JP7234682B2 - Control program and information processing device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a control program for an information processing apparatus that displays an edit screen including an edit area for editing an object to be printed on a print medium on a display interface.

The following patent document describes a technique for displaying an object in which arbitrary data is inserted.

JP-A-2003-044779

An object of the present invention is to display an object in which arbitrary data is inserted by a simple operation.

In order to solve the above problems, a control program disclosed in an embodiment is a computer-readable control program for an information processing apparatus having an input interface and a display interface, the computer controlling the information to be printed on a print medium. A first for causing the display interface to display an edit screen including an edit area for editing an object and a selection area for selecting any one of a plurality of target data to be inserted into the object. display control means; and when a drag operation for moving a predetermined image displayed in the editing area to the selection area is received via the input interface, the plurality of images are moved to the destination of the predetermined image. second display control means for displaying in the editing area an object in which the target data of the destination of the predetermined image is inserted when there is any of the target data of .

In order to solve the above problems, an information processing apparatus disclosed in the embodiments is an information processing apparatus including an input interface, a display interface, and a computer, wherein the computer is used to edit an object to be printed on a print medium. and a selection area for selecting any one of a plurality of target data to be inserted into the object, on the display interface. and, when a drag operation for moving a predetermined image displayed in the editing area to the selection area is accepted via the input interface, the plurality of target data are moved to the destination of the predetermined image. and a second display control means for displaying, in the editing area, an object in which the target data of the destination of the predetermined image is inserted.

In the control program and the information processing device disclosed in the embodiments, an editing area for editing an object and a selection area for selecting any one of a plurality of target data to be inserted into the object. A containing edit screen is displayed on the display interface. Then, when a drag operation is performed to move a predetermined image displayed in the editing area to the selection area, an object in which the target data to which the predetermined image is to be moved is inserted is displayed in the editing area. be done. As a result, an object in which arbitrary data is inserted can be displayed with a simple operation.

1 is a block diagram of a printer system 1; FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an edit screen 70; FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an edit screen 70; FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an edit screen 70; FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an edit screen 70; FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an edit screen 70; FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an edit screen 70; FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an edit screen 70; FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an edit screen 70; FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flow chart of a control program 30; FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flow chart of a control program 30; FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an edit screen 70; FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings as appropriate. It should be noted that the embodiment described below is merely an example of the present invention, and it goes without saying that the embodiment of the present invention can be changed as appropriate without changing the gist of the present invention. For example, the execution order of each process to be described later can be changed as appropriate without changing the gist of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a printer system 1 according to this embodiment. A printer system 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a PC (an example of an information processing device) 10 and a printer 50 . The PC 10 mainly includes a CPU (an example of a computer) 12 , a memory 14 , an LCD (an example of a display interface) 16 , an input I/F (an example of an input interface) 18 and a communication I/F 20 . These components can communicate with each other via bus 22 .

PC 10 and printer 50 can communicate through communication I/F 20 and communication path 52 . As a communication method, for example, wired LAN, USB, Wi-Fi (registered trademark), or Bluetooth (registered trademark) can be adopted. The printer 50 is, for example, a label printer, transmits and receives various information and instruction signals to and from the PC 10, and creates a label on which objects such as desired text and images are printed based on control by the PC 10. .

The CPU 12 executes processing according to a control program (an example of a control program) 30 in the memory 14 . The control program 30 is, for example, an application program for creating image data for images printed by the printer 50 . In the following description, the CPU 12 that executes the control program 30 may be simply referred to as the program name. For example, the statement "the control program 30" may mean "the CPU 12 that executes the control program 30".

The memory 14 also includes a data storage area 32 . The data storage area 32 is an area for storing data necessary for executing the control program 30 and the like. The memory 14 is configured by combining a RAM, a ROM, a flash memory, an HDD, a portable storage medium such as a USB memory detachable from the PC 10, a buffer provided in the CPU 12, and the like.

