JPH04153873A - Document processing program start and end system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily indicate a document and data when the specific document and data are processed by automatically perform start and end control over an application program which edits and processes the document and data with a document processing standard pattern and information on a start information storage device. CONSTITUTION:In document format conversion 43, the format of a document which is used by another application program is converted so that the document can be processed by an application program that an operator indicates by a document selection indication part 7, thereby improving the distribution of the document. In an application program start transmission control 41, the storage location of the document which is converted so that the document can be processed by the application program indicated by the operator and information showing how the document is processed are edited and then the operator can create a new document by referring to documents which is generated by other operators. Consequently, the operator need not pay attention to the format conversion of the document and easily performs the processing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention employs a statement X processing program startup/termination method that automatically launches an application program for processing a document and controls its termination.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of program startup has been carried out by an operator inputting a program startup instruction command from a keyboard (operation console), by inputting from the keyboard an instruction to execute a job stream that describes the startup of multiple applications, or by inputting an execution command from an application program or This is done by displaying a list of descriptions of execution jobs for which job streams have been registered on a display (display device), and selecting and inputting them using a keyboard.

Furthermore, when one document or data is processed by two application programs, it is necessary to call the data citation function provided by each application program and perform data conversion. In order for this data citation function to operate, documents and data had to be stored in an external storage device as data files in a standard format.

Then, it was necessary to introduce and operate an integrated pre-editing program that can process documents and data in various formats, such as Japanese documents, tables, graphs, and images, with a single application program.

Here, with reference to FIG. 6, a case in which a document is edited using a conventional method will be described.

On the left side are application programs that correspond to individual documents, such as a word processing program 51 for a word processing document, an image processing program 52 for an image document, and a table processing program 53 for a table document. It is processed by The right side shows a case where an integrated document processing program 55 that can process various formats is used, and a document migration program 54 converts a conventional document into a format that can be processed by the integrated document processing program. , the integrated document processing program 55 was used.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In document processing using the conventional programs described above, when an operator edits a document, it is necessary to specify the application program name and specify the file in which the target document or data is stored. When processing with multiple application programs, it is necessary to perform an operation to specify the application program name many times, which poses a problem in that the operation is complicated.

In addition, when a single document is processed by multiple application programs, if each application program does not have a format suitable for the document, a document format conversion function (data citation function) can be used to enable each application program to process the document. It is necessary to convert the document into a format that can be processed by the application program each time it is called, and this operation is cumbersome, and the application program must be transferred to the main storage in order to call this function. The problem was that it took a long time to respond.

Furthermore, each time a similar document or data is processed, the same application program must be reinstalled onto the main storage device, resulting in the problem that it takes time to respond to the operator.

In addition, if an integrated pre-editing nib program is used, assets (documents and data) created with application programs previously used for document editing may no longer be usable, or operators may have to The use of integrated programs places a heavy burden on operators, as they are no longer able to use the integrated document editing and machining programs with familiar operating methods, and must learn more complex operating methods for integrated document editing and processing programs. There was a problem.

[Means to solve the problem]

The document processing program startup/termination method of the present invention includes a document list display section that displays a list of documents to be processed for the purpose of document processing including editing, and an operator to select a document to be processed from the list of documents. a document selection instruction section that causes an instruction; a document processing instruction control section that controls the document list display section and the document selection instruction section, edits a document processing standard pattern from information instructed by an operator, and stores the edited document processing standard pattern in a document processing standard pattern memory; an application program document processing information table storing a format of the selected document, a processing method of the document, and a processing method of a group of application programs that are means for processing the document. a startup information storage device; a program startup information reading section that is activated by an instruction from the document processing instruction control section and reads the application program document processing information table from the startup information storage device; and a program startup information reading section that is activated by the program startup information reading section. , and a program startup monitoring control unit that controls startup of the application program; and when the format of the document is not suitable for being processed by the application program, the program startup monitoring unit controls the startup of the application program. a document format conversion unit that is activated by a control unit and that converts the document into a document in a format that can be processed by the application program; and a document information storage device that stores the document; an application program storage unit that stores a group of application programs that perform processing including editing; and an application screen input/output unit that displays the content of the document processed by the application program in the application program storage unit and provides correction instructions. a document processing information generation unit that creates document processing information that specifies a processing method specific to an application program started from the application program document processing information table and the document processing standard pattern memory; an application program control means having a document processing information storage memory for storing document processing information generated by the instruction document editing program starting means and a starting end information transmitting section for transmitting information between the instruction document editing program starting means and the document editing processing means; It is equipped with

