JP3887877B2 - Object management method and apparatus - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a file management apparatus for registering and managing a plurality of objects such as files and directories, and more particularly to a file management method and apparatus for improving operability related to registration work such as copying and moving operations of files and directories. About.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a general-purpose file management apparatus using a conventional window system, files and directories are handled and displayed as objects such as icons and file names, for example. When performing operations such as “Copy” or “Move” to multiple directories, select the object displayed in the window with the mouse, etc., and copy or move to the directory. In general, copying and moving operations are performed by specifying an area or by dragging and dropping to a copy destination or destination directory.
[0003]
In such a conventional file management apparatus, when performing an operation for copying or moving an object of a file or directory as described above, the same attribute as that of the object to be registered in the copy destination or destination directory area When an object with a value (for example, the same file name) already exists, the operator instructs “overwrite” or “skip” for each object or instructs “overwrite all”.
[0004]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-87940 discloses a technique for determining whether or not to execute copying by determining the attribute value of the file when copying the file as one of the file copying methods.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the file management apparatus using the conventional technique as described above, when performing a move operation or a copy operation of a plurality of objects at a time, “overwrite registration” is performed for each object that may be overwritten. Or “Skip” to the operator in order to execute the move operation or copy operation, the operator needs to repeat the input operation as many times as the number of objects, the operation is very It was complicated.
[0006]
In addition, if the operator instructs “Overwrite all” at the time of the above confirmation and there is no object with the same attribute value as the object to be registered in the registration destination, it is registered without any warning. Therefore, there is a high possibility that an operational error occurs because a necessary file is overwritten or a file that is not intended to be copied or moved is copied or moved.
[0007]
In addition, in the method of determining the attribute value of a file represented by the invention described in the above-mentioned publication, it is automatically determined whether the file can be copied based on the attribute value of the file. There is also a problem that the will of the operator is not reflected.
[0008]
The present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances, and when registering a plurality of objects in another directory by a copy operation or a move operation, file management can be performed reliably and with good operability. It is an object to provide a method and apparatus.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an object management method for registering a plurality of objects by region and managing the registered objects, wherein the plurality of objects selected by an operator are placed in another region. When registering, an object having the same name is selected from the plurality of selected objects by determining the identity of the name of the object registered in the other area and the names of the plurality of selected objects. Are displayed as a group to be overwritten and registered, and a list of objects having different names from the selected plurality of objects is displayed. After the operator confirms the displayed objects, It is characterized by performing registration.
[0010]
The invention of claim 2 registers a plurality of objects by region, and in the object management method for managing the registered objects, when registering a plurality of objects selected by an operator in another region, Determining the identity of the name of the object registered in the other area and the names of the plurality of selected objects, classifying objects of the same name from the plurality of selected objects, and List the classified objects with the same name as a group to be overwritten, let the operator select the object whose name is to be changed among the displayed objects, change the name of the selected object, and check the operator After passing through, registration to this another area is executed.
[0011]
Further, in the invention of claim 3, in the invention of claim 2, when the name of the object selected and designated is changed, the name of the object registered in the other area and the name of the object to be changed It is characterized by judging the identity and displaying a list of objects having the same name as a group to be overwritten and registered.
[0012]
The invention of claim 4 registers a plurality of objects by region, and in the object management method for managing the registered objects, when registering a plurality of objects selected by an operator in another region, Determining the identity of the name of the object registered in the other area and the names of the plurality of selected objects, classifying objects of the same name from the plurality of selected objects, and List the classified objects with the same name as a group to be overwritten, let the operator select an object to be excluded from the processing target among the displayed objects, exclude the selected object from the processing target, After the confirmation operation, registration in the other area is executed.
[0013]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided registration means for registering a plurality of objects by region, first display means for displaying the objects registered by the registration means, and objects displayed by the first display means. In the object management device comprising the object selecting means for selecting the object, when the plurality of objects selected by the selecting means are registered in another area by the registration means, the objects registered in the different area A classifying unit that classifies an object having the same name from the plurality of selected objects by determining the identity of the name and the names of the plurality of selected objects, and the same classified by the classifying unit Second display means for displaying a list of objects with names as groups to be overwritten, and the second display Characterized by comprising a confirmation means for instructing selection of the object to rename one of objects displayed to the operator by the step and an execution means for changing the name of the object designated selected by said confirmation means.
[0014]
Further, in the invention of claim 6, in the invention of claim 5, when the classification means changes the name of the selected object, the name of the object registered in the other area and the object to be changed The second display means displays a list of objects having the same name as a group to be overwritten and registered.
