that cannot be saved in the PDF document. When the PDF document is opened in the annotation edit mode and is in the state of FIG. 6, when the print tab 505 is selected and the print tab of FIG. 5 is displayed, various print settings and the like are set in the document editing application 401. It becomes the state set with the initial value of. Therefore, when the input management unit 404 receives an operation that the print tab 505 is selected, it may be determined that an operation for editing data that cannot be saved in the PDF document has been performed. In S806 (similar to S804), it is determined that there is data that cannot be saved depending on the file format at the time of saving in S805, so the warning flag for determining whether the editing unit 403 should display a warning is set to 1 (ON). To do.

  In step S <b> 807, the input management unit 404 determines whether an instruction to end the document editing application 401 has been received. If the input instruction has been received, the document editing application 401 is ended and this flowchart ends. On the other hand, if the end is not received, the process proceeds to S808.

  In step S808, the input management unit 404 determines whether a document (file) save instruction has been received. If the save instruction has been received, the process proceeds to step S809. If the save instruction has not been received, the process proceeds to step S805. It is determined that an instruction to save the file is received when the save control 511 is selected by the user's operation or when a save menu (not shown) is selected. There are two types of saves: overwrite save and alias save. In the case of overwrite save, the file format is not changed because it is saved in the currently edited file. On the other hand, in the case of saving with another name, a save dialog (to be described later) can be displayed and saved as a file different from the file currently being edited. At that time, another file format can be selected.

  In step S809, the editing unit 403 acquires the file format at the time of saving. If the save instruction received by the input management unit 404 in step S808 is overwrite save, the editing unit 403 performs subsequent processing with the same file format as the file currently being edited as the save format. On the other hand, if the save instruction received by the input management unit 404 in S808 is save under another name, the display unit 405 displays the save dialog 900 of FIG. 9 and accepts input of the file name and file format to be saved. The file list 901 in FIG. 9A is used when designating a file storage location. The control 902 is an input field for inputting a file name at the time of saving. A control 903 is a drop-down list for selecting a file format at the time of saving. FIG. 9B shows an enlarged view of a drop-down list displayed when the control 903 is designated by the user. In the drop-down list 906, a binder document and a PDF document are displayed as selectable file formats. A save button 904 is a button for issuing a save execution instruction, and a cancel button 905 is a button for canceling the save. When the input management unit 404 receives that the save button 905 has been selected, the editing unit 403 performs subsequent processing using the file format set by the control 903 as the file format at the time of saving.

  In step S810, the editing unit 403 determines whether the file format at the time of saving acquired in step S809 is a file format in which at least one of various data of the document being edited cannot be saved. In the case of a file format that cannot be saved (that is, when data that cannot be saved in the obtained file format at the time of saving is included in the data being edited), the process proceeds to S811, and a file format that can save all the data being edited In the case of, go to S817. For example, when a PDF document is instructed as the file format at the time of saving, and there is specific data (703 to 706) of the binder document in S803 or S805 or editing related thereto is performed, Judge that there is data that cannot be saved.

  In step S811, the editing unit 403 determines whether the warning flag related to the file format at the time of saving is 1 (ON). If the warning flag is 1, the process proceeds to step S812. If the warning flag is not 1, Proceed to S814.

  In S812, the editing unit 403 determines whether or not the above-described warning display flag is 1 (ON). If the warning display flag is 1, the editing unit 403 proceeds to S820. If the warning display flag is not 1, the editing unit 403 proceeds to S813. move on.

  In step S813, the display unit 405 displays a warning screen based on an instruction from the editing unit 403. The warning screen displays a warning that there is data that cannot be saved in the file format at the time of saving, and saves in the specified file format and continues editing, or selects another file format and saves again. An option to select whether to do is displayed. Further, the warning screen in S813 is displayed in a modal manner on the main window of the document editing application 401. Unless the user designates one of the options displayed on the warning screen and closes the warning screen, the operation is performed with the document editing application. Can not do it. FIG. 10 shows an example of a warning screen. The warning screen displays that the unique data (703 to 706) of the binder document cannot be saved when the save instruction is given in the PDF document. In addition, it is possible to select whether to save in the designated PDF document format and continue editing, save as another file format in the binder document, or cancel the saving process and return to editing.