Furthermore, the method for starting and terminating a document processing program of the present invention is applicable to a document processing system that handles documents of one format using a plurality of application program groups. a processing standard pattern memory; a startup information storage device having an application program document processing information table that stores a group of application programs capable of processing documents and a document processing method of the application programs corresponding to each document format; and an application to be started. a document processing information generation unit that creates document processing information that specifies a program-specific processing method; a document processing information storage memory that stores the document processing information generated by the document processing information generation unit; an application program control means having a start-up/end information transmitting unit that notifies the user; and a program start-up monitoring control unit that controls continuous operations for processing a new document created and updated upon completion of one document processing. .

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

The seventeenth document processing program startup/termination method includes a document processing instruction means 1 that generates a document processing standard pattern from a document selected by an operator and processing information of the document inputted by the operator, and instructs a document processing method; An instruction document editing program starting means 2 that reads an application program document processing information table corresponding to the format of the document and monitors and controls the startup and termination of the application program; when the document is not in a format suitable for processing by the application program, A document format conversion means 3 converts the document into a format suitable for the program, a document editing processing means 4 processes the document using an application program, displays the processed document and gives correction instructions, and processes the document edited by the document processing instruction means 1. Editing the standard pattern memory and the document processing information table of the application program read by the instruction document editing program starting means 2 into document processing information specifying a processing method specific to the application program to be started, and transmitting the same to the document editing processing means 4; The document editing processing means 4 sends a notification of completion of one document processing.
The application program control means 60 transmits a new edited document to the instruction document editing program starting means 2 as termination information.

The document processing instruction means 1 also includes a document list display section 6 that displays a list of documents that can be processed by the operator, and a document list display section 6 that selects a document to be processed from the document list displayed by the document list display section 6 and selects a processing method for the document. The document selection instruction unit 7 inputs instructions for inputting the document selection instruction unit 7. The document selection instruction unit 7 determines the instruction input from the document selection instruction unit 7, and if the instruction is an instruction to process the document, the storage information of the selected document and its processing method are determined. Edit as a standard document processing pattern, start the program startup information reading unit 9, transmit document format information, and if the processing information instructs to end the processing, an instruction to end the processing of the document. The document processing instruction control section 8 includes a document processing instruction control section 8 that performs the above-mentioned document processing instruction control section 8, and a document processing standard pattern memory 65 that holds the document processing standard patterns edited by the document processing instruction control section 8.

Further, the instruction document editing program starting means 2 includes an application program document processing information table 66 that holds a group of application programs corresponding to the format of each document and a document processing method of the application program.
The application program document processing information table 66 is stored from the startup information storage device 10 in order to start the application program storage section 14 from the document format started and transmitted from the document processing instruction control section 8. The program startup information reading unit 9 to read determines whether the document format transmitted from the program startup information reading unit 9 is a format that the application program can process.If the format is such that the application program cannot process the document, the application program It consists of a program startup monitoring side m section 11 that activates a document format conversion section 12 that converts a document into a format that can be processed, converts the document format, and monitors and controls the startup and termination of an application program.

Further, the document format converting means 3 includes a document format converting section 12 that converts a document into a document in a format that can be processed by a group of application programs, and a document information storage device 13 that stores documents to be processed by the application programs. There is.

Further, the document editing/processing means 4 includes an application program storage unit 14 storing an application program that performs processing including editing of the content of a document, and an application program storage unit 14 that stores the content of the document processed by the application program stored in the application program storage unit 14. It consists of an application screen input/output unit 15 that displays and gives instructions for correction.

