JP6210721B2 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program.

Conventionally, there is variable printing that performs printing by replacing data for each customer. The variable printing is a printing method generally used for address printing or the like, and is printing performed by replacing the printing contents for each customer based on record information acquired from a database.
In order to perform such variable printing, there is also a document editing application dedicated to variable printing that arranges data to be replaced as an object in a document.
In such a document editing application, an image file or the like is not directly held in a database but is stored in an external HDD or the like, and reference information of the image file is held in the database.
Therefore, there are cases where the image file cannot be displayed / printed on the image object because the reference information acquired from the database by the document editing application is incorrect, or the image file to be acquired based on the reference information does not exist.
In consideration of such a situation, there is a technique for suspending record printing when an object that cannot be displayed at the time of record printing is included (Patent Document 1).

JP 2011-18777 A

  However, in the case of Patent Document 1, there is a problem that even if it can be confirmed that there is an image file that cannot be displayed, it is difficult to recognize why the image file cannot be displayed.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique that allows a user to easily recognize the reason why an image file is not displayed.

Therefore, the information processing apparatus according to the present invention relates to the image data stored in the table associated with the image object based on association information between the image object and a table related to the image data displayed on the image object. an acquisition unit configured to acquire information, file path specified based on the obtained information about the image data, and whether or not determines the file path determining means whether it is appropriate string as the file path, the file path When it is determined by the determination means that the file path is an appropriate character string, a display permission determination means for determining whether the image data specified by the file path can be displayed; and the file path determination means for the file If the path is not a proper string Determining if it is constant, and displays that information on the image data stored in the table is incorrect, the image data specified by the file path by the display determination means and not be Viewing If it is, a display control means for displaying the cause can not be displayed before Symbol image data.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a technique that allows a user to easily recognize the reason why an image file is not displayed.

It is a figure which shows an example of the system configuration | structure of a data processing system. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of information processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of an image processing apparatus. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a document editing application or the like that is one of software configurations of the information processing apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example which showed the display screen of the document editing application typically. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of variable data according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of a database. It is a figure which shows an example of an image file management screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the display of the print preview for every record information of a document edit application. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print preview displayed when an image object of a document editing application cannot be displayed. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display when an image object is selected in Embodiment 1. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of setting content display determination processing when an image object is selected in the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the variable data in Embodiment 2. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display when an image object is selected in Embodiment 2. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a setting content display determination process when an image object is selected in the second embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the thumbnail display when an image cannot be displayed on an image object. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a thumbnail display determination process when an image object cannot be displayed.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Embodiment 1>
[System Configuration]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration of a data processing system.
The data processing system is a system in which the information processing apparatus 100 and the image processing apparatuses 101 and 102 can communicate via a network. The information processing apparatus 100 is a PC used by a user who instructs the image processing apparatus 101 or the image processing apparatus 102 to perform printing or FAX transmission. The image processing apparatus 101 and the image processing apparatus 102 have a printer function, a FAX function, a copy function, a scanner function, a file transmission function, and the like. Note that a predetermined operating system (OS) program is installed in the information processing apparatus 100, and various application programs that execute specific function processing are also installed. Here, specific function processing includes document processing, spreadsheet processing, presentation processing, image processing, graphic processing, and the like, and each application handles data having a unique data structure (file structure).
As will be described later, the function of each device (function such as software) is realized by the CPU of each device executing processing based on a program stored in the memory or the like of each device.

The OS is configured to refer to the identifier of each file and issue a print instruction to the corresponding application.
The LAN 103 is a LAN (Local Area Network) to which the information processing apparatus 100 and the image processing apparatuses 101 and 102 are connected. The information processing apparatus 100 and the image processing apparatuses 101 and 102 communicate with each other via the LAN 103.

[Hardware configuration (information processing equipment)]
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 100.
The information processing apparatus 100 includes an input device 205 that receives user operation input such as a keyboard and a pointing device. Furthermore, the information processing apparatus 100 includes a display unit 202 that gives visual output information feedback to the user. The information processing apparatus 100 further includes a RAM 203 that stores various programs and execution information, an external memory 206 such as an HD (hard disk) and an FD (flexible disk), and a ROM 204. Furthermore, the information processing apparatus 100 includes an I / O 207 that communicates with an external device and a CPU 201 that executes a program. The connection form with the peripheral device may be wired / wireless. The information processing apparatus 100 is connected to the image processing apparatuses 101 and 102 via the I / O 207.

