JP3697741B2 - File processing device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a file processing apparatus for calling up and displaying form data or the like in an office computer or personal computer.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, office processing devices such as office computers store and manage various files such as accounting files, personnel files, sales files, inventory files, etc., but the record structure that constitutes each file differs from file to file. The files are stored and managed as separate files for each same record form (records in which each item constituting the record matches).
By the way, for example, in a state where the person-in-charge performance table by district is displayed and output as shown in FIG. "And the character string data such as the name of the person in charge are input as the record extraction condition.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In this state where a form is displayed and output, when calling another form related to this form, an operator who understands the relation between the forms inputs character string data such as record extraction conditions. As a result, there is a problem that an operator is burdened and an input error is caused, and no one can easily call a desired form accurately and quickly.
An object of the present invention is to call the related file data related to this in a state in which arbitrarily selected file data is displayed from among a plurality of mutually related file data, and to display and output the related file data. It is intended that anyone can easily output data of a related file by only a simple instruction operation by a pointing device without inputting character string data as an output condition.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Means of the present invention are as follows.
In a file processing device that calls and displays file data,
(1) The link information storage means stores link information for linking mutually related file data.
Here, the file data refers to, for example, an employee list file or a specific employee of a specific department created based on the data of the original file or a record extracted from the original file when the employee list file is the original file. Means a travel expense list and other data used by, and includes not only the original file but also form data created based on the original file. Further, the file data is not limited to form data, but may be document data, and in essence means a collection of record data to be output.
(2) The first display control unit displays and outputs the file data when arbitrary file data is selected from the plurality of file data, and the related file linked to the file data by the link information Display and output an icon that clearly indicates.
(3) The temporary storage means temporarily stores the designated data when arbitrary data is designated by the pointing device from the file data being displayed.
(4) When the second display control means designates an arbitrary icon from the displayed icons by the pointing device, the second display control means uses the designated data in the temporary storage means as a condition corresponding to the icon. Display and output related file data.
The second display control is performed when the designated data designated by the pointing device is moved and displayed in accordance with the movement of the pointing position, and the designated data is positioned on a desired icon by the movement display. The means may display and output data of a related file corresponding to the icon and using the designated data as a condition.
[0005]
[Action]
The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows.
When arbitrary file data is selected from a plurality of mutually related file data and displayed and output, an icon for clearly indicating the related file related to the file data is displayed and output. In this state, an arbitrary icon is specified by the pointing device, and arbitrary data is specified from the file data being displayed. Then, the data of the related file corresponding to the specified icon and using the specified data as a condition is displayed and output.
Therefore, in the state where arbitrarily selected file data is displayed among a plurality of file data related to each other, when the related file data related to this is called and displayed for output, the output condition is Even without inputting character string data, anyone can easily output data of a related file by a simple pointing operation with a pointing device.
[0006]
【Example】
Hereinafter, an embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the file processing apparatus.
The CPU 1 is a central processing unit that controls the overall operation of the file processing device in accordance with various programs. The CPU 1 takes in the form data input from the key input unit 2 and processes the file, and the mouse 3 as a pointing device is operated. When an arbitrary screen position on the display unit 4 is designated, the position coordinates are captured and processed, and when a form print command is input, a record is extracted from the target file in the record file group 5, The form data created based on the extracted record is given to the printing unit 6 and printed out.
[0007]
The form processing unit 7 executes a form process for calling and displaying file data, and the CPU 1 activates the form processing unit 7 when a form call command is input. In this embodiment, the form definition forms 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, etc. arbitrarily set in advance in association with the files F1, F2,. , Spec files 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D,. Form definition forms 8A, 8B, 8C... Define the correspondence between the form and the target file, and define the extraction conditions and form form for extracting records from the target file, and are configured as shown in FIG. ing. Spec files 9A, 9B,... Store link information for linking mutually related forms. FIG. 3 shows that form A is related to forms B, D, and H based on actual business contents. It is the figure which showed notioning conceptually.
