JPH02118765A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute the dispersion control of an image file and to effectively use the resources of a local memory by referring to an image file to exist at remote memory in addition to the image file to exist at the local memory and fetching as bit map data into a document. CONSTITUTION:An image file designated out of the image file to exist at a local storing means 3 or a remote storing means 4 is transferred from a said storing means to a holding means 9 and the held image file contents are referred to. Further, the referring contents are displayed in the image area of a document, the writing of the image data corresponding to the referring contents is executed to the image area of a document and the document including the image is printed out. Thus, it is not necessary for the image file to be referred to to exist in the self-local storing means wholly, the dispersion control of the image file can be executed and the resources of a local storing means can be effectively used.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a document processing device that displays and prints out documents containing images.

[Conventional technology]

As is well known, conventional document processing devices have a local storage bag! There are some devices that can display and print out documents containing images by referring to image files stored in a magnetic disk drive (for example, a magnetic disk device) or by importing them into the document as pit-my-build data.

In recent years, such document processing devices can be connected to a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network), and remote storage bags connected to the network have become popular. (e.g. file server).

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

By the way, in the conventional document processing device described above, when you want to refer to an image file existing in a remote storage device or import the reference contents into a document as bitmap data, you first save the image file in the local storage device. After storing the image, the document containing the image cannot be displayed or printed unless the file is referenced and the reference content is imported as bitmap data.

For this reason, the image file must be stored in its own local storage device, and the resources of the local storage device cannot be used effectively. Another disadvantage is that images created by Ike's document processing devices connected to the network cannot be effectively used.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a document processing device that can eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, perform distributed management of image files, and effectively utilize the resources of a local storage device.

[Means and effects for solving the problem] In the present invention,
Specifying either a local storage means for storing an image file, a display means for displaying a predetermined document including the image, and an image file existing in the local storage means or a remote storage means to be connected on a network. a specifying unit; a holding unit for holding the specified image file; and a holding unit that refers to the content of the held image file, displays the reference content in an image area of the document, and displays the reference content in the image area. control means for writing corresponding image data, and transfers a specified image file from the corresponding storage means to the holding means among the image files existing in the local storage means or remote storage means, and transfers the specified image file from the corresponding storage means to the holding means. Refer to the image file contents,
Further, the reference content is displayed in the image area of the document, image data corresponding to the reference content is written in the image area of the document, and the document including the image is printed out.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of a document processing device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a document processing device according to the present invention. In the figure, a keyboard 1 and a mouse 2 connected to the keyboard 1 are used to input various data, commands, and the like. The local storage device 3 is composed of, for example, a disk storage device, and stores programs including image data, document data, and a program based on a flowchart showing a document processing operation, which will be described later.

The remote storage device 4 is, for example, j1 from the file server.
It is connected to a workstation processor 7 via a network 5 and an interface port 6. This remote storage device 4 stores resources such as image files that can be commonly used by each workstation (not shown).

The workstation processor 7 has a processor section 8 consisting of a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 8A and a main memory 8B, and an image memory section 9, the main memory 8B consisting of a RAM, and a local storage device 3. Temporarily stores programs, documents, etc. read from the computer. Further, the image memory unit 9 temporarily stores image files and created document data from the local storage device 3 and remote storage device 4.

On the other hand, the CPU 8A includes a main memory 8B, an image memory section 9,
Access control to each memory of the local storage bag W3 and remote storage device 4, control of transfer of image files read from the local storage device 3 and remote storage device 4 to the image memory section 9, and images such as documents containing images. It performs various controls such as display control on the display 10 and transfer control of the print format file corresponding to the document containing the image read from the image memory section 9 to the printer 11.

Further, the CPU 8A compares the size of a bitmap frame set by the user, which will be described later, with the size of an image area in which an image obtained by referring to an image file exists, and if the image area is large, for example, the bitmap frame As shown in Figure 2 (a), the size of
The vertical length = a, the horizontal length = b, and the size of the image area is the length of the fir - A, as shown in Figure 2 (b).
If the horizontal length is −B, the image area is reduced based on the smaller value of a/A or b and/B.

FIG. 3 shows a sheet (hereinafter referred to as a bitmap frame property sheet) for specifying 11 properties (attributes) given to a bitmap frame set in a document.

Note that the bitmap frame is an area for inserting image data into a document.