  In step S <b> 814, the input management unit 404 instructs the editing unit 403 to perform processing corresponding to the option specified by the user on the warning screen. If the option to save the file in the same file format and continue editing is specified on the warning screen, the process proceeds to S815. If the option to save in another file format is specified, the process proceeds to S818. If an option for canceling the storage process is designated, the process advances to step S805.

  In S815, the editing unit 403 sets the warning display flag to 1 (ON). When the warning display flag is set to 1 (ON), the document editing application 401 can determine that the warning screen displayed in S813 has been displayed once during the execution of this flowchart.

  In S816, the editing unit 403 sets the warning flag to 0 (OFF). Since the editing operation for the data that cannot be saved does not exist in the editing history due to the saving process, the document editing application 401 resets the warning flag to 0.

  In step S817, the editing unit 403 saves the document data being edited. After saving, the process advances to step S805 to continue editing processing with the document editing application 401.

  In step S818, the input management unit receives that an option for saving in another file format has been designated, and the editing unit 403 instructs the display unit 405 to display a save dialog. The editing unit 403 instructs the display unit 405 to display the save dialog by thinning out the file format at the time of the save instruction acquired in S809 from the file formats that can be selected in the save dialog. FIG. 11A shows an example of a save dialog that is displayed. An example of a save dialog in which the PDF document that is the file format acquired in S809 is excluded from the save dialog shown in FIG. 9A. Is shown. FIG. 11B is an enlarged view when the drop-down list 903 is selected, and is an example in which only the binder document format can be selected by removing the PDF document from the file format. In this embodiment, two types of file formats, a PDF document and a binder document, are described as an example of the file format. However, when other file formats can be selected as the storage format, all the data being edited are displayed. Only file formats that can be saved may be selectable.

  In step S819, the editing unit 403 stores the data being edited in a file format that can store all of the data being edited, and ends the process of this flowchart.

  In step S820, upon receiving an instruction from the editing unit 403, the display unit 405 displays a warning screen in a pop-up or toast format. Here, since the warning is displayed for the second time or later when the warning display flag is 1 (that is, when editing is continued after displaying the warning screen once in S813), the display format does not hinder the user's operation. A warning is displayed. FIG. 12 shows an example of warning display modelessly displayed in a pop-up format. Reference numeral 1200 denotes an OS desktop screen, 1201 denotes a document editing application window, and 1202 denotes a warning screen displayed in a pop-up format. Since the warning screen 1202 is displayed in a modeless manner, editing operations can be performed with the document editing application even during the warning display, and the display location is also on the lower right of the desktop screen. It becomes possible. Also, even when configured to display warnings in toast format, the warning screen is displayed at the top right of the desktop screen, etc., and automatically disappears after a certain period of time, minimizing the hindrance of user editing operations. Is possible. Thus, unlike the warning display in S813, the warning display in S820 does not allow the user to specify whether to save in the file format when the save instruction is given or to select another file format. In S817, the file is saved in the file format when the save instruction is given.

  In the present embodiment, when the second and subsequent warnings are displayed in S820, the warnings are not displayed after the second time. However, the warnings are not displayed after the second time. It doesn't matter.

  By performing the processing of this flowchart, when performing editing and saving operations in a document editing application that handles two or more file formats, a warning is displayed only when there is an editing operation for data that cannot be saved in the editing history, In the second and subsequent warning displays, the warning can be displayed in a display format that does not hinder the user's editing operation.

<< Example 2 >>
Hereinafter, the form of Example 2 of this invention is demonstrated using drawing. Only differences from the first embodiment will be described. In the second embodiment, a warning is displayed at the time of saving in accordance with each item of data that cannot be saved (each type of data that cannot be saved).

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a flow from document editing to storing processing in a document editing application that displays a warning corresponding to an item of data that cannot be stored. Each processing step will be described. In S1300, the warning flags of all items in the warning table are initialized (the value of the warning flag is set to 0 (OFF)). The warning table is a table for managing data items (data types) that cannot be saved, warning flags and warning display flags for the respective data items, and is held in the RAM 203 only when the document editing application 401 is being executed. It becomes temporary data.

  FIG. 14 shows an example of the warning table. The warning table 1400 holds an ID 1401, an item name 1402, a warning flag 1403, and a warning display flag 1404 for each data item that cannot be saved. In this example, four types of data items that cannot be saved are defined as “print setting”, “document structure”, “original document”, and “additional print setting”.

