JPH02288953A - Identification processing system for display picture data in table format data - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily input data by attaching an inscription to identify whether a picture is a main picture or a subpicture. CONSTITUTION:A window number part 13 is an area to identify the picture displayed on a display screen, and the main picture on which table format data inputted from an input part 1 and control-processed by an input data analysis part 2 and a command control part 3 is displayed as it is, and the subpicture which transfers the table format data on the main picture to a memory transiently and preserves it are displayed on the display screen. The part 13 is the area to identify whether the picture being displayed at present is the (main picture) or the (subpicture). Thereby, it is possible to easily identify whether displayed data is the main picture or the subpicture, and the input of the data can be easily performed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus that uses an interactive system between a computer and a human, and particularly relates to tabular data created by a computer (1) any 7-automatic computer.

(Technical background) It is possible to create and display tables interactively without having to acquire specialized computer programming skills, just by manually inputting commands and other marks according to the messages displayed on the screen. Editing data, illuminating table data
Simple languages that can perform calculations and other tasks are becoming popular. As the number of simple fRf increases, the number of people using computers, especially personal computers, has also increased, and the use of computers in various fields has now become more widespread. For example, calculations and reports for business schedule management, patent business management, business performance management, inventory management, report card management, etc. are now processed and submitted by computers.

However, creating tabular data of arbitrary data in an interactive format has the problem that the operation is difficult (l), making it difficult for each person to use it for work, and it is difficult to write, edit, and add data. There was a problem that such operations were inconvenient.

(Summary of the Invention) =3- Based on the above technical background, it is an object of the present invention to provide an easier-to-operate method for processing tabular data in a computer, and (1) when displaying tabular data on a display. The present invention is characterized in that a notation for identifying whether the main screen or the sub screen is displayed is displayed in tabular form on the screen. (2) Transfer the main screen economic data [7-- Temporarily save, normally not displayed on the screen, but when the display screen is divided by screen splitting, a number will be displayed on each screen. It is characterized by

(3) The number displayed on the screen is characterized in that the window number enclosed in [ ] is the main screen, and the window number enclosed in { } is the sub-screen. (4) Processing of tabular data can only be performed on tabular data displayed on the main screen. (5) The identification notation of the tabular data is a frame pattern. (6) When processing tabular data in an interactive format, a menu bar that displays the listed processing items in reverse video by moving the cursor, provided that there are specific instructions displayed at a predetermined location on the screen. It is characterized by displaying menu screens hierarchically by making appropriate selections. (7) Items listed in the menu bar are displayed in reverse by moving the cursor, and pressing the execution key executes the processing operation in place of command input from the keyboard.

(8) By executing the menu bar, a selection menu - is displayed for a lower hierarchy. (9) When processing tabular data in an interactive manner according to menu selections displayed on the screen and instructions from the menu,
It is characterized by displaying data such as commands, characters, numbers, etc. input from the keyboard in an input line area other than tabular data on the screen.

(10) When executing a command in an external interactive format based on the menu display displayed on the screen, a display prompting for selection items or operation instructions is displayed in a designated area of the screen together with the +ifi menu display. do.

(Example) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a display screen according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the screen according to the present invention. .

In the figure, 1 is an input section, 2 is a human data analysis section, 3 is a command control section, 4 is a part of a menu, 5 is a command group, 6 is a menu screen control section, 7 is a display section, 8 is a printer, 9
is an external storage device, 1o is a data transfer section, 11 is a menu bar part, 12 is a scale section, 13 is a window number section, 14 is a line number section, 15 is a message input section, 16 is an input line section, 17
18 is the tabular data display area, 18 is the pull-down menu, and 19 is the pull-down menu.
is a help menu window.

The input unit 1 is an input device such as a mouse or a keyboard.

The input data analysis section 2 analyzes the data input from the input section 1 to determine whether it is an input from an arrow key or a mouse, or whether it is a command name indicating an execution command. If the input is via a window menu displayed on the screen instead of inputting a command name in the input unit 1, the command is used to instruct the selection operation of menu data in the menu part 4, and the command group is input via the command control unit 3. Instructs to call the command in step 5. By operating the input unit 1, the cursor is moved in the pull-down menu to select a command or highlight the function of the selected item, and if it is an execution command, the command is searched from the command group 5 via the command control unit 3. .

The command control unit 3 searches and controls a command corresponding to the menu data selected from the outer menu portion 4 based on the analysis instruction by the input data analysis unit 2 from the command group 5, and executes the function of the command. It controls the operation until the menu display selected in the menu section 4 is displayed on the display section 7 via the menu table control section 6.

Menu part 4 is the menu bar pull-down menu,
This memory stores items to be displayed on the display screen 4, such as a selection item pull-down menu, help menu, error menu, calculator menu, and title menu.