Note that the memory 14 may be a computer-readable storage medium. A computer-readable storage medium is a non-transitory medium. In addition to the above examples, non-transitory media include recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs. A non-transitory medium is also a tangible medium. On the other hand, an electrical signal that carries a program downloaded from a server on the Internet is a computer-readable signal medium, which is a kind of computer-readable medium, but is a non-transitory computer-readable storage. Not included in media.

Also, the LCD 16 displays various information of the PC 10 . It should be noted that the display of the present application is not limited to a liquid crystal display, and may be a display of another display method such as an organic EL display. The input I/F 18 includes a mouse, keyboard, etc., and is an interface for inputting user operations. The mouse is used to move a cursor displayed on the display surface of the LCD 16, and accepts a user's drag operation, click operation, and the like. Also, the keyboard has a plurality of buttons, and receives a user's pressing operation on each of the plurality of buttons. An operation equivalent to a drag operation or a click operation may be accepted via an input device such as a keyboard or touch panel instead of the mouse.

Note that this specification basically shows the processing of the CPU 12 according to the instructions described in the program. That is, the processing such as “judgment”, “extraction”, “selection”, “calculation”, “decision”, “specification”, “acquisition”, “acceptance”, “control”, “setting”, etc. in the following description is performed by the CPU 12 represents the processing of Processing by the CPU 12 also includes hardware control via the OS. Note that "acquisition" is used as a concept that does not require a request. That is, the process of receiving data without the CPU 12 requesting it is also included in the concept of "the CPU 12 acquires data." Also, "data" in this specification is represented by a computer-readable bit string. Data having substantially the same meaning and content but different formats are treated as the same data. The same applies to "information" in this specification. Processing such as "command", "response" and "request" is performed by communicating information indicating "command", "response", "request" and the like. Also, words such as "command", "response", "request", etc. may be described in the sense of information itself indicating "command", "response", "request", etc. Also, the process of judging by the CPU whether or not the information A indicates that the matter B is conceptually described as "judging whether or not the information A is the matter B". There is The process of determining whether information A indicates matter B or matter C by the CPU is defined as "determining whether information A is matter B or matter C." It may be described conceptually as

In the printer system 1, according to the configuration described above, the PC 10 processes the control program 30 to display the editing screen 70 on the LCD 16 as shown in FIG. An object to be printed on a label, which is a medium, is edited. Then, by the editing operation, print image data of the object to be printed is created, and the print image data is transmitted to the printer 50, whereby the printer 50 displays an image label based on the transmitted print image data. Printing is executed.

Specifically, in the PC 10 , the control program 30 displays the editing screen 70 on the LCD 16 . The editing screen 70 is composed of a first setting area 72 , an editing area 74 , a second setting area 76 and a selection area 78 . Various selection buttons are displayed in the first setting area 72, and printing conditions for label printing are set by user operations on the various selection buttons. Specifically, a printer selection button for selecting a printer for executing the label printing process, a size selection button for selecting a label size, and the like are displayed in the first setting area 72 . Then, the user operates various selection buttons with the mouse of the input I/F 18 to set the printer for executing the printing process, the label size, and the like.

The editing area 74 is an area for displaying an object 80 to be printed (see FIG. 3). A label image 82 indicating a label is displayed in the editing area 74 . The label image 82 has a size corresponding to the label size set in the first setting area 72 . Various setting buttons for setting the display mode of the object 80 displayed in the editing area 74 are displayed in the second setting area 76 . More specifically, the second setting area 76 displays a setting button for setting the font, a setting button for setting the layout of the text, and the like. The display mode of the object 80 to be displayed is changed.

The selection area 78 displays tabular data configured in at least one of rows and columns. Note that tabular data is a candidate to be inserted into the object 80 to be printed, so tabular data is referred to as candidate data (an example of target data). Incidentally, in the selection area 78 shown in FIG. 2, a candidate data group 86, which is a set of candidate data configured in 3 rows×3 columns, is displayed.

Then, the user moves arbitrary candidate data in the candidate data group 86 from the selection area 78 onto the label image 82 in the editing area 74 by a drag-and-drop operation (hereinafter referred to as "D&D operation"). By doing so, the candidate data is displayed on the label image 82 as the object 80 . Note that the D&D operation includes moving the cursor 88 by mouse operation so as to overlap an arbitrary image, left-clicking, and moving the cursor 88 to an arbitrary position. This operation is composed of a drop operation of releasing the left click after moving the cursor 88 .