  In S1301, the warning display flags of all items in the warning table are initialized (the value of the warning display flag is set to 0 (OFF)).

  If it is determined in S803 that there is data that cannot be saved depending on the file format at the time of saving, in S1302, the editing unit 403 sets the warning flag of the data item corresponding to the data that cannot be saved in the warning table to 1 (ON). . For example, if the print setting data 703 and the document structure data 706 exist when the binder document is opened in S800, if a PDF document is selected as the file format at the time of saving, the data cannot be saved. The “print setting” and “document structure” warning flags are set to 1 (ON).

  If it is determined in S805 that editing related to data that cannot be saved depending on the file format at the time of saving is executed, the editing unit 403 sets the warning flag of the data item corresponding to the data that cannot be saved in the warning table to 1 in S1303. . For example, when an original document is added in the original document list 503, the warning flag “original document” of the warning flag is set to 1.

  In step S1304, the editing unit 403 determines whether at least one of the warning flags in the above-described warning table is 1. If at least one of the warning flags is 1, the editing unit 403 proceeds to step S1305 and determines which warning flag. If it is not 1, the process proceeds to S814.

  In step S1305, the editing unit 403 determines whether the warning display flags of all data items having the warning flag 1 in the warning table described above are 1, and if all the warning display flags are 1, the process proceeds to S820. If all the warning display flags are not 1, the process proceeds to S1306.

  In step S <b> 1306, in response to an instruction from the editing unit 403, the display unit 405 displays a warning screen corresponding to a data item whose warning flag is 1 and whose warning display flag is 0. FIG. 15 shows an example of a warning screen corresponding to “print setting” in the warning table. The warning screen displays that the print setting data cannot be saved when instructed to save it in the specified file format (PDF document), and continues the editing by saving the PDF document as it is, or the file format is changed to the binder document. It is possible to select whether to save, or cancel the save process and return to editing. FIG. 16 shows an example of a warning screen corresponding to the “chapter structure” of the warning table. If there are a plurality of data items corresponding to the warning table in S1305, the warning screens may be displayed successively or the warning screens may be displayed on one screen.

  In step S1307, the editing unit 403 sets the warning display flag of the warning table to 1 for the data item for which the warning is displayed in step S1306. In step S1308, the editing unit 403 sets the warning flags of all data items in the warning table to 0.

  By performing the processing of this flowchart, it is possible to display a warning for each item of data that cannot be saved depending on the edited file format. Therefore, it is possible to perform an accurate warning display corresponding to the operation content while preventing the user's editing operation from being hindered.

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Hereinafter, the form for implement | achieving Example 3 of this invention is demonstrated using drawing. Only differences from the first embodiment and the second embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, a warning is displayed for data items that cannot be saved during saving according to the priority of warning display.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the flow from the document editing to the saving process in the document editing application that displays the warning of the item of data that cannot be saved in the file format at the time of saving according to the priority of the warning display. Each processing step will be described.

  FIG. 18 shows an example of a warning table in which a value of priority 1800 is held for each data item that cannot be stored. The priority may have a fixed value in the system or may be set by the user. The example of FIG. 18 indicates that the priority is higher in order from the value of 1.

  In step S1700, the editing unit 403 acquires a warning level set in advance by the user. The warning level indicates the level of warning to be displayed at the time of saving, and is used for determining the item to be displayed by comparing the set warning level with the priority of warning display set in the warning table. FIG. 19 shows an example of a warning level setting dialog 1900. Reference numeral 1901 denotes warning level setting control. FIG. 19 shows a state where warning level 2 is set. The warning level setting dialog is displayed by the display unit 405 when the input management unit 404 receives execution of a warning level setting menu (not shown). The warning level set in the warning level setting dialog is stored in the HDD 205 as setting data of the document editing application 401, and is temporarily read into the RAM 203 and used only while the document editing application 401 is being executed.

  In step S <b> 1701, the editing unit 403 determines whether at least one of the warning flags is 1 among the data items of the warning table having a higher priority than the warning level. If at least one of the warning flags is 1, the process proceeds to S1305. If none of the warning flags is 1, the process proceeds to S814. For example, when the warning level is set to 2 as shown in FIG. 19, the data items “original document” and “additional print setting” of which priority in FIG. 18 is higher than the warning level (that is, the value is 2 or less). The warning display is performed for the item “original document” in which the warning flag is “1”.

