JP2778740B2 - Document creation device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a document creation device capable of handling a plurality of types of data files including a document data file, and is particularly necessary for a document recall operation. Document display file name list display method.

(Prior Art) Many recent document creation apparatuses have a figure creation function, an image input function, and the like, and can create a document having a figure, an image, and the like using a created figure and an input image. Has become. In this type of document creation device, the created figures and input images can be used again.
Like a document, the data file can be stored in a storage medium such as a floppy disk (hereinafter referred to as a document storage medium).

As described above, in a document creation apparatus that can handle a plurality of types of data files including a document data file, a user creates (or copies) a document once and saves it in a document storage medium. Generally, a document call mode for calling for continuation, proofreading and editing of a document, and the like can be set. Conventionally, in this document calling mode, a list (document calling file name list) of document names (document file names) of documents (document data files) stored in the document storage medium is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. Even if the user does not correctly store the name of the document to be called, a desired document can be easily and reliably called by a selection operation using a cursor key or the like.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in a conventional document creation device that can handle a plurality of types of data files including a document data file, the file name (document name) of the document data file stored in the document storage medium List is displayed on the screen and provided for user selection. However, in this method, although the usability of the document call itself is improved, data files other than documents, such as figures and images stored in the document storage medium, are not displayed in the file name list. There has been a problem that a user is given an impression that a data file such as a graphic or an image to be deleted has been deleted from the document storage medium.

Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is that, in the file name list display in the specific type of data file calling mode, other types of data files stored in the document storage medium are recognized in addition to the specific type of data file that can be called. The object of the present invention is to make it possible to efficiently perform the operation of calling a specific type data file.

[Configuration of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) According to the present invention, an arbitrary data file can be called from a document storage medium that can store a plurality of types of data files including a document data file in association with a file name. A document creation device capable of calling a data file of a specific type from the document storage medium in a specific type data file call mode for calling a file name of the data file stored in the document storage medium. File name reading means for reading regardless of whether the file is the specific type data file, and file name list displaying means for displaying a list of file names read by the file name reading means on a screen, File names of data files other than the specific type data file It is characterized in that a file name list display means for displaying in a different display form than the file name of the specific types of data files. Also,
According to the present invention, when an arbitrary file name is selected and instructed by the selection instructing means from the file name list displayed by the file name list displaying means, the data file of the instructed file name is of the same type as the specific type data file. There is provided a data file calling means for executing a call of a data file having a file name designated according to whether or not there is a data file. According to the present invention, when the file name list is displayed by the file name list display means, the data file having the file name displayed in a display mode different from the file name of the specific type data file is excluded from being called by the data file calling means. Is displayed on the screen.

(Operation) According to the above configuration, if the file name list displayed in the specific type data file call mode is the file name of the data file stored in the document storage medium,
Since the file includes a file of a type other than the specific type data file (that is, a file that is not the target of the call),
For example, even in the document data file call mode (document call mode), whether a data file (a data file such as a graphic or an image) other than the document data file is stored in the document storage medium, For example, the file name can be recognized. In addition, the file names of the data files not to be called are
Since the data file to be called is displayed in a display form different from the file name of the data file (specific type data file), there is very little possibility that the user erroneously instructs the calling of the data file not to be called. This fear,
At the time of displaying the file name list, the number is further reduced by displaying on the screen that the data file having the file name displayed in a display mode different from the file name of the specific type data file is not to be called.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a microprocessor (hereinafter, referred to as a CPU), 11 denotes a RAM accessed by the CPU 10, and 12 denotes the ROM. The CPU 10 controls the entire apparatus, accesses the RAM 11 and the ROM 12, starts a program in accordance with an input instruction, and performs a document creation / proofreading process, a graphic creation process, an image input process, and further directly relates to the present invention. A document (document data file) call process is executed. In the RAM 11, areas such as a document area and a line image area (print buffer), and areas for storing control information such as a cursor position register for storing a cursor position on a document display screen are secured. ROM12 is C
A program area 13 storing a program for determining the operation of the PU 10 and a program for document call processing (document call program) 13a directly related to the present invention; a character pattern area 14 for storing display or print character patterns; It has a dictionary area 15 in which various dictionaries for converting readings input in Roman characters into Chinese characters are registered.

16 is a keyboard (KB), 18 is a display, 21 is a floppy disk drive (FDD), and 24 is a printer (PRT). A keyboard (KB) 16 receives input information necessary for document creation and the like via a keyboard interface (KB-IF) 17 and outputs a CP.
Used to input to U10. The display 18 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display device displaying 20 rows. The display controller (display-CNT) 19 controls the display of the display 18 using the display RAM (dot memory) 20 under the control of the CPU 10. The floppy disk device 21 stores, under the control of the CPU 10, a created document, a figure, and the like for a floppy disk (hereinafter, referred to as a document floppy) 22 which is a storage medium mounted on the device 21. An access operation for calling is performed via a disk interface (FDD-IF) 23. Under the control of the CPU 10, the printer 24 converts a created document or a document read from the floppy disk device 21 into the main body by a printer interface (PRT-I
F) Print via 25.