Also, application program iii! control means 60
is generated by the document processing information generation unit 61, which generates document processing information that specifies the processing method specific to the application program started from the document processing standard pattern memory 65 and the application program document processing information table 66. A document processing information storage memory 67 that stores document processing information, and a startup/completion information transmitting unit 5 that notifies the application program of document processing information.
It consists of

Next, the operation will be explained.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the operation of the document processing program startup/termination method shown in FIG. 1, and the operation of the document processing program startup/termination method shown in FIG. 1 will be explained using FIG.

In FIG. 1, a document list display section 6 displays a list of documents so that an operator can instruct documents to be processed, and a document selection instruction section 7 receives the document selection instruction and transmits it to a document processing information control section 8. (Step 16). Next, the statement 1 processing instruction control unit 8 determines whether the processing instruction is an instruction to start processing for a document or an instruction to end document processing, and if it is an instruction to start processing for a document, it proceeds to step 18; If it is an instruction to end document processing, this operation is ended (step 17).

Next, the program startup information reading unit 9 determines the processing instruction for the document, and determines the format of the document from the startup information storage device f.
Using IO as an access key, the name of the application program that processes the document and its startup interface are read and passed to the program startup monitoring control unit 11 (step 18).The program startup monitoring control unit 11 determines whether the transmitted document format is the application Program storage section 1
It is determined whether or not the format can be processed by the application program read out from 4. If the format can be processed, the process proceeds to step 21, and if the format is an expression that cannot be processed, the process proceeds to step 21. Proceed to Step 20 (Step 19).

In step 20, the document format conversion means 12 reads a document that can be used for the current processing from among the document files that have been processed and stored by the application program (1) from the document information storage device 13, and instructs the processing. It is converted into a document format that can be processed by the application 10gram (2), and stored in the document information storage wave f13. Then, the stored file information is passed to the program startup monitoring control gi section 11.

In step 21, if the application program for processing the document already exists because it was written to the main storage device in a previous document processing, the process advances to step 22; if the application program does not exist, step 24 is performed. Proceed to.

In step 22, the document processing information generation unit 61 synthesizes the document processing standard pattern memory 65 and the application program document processing information table 66, and generates document processing information that specifies the storage information of the document to be processed by the application program to be started and the processing method thereof. III is collected and stored in the document processing information storage memory.

In step 23, the 10-gram activation monitoring control unit 11 restarts the application program already existing on the main storage device, and the process proceeds to step 28.

In step 24, the program startup monitoring control unit 11
The memory size of the application program for processing the document is compared with a continuous free memory area on the main storage device, and if there is a free continuous memory area for writing the application program for processing the document, the process proceeds to step 26; If it is not vacant, proceed to step 25.

In step 25, in order to secure an empty memory area in which to write an application program to process the document,
Terminates the application program that was previously residing on the main storage.

In step 26, the document processing information generation unit 61 synthesizes the document processing standard pattern memory 65 and the application program document processing information table 66, and generates document processing information that specifies the storage information of the document to be processed by the application program to be started and the processing method thereof. and store it in the document processing information storage memory.

In step 27, the program activation monitoring control unit 11 activates an application program that processes the document.

In step 28, the startup/completion information transmitting unit 5 notifies the document processing information storage memory 67 of which document to process and how to process the application program that processes the document.

In step 29, the application program executes the following according to the notified contents of the document processing information storage memory 67.
The operator is allowed to process the document via the application program screen input/output unit 15, and after a series of document processing, the document is stored in the document information storage device 13.

In step 30, the application program determines the end of one document process, and notifies the activation end information transmitting section 5 of the end of the process.

Then, upon receiving the application program termination notification, the activation termination information transmitting unit 5 subsequently repeats the operations from step 16.

In step 31, the program startup monitoring control unit 11
In order to shorten the transfer time from the application program storage section 14 to the main storage device, the application program that has been written to the main storage device and previously existing is terminated.