[0015]
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided registration means for registering a plurality of objects by region, first display means for displaying objects registered by the registration means, and objects displayed by the first display means. In the object management device comprising the object selecting means for selecting the object, when the plurality of objects selected by the selecting means are registered in another area by the registration means, the objects registered in the different area A classifying unit that classifies an object having the same name from the plurality of selected objects by determining the identity of the name and the names of the plurality of selected objects, and the same classified by the classifying unit List the objects with the name as a group to be overwritten and register the objects selected by the selection means. Characterized by comprising a second display means further displaying a list of object names different from the object of the further area of the-objects.
[0016]
The invention of claim 8 is a registration means for registering a plurality of objects by region, a first display means for displaying an object registered by the registration means, and an object displayed by the first display means. In the object management device comprising the object selecting means for selecting the object, when the plurality of objects selected by the selecting means are registered in another area by the registration means, the objects registered in the different area A classifying unit that classifies an object having the same name from the plurality of selected objects by determining the identity of the name and the names of the plurality of selected objects, and the same classified by the classifying unit Second display means for displaying a list of objects with names as groups to be overwritten, and the second display Selection monkey confirmation means from the processed objects that are excluded to the operator of the object displayed on the stage, characterized by comprising an execution means exclude objects selected by said check means from processing.
[0018]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0019]
When a file management apparatus according to the present invention performs a copy operation or a move operation of an object such as a plurality of files or directories, first, the specific attribute value of each selected object is the same as the destination directory. It is determined whether there is an object having an attribute, and the object is classified into an object that may be overwritten and an object that is newly registered.
[0020]
Next, before executing the copy operation or move operation of the object, the object is classified and displayed in two groups, “overwrite registration” and “new registration”, and the operator confirms the operation execution for each group. After obtaining the information, for the objects classified in the overwrite registration group, only the objects that are overwritten are overwritten in the copy destination or destination directory based on the overwriting instruction for each object. For objects that have been registered and classified into the newly registered group, all of the objects are newly registered in the copy destination or destination directory.
[0021]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a file management apparatus according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes an input device such as a keyboard for inputting characters or a mouse for indicating a predetermined position on a display screen. 12 is a storage device for storing information such as the created file and its file attributes and file structure information, 13 is a display device for displaying objects and windows, such as files and directories such as LCD or CRT, and 14 is each device concerned This is a control device that controls (11-13) and operates the file management device.
[0022]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the main parts of the control device 14 and the storage device 12 shown in FIG. 1, in which 20 is an input device 11, storage device 12 and display device 13 which are other external devices. This is a main control unit for instructing data transmission / reception and various commands, and is connected to each external device.
[0023]
Reference numeral 21 denotes an attribute determination unit that compares and determines the attributes of the object, and is connected to the main control unit 20. A microprocessor is used for the main control unit 20 and the attribute determination unit 21 and constitutes the control device 14.
[0024]
2, 30 is an object storage area for storing files and directories, 31 is a new registration group storage area for storing objects to be newly registered, and 32 is an overwrite registration group storage for storing objects to be overwritten. An area 33 is a determination attribute storage area 33 for storing information related to the attribute of the object, and these are each connected to the main control unit 20.
[0025]
These storage areas (30 to 33) are storage areas provided in a storage medium such as a memory or a hard disk, and each has a unique address. The storage areas (30 to 33) are connected to the main control unit 20, and the main control unit 20 accesses the storage areas by designating the addresses of the storage areas. Hereinafter, an operation example of the file management apparatus having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG.
[0026]
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an execution procedure when an operation of selecting a plurality of objects such as files and directories displayed in the window and moving to another directory is performed. In this flowchart, the file management apparatus according to the present invention classifies the newly registered object and the object to be overwritten before actually moving the object, displays them on the display device 13, and performs overwriting based on the display. Move the object after changing it to the object to be newly registered by instructing and selecting the object that you do not want to register or the object that you do not want to register as a new object by changing the name of the object to be registered for overwriting. Execute.
[0027]
First, the main control unit 20 reads an object and a window frame stored in the object storage area 30, creates a file management window 801 shown in FIG. 8 and transfers it to the display device 13. The display device 13 displays the received file management window 801 (step S300).
[0028]
The file management window 801 includes a directory list display area 802 that displays a list of directory structures stored in the object storage area 30 by object name, and a directory contents display area 803 that displays a list of contents of the selected directory by object name. In each display area, a scroll bar 804 that scrolls the screen in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction and an icon 805 that is displayed at the beginning of each object name and serves as an identifier of each object are displayed.