  By performing the processing of this flowchart, it is possible to perform a warning display according to a data item that cannot be saved in the edited file format according to a warning level and a warning display priority set in advance. For example, among items of data that cannot be saved, even if the data is lost, such as print settings, by setting a low priority, the warning display is not executed for that item. In this way, it is possible to effectively prevent the user's editing operation from being hindered.

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Hereinafter, the form for implement | achieving Example 4 of this invention is demonstrated using drawing. In the present embodiment, a warning display process will be described in a case where not all of the editing data can be saved in any one of a plurality of file formats that can be saved by the document editing application 401. Only differences from the first embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the flow of warning display processing when all data cannot be saved using any one of a plurality of file formats that can be saved by the document editing application 401. Each processing step will be described.

  In step S2000, the editing unit 403 reads the file format table, and acquires information on file formats that can be handled by the document editing application 401 and data specific to the file format that can be saved in each file format. Data specific to a file format refers to data that can be stored only in that file format, and cannot be stored in another file format. FIG. 21 shows an example of the file format table 2100, 2101 is a list of file formats that can be handled by the document editing application 401, 2102 is information on unique data that can be stored in each file format (value 1 can be stored, 0 Indicates that storage is not possible. Note that the body data 702 is data that can be saved in any file format, and is not included in the unique data information 2102. In the example of the file format table 2100, unique data of “encryption” can be stored in the file format of the PDF document, and “print setting”, “additional printing”, “document structure”, and “original document” are stored in the file format of the binder document. It indicates that unique data can be stored. Note that the file format table is temporary data held in the RAM 203 only while the document editing application 401 is being executed.

  In step S2001, the editing unit 403 initializes the editing information table. FIG. 22 shows an example of the editing information table 2200, 2201 is a file format currently being edited by the document editing application 401, and 2202 is an editing indicating which specific data has been edited by the document editing application 401. It shows data information (value is 1 edited data, 0 is not edited data). The example of the editing information table 2200 indicates that the file format being edited is a PDF document, and the edited unique data is “print setting” and “encryption”.

  Since it is determined in S803 that there is unique data that cannot be saved depending on the file format at the time of saving, in S2002, the editing unit 403 registers the editing information of the unique data determined to exist in the editing information table. For example, when the PDF document encrypted in S800 is opened, the value of “encryption” in the editing information table is set to 1. Since it is determined in S805 that editing of data that cannot be saved depending on the file format at the time of saving has been executed, in S2003, the editing unit 403 registers editing information of specific data corresponding to the executed editing in the editing information table. For example, when an original document is added in the original document list 503, the value of “original document” in the editing information table is set to 1.

  In step S2004, the editing unit 403 determines whether the file format at the time of saving acquired in step S809 is a file format in which at least one of various types of data being edited cannot be saved. If the file format includes data that cannot be saved, the process advances to step S811. If the file format saves all data, the process advances to step S817. Specifically, the editing unit 403 acquires an item whose unique data 2202 value in the editing information table is 1, and all the acquired items have a file format value of 1 when saved in the file format table. It is determined whether it is included in the unique data 2102. If at least one of the items whose unique data 2202 value in the editing information table is 1 is not included in the item whose unique data value is 1 in the file format table, The file format is determined to be a file format with data that cannot be saved. On the other hand, if all items whose unique data 2202 value in the editing information table is 1 are included in items whose unique data value is 1 in the file format table, all the edited data is saved. Judge that the file format can be.

  In step S2005, the editing unit 403 determines whether there is a file format that can store all the unique data 2202 in which the value of the editing information table is 1. If there is a file format, the editing unit 403 proceeds to step S2006. The process proceeds to S2007. Specifically, the editing unit 403 acquires an item whose value of the unique data 2202 of the editing information table is 1, and stores the item in the unique data 2102 whose value is 1 for each file format of the file format table. Check if everything is included. If there is at least one file format that includes all, it is determined that there is a file format that can be stored, and if there is no file format that includes all, it is determined that there is no file format that can store all. . For example, the item whose value is 1 in the unique data 2202 of the editing information table is “print setting” and “encryption”, and is compared with the value of the unique data 2102 that can be saved in each of the PDF document and the binder document. Then, since “print setting” is not 1 in the PDF document and “encryption” is not 1 in the binder document, it is determined that there is no file format that can store both “print setting” and “encryption”. Is done.