Here, the user refers to a locally existing image file (an image file stored in the local storage device 3) in the bitmap frame set in the document, displays the reference contents, and then prints out the image file. If you want to use a remote image file, specify the local file in the Reference image file field of the bitmap frame property sheet, and specify the referenced image file name in each image file field. If you want to refer to the bitmap frame set in the document (an image file stored in the storage device 4), display the reference content, and print it out, use the reference image of the B/V tomaZup frame property sheet. Specify the remote file in File Run, and set the name of the server where the referenced image file exists, the name of the directory, and the name of the image file being referenced in each column of image files. One example of how to specify the attribute contents of each column of this image file is "/" like server name/directory name/image file name.
You can specify them separated by .

Also, if you want to import the bitmap data in the image file to the bitmap frame set in the document instead of referencing the image file, select rYES in the Import image data field of the bitmap frame property sheet.
Just specify J.

Furthermore, by specifying "auto" in the magnification field, the image area can be adjusted so that even if the size of the image area is larger than the size of the bitmap frame, the entire image to be referenced will be displayed in the bitmap frame. A reduction process is applied to the image.

Next, the document processing operation of the document processing apparatus will be explained based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the user operates the mouse 2 to set a bitmap frame in the document displayed on the display 10 (step 100), and also selects [Reference image file] and [[Reference image file] on the property sheet shown in FIG. Desired attribute contents are specified in each attribute field such as "Image file name" and "Image data fit" to instruct display of the image within the bitmap frame (step 101).

As a result, the processor unit 8 stores the image file to be displayed or printed in the local storage device 3 based on the attribute contents of the bitmap frame property sheet specified by the user. It is determined whether it exists or whether it exists in the remote storage device 4 (step 102).

Here, if the processor unit 8 exists remotely,
A storage area is temporarily secured in the image memory unit 9, the image file existing in the remote storage device 4 is copied to that area (step 103), and the copied image file is copied and displayed in the bitmap frame. (
Step 104).

On the other hand, if the image file exists locally in step 102, the processor unit 8 transfers the image file existing in the local storage device 3 to the image memory unit 9, and then performs the same process as in step 104 above.
The processor unit 8 copies the image file held in the image memory unit 9 to the bitmap frame and displays it.The processor unit 8, which has finished displaying the image in the bitmap frame, copies the image file stored in the image memory unit 9 to the bitmap frame based on the attribute contents of the bitmap frame property sheet. Step 105)
If the property sheet specifies an image file name and instructs to print, it is further determined whether to refer to an image file or to import an image file (step 106).

Here, if the processor unit 8 determines that rYES is not specified in the image file import column of the property sheet and the image file is being referenced, then
When creating a print format file, bitmap data referenced only in the format file is written (step 107), and then the print format file is transferred to the printer 11 (step 108).

On the other hand, in step 106, the image file import column of the property sheet is rYEs.

When importing an image file specified in step 109), the processor section 8 writes bitmap data of the image into the document file and converts the document file in which the image is written into a print format file (step 109), and then performs the steps described above. Similar to the process in step 108, the print format file is transferred to the printer 11. As a result, the printer 11 prints out the document including the image.

Note that once the bitmap data is imported into the document, the processor unit 8 processes the bitmap data based on this document data.
Display and printout of the document can be controlled.

According to the above embodiment, in addition to the image file existing in the local storage device, it is also possible to refer to the image file existing in the remote storage device, and to import the image in the image file into the document as bitmap data.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, in addition to image files existing in a local storage means, image files existing in a remote storage means can be referenced, and images in an image file can be included in a document as bitmap data. Therefore, displaying an image in an image area within a document and printing a document including an image can be performed quickly.

Furthermore, there is no need for all the image files to be referenced to exist in the own local storage means, making it possible to manage image files in a distributed manner and having the advantage that the resources of the local storage means can be used effectively.

John processor, 8... Processor section, 8A...
・Central processing unit (CPtJ), 8B...Main memory, 9
...Image memory section, 10...Display, 11.
...Printer.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the document processing device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the reduction processing of the image area of an image, and FIG. 3 is a bitmap frame property sheet. Figure 4 shows an example of
3 is a flowchart illustrating document processing operations of the illustrated document processing device. 1... Keyboard, 2... Mouse, 3... Local storage device, 4... Remote storage device, 5... Ney
Work, 6... Interface hold, 7... Work station (b) Fig.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A document processing device connected to a network, comprising a local storage means for storing an image file and a display means for displaying a predetermined document including the image, wherein the local storage means or the network specifying means for specifying one of the image files existing in the remote storage means to be connected to the remote storage means; holding means for holding the specified image file; A document processing apparatus characterized by comprising: control means for displaying reference content in an image area of the document and writing image data corresponding to the reference content in the image area.