Specifically, for example, the user operates the mouse to move the cursor 88 onto candidate data “1” located in the first row and first column of the candidate data group 86 . Then, while the cursor 88 is over the candidate data "1", the left mouse button is clicked. It is moved to any position on the label image 82, for example, the upper left position. Subsequently, by releasing the click of the left mouse button, as shown in FIG. 3, "1" is displayed as the object 80a at the position where the left click was released. That is, the object 80a is displayed with the candidate data indicating "1" inserted.

Further, the user moves the cursor 88 onto the candidate data “test1” located in the first row and the second column of the candidate data group 86 by operating the mouse. Then, while the cursor 88 is placed on the candidate data "test1", the left mouse button is clicked. With the left button clicked, the cursor 88 is moved to the label image 82 by operating the mouse. is moved to any position, for example, the center-lower position. Subsequently, by releasing the click of the left mouse button, as shown in FIG. 3, "test1" is displayed as an object 80b at the position where the left click was released. Two objects 80a and 80b are displayed on the label image 82 by such a D&D operation.

Further, the user can easily change the object 80 displayed on the label image 82, that is, the candidate data to be inserted into the object 80, simply by performing a drag operation from the edit area 74 to the selection area 78 on the edit screen 70. can do. Specifically, database marks (examples of predetermined images) 90a and 90b are displayed on the upper right of the objects 80a and 80b. Then, the user selects the object 80 whose candidate data is to be changed, and performs a drag operation to move the database mark 90 of the object 80 to arbitrary candidate data in the candidate data group 86, thereby selecting a drag destination candidate. Data is inserted into object 80 .

Specifically, for example, the user operates the mouse to move the cursor 88 onto the object 80b in which "test1" is inserted, and clicks the left mouse button. This operation selects the object 80b in which "test1" is inserted. The selected object is displayed in the label image 82 surrounded by a frame (an example of the display area) 92 . Also, when an object is selected, in the candidate data group 86, one line containing candidate data inserted in the selected object, that is, "test1" is highlighted. Subsequently, the user operates the mouse to move the cursor 88 onto the database mark 90b of the selected object 80b. Then, while the cursor 88 is over the database mark 90b, the left button of the mouse is clicked. With the left button kept clicked, the cursor 88 is moved to any of the candidate data groups 86 by operating the mouse. position. At this time, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the cursor 88 is moved to the position of the candidate data "A" in the candidate data group 86 while the left button of the mouse is kept clicked, the candidate data "A" is inserted into the object 80b. That is, instead of the candidate data "test1" inserted into the object 80b before the drag operation, the drag destination candidate data "a" is inserted into the object 80b. Thus, the candidate data to be inserted into the object 80 can be easily changed simply by dragging the database mark 90 onto arbitrary candidate data. As a result, it is possible to browse a preview image when arbitrary candidate data is printed on a label by a simple user operation.

Further, after dragging the database mark 90 to arbitrary candidate data, by further dragging the database mark 90 to candidate data different from the candidate data, the different candidate data, that is, the candidate data of the new drag destination becomes an object. 80 is inserted. Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, after the cursor 88 is moved to the position of the candidate data "a" while the database mark 90b is being dragged, the user keeps clicking the left mouse button. In this state, the cursor 88 is moved to the position of the candidate data "I" as shown in FIG. In the candidate data group 86, one line including the position overlapping the cursor 88 is highlighted. Therefore, one line including the candidate data "i" is highlighted. Then, when the cursor 88 moves to the position of the candidate data "I", the candidate data "I" is inserted into the object 80b. In other words, after the candidate data "a" is inserted into the object 80 by the drag operation, simply changing the drag destination to the candidate data "i" replaces the candidate data "a" with the new candidate data " is inserted into object 80b. In this way, the candidate data of the change destination can be sequentially inserted into the object 80 simply by changing the drag destination sequentially. As a result, it is possible to browse preview images when various candidate data are printed on labels by a simple operation.