  In S2006, the display unit 405 displays a warning screen in response to an instruction from the editing unit 403. The warning screen displays that there is data that cannot be saved in the file format at the time of saving, and saves as it is in the file format and continues editing or saves in another file format that can save all data The option to select is displayed. When there are a plurality of file formats that can store all the data, any one of them may be displayed as an option, or a plurality of options may be displayed. The warning screen is displayed in a modal manner on the main window of the document editing application 401. The user cannot select an option displayed on the warning screen and close the warning screen to operate the document editing application 401.

  In S2007, upon receiving an instruction from the editing unit 403, the display unit 405 displays a warning screen in which warnings of a plurality of file formats are merged. In S2005, since it is determined that there is no file format that can save all the unique data 2202 whose edit information table value is 1, any file format indicating a warning of data that cannot be saved for each selectable file format is shown. Displays a warning screen that allows you to select whether to save in the format.

  By displaying the warning screen in which warnings of a plurality of file formats are merged in this way, the user can easily know that there is no file format that can store all data. For example, if you display a warning screen for each file format and save it in the same file format or another file format, even if you save it in another file format, Since there is no file format that can be saved), the warning screen is displayed again. If you do so, the warning screen for each file format will be displayed many times, which can be confusing if the user cannot save. On the other hand, as described above, if a warning screen that merges warnings of multiple file formats is displayed, warnings of multiple file formats can be viewed together, so data that can be saved in each file format and data that cannot be saved And can be identified.

  FIG. 23 shows an example of a warning screen in which warnings of a plurality of file formats are merged. In this case, the warning screen displays information on data that cannot be saved when the PDF document and the binder document are saved, and an option button for instructing which format to save.

  FIG. 24 shows another example of a warning screen in which warnings of a plurality of file formats are merged. Here, a warning screen is shown in which warnings in three file formats of a PDF document, a binder document, and a XXX document are merged. As shown in FIG. 23, when the number of selectable file formats is small, such as two, the save format may be selected using the button format. However, when there are many selectable file formats, a drop-down is performed as shown in FIG. The list format 2400 may be selectable. FIG. 24B is an enlarged view of the list displayed when the drop-down list 2400 is designated. In the choices of the file format list 2400, selectable file formats 2401 are displayed.

  In step S2008, the input management unit 404 instructs the editing unit 403 to perform processing corresponding to the option specified by the user on the warning screen displayed in step S2006 or S2007. If the option to save in another file format is specified on the warning screen and the file format is a file format that can save all data, the process proceeds to S818, and if any one of the file formats cannot save any data The process proceeds to S2009.

  In step S2009, the editing unit 403 instructs the display unit 405 to display a save dialog. The editing unit 403 instructs the display unit 405 to display the save dialog by setting the file formats that can be selected in the save dialog to only the options specified by the user on the warning screen displayed in S2006 or S2007.

  In step S2010, the editing unit 403 updates information in the editing information table. The editing unit 403 changes the file format 2201 being edited to the saved file format, and sets all the editing flags 2202 of the unique data to 0.

  By performing the processing in this flowchart, if all edited data cannot be saved even if saved in any file format, warnings can be displayed once by displaying a warning on one warning screen that merges each warning. Save can be executed.

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The present invention can also be realized by executing the following processing. In this process, software (program) for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus via a network or various storage media, and the computer (or CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or apparatus executes the program. It is a process to read and execute.

Claims (8)