The command group 5 is a memory that stores commands that control execution, and is divided into 1 tables based on the functions of the commands: ``Common command group'', ``Input command group'', ``Line editing command 7 - C group'', and ``Column editing command group''. "edit command group", "calculation aggregation command group", "search classification command group", "display command group", "management command group", "setting command group", "transfer communication command group", "print graph command group", "data conversion command group", etc. (Refer to the attached table for the contents of the command group).

The menu screen control section 6 controls the data for executing the command #5 selected by the command control section 3 and displays the 7 menu data of the menu part 4 as one menu screen on the display section 7.

Based on the search control command, control the table data corresponding to the command with the search control command from the table group 5;
Display the table data on the display screen 4.

The display unit 7 is a display device such as a liquid crystal, plasma, or other CRT, and the screen can be displayed in a split screen manner, and also displays a menu bar part 8, which is the contents of the system menu of the menu part 4, a scale part 9, and a window number. part 10, line number part 11,
A message entry section 12, an input line section 13, and a tabular data display section 14 are displayed.
A menu window 16 and a help menu window 17 are also displayed. Furthermore, menu data such as an error menu, calculator menu, title menu, etc. stored in the menu part 4 is displayed.

The printer 8 is a printer that prints the execution processing result of the command selected by the command control unit 3.

The storage unit 9 is an external storage device that stores tabular data whose processing is controlled by executing commands in a W1/i manner like pages, bins, and cabinets.

5IO (serial input/output) 10 is a processing unit for transferring tabular data to and from an external device through command execution processing.

Part 11 of the menu bar is a display area for a screen that categorizes the computer's processing functions into top-level categories.By moving the arrow keys, the cursor moves on the display screen, and the menu item at the corresponding location of the cursor is displayed in reverse video. . When you specify a highlighted item on the menu bar and press the execution key, a pull-down menu with contents corresponding to the highlighted item is displayed on the screen, and a help menu is also displayed at the same time.

The menu bars according to the present invention are classified into four types, and each menu bar is selected by using arrow keys and displayed on the screen.

The scale section 12 displays the title name, column number, and column number of the table to be displayed.
This is a display area on the screen that displays the number of column digits, item names, number of character digits, etc.

The window number section 13 is an area for identifying the screen displayed on the display screen, and the display screen displays tabular data input from the input section 1 and controlled and processed by the input data analysis section 2 and command control section 3 as is. The main screen and tabular data of the main screen may be temporarily transferred to memory and saved, and a sub screen may be displayed. In this case, this is an area for identifying whether the currently displayed screen is the "main screen" or the "sub screen." Further, since the display screen according to the present invention can be divided into four screens, it becomes easy to identify whether displayed data is a main screen or a sub screen.

Normally, the tabular data on the sub-screen cannot be seen, but it can be seen by dividing the display screen using the screen splitting function. Minutei! Assign a number to each screen displayed. This number is called the window number. You can work while simultaneously displaying tabular data from different parts of the main screen or sub-screens.

In this case, commands can only process data on the table displayed on the main screen.

For this reason, the main screen is also called a work screen. The identification notation for the main screen and sub-screen is [A window number surrounded by 1 means the main screen, and a window number surrounded by 1) means the sub-screen. Furthermore, if the identification notation cannot be used to distinguish between the two screens, both screens are displayed with different identification notations and different frame designs.

The line number section 4 is an area on the screen that displays the line number of the table of tabular data, and is an area that identifies which line of data the tabular data called out to the screen is.

The message input section 15 is an area on the screen that displays command selection and selected item processing operation instructions in the pull-down menu using commands or the mouse in an interactive format similar to the input section 1, and displays messages such as "Please input one command". do(
(also called prompt area). The message input unit 15 prompts for selection items or operation instructions when executing a command, and data processing can be executed in an interactive manner by inputting a command or the like from the keyboard in response to the message.

The input line section 16 is an area on the screen in which contents input from the keyboard according to instructions from the message input section 15 are temporarily displayed. When the operator confirms the contents displayed in the input line section 16 and presses the execution key, the contents are sent to the desired tabular data (also called "cell") and displayed.

In response to instructions from the message typing section 15, commands, characters, numbers, etc. are input from the keyboard. When you finish entering characters and press the execution key, the entered contents will be entered. In the present invention, processing can be executed by using the input line section 16 in combination with selection of commands listed in the pull-down menu window, so commands and the like can be input directly into the input line section 16 and executed.

The tabular data display section 17 defines M rows and N columns as one page, and displays the page on the screen page by page. If the data consists of multiple pages, it is possible to organize and save the data in a binder, and expand the data processing unit to the binder. Data processing using commands can process multiple pages. That is, when performing editing and processing such as increasing or deleting items of tabular data, it is possible to increase or delete data items across multiple pages by executing one command.

On the display screen, as shown in Fig. 3, a pull-down menu window 18 and a help window 19 are displayed along with tabular data, as well as an error window, a calculator window, a cabinet window, and a binder title window (not shown). Displayed individually or in layers.