[0008]
In this case, for example, in the state where the file data corresponding to the form A is displayed and output, the form processing unit 7 refers to the specification file 9A corresponding to the form A, and for each of the forms B, D, and H related thereto, An icon representing it is displayed and output. That is, FIG. 4 shows a display example in this case. In the state where the “employee list by affiliation” is displayed and output, in order to clearly indicate the related forms mutually related to this form, it is displayed in the icon window. Are displayed as a list of icons in association with the related forms 1: 1. Here, the icon / form correspondence table 10 stores the correspondence between icons and forms. For example, FIG. 5 shows the icon / form correspondence table 10 for icon window corresponding to the form A. The icon / form correspondence table 10 stores icon display coordinates (XY coordinates in the icon window), icon names, and form names. The icon memory 11 stores an icon image corresponding to the icon name, and the form processing unit 7 displays and outputs the icon image read from the icon memory 11 at the coordinate position defined in the icon / form correspondence table 10. In the present embodiment, a maximum of five icon images that clearly indicate related forms can be displayed in the icon window.
[0009]
The parameter memory 12 is a temporary storage for work that temporarily stores the designated data as a parameter of the record extraction condition when arbitrary data is designated from the form on the display screen. When the mouse 3 is operated and the mouse cursor is set at an arbitrary data position and the pointing position is moved while the mouse button is pressed, the designated data is moved and displayed in accordance with the movement. Hereinafter, such an operation is referred to as a drag operation, and releasing the mouse button after the drag operation is referred to as a drop operation. When the drop operation is performed in a state where the designated data is moved and displayed on an arbitrary icon in the icon window by the drag operation, the form processing unit 7 extracts the designated data from the file corresponding to the icon. Record extraction is performed as a condition, form data is created based on the extracted record, and displayed.
[0010]
Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the form processing unit 7.
First, the form processing unit 7 displays a list of all form names as an initial screen (step S1). Here, the operator designates an arbitrary form from the list display by a mouse operation or key operation (step S2), and designates a record extraction condition (step S3), the form processing unit 7 forms the form definition form 8A, 8B... Selects a definition form corresponding to the designated form, opens the target file in the record file group 5 in accordance with the description contents of the definition form (step S4), and also in accordance with the designated extraction condition. Records are extracted (step S5). Based on the extracted record and the form form in the definition form, form data is created and displayed in a window (step S6).
[0011]
Next, the form processing unit 7 accesses the specification file corresponding to the designated form, and checks whether the related form name linked to the designated form is defined in the specification file (step S7). Assuming that “A” is designated as the designated form, form names B, D, and H are stored as related form names linked to the specification file 9A as shown in FIG. The unit 7 refers to the icon / form correspondence table 10 based on the contents of the spec file 9A, reads the icon image from the icon memory 11, and displays it in the icon window (step S8). That is, the form processing unit 7 reads the related form names B, D, and H from the spec file 9A, accesses the icon / form correspondence table 10 shown in FIG. 5, and reads the icon names corresponding to the form names B, D, and H. . Then, the icon memory 11 is accessed based on the icon name, the icon image corresponding to the icon memory 11 is read out and displayed at the display coordinate position in the icon / form correspondence table 10. FIG. 4 shows a display example in this case. In the state where the employee list for each affiliation is displayed and output as the designated coordinate A, an icon window is displayed in the lower display area, and a related form is expressed therein. A list of icons will be displayed.
[0012]
In this state, when the operator moves the mouse 3 (step S9), the form processing unit 7 checks whether a drag operation has been performed (step S10). Now, as shown in FIG. 7A, when a predetermined position in the name field is designated as arbitrary data in the designated form and the mouse is moved while holding down the mouse button, the drag operation is performed in step S10. In step S11, it is checked whether a predetermined object position is designated. Here, if the target is not specified, the process returns to step S9 in order to invalidate the specification. However, if the pre-permitted range is specified, the data corresponding to the object position is set as the record extraction condition. And set in the parameter memory 12 (step S12).