[0029]
When the operator accesses an object, the directory in which the object is stored is searched from the directory list display area, and the icon 805 displayed at the head of the directory is designated by the input device 11 (for example, a mouse). If the desired directory is not displayed in the directory list display area, the screen is scrolled using the scroll bar 804 to search for and specify the directory. The contents of the designated directory are displayed in the directory contents display area 803, and the operator performs a moving operation or a copying operation of the displayed object as necessary.
[0030]
Next, the operator uses the input device 11 to select a plurality of objects such as files and directories displayed in the file management window 801 that are to be moved to another directory (area) (step S301). Is dragged to the destination directory displayed in the directory list display area 802 and dropped on the icon 805 of the directory. The movement of the object is instructed by a series of these operations. (Step S302)
When the movement of the object is instructed by the above operation, the main control unit 20 displays an attribute setting window 401 as shown in FIG. 4 on the display device 13 in order to instruct the attribute to be determined in step S304. In the present embodiment, the object name is set as the default attribute of each object. However, when the attribute is to be changed, the operator directly presses the “OK” button 403 in the attribute setting window 401 or sets the attribute. After arbitrarily selecting the attribute displayed as the title of the setting button 402, the “OK” button 403 is pressed, and the attribute to be determined is set in the next step S304 (step S303).
[0031]
Here, in FIG. 4, the name of the object, the update date, and the version are listed as the title of the attribute setting button 402, but other attributes such as an extension and a file type may be set. Furthermore, although it is assumed in the present embodiment that one of the three attributes listed in the title of the attribute setting button 402 is selected, a plurality of attributes may be selected at the same time. The determination attribute set in this way is stored in the determination attribute storage area 33, and the setting content is displayed in the attribute setting window 401 from the next operation. Hereinafter, in step S303, it is assumed that the name of the object is selected as the determination attribute.
[0032]
Next, the main control unit 20 reads the directory designated as the movement destination from the object storage area 30 and transfers it to the attribute determination unit 21. The attribute determination unit 21 compares the name of the object selected in step S301 with the name of the object stored in the directory designated as the destination, and determines whether there is an object with the same name at the destination. (Step S304).
[0033]
This determination is performed by the attribute determination unit 20 comparing the names of objects to be compared one by one from the first character, and if all characters match, the main control unit 20 The object is stored in the overwrite registration group storage area 32 of the storage device 12, and in other cases, the object is stored in the new registration group storage area 33.
[0034]
Next, the main control unit 20 creates a confirmation window 501 as shown in FIG. 5 based on each object classified as described above, and displays it on the display device 13 (step S305). In the confirmation window 501, the object stored in the overwrite registration group storage area 32 is displayed in the overwrite registration window 503, and the object stored in the new registration group storage area 33 is displayed in the new registration window 502. As described above, the objects selected by the operator are displayed by classifying the newly registered object and the overwritten object into separate groups.
[0035]
Further, the confirmation window 501 shown in FIG. 5 includes an attribute value change button 504 for instructing to change the attribute value of the selected object, an exclusion button 505 for giving an instruction to exclude a plurality of selected objects from the processing target, An OK button 506 for giving an instruction to execute new registration and overwrite processing of the objects displayed in the new registration window 502 and the overwrite registration window 503; a cancel button 507 for giving an instruction to cancel the execution of the processing; A scroll bar 508 for scrolling the new registration window 502 or the overwrite registration window 503 is provided, and the operator can perform various operations on the objects of each group using these windows and buttons.
[0036]
After displaying the confirmation window 501, the main control unit 20 instructs to select any object listed in the new registration window 502 or the overwrite registration window 503 (step S 306), or an OK button 506 or a cancel button 507. Is entered (step S307), and if the operator selects and selects any object, the process proceeds to step S310 and subsequent steps to execute the process instructed by the operator. On the other hand, when the OK button 506 or the cancel button 507 is pressed, the process proceeds to step S308 and the subsequent steps, and an object movement process is performed.
[0037]
Here, first, an operation when the operator designates and selects any object will be described.
[0038]
When the operator designates and selects an object that does not desire new registration or overwrite registration from among the objects displayed in the new registration window 502 and the overwrite registration window 503, the selected object is marked as shown in FIG. At this time, the main control unit 20 waits for an instruction to change the attribute value of the object or to exclude it from the group (step S310). When the attribute value change button 504 is pressed, the display device 13 An attribute value change window 601 as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed.