[Hardware configuration (image processing device)]
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the image processing apparatuses 101 and 102.
In this embodiment, as an example of an image processing apparatus, an example of a multifunction peripheral (MFP (Multi-Function Peripheral)) having a scanner function, a printer function, and a FAX function is shown.
The I / O 301 is connected to the information processing apparatus 100 via a communication medium such as a network (LAN) 104. A plurality of I / Os 301 may be mounted on the image processing apparatus in order to support a plurality of connection forms. Through this I / O 301, the image processing apparatus passes the device ID and scan image to the information processing apparatus 100. Further, the image processing apparatus performs various processes by receiving various control commands from the information processing apparatus 100 through the I / O 301.
The I / F control unit 302 performs control to issue a device ID for a processing system such as a scanner, a printer, or a FAX mounted in the image processing apparatus.
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 a device that outputs an image developed by the RAM controller 304 captured by the printer controller 310 or the scanner engine 313 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 appropriate distribution processing of the control language received from the information processing apparatus 100 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 user interface 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 308 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 information processing apparatus 100 into an internal execution command that can be interpreted by the main controller 308. Also, the scanner controller 309 changes the image read by the scanner engine 313 to a scan control command.
The printer controller 310 decomposes the page description language received from the information processing apparatus 100 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 and printed on an output medium such as paper.
The fax controller 311 expands the FAX control language received from the information processing apparatus 100 into an image, and transfers the image to another FAX apparatus or IP-FAX via a public line (not shown) or the Internet.
The user interface 312 is used as an instruction input / output unit for 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.
The scanner engine 313 reads an image printed using an optical device in accordance with an instruction from the main controller 308, converts the image into an electric signal, and transfers the electric signal to the main controller 308.

[Software configuration diagram]
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the document editing application 400 that is one of the software configurations of the information processing apparatus 100.
The document editing application 400 includes an output management unit 401, a document editing unit 402, an input management unit 403, and a screen display management unit 404.
The output management unit 401 performs processing for outputting the document edited and saved by the document editing unit 402 to the image processing apparatuses 101 and 102. Output processing includes printing on a sheet from the printer controller 310 and FAX transmission from the fax controller 311.
When a variable object is assigned, the output management unit 401 acquires record information from the database, creates and prints data based on the acquired record information added to the document. The output management unit 401 performs this process for each record.

The document editing unit 402 adds an object related to variable printing to a document, and performs variable object editing, database setting, document saving processing, and the like.
The input management unit 403 detects the operation of the input device 205 by the user via the UI (graphical user interface) of the document editing application 400 displayed by the screen display management unit 404 and acquires user operation information.
The screen display management unit 404 performs screen display control such as display of the screen of the document editing application 400 as shown in FIG. 5 and display of an output selection screen as the UI of the document editing application 400.

[Document editing application display screen]
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example schematically showing a display screen of the document editing application 400.
A display screen 500 is a display screen of the document editing application 400.
The document preview display area 501 is an area for displaying a print preview when an arbitrary record is printed.
Document data 502 is document data. In the present embodiment, document data of a PDF document is taken as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this.
The record designation area 503 is an area for designating a record. The document preview display area 501 displays a print preview relating to the record number designated in the record designation area 503.

The page information list display area 504 is an area for displaying a list of page information in which variable object arrangement information (to be described later) and document data 502 are displayed in an overlapping manner. The page information list display area 504 allows the user to know where in the document data 502 the variable object has been placed.
An area 505 is an area for displaying a database field list acquired from the database. In FIG. 5, a list of database fields when a database of FIG. 7 to be described later is referred to is displayed. The database field will be described with reference to FIG.
The image object 506 is one of variable objects. Variable objects include text objects and image objects. Text objects display text information based on database record information, and image objects display image information (image files). An image file is an example of image data. That is, the image object 506 means an image area in which image data is arranged as a variable object.

[Data Structure of Variable Data in Embodiment 1]
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of variable data according to the first embodiment.
In the document generated by the document editing application 400, document data 502 and variable data shown in FIG. 6 are defined. The variable data is data necessary for the document editing application 400 to acquire record information from the database and create and print a printed matter for each record. More specifically, the variable data (also referred to as definition information) in FIG. 6 is defined in the designated variable object. In the present embodiment, data is managed by tags, but this is not a limitation. This data is held in the external memory 206 as data in the document. The document editing unit 402 reads / writes the data and instructs each management unit to perform processing.
A tag 600 is a database reference information tag. A tag 600 describes a file path of a csv file having table information. As long as it is database reference information, it may be other than a file path.

A tag 601 is a variable object tag. More specifically, the tag 601 is a tag that collects information about variable objects. The tag 601 manages all information set in the object, such as the size and position of the variable object, in the tag other than those shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the information in the tag 601 will be described as information related to the image object 506 in FIG.
A tag 602 is a variable type tag and is a tag indicating the type of a variable object. In the present embodiment, an image object will be described as an example of one type of variable object.
A tag 603 is a database field tag. A field of the tag 603 indicates a database field of a database associated with the variable object. In the present embodiment, it is indicated that a variable object and a database field called CarImage are associated with each other.