Further, in the candidate data group 86, candidate data are associated with each row. That is, the candidate data "1" in the first row, the candidate data "test1", and the candidate data "a" are linked, and the candidate data "2" in the second row, the candidate data "test2", and the candidate data " The candidate data "3", the candidate data "test3", and the candidate data "U" in the third row are associated. Therefore, when a plurality of objects are displayed on the label image 82, if one object among the plurality of objects is changed to new candidate data, the objects other than the one object are changed to the new candidate data. The candidate data is changed to the candidate data linked with the new candidate data. That is, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, when the cursor 88 is dragged from the first row to the second row of the candidate data group 86, the object 80b displays the candidate data "A" in the first row of the candidate data group 86. , the candidate data "I" in the second row of the candidate data group 86 is inserted instead of . In conjunction with the change of the object 80b, instead of the candidate data "1" in the first row of the candidate data group 86, the second row of the candidate data group 86 belonging to the same column as the candidate data "1" is added to the object 80a. candidate data "2" is inserted. As a result, the candidate data of the plurality of objects can be changed for each row of the candidate data group 86 only by manipulating one of the plurality of objects.

Further, after moving the cursor 88 to the position of the candidate data while dragging the database mark 90b, the maintenance of the left click operation is canceled at that position, and the drag operation is canceled, that is, the drop operation is executed. Then, the drop destination candidate data, that is, the candidate data on which the cursor 88 is positioned, is determined as the data to be edited. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when a drop operation is performed at the position of candidate data "a" after a drag operation to candidate data "a", the candidate data "a" is used as data to be edited. Determine. Then, for example, by operating various setting buttons in the second setting area 76, the confirmed candidate data is edited. Further, by operating a print button 96 displayed above the editing area 74, image data for printing of an image corresponding to the label image 82 including the object in which the confirmed candidate data is inserted is created. When the image data for printing is sent to the printer 50, the printer 50 executes the label printing process.

As described above, if there is candidate data at the drag destination, the candidate data at the drag destination is inserted into the object 80. If there is no candidate data at the drag destination, the candidate data is inserted first. The insertion of candidate data is preserved. That is, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, when the database mark 90b is dragged with the candidate data "test1" inserted in the object 80b, and if the candidate data "A" is at the drag destination, as shown in FIG. Then, the candidate data "a" is inserted into the object 80b, but if there is no candidate data at the drag destination, the candidate data "test1" is kept inserted into the object 80b as shown in FIG. Then, when the drop operation is performed in a state where there is no candidate data at the drag destination, the candidate data "test1" inserted in the object 80b is determined as the data to be edited. By executing the drop operation without candidate data at the drag destination in this manner, the candidate data inserted before the drag operation is executed is determined as data to be edited. In other words, when the user wants to cancel the change of the candidate data by the drag operation, the user can execute the drop operation while there is no candidate data at the drag destination. Also, by operating the Esc key on the keyboard, it is possible to cancel the change of the candidate data by the drag operation. That is, for example, by operating the Esc key during the drag operation, the change of the candidate data by the drag operation is cancelled. In this way, by executing one of the two types of operations, that is, the drop operation when there is no candidate data at the drag destination and the operation of the Esc key, the candidate data can be changed by the drag operation. Canceled.

Further, in the above description, when the database mark 90 is dragged while the candidate data is inserted in the object 80, the candidate data inserted in the object 80 (hereinafter referred to as "inserted data") is displayed. ), the candidate data of the drag destination (hereinafter referred to as “drag destination data”) is inserted into the object 80 . On the other hand, when a drag operation with a technique different from the drag operation is executed, drag destination data is inserted into the object 80 in addition to the inserted data.