[0039]
The attribute value change window 601 includes a form 602 for inputting the attribute value after the change, an OK button 603 for confirming the setting in the attribute value change window 601, and a cancel button 604 for canceling the setting. When the name of a new object is input and the OK button is pressed, the input new name is changed as the attribute value of the object (step S313), and the attribute value determination unit 21 again moves the destination in step S304. It is determined whether there is an object with the same name in the directory, and if there is no object with the same name, it is classified into a new registration group, and if an object with the same name exists, it is overwritten and registered. Classified into groups.
[0040]
The main control unit 20 stores the classified object in the new registration group storage area 31 or the overwrite registration group storage area 32 with the name of the new object. If the operator presses the cancel button 604 in step S312, the attribute value change window 601 is closed and the process returns to step 310.
[0041]
When the exclude button 505 is pressed in step S310, the main control unit 20 displays a window 701 for requesting confirmation of whether or not to exclude the object shown in FIG. 7 on the display device 13, and an OK button 702 or a cancel button 703. Is waited for (step S307). When the cancel button 604 is pressed in the object exclusion confirmation window 701, the process returns to step 310, and when the OK button 702 is pressed, the selected object is excluded from the new registration group or the overwrite registration group ( Step S316). The excluded object is deleted from the newly registered group storage area 31 or the overwrite registered group storage area.
[0042]
When the object exclusion is completed, the process returns to step S305, and the main control unit 20 reads the object again from the new registration group storage area 31 or the overwrite registration group storage area, creates a confirmation window 501, and displays it on the display device 13. Here, since the object subjected to the exclusion process in step S316 has been deleted from the new registration group storage area 31 or the overwrite registration group storage area 32, it is not displayed in the new registration window 502 and the overwrite registration window 503.
[0043]
Next, an operation when the OK button 506 or the cancel book column 507 is pressed in the confirmation window 501 shown in FIG.
[0044]
In step S304, the object to be moved is classified into a new registration group and an overwrite registration group according to the attribute value, and is displayed in the confirmation window 501. The operator confirms whether or not it is appropriate to execute the moving process as it is for each object displayed in the confirmation window 501, and if not, changes the name of the desired object as described above. Or processing to be excluded from the processing target.
[0045]
After performing such processing, the operator presses the OK button 506 when executing the moving processing for each object displayed in the confirmation window 501 as it is, and cancels the moving processing when canceling the moving processing. A button 507 is pressed.
[0046]
If the OK button 506 is pressed (OK in step S308), the main control unit 20 stores each object stored in the newly registered group storage area 31 in the destination directory of the object storage area 30. Then, each object stored in the overwrite registration group storage area 32 is overwritten and stored in the destination directory (step S309). When the cancel button 507 is pressed in the confirmation window 501, the entire object movement process is canceled.
As a result of such processing, when multiple objects are moved or copied, even if an object with the same attribute value already exists in the destination directory, the attribute value of the object to be moved If this is changed, it is possible to prevent a mistake that the destination directory is inadvertently overwritten. At the same time, since an object that may be overwritten can be changed to a newly registered object, in the conventional method, the registration operation must be “skip” once and then the attribute of the object must be changed again. It can be processed accurately in one registration operation.
In addition, when an object that can be overwritten is listed, an arbitrary object is selected, and an instruction to “overwrite” or “do not overwrite” is given to each selected object. ”Or“ skip ”confirmation input is repeated for the number of objects to be registered, and at the same time, an error such as overwriting and erasing a necessary object due to an erroneous operation can be prevented as much as possible.
[0047]
In the above-described embodiment, the new registration group and the overwrite registration group are displayed separately in separate areas in the confirmation window 501, but only the overwrite registration group is displayed, and the object of the new registration group is displayed. May be configured such that the registration operation is performed unconditionally.
[0048]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the operator can effectively recognize the state of the registered object, and can give a desired instruction to the object that may be overwritten. .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a file management apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main part of a control device and a storage device of the file management device shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the file management apparatus shown in FIG. 1;
4 is a view showing the configuration of an attribute setting window displayed on the file management apparatus shown in FIG. 1; FIG.