[Database in Embodiment 1]
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a database.
The database is table information managed by a matrix composed of items called database fields and data called records. The table shown in FIG. 7 is a table composed of three records composed of database fields of No, Name, CarImage, and OptionImage.
In the present embodiment, the database is a single table, but a database that manages a plurality of tables may be the database. In the present embodiment, the CSV file is used. However, the information is not limited as long as the information holds data.

[Image file management screen]
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image file management screen.
In the example of FIG. 8, the car1. bmp, car2. bmp, car3. bmp, Option. It is a screen on which bmp image files are arranged.
Software processing when an image file is displayed on the image object 506 on the display screen 500 will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, the document editing unit 402 reads the variable data shown in FIG. 6 and identifies the database shown in FIG.
The document editing unit 402 acquires the record number designated in the record designation area 503 from the screen display management unit 404.
The document editing unit 402 acquires a database field specified in the image object 506 from the tag 603 in order to acquire an image file to be displayed on the image object 506. The tag 603 in FIG. 6 describes CarImage, and the record 1 is designated in the record designation area 503. From this, the document editing unit 402 acquires the character string (data) of the record 1 of the database field of CarImage from the database of FIG.
The document editing unit 402 reads the character string C: \ picture \ car1. bmp is transferred to the screen display management unit 404.
The screen display management unit 404 uses C: \ picture \ car1. The image file indicated by bmp is expanded so that it can be displayed on the display screen 500, and the image file is displayed on the display unit 202.

[Display Print Preview]
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print preview display for each record information of the document editing application. From the left, display results when 1, 2, and 3 are designated in the record designation area 503 are shown, and a preview printed from the output management unit 401 is shown.

[Display print preview when image object of document editing application cannot be displayed]
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print preview displayed when the image object of the document editing application cannot be displayed.
In (1) of FIG. 10, the image object 506 is arranged in the same manner as in FIG. 5, but the image file is changed because the variable data in FIG. 6, the database in FIG. 7, or the image file in FIG. Shows the display status when it cannot be displayed.
(2) of FIG. 10 shows a display state when the image object 506 is selected for the state. For example, when the database field is not set in the tag 603, the image file cannot be displayed because the path of the image file cannot be acquired. Alternatively, this state is entered when the character string of the first record of the CarImage in the database of FIG. 7 is not a file path, such as abc. Alternatively, if these settings are correct but there is no image file, no folder, and no access rights to the folder or file, this state is entered.
(3) of FIG. 10 shows a display state when an image object on which an image file is displayed is selected as in FIG.

[Display at the time of image object selection in Embodiment 1]
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display when an image object is selected in the first embodiment. When the document editing application 400 performs the processing shown in the first embodiment, information related to object setting is displayed as shown in FIG. 11 when an object is selected.
Display states 1100, 1101, and 1102 represent display states in the first embodiment when an image object for which no image file is displayed is selected. By viewing this display state, the user can easily recognize the contents to be handled in order to display the image file. That is, a rectangle indicating the selected state is displayed in “Car Image” in FIG. 10B, but this rectangle is displayed as one of the display states 1100 to 1102.
A display state 1100 is a display state when an image object is selected when an image file is not displayed because the database field is not set. More specifically, when the image file is not displayed because the tag 603 is not set, the display state is set.
The display state 1101 is a display state at the time of selecting an image object when the database field is set but the image file is not displayed because the data acquired from the database in FIG. 7 is not appropriate as the file path. More specifically, this state is obtained when the character string acquired from the database is a character string having no folder information or a character string including a character (character string) that cannot be used as a file path.

A display state 1102 is a display state when an image object is selected when an image file to be acquired from a correct file path cannot be displayed for reasons other than those described above. In FIG. 11, a message when there is no access right to the file is displayed. A message to that effect is displayed depending on the cause. The reasons why the file cannot be displayed include a file not found, a folder not found, no file access authority, no folder access authority, and a file being damaged.
The display state 1103 is a display state when an image object is selected when an image file is displayed and information set in the image object is displayed thereon. If the user wants to check the displayed image file, the user needs to open and check the set database field and database. Therefore, by displaying this content at the time of selection, the location of the image file to be displayed can be specified. However, when the setting information is displayed in a state where the image file is displayed, it is difficult to see both the character and the image file.
A display state 1104 is a display state when an image object is selected when an image file is displayed, information set in the image object is displayed, and the display of the image file is further reduced. Displaying a thin image file makes it easier to see both text and image files. That is, “Car Image” in FIG. 10C is displayed as 1103 or 1104 in FIG.