Specifically, on the edit screen 70 shown in FIG. 3, the user operates the mouse to move the cursor 88 onto the database mark 90b of the selected object 80b. Subsequently, the left mouse button is clicked while the cursor 88 is over the database mark 90b. At this time, the F1 key of the keyboard is operated. Then, the cursor 88 is moved to an arbitrary position in the candidate data group 86 by operating the mouse while clicking the left mouse button and operating the F1 key. At this time, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, when the cursor 88 is moved to the position of the candidate data "A" in the candidate data group 86, the inserted data previously inserted into the object 80, that is, the candidate In addition to the data "test1", the drag destination data, that is, the candidate data "a" is inserted into the object 80b. As a result, two candidate data, the candidate data "test1" and the candidate data "a", are inserted into the object 80b. That is, the characters "test1 ah" are displayed as the object 80b. In this manner, by clicking the left button of the mouse and operating the F1 key during the drag operation, the drag destination data can be inserted into the object 80 in addition to the inserted data.

In the following description, a drag operation in which the left mouse button is clicked and the F1 key is operated is referred to as a special drag operation (an example of a second drag operation). A drag operation performed by clicking the left button of a mouse is referred to as a normal drag operation (an example of a first drag operation). That is, the normal drag operation inserts the drag destination data into the object 80 instead of the inserted data, and the special drag operation inserts the drag destination data into the object 80 in addition to the inserted data.

Note that when the drag destination data is inserted into the object 80 in addition to the inserted data by the special drag operation, both the inserted data and the drag destination data are displayed in the display size set in the second setting area 76. may not be able to be inserted inside the frame 92 of the object 80. In other words, when both the inserted data and the drag destination data cannot be displayed within the frame 92 of the object 80 with the same size as the display size of the inserted data when only the inserted data is inserted into the object 80. There is Specifically, in the second setting area 76 of FIG. 3, "24" is set in the display size column 79 of the inserted data "test1", and the inserted data and the drag destination data are displayed in that display size. and the data “test1a” cannot be displayed without changing the size of the object 80 . Therefore, as shown in the display size column 79 in FIG. 6, the display size 24 is changed to 20, which is a smaller display size, and both the inserted data and the drag destination data are inserted into the object 80. . As a result, both the inserted data and the drag destination data can be inserted into the object 80 while maintaining the size of the object 80 .

Also, in the above description, the case where only one object 80b of the two objects 80a and 80b displayed in the label image 82 is selected has been described. , you can also perform the normal drag operation described above. Specifically, for example, while the shift key of the keyboard is operated, the left mouse button is clicked on the object 80a and the left mouse button is clicked on the object 80b. , two objects 80a and 80b are selected. As described above, the selected object is displayed surrounded by the frame 92 in the label image 82. Therefore, as shown in FIG. Shown surrounded. In the label image 82 shown in FIG. 7, the candidate data "1" is inserted into the object 80a, and the candidate data "test1" is inserted into the object 80b.

Then, the user operates the mouse to move the cursor 88 onto the database mark 90b of the object 80b. Subsequently, the left button of the mouse is clicked while the cursor 88 is placed on the database mark 90b. can be moved to any position. That is, the cursor 88 is moved to an arbitrary position in the candidate data group 86 by normal dragging the object 80b to the database mark 90b. At this time, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, when the cursor 88 is moved to the position of the candidate data "A" in the candidate data group 86, the inserted data previously inserted into the object 80b, that is, the candidate Instead of the data "test1", the drag destination data, that is, the candidate data "a" is inserted into the object 80b. Further, instead of the inserted data previously inserted into the object 80a, that is, the candidate data "1", the drag destination data, that is, the candidate data "A" is inserted into the object 80a.

In other words, when a plurality of objects 80a and 80b are selected and a normal drag operation is performed on one of the plurality of objects 80a and 80b, the object 80b, to the database mark 90b, the plurality of objects 80a and 80b , the drag destination data is inserted instead of the inserted data. As a result, a plurality of objects can be changed to the same candidate data by a simple operation. Instead of the normal drag operation of the object 80b to the database mark 90b, the normal drag operation of the object 80a to the database mark 90a can also be executed to drag the objects 80a and 80b on the label image 82 in the same manner as in FIG. Can be changed to the same candidate data.