The storage area of the document floppy 22 includes a data storage area 22a for storing various data files such as a document data file (document data file), a graphic data file, and an image data file, and a data storage area 22a. A directory (data file directory) 22b for storing the directory information of the data file is secured. The directory information registered in the entry of the data file directory 22b is stored in the data storage area 22a of the corresponding data file.
In addition to the information such as the storage location and size in the file, the file name (set by the user) of the file, the type of the file (document data file, graphic data file,
Image data file) and a valid bit (V) indicating whether the entry information is valid. It is assumed that the number of entries in the data file directory 22b is 63. In a predetermined area of the data file directory 22b,
File number information indicating the number of data files stored in the data storage area 22a is set.

Next, the operation in the document call mode in the configuration of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Now, it is assumed that a document call mode for calling a desired document data file from the document floppy 22 has been requested by the user operating the keyboard 16 or the like. CPU1
When detecting the document call mode request, the document start process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2 is started according to the document call program 13a stored in the program area 13 of the ROM 12. First, the CPU 10 reads the contents of all entries of the data file directory 22b of the document floppy 22 mounted on the floppy disk device 21 into the RAM 11 via the disk interface 23, and reads out the valid ( Valid bit V is "1"
) Is set in a predetermined area of the RAM 11, for example, in the order of entry, not only for the directory information of the document data file to be called, but also for the directory information of other types of data files (step S).
1). In addition, read from the directory 22b into the RAM 11,
It is also possible to rearrange the columns of valid directory information set in the eleven predetermined areas in an order according to a certain rule according to the file name included in each directory information.

When executing the step S1, the CPU 10 calls up a document (document data file) according to a user's selection instruction.
The basic form of the file name list to be displayed on the display 18 is RAM11
(Step S2). The file name list (basic form) includes a plurality of file name display areas for displaying the file names of the data files stored in the document floppy 22, for example, the number of entries of the data file directory 22b (63 in this case). Are prepared in advance. At the head position of each file name display area, a number (unique to the display area) provided for a user's selection instruction is set in advance. Further, in a predetermined area of the file name list (basic form), for example, the bottom line-1st line (here, the 19th line), a warning that "The inverted file name is not a document data file and cannot be recalled" Message on the bottom line (here
In the (20th line), an operation guidance message “Press the select / execute key after selecting with the cursor” is set in advance. If there is no data file stored in the document floppy 22, a message indicating that the data file is not stored in the document floppy 22 is displayed in place of step S2. The processing subsequent to the message display is not directly related to the present invention, and the description is omitted.

After executing step S2, the CPU 10 initializes a counter (software counter), which is reserved in a predetermined area of the RAM 11 for use in display management of the file name list, to a value of 1 (step S3). Next, the CPU 10 determines the directory information at the position (order) indicated by the counter value in the column of the directory information set in the RAM 11 in step S1 (the leading directory information when the count value is 1; The file type identifier (ID) included in the second directory information) is read, the type of the data file is checked (step S4), and it is determined whether the file is a document data file (step S5).

If the CPU 10 determines in step S5 that the file type indicated by the file type identifier (ID) in the directory information is a document (document data file), the CPU 10 replaces the file name set in the same directory information. Of the file name display areas of the file name list developed in the RAM 11, the file name display area in which the same number as the counter value (number indicated by the counter) at that time is set (that is, the counter value The corresponding file name display area is written without special display modification so as to be displayed in a normal display form, and the file name list is rewritten (step S6).

On the other hand, if the file type indicated by the file type identifier in the directory information is not a document (document data file), the CPU 10 saves the value of the counter at that time in a predetermined area of the RAM 11 (step S7).
Then, the CPU 10 displays the file name set in the same directory information as the file type identifier used for the file type determination in the file name display area in the file name list In the file name display area in which the same number is set, a modification for displaying in a form different from the normal display form, for example, a modification for reverse display is applied, and the file name list is rewritten (step S8). .

When the CPU 10 finishes step S6 or step S8,
The value of the counter at that time is the data file directory 22
It is checked whether or not the value indicated by the number-of-storage-files information set in the predetermined area b, that is, the number of data files stored in the data storage area 22a of the document floppy 22 (step S9). If the value of the counter does not match the number of stored files, the CPU 10 counts up the counter by 1 (step S10), returns to the processing of step 4, and executes the above processing again. In this way, the processing after step 4 is repeated several times, and when the value of the counter becomes equal to the number of stored files, the CPU 10 proceeds from the determination in step S9 to step S11. In step S11, the CPU 10 retrieves the file name list rewritten in the above-described procedure from the RAM 11 and writes the file name list in the display RAM 20, thereby causing the display 18 to display the file name list. At this time, a screen example of the file name list is displayed in the data storage area 22a of the document floppy 22. For example, three document data files, two graphic data files and one image data file are stored in a total of six data files. FIG. 4 shows a case where the contents of the directory 22b are as shown in FIG. FIG. 5 shows a list of file names according to the conventional method under the same conditions as in FIG.