[Setting Content Display Judgment Processing When Selecting Image Object in Embodiment 1]
FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of setting content display determination processing when an image object is selected in the first embodiment. This is processing when the image object 506 on the display screen 500 is selected, and shows processing for changing the display state according to the state of the image object. In the following, for simplification of description, the CPU 201 will be described as performing processing.
In step S1200, the CPU 201 determines whether the image object 506 is in a selected state. If the CPU 201 is in the selected state, the process advances to step S1201. If not, the process of this flowchart ends.
In step S1201, the CPU 201 determines whether there is an association between the image object 506 and the database. More specifically, the CPU 201 determines whether or not the tag 603 holds a set value. If there is an association with the database, the CPU 201 proceeds to S1202, otherwise proceeds to S1203.

In S1202, the CPU 201 acquires a character string (data) from the database. More specifically, the CPU 201 acquires a character string from the database using the database field associated with the image object 506 and the record specified in the record specification area 503 as keys. For example, if the associated database field is CarImage and the designated record in the record designation area 503 is 1, the character string acquired from the database in FIG. 7 is C: \ picture \ car1. bmp ". After the end of this process, the CPU 201 advances to step S1204.
In step S1203, the CPU 201 displays on the object that the database field needs to be set because the image object 506 has no database field information. More specifically, a display state such as a display state 1100 is obtained. After the completion of this process, the CPU 201 ends the process of this flowchart.

In step S1204, the CPU 201 determines whether the character string acquired in step S1202 is appropriate as a file path. More specifically, the CPU 201 determines that the character string corresponding to the folder information is included, that the character string does not include a character that should not be used for the file path, and the like. For example, if the character string acquired in S1202 is “abc”, the CPU 201 determines that “abc” does not have a character string corresponding to the folder information and is not appropriate as a file path. In addition, when the acquired character string is “C: \ picture \ <1> .bmp”, the CPU 201 includes “<” in the character string, which is used for the file name and the folder name. Because it is a character that cannot be used, it is determined that the file path is not appropriate. Characters that cannot be used in file names and folder names include ">", "" (double quotation) "," | ", etc. These characters that cannot be used in file names and folder names are It may be described directly, or may be described as a prohibited character or the like in a setting file or the like stored in the external memory 206. If it is described as a prohibited character or the like in the setting file or the like, the CPU 201 It is determined whether or not the prohibited characters described in the file are included in the acquired character string.
Further, when an extension of an image file to be displayed by the image object 506 is designated, the CPU 201 may determine whether or not the extension is used. For example, if the file name is “C: \ picture \ 1.doc” and “.doc” does not correspond to the extension of the image file, the CPU 201 determines that the file path is not appropriate. Whether or not the file extension corresponds to the image file may be described directly in the program as described above, or information on the extension of the image foul corresponding to the setting file or the like may be described. .

Further, the CPU 201 may determine that the file path is appropriate when the character string acquired in step S1202 is empty. This is because if it is not desired to display an image file for an arbitrary record, it is assumed that the character string of the database record is empty.
If the character string is appropriate as the file path, the CPU 201 advances to S1205; otherwise, the CPU 201 advances to S1206.
In step S <b> 1205, the CPU 201 determines whether the image file indicated by the file path that is the character string acquired in step S <b> 1202 can be displayed on the display screen 500. More specifically, the CPU 201 first checks whether or not the image file can be displayed when attempting to display it based on the file path. If the CPU 201 cannot display, the CPU 201 checks the cause of the failure such as whether the file or folder indicated by the file path exists, whether the file exists but has the access right. It should be noted that the content of confirmation for the reason that the CPU 201 cannot display the image file is not limited to this. If the display is possible, the CPU 201 advances to S1207, and if not, advances to S1208.

In step S1206, the CPU 201 displays on the image object 506 that the content acquired from the database is incorrect. More specifically, the display state is a display state 1101. In this display state, since it is highly likely that the database needs to be corrected in order to display the image file, the CPU 201 may automatically open a file related to the database. That is, in the example of FIG. It means that the csv file is automatically opened. After the completion of this process, the CPU 201 advances to S1209. In the case of proceeding from S1206 to S1209, the CPU 201 displays the information of the database field (that is, <CarImage>) as the setting contents of the image object.
In step S1207, the CPU 201 thins the image file displayed on the selected image object. More specifically, the display of the image file is light like the display state 1104. Note that the display state 1104 is a display state that includes display of setting contents in S1209 described later. In the present embodiment, the CPU 201 displays a semi-transparent white mask on the image file, and displays text on the mask to reduce the display of the image file. However, the method is not limited to this as long as the character string of the setting contents can be easily seen on the image file. For example, the CPU 201 may change the transparency of the image of the image file by half, for example, to make the display of the image file light. After the completion of this process, the CPU 201 advances to S1209.