Also, the above-described special drag operation can be performed while the two objects 80a and 80b are selected. Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, with two objects 80a and 80b selected, the user operates the mouse to move the cursor 88 onto the database mark 90b of the object 80b. Subsequently, the left mouse button is clicked while the cursor 88 is over the database mark 90b. At this time, the F1 key of the keyboard is operated. Then, the cursor 88 is moved to an arbitrary position in the candidate data group 86 by operating the mouse while clicking the left mouse button and operating the F1 key. That is, the cursor 88 is moved to any position in the candidate data group 86 by special dragging the object 80b to the database mark 90b. At this time, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, when the cursor 88 is moved to the position of the candidate data "A" in the candidate data group 86, the inserted data previously inserted into the object 80b, that is, the candidate In addition to the data "test1", the drag destination data, that is, the candidate data "a" is inserted into the object 80b. Further, in addition to the inserted data previously inserted into the object 80a, namely the candidate data "1", the drag destination data, namely the candidate data "A" is inserted into the object 80a. It should be noted that when the drag destination data is inserted into the object 80 in addition to the inserted data, the inserted data is displayed within the frame 92 of the object 80 in a reduced display size, as described above. and the drag destination data is inserted into the object

That is, when a plurality of objects 80a and 80b are selected and a special drag operation is performed to the database mark 90b of one of the plurality of objects 80a and 80b, the object 80b, the plurality of objects 80a and 80b , the drag destination data is inserted in addition to the inserted data. Thereby, the same candidate data can be added to a plurality of objects by a simple operation. It should be noted that the objects 80a and 80b of the label image 82 are the same as in FIG. can be added.

The insertion of the candidate data into the object in the label image 82 by the drag operation or the like described above is performed by executing the control program 30 in the CPU 12 . The processing when the flow of the control program 30 is executed will be described below with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11. FIG. This process is a process that is repeatedly executed while the control program 30 is activated and the edit screen 70 is displayed.

First, the control program 30 displays the editing screen 70 on the LCD 16 as shown in FIG. 10 (S100). Then, the control program 30 inserts candidate data corresponding to the D&D operation into the object (S102). In other words, after arbitrary candidate data in the candidate data group 86 is moved to an arbitrary position on the label image 82 by a drag operation, the drop operation is executed at the arbitrary position so that the label image 82 An object with the candidate data inserted is displayed at an arbitrary position above.

Next, the control program 30 determines whether or not a drag operation has been performed on the database mark 90 of the object 80 displayed on the label image 82 (S104). At this time, if there is no drag operation (S104: NO), the process of S104 is repeated. On the other hand, if there has been a drag operation (S104: YES), the control program 30 determines whether or not there has been an operation on the Esc key of the keyboard (S106). Then, when the Esc key is operated (S106: YES), this flow ends. On the other hand, if the Esc key has not been operated (S106: NO), the control program 30 determines whether or not there has been a drop operation (S108).

Then, if there is no drop operation (S108: NO), the control program 30 determines whether or not candidate data exists at the position of the cursor 88 (S110). At this time, if there is no candidate data at the position of the cursor 88 (S110: NO), the process returns to S104. On the other hand, if candidate data exists at the position of the cursor 88 (S110: YES), a preview display subroutine is executed (S112).

In the preview display subroutine, as shown in FIG. 11, the control program 30 determines whether the drag operation is a normal drag operation (S200). At this time, if the drag operation is a normal drag operation (S200: YES), the control program 30 determines whether or not multiple objects are selected in the label image 82 (S202). Then, when a plurality of objects are not selected (S202: NO), that is, when only one object is selected, the control program 30, as shown in FIGS. (S204). Then, the preview display subroutine ends.

Also, when a plurality of objects are selected in S202 (S202: YES), the control program 30 inserts the inserted data (see FIG. 7: "1 , “test1”), the drag destination data (see FIG. 8: “a”) is inserted (S206). Then, the preview display subroutine ends.

If the drag operation is not the normal drag operation in S200 (S200: NO), that is, if it is the special drag operation, the control program 30 determines whether or not multiple objects are selected in the label image 82. (S208). Then, when a plurality of objects are not selected (S208: NO), that is, when only one object is selected, the control program 30, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 6: "test1") and the drag destination data (see FIG. 6: "a") are inserted into the first object (S210). Then, the preview display subroutine ends.