An initialization means for initializing OFF a warning flag used for determining whether or not warning display is required and a warning display flag used for determining whether or not warning display is performed;
First determination means for determining whether an editing operation performed on the document satisfies a warning condition;
A setting unit that sets a warning flag to ON when the first determination unit determines that the editing operation satisfies the warning condition;
Second determination means for determining whether a warning flag relating to a file format at the time of saving is ON when an instruction to save the document is made;
Third determination means for determining whether the warning display flag is ON or OFF when the second determination means determines that the warning flag is ON;
When the third determination means determines that the warning display flag is OFF, a warning is displayed that there is data that cannot be saved in the file format at the time of saving, and the data is saved in the file format at the time of saving or another Warning means to let the user specify whether to choose a file format,
A first saving means for setting the warning display flag to ON and saving the document in the file format at the time of saving when the user designates that the warning means saves in the file format at the time of saving;
A second saving means for saving the document in the different file format when the warning means specifies that the user saves the file in the different file format;
If it is determined by the third determination means that the warning display flag is ON, the document is stored without causing the user to specify whether to save in the file format at the time of saving or to select another file format. A third saving means for saving in the time file format;
An information processing apparatus comprising:   When the third storage means determines that the warning display flag is ON by the third determination means, it displays in a toast format or a pop-up format that there is data that cannot be saved in the file format at the time of saving, The information according to claim 1, wherein the document is saved in the file format at the time of saving without allowing the user to specify whether to save in the file format at the time of saving or to select another file format. Processing equipment.   The first saving means sets the warning display flag to ON, sets the warning flag to OFF, and sets the warning flag to OFF when the user specifies that the warning means saves in the file format at the time of saving. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is stored in a file format at the time of storage. The initialization means initializes a warning flag and a warning display flag for each item of data that cannot be saved in the file format at the time of saving,
When the setting unit determines that the editing operation is applicable to the warning condition by the first determination unit, the setting unit sets a warning flag for an item of data determined to be applicable to the warning condition to ON,
The warning means includes a data item in which the second determination means determines that the warning flag is ON and the third determination means determines that the warning display flag is OFF. 2. A warning is displayed that there is data that cannot be saved in the file format at the time of saving, and the user is allowed to specify whether to save in the file format at the time of saving or to select another file format. 4. The information processing apparatus according to any one of items 1 to 3. The initialization unit sets a warning flag, a warning display flag, and a priority for each item of data that cannot be saved in the file format at the time of saving,
When the setting unit determines that the editing operation is applicable to the warning condition by the first determination unit, the setting unit sets a warning flag for an item of data determined to be applicable to the warning condition to ON,
The warning means determines that the warning flag is ON by the second determination means among items of data having a priority higher than a preset warning level, and the third determination means determines the warning flag to be ON. When there is an item of data for which the warning display flag is determined to be OFF, a warning is displayed that there is data that cannot be saved in the file format at the time of saving, and the data is saved in the file format at the time of saving The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a user specifies whether to select a file format. When the second determination means determines that the warning flag is ON and the third determination means determines that the warning display flag is OFF, all the data of the document on which the editing operation has been performed is saved. A fourth determination means for determining whether a file format that can be used exists;
The warning means is
When it is determined that there is a file format that can save all the data of the document that has been subjected to the editing operation by the fourth determining means, a warning is displayed that there is data that cannot be saved in the file format at the time of saving, Let the user specify whether to save in the file format at the time of saving or select another file format,
When it is determined by the fourth determination means that there is a file format that can store all of the data of the document that has undergone the editing operation, a warning is displayed indicating that there is data that cannot be stored for each of the plurality of file formats. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a user specifies whether to save the file in a file format.   The program for functioning a computer as each means of the information processing apparatus of any one of Claims 1 thru | or 6. Initialization in which the initialization unit of the information processing apparatus initializes the warning flag used for determining whether or not the warning display is necessary and the warning display flag used for determining whether or not the warning display is performed to OFF Steps,
A first determination step in which a first determination unit of the information processing apparatus determines whether an editing operation performed on the document is applicable to a warning condition;
A setting step of setting a warning flag to ON when the setting unit of the information processing apparatus determines that the editing operation is applicable to the warning condition in the first determination step;
A second determination step in which a second determination unit of the information processing apparatus determines whether a warning flag relating to a file format at the time of storage is ON when an instruction to save the document is made;
A third determination step of determining whether the warning display flag is ON or OFF when the third determination means of the information processing apparatus determines that the warning flag is ON in the second determination step; ,
When the warning means of the information processing apparatus determines that the warning display flag is OFF in the third determination step, a warning is displayed that there is data that cannot be saved in the file format at the time of saving, and A warning step that lets the user specify whether to save in a different file format or choose a different file format,
In the warning step, the first saving means of the information processing apparatus sets the warning display flag to ON when the user designates that the file is saved in the file format at the time of saving, and the document is saved at the time of saving. A first saving step for saving in a format;
A second saving step of saving the document in the another file format when the user designates that the second saving means of the information processing apparatus saves in the other file format in the warning step;
If the third storage means of the information processing apparatus determines that the warning display flag is ON in the third determination step, the user decides whether to save in the file format at the time of saving or to select another file format. A third saving step for saving the document in the file format at the time of saving,
An information processing method characterized by comprising:

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