JPH01266661A - Document display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display the contents of a document in an execution environment of a generating tool of the document by constituting a document display system so that the generating tool of the document can be selected and started automatically by only designating the document to be displayed. CONSTITUTION:A generating tool start control part 2 reads a management information file D2-M being under a document D2 being a display object. Subsequently, a name of a document file D2-F and start information of a generating tool T1 are obtained. Next, a fixed name is put to a file T1-W being under the tool T1 which has detected a document body of the D2-F in the file D2-M and it is copied. Thereafter, a directory of the tool T1 becomes a current directory, and by a start command line in the file D2-M, the tool T1 is started. In such a way, the contents of the document body of the document file D2-F which has been copied in the file T1-W by the tool T1 are displayed on a work station, etc., of a request origin.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a document display method, and in particular to a document display system that manages a large number of documents created using a plurality of different creation tools by mixing them in a common document cabinet or the like. The present invention relates to a document display method in which, in a management system, a document creation tool is automatically selected and started in response to a document display request from a user, and the content of the document is displayed using the creation tool.

(Prior art) Various creation tools of different types, such as multiple word processors and multiple spreadsheets, are provided to the user, and the user can select the creation tool that suits his/her preference and the creation tools for the document to be created. We made it possible to freely use the creation tools suitable for the type, and the documents created as a result were mixed and managed together in the same document cabinet etc. using a document management system, for the convenience of later use. OA systems have been known for a long time.

By the way, when displaying a specific document from among a large number of documents that are managed in a mixed manner in a document management system, this has conventionally been done in a tool-driven manner.

That is, the user first launches the creation tool that created the specific document, and then specifies the document name of the specific document to the creation tool, thereby allowing the creation tool to edit the document content. It is displayed.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the conventional tool-driven document display method described above, the user must memorize the creation tool for each document, which places a heavy burden on the user. Also, after starting the creation tool, you have to specify the document name of the document you want to display, and the functionality is not very good.

The present invention has been made in view of these circumstances,
The purpose is to simply specify the document you want to display and the document creation tool will automatically select it.

The object of the present invention is to provide a document display method in which the content of a document is displayed in the execution environment of the creation tool that is activated.

[Means to solve the problem]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a document management system that collectively manages a plurality of documents created using a plurality of different types of creation tools.

It consists of a management information file containing information about the creation tool for the main body of the document, displays a file management means that manages the creation tool together with a tree-structured directory, and a list of documents to be managed by this file management means, and receives requests from users. a user interface control means for receiving a document display request; and a user interface control means for transmitting the document body of the document file of the document requested to be displayed by the document display request received by the user interface control means into the management information file corresponding to the document file. a creation tool activation means for copying the creation tool to a file in the execution environment of the creation tool identified by the content, and activating the creation tool based on the creation tool startup information in the management information file, in response to a document display request. , the document creation tool is automatically started and the document contents are displayed.

[Effect]

In the document display method of the present invention, the file management means stores a document including a document file storing a document body and a management information file containing information regarding a creation tool for the document body in a tree-structured directory together with the creation tool. The user interface control means displays a list of documents managed by this file management means and receives a document display request from a user, and the creation tool activation means is received by this user interface control means. In response to a document display request, copy the document body of the document requested to display to a file in the execution environment of the creation tool as determined by the contents of the corresponding management information file, and create startup information of the creation tool in the management information file. By activating the creation tool, the document contents are automatically selected and displayed using the activated creation tool.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, the document display method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a user interface control unit l connected to a user's workstation, a creation tool startup control unit 2, and an O3 (operating system). 3 and a file management device 5 consisting of a disk device 4. Here, the O33 has a file system that manages directories in a tree shape, and constitutes a file management device 5 together with a disk device 4 that is a physical storage means for management files.