Also, when a plurality of objects are selected in S208 (S208: YES), the control program 30, as shown in FIGS. “test1”) and drag destination data (see FIG. 9: “A”) are inserted into a plurality of objects (S212). Then, the preview display subroutine ends.

When the preview display subroutine ends, the main routine returns to S104 as shown in FIG. Also, if there is a drop operation in S108 (S108: YES), the control program 30 determines whether or not candidate data exists at the position of the cursor 88 (S114). At this time, if there is no candidate data at the position of the cursor 88 (S114: NO), this flow ends. On the other hand, if candidate data exists at the position of the cursor 88 (S114: YES), the control program 30 determines the candidate data as data to be edited (S116). Then, this flow ends.

Note that the CPU 12 that executes S100 is an example of first display control means. CPU12 which performs S116 is an example of a determination means. The CPU 12 that executes S204, S206, S210, and S212 is an example of second display control means.

Moreover, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and can be implemented in various aspects with various modifications and improvements based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art. Specifically, for example, in the above embodiment, when the special drag operation is executed and the drag destination data is inserted into the object in addition to the inserted data, the inserted data and the drag destination data are displayed in the frame 92 of the object. If it does not fit inside, the display size is reduced and the inserted data and the drag destination data are inserted into the object. On the other hand, if the inserted data and the drag destination data do not fit within the frame of the object, as shown in FIG. 12, the frame 92 of the object 80 is enlarged to change the display size of the inserted data and the drag destination data. The inserted data and the drag destination data may be inserted without the

Also, in the above embodiment, the F1 key is operated when performing a special drag operation, and the Esc key is operated when canceling a drag operation.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, tabular data is used as candidate data, but data in various formats such as general text data, image data such as photographs and illustrations can be used.

In the above embodiment, the database marks 90a and 90b are displayed on each of the plurality of objects 80a and 80b on the label image 82, but only one database mark may be displayed on the label image 82. FIG.

Further, in the above embodiment, an example in which the CPU 12 executes the processes shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 has been described, but these processes are not limited to the CPU 12, and may be executed by an ASIC or other logic integrated circuit. , these processes may be executed by cooperation of a CPU or the like, an ASIC, or another logic integrated circuit.

10: PC, 12: CPU, 16: LCD, 18: Input I/F, 30: Control program, 80: Object, 90: Database mark

Claims (10)