When "Please input command" is displayed on the message input section 15, functions on the menu bar can also be selected. Menu bar functions can be highlighted using the arrow keys (
Move 1= (reverse display) and select and execute by pressing the execution key.

Move the highlighted display to the desired function and press the 12 execution key to display a pull-down menu. When selecting a function, press the execution key to execute the selection. If you type the left or right arrow key while a pull-down menu is displayed, the selected pull-down menu will be displayed. For example, in the case of "→", a pull-down menu of the function menu bar on the right side is displayed.

The menu bar 18 is displayed in the menu bar section 11, and is an area for displaying each function group corresponding to the thought processing function. The pull-down menu window 18 displays the functions that control the computer, classified into a second-level function group and a lower-level function group. Each function displayed in the pull-down menu window 123 is executed by moving the arrow keys to highlight the item, selecting the desired location, and pressing the execution key.

Help Menu
1 and the pull-down menu window 18. This is an area for explaining each function of the first and lower function groups displayed in the pull-down menu window 18. The operator can operate by referring to the help menu displayed on the display screen without referring to the manual.

There are four types of menus displayed on the menu bar part 11: Menu (1), Menu (2), Menu (3),
Consists of menu (4). Menu (1) is [Common],
[Consists of human power 1, [row editing], [column editing 1, menu (2) consists of 1 table editing], 1-performance q-collection fi11, [search classification], [display], menu (3) consists of 1 management,
Menu (4) consists of [Settings], [Transfer Communication 1], and [Print Graph 1], and the menu (4) is classified into the respective functions of [Data Exchange 1] and [Option 1]. A pull-down menu is displayed for each function classified in each menu bar. In other words, each function on the menu bar (1) [Common I [Input]
[Row Edit] Column E Edit” pull-down menus are displayed individually (see separate table). Furthermore, a lower pull-down menu window 18 is displayed, and the menu bar (
1) A pull-down menu with further selection items listed for each function (2>(3) and (4)) is displayed. Select the selection items displayed in this pull-down menu window 18 in an interactive manner to Process tabular data in .

A help menu window 19 provides explanations and operations for each of the functions listed in the menu bar section 11 and pull-down menu window 18 below.
is displayed. If you are unable to understand the operations when processing the computer interactively, explanations or operation guides for functions corresponding to the highlighted display position of the menu or command execution status are displayed in the help menu window 19. Operation becomes easier.

(Effect of the invention) Since the present invention has the above configuration, the doll, father,
This has the effect of simplifying data entry.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a display screen according to the present invention, and FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the display screen according to the present invention. 1... Input section 2... Input data analysis section 3...
Command control unit 4... Menu part 5... Command group 6... Menu screen control unit 7... Display unit 8... Printer 9... External storage device 10... Data transfer unit 11.
・Menu bar part 12 ・Scale part 13 ・
...Window number section 14...Line number section 15...Message entry section 16...Input line section 17...Tabular data display section 18...Pull-down menu 19...Help menu window

Claims (10)

[Claims] (1) When displaying tabular data on a display, the tabular data on the screen includes a notation that identifies whether it is displayed on a main screen or a sub screen. Identification processing method for display screen data. (2) Transfer and temporarily save the front business data on the main screen, and normally it does not appear on the screen, but when the display screen is divided by screen splitting, a number can be displayed on each screen. Discrimination processing method for display screen data in tabular data. (3) Identification processing method for display screen data in tabular data, characterized in that window numbers enclosed in brackets [ ] are treated as main screens, and window numbers enclosed in { } are treated as sub-screens. . (4) A display screen data identification processing method for tabular data, characterized in that tabular data processing can be executed only for tabular data displayed on the main screen. (5) An identification processing method for display screen data in tabular data, characterized in that the identification notation set forth in claim 1 is a frame pattern. (6) When processing tabular data in an interactive format, select the menu bar where the listed processing items are displayed in reverse video by moving the cursor, provided there are specific instructions displayed at a predetermined location on the side. An identification processing method for display screen data in tabular data, which is characterized by displaying menu screens in a hierarchical manner. (7) Items listed in the menu bar are displayed in reverse (reverse display) by moving the cursor, and by pressing the execution key, processing operations are executed in place of command input from the keyboard. Discrimination processing method for display screen data in data. (8) An identification processing method for display screen data in tabular data, characterized by displaying a selection menu in a lower hierarchy by executing a menu bar. (9) When processing tabular data in an interactive format according to menu selections and message instructions displayed on the screen, commands, characters, and
A display screen data identification processing method for tabular data, characterized in that data such as numbers is displayed in an input line area other than tabular data on the screen. (10) A tabular format characterized in that when executing a command in an interactive manner based on a menu display displayed on the screen, a display prompting selection items or operation instructions is displayed in a designated area of the screen together with the menu display. Discrimination processing method for display screen data in data.