In step S1208, the CPU 201 displays the reason why the image file cannot be displayed on the object (on the image data). More specifically, a display state such as a display state 1102 is obtained. The CPU 201 displays the cause that cannot be displayed described in the description of S1205. The reasons why the file cannot be displayed include a file not found, a folder not found, no file access authority, no folder access authority, and a file being damaged. The CPU 201 changes the content to be displayed according to the cause. In this display state, in order to display the image file, there is a high possibility that it is necessary to change the arrangement and authority of the image file. Therefore, the CPU 201 may perform a process of automatically opening an image file or a folder thereof in this process. After this process ends, the process proceeds to S1209.
In step S <b> 1209, the CPU 201 displays the setting content of the image object 506 on the image object 506. The CPU 201 displays a set database field, a character string (file path) acquired from the database, and the like. In the case of proceeding from S1206 to S1209, the CPU 201 displays the information of the database field (that is, <CarImage>) as the setting contents of the image object. In the case of proceeding from S1208 to S1209, the CPU 201 displays the information of the database field (that is, <CarImage> and the file path) as the setting contents of the image object. In the case of proceeding from S1207 to S1209, the CPU 201 displays the image thinned in S1207 and the setting contents of the image object (for example, the display state 1104). In the display state such as the display state 1102 and the display state 1104, there is a use case in which when an actual image file is to be corrected, the file path is confirmed and moved to the folder. In order to facilitate such operations, after selecting this object, the CPU 201 may display a shortcut button on the screen such as moving to an image file location or opening an image file when a right click is detected. Alternatively, after copying the object, the CPU 201 may paste the file path by performing paste processing on a control capable of pasting text, such as a file path input portion of Explorer. After the completion of this process, the CPU 201 ends the process of this flowchart.
The process of S1207 is an example of the process of the first step. The processing of S1203, S1206, and S1208 is an example of processing of the second step.

In the present embodiment, the CPU 201 determines the content to be displayed when it cannot be displayed when an object is selected. However, the CPU 201 may hold the result of this determination in advance and display it based on the result already determined when the object is selected.
As described above, the CPU 201 displays the information as shown in FIG. 11 for displaying the image file based on either or both of the association information between the image object and the database and the character string stored in the database. Is displayed.
In this way, by applying the processing described in the first embodiment, when an image file cannot be displayed on an image object, the user knows why the image file is not displayed and can easily find out where to correct it. .

<Embodiment 2>
Next, a description is given using the second embodiment. The difference from the first embodiment is that when the CPU 201 has a folder setting function in the image object 506 and the character string of the record acquired from the database field is a file name, the fact that the folder setting function is set is displayed. It is a point to do.
In general, in a case where an image file is referenced and displayed based on a character string acquired from a database, the database is often external information not managed by a document. Therefore, there are cases where the character string to be acquired is not a file path. For example, a case of a file name is assumed. Therefore, apart from the character string obtained from the database, a function for setting the folder path and holding the set information is required. When the folder path is set, the CPU 201 combines the folder path and the character string acquired from the database to create a file path. For example, for the CarImage database field of the database of FIG. bmp, 2. bmp, 3. It is assumed that the folder path is bmp and the folder path set in the tag 1300 is C: \ picture \. At this time, the image files displayed on the image object 506 when the record designation area is 1 are C: \ picture \ and 1.. B: combined with bmp: \ picture \ 1. It becomes a bmp image file.

However, in Embodiment 1, the case where the character string acquired from the database is a file name is not considered. Therefore, in such a case, it is determined that there is an error in the character string acquired from the database, and it is impossible to realize that the folder path should actually be set in the image object 506. As a result, the user may open the database and make modifications such as adding a folder path string to each record.
In the second embodiment, the best mode for solving the above problems will be described with reference to the drawings. In the second embodiment, points different from the first embodiment will be described.

[Data Structure of Variable Data in Embodiment 2]
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of variable data according to the second embodiment.
A tag 1300 is a folder path tag. A tag 1300 stores a folder path. The CPU 201 handles a character string obtained by combining a character string (data) acquired from a database field set in the image object 506 at the end of the folder path as a file path. This assumes that the character string acquired from the database field is a file name.
[Display at the time of image object selection in Embodiment 2]
FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display when an image object is selected in the second embodiment.
A display state 1400 is a display state when an image object is selected when an image file is not displayed because the folder path is not set. More specifically, when the data acquired from the database is a file name and a file path is set by setting a folder path, this display state is entered.