[0013]
Then, in accordance with the mouse movement operation (drag operation), the object position parameter is moved and displayed as it is until the drag operation is performed (steps S13 and S14). When the drop operation is performed, the form processing unit 7 detects the current mouse coordinates (step S15), searches the icon / form correspondence table 10 based on the detected coordinates (step S16), and displays the icon / form. It is checked whether the coordinate data is defined in the correspondence table 10 (step S17). That is, it is checked whether the parameter is moved to an arbitrary icon position in the icon window. Now, as shown in FIG. 7B, when the parameter “name” is moved and displayed on an arbitrary icon and a drop operation is performed in a state where the parameter is overlaid on it, the process proceeds to step S18, and the relationship corresponding to this icon is displayed. The form name is read from the icon / form correspondence table 10. Then, the form definition form corresponding to the related form name is accessed, the target file is opened based on the description content of the definition form (step S19), and the specified data in the parameter memory 12 is extracted from the target file. A corresponding record is extracted as a record extraction condition (step S20).
[0014]
Then, the form processing unit 7 creates form data based on the extracted record and the form form in the form definition form, and displays the form data (step S21). FIG. 7C shows a display screen in this case. That is, when it is desired to know the travel expenses used by a specific employee from the designated form “Employee List by Affiliation”, a mouse operation as shown in FIGS. A list of travel expenses for specific employees is displayed in a window.
In the above-described example, the name field is designated. However, the employee number and affiliation name fields may be designated, and the designation is arbitrary as long as it is a predetermined object position.
[0015]
As described above, in the present embodiment, in the state where the designated form is displayed and output, the related form name associated with the designated form is displayed as an icon according to the business content, etc. It is easy to confirm whether a simple form is related.
In addition, when calling a related form, it is possible to directly specify any data from the specified form as a record extraction condition for the related form. At that time, the specified data can be displayed at any icon display position by dragging or dropping. Since the operation method of moving and displaying is adopted, it is possible to improve the usability in an intuitive and easy-to-understand manner, and it is possible to effectively prevent an input error and the like.
[0016]
In the above embodiment, when selecting arbitrary data as a record extraction condition from a designated form, in order to prevent data that is not subject to being designated, it is preliminarily indicated that the object is invalid, such as shading. It may be identifiable with a special display.
In addition, when the forms related to each other have a hierarchical structure, the icons may be displayed in a hierarchical structure in the icon window correspondingly. Furthermore, the pointing device is not limited to a mouse, and may be a touch pen or a touch screen.
[0017]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, in the state in which arbitrarily selected file data is displayed among a plurality of mutually related file data, when the related file data related to this is called and displayed and output, Anyone can easily output related file data by simple pointing operation with a pointing device without inputting character string data as output conditions, making it easy to use and practical. .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a file processing apparatus.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the setting contents of a form definition form 8A, 8D.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing setting contents of a specification file 9A.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display screen when an employee list according to affiliation is selected and designated.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of an icon / form correspondence table 10;
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the form processing unit 7;
FIG. 7 is a display state diagram showing a process from calling up and displaying a travel expense list of a specific employee related to the employee list according to affiliation.
FIG. 8 is a display state diagram for explaining a conventional example.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 CPU
2 Key input unit 3 Mouse 4 Display unit 5 Record file group 7 Form processing unit 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D Form definition form 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D Spec file 10 Icon / form correspondence table 11 Icon memory 12 Parameter memory

Claims (2)

In a file processing device that calls and displays file data,
Link information storage means for storing link information for linking mutually related file data;
When arbitrary file data is selected from among a plurality of file data, the file data is displayed and output, and an icon that clearly indicates a related file linked to the file data by the link information is displayed and output. Display control means;
Temporary storage means for temporarily storing the designated data when arbitrary data is designated by the pointing device from the file data being displayed;
When an arbitrary icon is designated by the pointing device from among the icons being displayed, a second file for displaying and outputting the data of the related file corresponding to the icon and using the designated data in the temporary storage means as a condition And a display control means. The second display control means is configured to display the designated data designated by the pointing device in accordance with the movement of the pointing position, and in the state where the designated data is positioned on a desired icon by the movement display. The file processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein data of a related file corresponding to the icon and using the specified data as a condition is displayed and output.

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