FIG. 2 exemplifies the structure of a management file for managing documents in the file management device 5 and creation tools such as word processors and spreadsheets. As shown in FIG. 2, the management file has a tree structure starting from a root directory R, and includes a document cabinet DC for storing documents and a tool box TB for storing creation tools. Document cabinet DC and tool box TB are directories as well as management information files DC-M containing their own administrator name 1 creation date, etc.
, TB-M, and document D1 in the case of document cabinet DC.
~ D3, in the case of toolbox TB, create tool TI
, has T2 under its control.

Documents D1 to D3 and creation tools TI and T2 are themselves directories, and under them are document files DI-F to D3-F that constitute the document body in the case of documents, and this creation tool in the case of creation tools. It has program files TI-P and T2-P that store programs for realizing the same, and files Tl-W and T2-W such as work files and data files necessary for executing the programs. Document D
1 to D3 are also created using the creation tool T1. T2 also has a management information file DI-M in that directory, including the administrator name and creation date.
-03-M, TI-M, and T2-M, but the document management information files Di-M to D3-M include the name of the document file and the startup information of the creation tool for the document itself. ing. And 1. This startup information includes information (pathname) indicating the location of the creation tool directory and a creation information startup command line. The activation command line includes a creation tool salt and a fixed file name, and by giving these to O33 in FIG. 1, the creation tool is activated with that file as the operation target.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a processing example of the creation tool activation control section 2 shown in FIG. F, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the creation tool activation control section 2. The operation of this embodiment will be explained below with reference to each figure.

In FIG. 1, a user interface control unit 1 analyzes a request from a user such as a workstation, and in the case of a request to display a list of documents, displays a list of document names under the document cabinet DC in FIG. to be displayed. Also,
If the user's request is to display the contents of a specific document from this list, the document name is passed to the creation tool activation control unit 2.

The creation tool activation control unit 2 displays the contents of the document with the passed document name by automatically selecting and activating the creation tool for that document. An example in which a request to display document D2 is issued will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

First, the creation tool activation control unit 2 selects the management information file D2-M under the directory of the document D2 to be displayed based on the document name passed from the user interface control unit 1.
(Sl) to obtain the name of the document file D2-F and the startup information of the creation tool T1. Next, the document body of the document file D2-F having the document file name is stored in the file TiW under the directory of the creation tool T1 found by the path name etc. in the management information file D2-M.
A fixing group is attached to the image, and a copy is made as shown in FIG. 4 (S2). Next, when the copying is completed, the execution environment is changed, that is, the directory of the creation tool T1 is made the current directory (S3), and the creation tool TL is started using the startup command line in the management information file D2-M (S4). , the content of the document body of the document file D2-F copied into the file T1-W by the creation tool T1 is displayed on the requesting workstation or the like. After that, when the user finishes using the creation tool TI, the control is returned to the creation tool startup control section 2, and the creation tool startup control section 2 deletes the copied document file (S5) and returns it to the user interface control section 1. Return control.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention manages a document in a document file and a management information file related to the document in a document management system that manages a large number of documents using different creation tools. includes the document creation tool and its startup information, and when a user requests display by specifying the document name, the document creation tool is automatically selected and started, and the document content is displayed using that creation tool. This method is similar to the conventional method (the user memorizes the creation tool for each document and then specifies the document name after starting the creation tool).

No operation is required, which reduces the burden on the user and improves operability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of a management file that manages documents, etc. in a tree structure in the file management device 5, and FIG. 3 is a creation tool activation control unit 2. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the creation tool activation control unit 2. In the figure, l...User interface control unit 2...Creation tool startup control unit 3...O3 (operating system) 4...
Disk device 5...File management device

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a document management system that collectively manages multiple documents created using multiple creation tools of different types, a document is stored in a document file that stores a document body, and information about the creation tool for that document body is stored. displaying a file management means consisting of management information files included and managed by a tree-structured directory together with a creation tool; and a list of documents to be managed by the file management means;
a user interface control means for receiving a document display request from a user; a creation tool startup means for copying to a file in the execution environment of the creation tool determined by the content of the management information file, and activating the creation tool based on startup information for the creation tool in the management information file, displaying the document. A document display method characterized by automatically starting a document creation tool and displaying document contents in response to a request.