Now, in the file name list shown in FIG. 4, the file names of all data files stored in the document floppy 22, that is, not only the document data files to be called for documents, but also the figures and The file name of a data file such as an image is also included. Therefore, the user can confirm from the file name list displayed on the display 18 that the data file of the figure or image saved by himself is certainly saved in the document floppy 22. Also, since the file names of the data files that are not to be called for the document are displayed inverted by the processing in step S8, the file names of this type and the file names of the document data files to be called for the document are the same. Even if they are mixed on the file name list screen, the user can clearly identify the two from the difference in display form (reverse display / normal display). In addition, a warning message stating that the inverted file name cannot be called because the inverted file name is not a document data file is also displayed on the first and last lines, so that the data file ( That is, it is extremely unlikely that the user erroneously selects and operates a data file other than the document data file).

After displaying the file name list in step S11, the CPU 10 waits for an instruction input for the user to select and instruct the file name of the document data file to be called from the document floppy 22. In this state, the user operates, for example, the cursor keys of the keyboard 16 to move the cursor C up, down, left, and right on the file name list screen, and displays the number displayed on the file name of the document data file to be recalled. Adjust to When the user performs the above cursor key operation, the user presses the select / execute key on the keyboard 16. CPU10
Indicates that the keyboard 16 is selected /
When it is detected that the execution key has been pressed, the number of the display position of the cursor C at that time is accepted as the number designated for selection (step S12). Note that the number itself corresponding to the file name can also be designated by inputting from the keyboard 16.

When the CPU 10 receives the number selected and instructed by the user's operation in step S12, the received number and step S7 are accepted.
Is compared with the counter value (group) saved in the predetermined area of the RAM 11 (step S13), and if there is any counter value (group) that matches the received number, It is checked whether or not it is (step S14). If there is no match, the CPU 10 indicates that the file name corresponding to the received number is displayed in a normal display format, so that the data file corresponding to the file name is a document data file, and the As
Based on the directory information in which the same file name is set (read in step S1), the corresponding document data file is called from the document floppy 22 mounted on the floppy disk device 21 (step S15). If there is a match, the file name corresponding to the received number is highlighted, so that the data file corresponding to the same file name is not a document data file, but a document to be called. Judge that it should not be. In this case, the CPU 10 does not call the document but accepts a selection instruction from the user again.

Although the above embodiment has been described with reference to the case where the present invention is applied to the document call processing, the present invention can be similarly applied to the processing of calling graphics and images. However, for example, in the graphic calling process, it is necessary to reversely display a file name other than the graphic data file. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the former is normally displayed to identify the file names of the data file to be called and the data file which is not the target, and the latter is described as being reversely displayed.
The opposite is also possible, and other display forms (for example, one is normal display, the other is blink display, etc.) may be used as long as the two display forms are different.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above in detail, according to the present invention, in a specific type data file call mode for calling a specific type of data file from the document storage medium, the file of the data file stored in the document storage medium is called. The file name is read irrespective of whether the corresponding file is the specific type data file or not, and a list of the file names is obtained. For the file names of data files other than the specific type data file, the file name of the specific type data file is used. For example, in the case of a document data file call mode (document call mode), the user can use the above file name list to display data such as graphics and images that are not to be called. Whether the file is stored on the document storage medium and, if so, the file. Recognize the file name. Moreover, according to the present invention, the file name of the data file not to be called is displayed in a display form different from the file name of the data file (specific type data file) to be called, so that both are mixed. Even if the file name is displayed in the file name list, there is very little possibility that the user erroneously instructs the calling of the data file not to be called.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment in a document calling mode. FIG. 3 is a document floppy of FIG. 22 data file directories
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of 22b, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen example of a file name list displayed in the embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 10 ... CPU, 11 ... RAM, 12 ... ROM, 13a ... Call program, 16 ... Keyboard (KB), 18 ... Display, 20 ...
… Display RAM, 21… Floppy disk drive (FDD),
22: Document floppy (document storage medium), 22b: Data file directory.

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A document creating apparatus capable of calling an arbitrary data file from a document storage medium capable of storing a plurality of types of data files including a document data file in association with a file name. A file for reading the file name of the data file stored in the document storage medium regardless of whether the corresponding file is the specific type data file in the specific type data file call mode for calling the type data file Name reading means, and file name list display means for displaying a list of file names read by the file name reading means on a screen, wherein the file names of data files other than the specific type data file among the display target file names Is different from the file name of the specific type data file. Document creating apparatus characterized by comprising a, and the file name list display means for displaying on the display mode. 2. A selection instructing means for selecting and instructing an arbitrary file name from a file name list displayed by the file name list displaying means, and a data file having the file name selected and instructed by the selection instructing means. Depending on whether it is the same type as the specific type data file,
2. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a data file calling means for calling a data file having the file name designated and selected. 3. The file name list display means, wherein, when the file name list is displayed, a data file having a file name displayed in a display form different from the file name of the specific type data file is called by the data file calling means. A second feature is to display on the screen that the object is not applicable.
The document creation device according to claim.