FIG. 5 is a view showing a configuration of a confirmation window displayed on the file management apparatus shown in FIG. 1;
6 is a view showing the configuration of an attribute value change window displayed on the file management apparatus shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
7 is a diagram showing the configuration of an object exclusion confirmation window displayed on the file management apparatus shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
FIG. 8 is a view showing the configuration of a file confirmation window displayed on the file management apparatus shown in FIG. 1;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Input device, 12 ... Storage device, 13 ... Display device, 14 ... Control device, 20 ... Main control part, 21 ... Attribute judgment part, 30 ... Object storage area, 31 ... New registration group storage area, 32 ... Overwrite registration Group storage area 33 ... Determination attribute storage area 401 ... Attribute setting window 402 ... Attribute setting button 403 ... Attribute setting confirmation button 404 ... Attribute setting cancel button 501 ... Confirmation window 502 ... New registration window 503 ... Overwrite registration window, 504... Attribute value change button, 505... Exclude button, 506... Registration execution confirmation button, 507... Registration execution cancel button, 508 ... Scroll bar, 601 ... Attribute value change window, 602. Form, 603 ... Attribute value confirmation button after change, 604 ... Attribute value after change Cancel button, 701 ... Object exclusion confirmation window, 702 ... Object exclusion confirmation button, 703 ... Object exclusion cancellation button, 801 ... File management window, 802 ... Directory list display area, 803 ... Directory content display area, 804 ... Scroll bar, 805 ... icon.

Claims (8)

In an object management method for registering a plurality of objects by region and managing the registered objects,
When registering a plurality of objects selected by the operator in another area, the identity of the names of the objects registered in the other area and the names of the selected objects is determined, A list of objects having the same name from among the plurality of selected objects is displayed as a group to be overwritten and registered, a list of objects having different names from the plurality of selected objects is displayed, and an operator for the displayed object is displayed. An object management method comprising: performing registration in the different area after performing the confirmation operation. In an object management method for registering a plurality of objects by region and managing the registered objects,
When registering a plurality of objects selected by the operator in another area, the identity of the names of the objects registered in the other area and the names of the selected objects is determined, Classify objects with the same name from the selected objects, list the classified objects with the same name as a group to be overwritten,
Instructing and selecting an object whose name is to be changed among the displayed objects, changing the name of the object selected and selected, and performing registration in the other area after an operator's confirmation operation. Object management method.   When the name of the selected object is changed, a group in which the name of the object registered in the other area and the name of the object to be changed are judged to be identical and the object having the same name is overwritten and registered 3. The object management method according to claim 2, wherein the object management method is displayed as a list. In an object management method for registering a plurality of objects by region and managing the registered objects,
When registering a plurality of objects selected by the operator in another area, the identity of the names of the objects registered in the other area and the names of the selected objects is determined, Classify objects with the same name from the selected objects, list the classified objects with the same name as a group to be overwritten,
Let the operator select an object to be excluded from the processing target among the displayed objects, exclude the selected object from the processing target, perform the operator's confirmation operation, and then perform registration in the other area Object management method characterized by Registration means for registering a plurality of objects by region, first display means for displaying the objects registered by the registration means, and object selection means for selecting the objects displayed by the first display means In the object management device to
When a plurality of objects selected by the selection means are registered in another area by the registration means, the name of the object registered in the other area is the same as the name of the selected plurality of objects Classifying means for judging the gender and classifying objects having the same name from the plurality of selected objects;
Second display means for displaying a list of objects with the same name classified by the classification means as a group to be overwritten and registered;
Confirmation means for causing an operator to select and select an object whose name is to be changed among objects displayed by the second display means;
An object management apparatus comprising: an execution unit that changes the name of the object that is selected and designated by the confirmation unit. The classification means determines the identity between the name of the object registered in the different area and the name of the object to be changed when changing the name of the selected object,
6. The object management apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the second display means displays a list of the objects having the same name as a group to be overwritten and registered. Registration means for registering a plurality of objects by region, first display means for displaying the objects registered by the registration means, and object selection means for selecting the objects displayed by the first display means In the object management device to
When a plurality of objects selected by the selection means are registered in another area by the registration means, the name of the object registered in the other area is the same as the name of the selected plurality of objects Classifying means for judging the gender and classifying objects having the same name from the plurality of selected objects;
A list of objects having the same name classified by the classification means as a group to be overwritten and registered, and a list of objects selected by the selection means and having names different from those in the different areas are further displayed. An object management apparatus comprising: two display means. Registration means for registering a plurality of objects by region, first display means for displaying the objects registered by the registration means, and object selection means for selecting the objects displayed by the first display means In the object management device to
When a plurality of objects selected by the selection means are registered in another area by the registration means, the name of the object registered in the other area is the same as the name of the selected plurality of objects Classifying means for judging the gender and classifying objects having the same name from the plurality of selected objects;
Second display means for displaying a list of objects with the same name classified by the classification means as a group to be overwritten and registered;
Confirmation means for the operator to select an object to be excluded from the processing target among the objects displayed on the second display means;
An object management apparatus comprising: an execution unit that excludes an object selected by the confirmation unit from a processing target.

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