[Setting Content Display Judgment Processing When Selecting an Image Object in Embodiment 2]
FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an example of setting content display determination processing when an image object is selected in the second embodiment. The portions described with reference to FIG.
In step S <b> 1500, the CPU 201 determines whether a folder path is set for the image object 506. More specifically, the CPU 201 determines whether a tag 1300 is set for the image object 506. If the folder path is set, the CPU 201 advances to S1501, otherwise advances to S1502.
In step S1501, the CPU 201 combines the folder path with the beginning of the character string for the character string acquired in step S1202. More specifically, when the acquired character string is “1.bmp” and the character string set in the tag 1300 is “C: ¥ picture ¥”, the CPU 201 determines “C: ¥ picture ¥ 1”. .Bmp ". When the acquired character string is already a file path, the CPU 201 does not have to combine the character strings. Alternatively, the CPU 201 may delete the folder path of the character string and combine it with the set image folder. For example, if the acquired character string is “C: \ picture2 \ 1.bmp”, the character string is a file path that already includes folder information “C: \ picture2”. Therefore, the CPU 201 does not combine even if a character string is set in the tag 1300. When giving priority to the character string of the tag 1300, the CPU 201 deletes “C: ¥ picture2” and combines them. In this case, the character string is “C: ¥ picture ¥ 1.bmp”.

In step S1502, the CPU 201 determines whether the character string acquired in step S1202 is not a file name. More specifically, the CPU 201 determines that the character string does not include characters that should not be used in the file name, does not include the character string corresponding to the folder information, and the like. For example, if the character string acquired in S1202 is “C: \ picture \ 1.bmp”, “C: \ picture \ 1.bmp” has a character string corresponding to the folder information. It is determined that it is not a name. In addition, when the acquired character string is “: 1.bmp”, the character string includes “:”, which is a symbol used for the drive, and may be included in the file path. Is not included in the file name. Therefore, in this case, the CPU 201 may determine that the file name is not appropriate.
When the extension of the image file to be displayed by the image object 506 is designated, the CPU 201 may determine whether or not the extension is used. If the file name is not a file name, the CPU 201 proceeds to step S1204, and if it is a file name, the process proceeds to step S1503.
In step S1503, the CPU 201 displays on the image object 506 that an image folder needs to be set. More specifically, the display state is a display state 1400. After the completion of this process, the CPU 201 advances to S1209.

  By applying the processing described in the second embodiment, in addition to the first embodiment, when the data in the database record is a file name and the image file cannot be displayed on the image object, the user finds out what to modify. It becomes easy.

<Embodiment 3>
Next, a description is given using the third embodiment. The difference from the first embodiment and the second embodiment is that when an image file is not displayed as an image object, an object that cannot be displayed can be easily found from the page information list.
According to the processing described in the first embodiment and the second embodiment, when the image object 506 is in a selected state, when the set information or the image file cannot be displayed, the reason why the image is not displayed is displayed.
On the other hand, when the image object 506 is in the non-selected state, the image file is not displayed in the document preview display area 501 as shown in (1) of FIG. 10, and the set contents and the cause that cannot be displayed are not displayed. This is because the user is confused that such a character string may be included in the actual print result when the contents that are always set in the document preview display area 501 or the cause that cannot be displayed are displayed. Is to prevent.

There is an application in which when an image file cannot be displayed, it is regarded as a printing error and an error is always displayed in the document preview display area 501. However, if a record includes an image file that does not exist, a record that does not have an image file is handled as an error. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, since the print result of the third record does not have OptionImage, the character string of the third record in the OptionImage database field of the database is empty. This is intended by the user, and it is assumed that the third record is printed without displaying an image object in which OptionImage is set. Since such a case exists, many documents preview display area 501 does not always display an error.
However, in such an application or the first and second embodiments, when the document preview display area 501 in (1) of FIG. 10 is viewed, it is difficult for the user to notice that the image object 506 exists. In other words, do not notice that the image file is not displayed. It can be seen from the page information list display area 504 where the object is arranged, but it is necessary for the user to check the document preview display area 501 and the page information list display area 504 for comparison. It takes.
In the third embodiment, the best mode for solving the above problem will be described with reference to the drawings. In the third embodiment, differences from the first embodiment will be described.