A computer-readable control program for an information processing device comprising an input interface and a display interface,
said computer,
an editing screen including an editing area for editing an object to be printed on a print medium and a selection area for selecting any of a plurality of target data to be inserted into the object; a first display control means for displaying on the interface;
When a drag operation for moving a predetermined image displayed in the editing area to the selection area is accepted via the input interface, any one of the plurality of target data is set as the destination of the predetermined image. second display control means for displaying, in the editing area, an object in which the target data of the destination of the predetermined image is inserted when there is
to make it work ,
The second display control means is
After the object in which the target data to which the predetermined image is moved is inserted is displayed in the editing area, the drag operation for further moving the predetermined image to target data different from the target data is performed by the input. A control program that, when accepted via an interface, causes an object in which the different target data is inserted to be displayed in the editing area. A computer-readable control program for an information processing device comprising an input interface and a display interface,
the computer,
an editing screen including an editing area for editing an object to be printed on a print medium and a selection area for selecting any of a plurality of target data to be inserted into the object; a first display control means for displaying on the interface;
When a drag operation for moving a predetermined image displayed in the editing area to the selection area is accepted via the input interface, any one of the plurality of target data is set as the destination of the predetermined image. second display control means for displaying, in the editing area, an object in which the target data of the destination of the predetermined image is inserted when there is
to make it work,
The second display control means is
When a first drag operation for moving the predetermined image to the selection area is accepted via the input interface in a state where the first target data is inserted in the object, the first drag operation is performed. displaying in the editing area an object in which the target data of the destination of the predetermined image is inserted instead of the target data of
When a second drag operation for moving the predetermined image to the selection area is accepted via the input interface in a state where the first target data is inserted in the object, the 1. A control program for displaying, in said editing area, an object in which the target data of the destination of said predetermined image is inserted in addition to said target data. said computer,
It is characterized by functioning as determination means for determining the target data as data to be edited when an operation of dropping the predetermined image onto the target data of the destination is accepted via the input interface. The control program according to claim 1 or 2. The second display control means is
characterized in that when the display area of the object in the editing area is fixed, displaying in the editing area the object in which the target data whose display size is reduced so as to fit in the display area is inserted. 4. The control program according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The second display control means is
When the display area of the object in the editing area is not fixed, the display area is enlarged so that the target data can be accommodated, and the object with the target data inserted in the enlarged display area is edited. 4. The control program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the control program is displayed in an area. The second display control means is
receiving, via the input interface, a drag operation for moving the predetermined image to the selection area in a state in which two or more objects are selected when a plurality of objects are displayed in the editing area. 6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the two or more objects are displayed in the editing area in a state in which target data to which the predetermined image is to be moved is inserted into each of the two or more objects. The control program according to any one of items 1 and 2. The second display control means is
In response to receiving a drag operation for moving the predetermined image to the selection area, after displaying in the editing area an object in which target data to which the predetermined image is to be moved is inserted, a first is accepted via the input interface, the display of the object is maintained, but after the object in which the target data of the destination of the predetermined image is inserted is displayed in the editing area wherein, when a second drop operation or a cancel operation is accepted via the input interface, an object before inserting target data to which the predetermined image is to be moved is displayed in the editing area. 7. The control program according to any one of items 1 to 6 . The plurality of target data are divided into a plurality of groups,
The second display control means is
When a first object is selected while a plurality of objects are displayed in the editing area, and a drag operation for moving the predetermined image to the selection area is accepted via the input interface. and displaying the first object in the editing area in a state in which the target data to which the predetermined image is to be moved is inserted, and the first object in which the target data is inserted into an object other than the first object among the plurality of objects. 2. When there are two objects, the second object is displayed in the editing area in a state in which target data included in the same group as the target data to which the predetermined image is moved is inserted. 8. The control program according to any one of 1 to 7 . An information processing device comprising an input interface, a display interface, and a computer,
said computer,
an editing screen including an editing area for editing an object to be printed on a print medium and a selection area for selecting any of a plurality of target data to be inserted into the object; a first display control means for displaying on the interface;
When a drag operation for moving a predetermined image displayed in the editing area to the selection area is accepted via the input interface, any one of the plurality of target data is set as the destination of the predetermined image. second display control means for displaying, in the editing area, an object in which the target data of the destination of the predetermined image is inserted when there is
to make it work,
The second display control means is
After the object in which the target data to which the predetermined image is moved is inserted is displayed in the editing area, the drag operation for further moving the predetermined image to target data different from the target data is performed by the input. An information processing apparatus characterized by displaying an object in a state in which the different target data is inserted in the editing area when receiving it via an interface. An information processing device comprising an input interface, a display interface, and a computer,
said computer,
an editing screen including an editing area for editing an object to be printed on a print medium and a selection area for selecting any of a plurality of target data to be inserted into the object; a first display control means for displaying on the interface;
When a drag operation for moving a predetermined image displayed in the editing area to the selection area is accepted via the input interface, any one of the plurality of target data is set as the destination of the predetermined image. second display control means for displaying, in the editing area, an object in which the target data of the destination of the predetermined image is inserted when there is
to make it work,
The second display control means is
When a first drag operation for moving the predetermined image to the selection area is accepted via the input interface in a state where the first target data is inserted in the object, the first drag operation is performed. displaying in the editing area an object in which the target data of the destination of the predetermined image is inserted instead of the target data of
When a second drag operation for moving the predetermined image to the selection area is accepted via the input interface in a state where the first target data is inserted in the object, the 1. An information processing apparatus characterized by displaying an object in a state in which target data to which the predetermined image is to be moved is inserted in addition to the target data of 1 in the editing area.

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