[Thumbnail display when image file cannot be displayed in image object]
FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of thumbnail display when an image file cannot be displayed on the image object 506 according to the third embodiment.
The display result 1600 is a display result obtained by changing the display of the arrangement information on the thumbnail corresponding to the image object 506 in the page information list display area 504 when the image file cannot be displayed on the image object 506. As a result, the user can recognize at a glance whether the image object is correctly displayed or not in the page information list display area 504. Therefore, the user can easily recognize that there is an image object that cannot display the image file. In the present embodiment, an image object is described as an example. However, the text object may be displayed in the same manner even when the text of the text object cannot be displayed. A thumbnail is an example of a reduced image.

[Thumbnail display determination process when image object cannot be displayed]
FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating an example of thumbnail display determination processing when an image object cannot be displayed. This process occurs when the page information list on the display screen 500 is updated. The page information list update occurs when the document preview display area 501 is changed or the record of the record designation area 503 is changed. In the following, for simplification of description, the CPU 201 will be described as performing processing.
In step S1700, the CPU 201 generates document drawing information in the page information list. More specifically, the CPU 201 generates drawing information obtained by reducing the document data 502. After the completion of this process, the CPU 201 advances to S1701.
In step S1701, the CPU 201 acquires an object list on the page information list to be updated. More specifically, in the case of FIG. 5, the CPU 201 acquires a list of objects arranged on the page including the image object 506. After the completion of this process, the CPU 201 advances to S1702.

In step S1702, the CPU 201 performs the processing from step S1703 on the first object in the object list. After the completion of this process, the CPU 201 advances to S1703.
In step S1703, the CPU 201 generates object frame drawing information. More specifically, the CPU 201 determines how to draw a frame at which position of the document drawing information generated in S1700 from the position and size of the object. After the completion of this process, the CPU 201 advances to S1704.
In step S <b> 1704, the CPU 201 determines whether the object cannot be displayed in the document preview display area 501. More specifically, the CPU 201 determines whether the image object cannot display an image file for a reason such as the content determined in FIG. 12, or includes a character string that cannot be displayed if it is a text object. . If the object cannot be displayed, the CPU 201 proceeds to step S1705, otherwise proceeds to step S1706.

In step S1705, the CPU 201 changes the object frame drawing information. More specifically, the CPU 201 changes the display state to a display state like the display result 1600. In the present embodiment, the CPU 201 highlights by changing the drawing information so that the object frame is a thick line, but may be highlighted by changing the color or blinking. In other words, the method may be changed and displayed as long as the user can easily notice that it is different from other objects. After the completion of this process, the CPU 201 advances to S1706.
In step S1706, the CPU 201 adds object frame drawing information to the page information list drawing information. More specifically, the CPU 201 adds object frame drawing information on the document drawing information generated in S1700. After the completion of this process, the CPU 201 advances to S1707.
In step S1707, the CPU 201 determines whether the object is at the end of the object list. If it is not the end of the object list, the CPU 201 advances the processing to step S1708. If it is the end, the process of this flowchart is terminated.
In step S <b> 1708, the CPU 201 performs the processing from step S <b> 1703 on the object next to the object that has been processed in the object list. After the completion of this process, the CPU 201 ends the process of this flowchart.

  By applying the third embodiment, in addition to the first embodiment, when the image file is not displayed on the image object on the preview screen, the user can easily notice that effect.

<Other embodiments>
The present invention can also be realized by executing the following processing. That is, software (program) that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus via a network or various storage media, and a computer (or CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or apparatus reads the program. It is a process to be executed.

  As mentioned above, according to each embodiment mentioned above, the technique which enables a user to recognize easily the reason why an image file is not displayed can be provided.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, but the present invention is not limited to such specific embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims.・ Change is possible.

Claims (15)

Obtaining means for obtaining information on the image data stored in the table associated with the image object based on association information between the image object and a table relating to image data displayed on the image object ;
File path specified based on information on the image data to which the acquired is a whether determining a file path determining means whether it is appropriate string as a file path,
When the file path determination unit determines that the file path is an appropriate character string, a display permission determination unit that determines whether the image data specified by the file path can be displayed;
When the file path determining means determines that the file path is not an appropriate character string, it displays that the information regarding the image data stored in the table is incorrect, and the display propriety determining means displays the information If the image data specified by the file path is determined not be Viewing a display control means for displaying the cause can not be displayed before Symbol image data,
An information processing apparatus. The association information determining means for determining whether the association information is set for the image object before Symbol image object, further comprising,
When the association information determination unit determines that the association information is set, the acquisition unit acquires information on the image data stored in the table based on the association information;
If the association information is determined not to be set by the association information determining unit, the display control means further the association information table Shimesuru claim 1, wherein the effect that it is necessary to set the information apparatus. The file path determination unit determines whether the file path specified based on the information on the image data acquired by the acquisition unit includes a character that cannot be used for a file name or a folder name. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus determines whether the file path is an appropriate character string . When it is determined by the display availability determination unit that the image data specified by the file path cannot be displayed , the display control unit is specified based on the file path as a cause that the image data cannot be displayed. The image data is not found, the folder specified based on the file path is not found, the access authority to the image data specified based on the file path is not found, the folder specified based on the file path The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the information processing apparatus displays any cause of no access authority and the image data specified based on the file path being damaged . Folder path determination means for determining whether or not a folder path for a folder in which the image data is stored is set for the image object;
A file name determination unit that determines whether or not the information about the image data acquired by the acquisition unit is a file name when the folder path determination unit determines that the folder path is not set;
Further comprising
When it is determined by the folder path determination unit that the folder path is set, the file path determination unit is based on the information about the image data acquired by the acquisition unit and the set folder path. To determine whether the file path specified in this step is a character string appropriate for the file path,
If the information on the image data is determined to be a file name by the file name determining means, the display control means further displays that it is necessary to set the folder path to the image object The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. When it is determined by the display availability determination unit that the image data specified by the file path can be displayed, the display control unit further blurs the image data and displays the image data on the image data by the acquisition unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein information regarding the acquired image data is displayed. Said display control unit further, when the image object can not be displayed the image data is present, Oite the reduced image displayed in the preview display area, the image object that can not be displayed the image data The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a corresponding position is highlighted. An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus,
An acquisition step of acquiring information on the image data stored in the table associated with the image object based on association information between an image object and a table relating to image data displayed on the image object ;
File path specified based on information on the image data to which the acquired is a whether determining a file path determination step whether it is appropriate string as a file path,
If the file path is determined to be an appropriate character string by the file path determination step, a display permission determination step for determining whether the image data specified by the file path can be displayed;
When it is determined that the file path is not an appropriate character string by the file path determination step, information indicating that the image data stored in the table is incorrect is displayed, and the display permission determination step If the image data specified by the file path is determined not be Viewing a display control step of displaying the cause can not be displayed before Symbol image data,
An information processing method including : On the computer,
An acquisition step of acquiring information on the image data stored in the table associated with the image object based on association information between the image object and a table relating to image data displayed on the image object ;
File path specified based on information on the image data to which the acquired is and determining a file path determination step whether it is appropriate string as a file path,
When the file path determination step determines that the file path is an appropriate character string, a display permission determination step for determining whether the image data specified by the file path can be displayed;
When it is determined that the file path is not an appropriate character string in the file path determination step, it is displayed that the information regarding the image data stored in the table is incorrect, and the display permission determination step If the image data specified by the file path is determined not be Viewing a display control step of displaying the cause can not be displayed before Symbol image data,
A program for running Association information determining step of determining whether the association information is set for the image object before Symbol image object, is further performed,
When it is determined in the association information determination step that the association information is set, the acquisition step acquires information on the image data stored in the table based on the association information,
Wherein if the association information by the information determining step associated is determined not to be set, wherein in the display control step, further, the association information table Shimesuru claim 9, wherein the program to the effect that it is necessary to set. In the file path determining step, by determining whether the file path specified based on the information on the image data acquired in the acquiring step includes a character that cannot be used in a file name or a folder name, The program according to claim 9 or 10, wherein it is determined whether or not the file path is an appropriate character string . When it is determined that the image data specified by the file path cannot be displayed by the display permission determination step, the display control step specifies the reason that the image data cannot be displayed based on the file path. The image data is not found, the folder specified based on the file path is not found, the access authority to the image data specified based on the file path is not found, the folder specified based on the file path The program according to any one of claims 9 to 11 , wherein any one of causes of no access authority and the image data specified based on the file path being damaged is displayed. A folder path determination step for determining whether a folder path for a folder in which the image data is stored is set for the image object;
A file name determination step for determining whether or not the information on the image data acquired by the acquisition step is a file name when the folder path determination step determines that the folder path is not set;
Is executed further,
When it is determined in the folder path determination step that the folder path is set, the file path determination step is based on the information related to the image data acquired in the acquisition step and the set folder path. To determine whether the file path specified in this step is a character string appropriate for the file path,
If it is determined in the file name determination step that the information on the image data is a file name, the display control step further displays that the folder path needs to be set for the image object. The program according to any one of claims 9 to 12. When it is determined that the image data specified by the file path can be displayed in the display possibility determination step, the display control step further displays the image data in a blurred manner and the acquisition step on the image data. The program according to any one of claims 9 to 13 , wherein information about the acquired image data is displayed. Wherein in the display control step, further, when the image object can not be displayed the image data is present, Oite the reduced image displayed in the preview display area, the image object that can not be displayed the image data The program according to claim 9, wherein the corresponding position is highlighted.

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