Next, the operation of the document processing information generation section 61 included in the application 10-gram control means 60 will be explained using FIG.

The document processing information generation unit 61 generates a document format using a document processing standard pattern memory 65 that holds storage information of a document to be processed edited by the document processing instruction control unit 8 and its processing pattern, and a program startup information reading unit 9. From the application program document processing information table 66 containing the processing pattern and startup control information read into the key,
Document processing information is stored in the document processing information storage memory 67, which is comprised of three parts: a header part, a file definition part, and a detail part, which instruct which document to process and how, and which specifies a processing method specific to the application program to be started.

Next, the operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be explained using FIG.

First, the screen 32 shows a state in which the document list display section 6 displays a list of documents that can be processed, and the sentence M selection instruction section 7 allows the operator to select which document to process and how. .

Screen 33 shows a state in which the operator is prompted to select a document creation instruction at the beginning of use of the document processing program startup and termination method. Then, there is a method of inputting necessary information via the application screen input/output unit 15 by an application program that processes a document, and document information that stores previously created documents that have been created and saved for later use. This shows a state in which two methods for inputting the document from the memory bag 213 are instructed.

The screen 34 shows a state in which a new document is being created or proofread by the application 10 grams via the aggregation screen input/output unit 15.

On the screen 35, when the new document creation or proofreading process is completed, the document list display section 6 automatically displays a list of documents that can be processed next, and the document selection instruction section 7 selects which documents to process and how. This shows a state in which the operator is asked to select and instruct whether to do so. On the screen 35, the document created or proofread on the screen 34 with respect to the screen 32 is added.

Next, the operation of document format conversion according to the present invention will be explained using FIG.

In the document format conversion 42, in order to increase the circulation of the document,
Converts the document format of a document used in another application program so that it can be processed by the application program instructed by the operator in the document selection instruction section 7, and the application program initiation transmission system #41 Now, the operator edits the storage location of the converted document so that it can be processed by the application program instructed by the document selection instruction unit 7, and the information indicating how to process the document, and the operator By making it possible to create a new document by referring to and quoting a document created by another operator using the operating method, the operator can perform processing without being aware of document format conversion.

In this way, based on the standard document processing pattern and the information in the startup information storage device, the application program that edits and processes documents and data is automatically started and terminated, allowing the operator to edit specific documents and data. When processing, there is no need to be aware of the program name, and it is possible to easily specify the document or data to be processed. In addition, by registering print parameters in the application program document processing table, you can automatically output the document to the printer simply by instructing it to print.Also, one document can be processed by multiple application programs. In this case, if each application program is not in a format suitable for the document, the document format conversion section automatically converts the document into a format that can be processed by the application program so that the document can be processed by each application program. There is no need for the operator to operate the format conversion function each time to convert the called document into a format that can be processed by the program, and there is no need to transfer the application program to the main storage to call this function.
It is possible to reduce the amount of time it takes to respond to the operator.

Furthermore, in order to process a document or data, an application program that has been started once is stored in the main memory until there is no longer a need to process the document and an instruction is given to end the document processing. When processing , there is no need to rewrite the same application program onto the main memory, improving response time with the operator.

In addition, assets (documents and data) created with programs previously used for document editing and processing can be used as is, and the integrated Document JII collection - more complex operation methods of processing programs. There is no need to memorize the information, which reduces the burden on the operator.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention automatically controls the startup and termination of application programs that edit and process documents and data based on the document processing standard pattern and the information in the startup information storage device. When processing a document or data, there is no need to be aware of the program name, and this has the effect of making it easier to specify the document or data to be processed.

In addition, when processing one document with multiple application programs, if each application program does not have a format suitable for the document, the document format converter automatically converts the document so that it can be processed by each application program. By converting the document into a format that can be processed by the application program, there is no need for the operator to operate the document format conversion function each time to convert the called document into a format that can be processed by the program. There is no need to transfer it to the main storage, so
This has the effect that it takes less time to respond to the operator.

Furthermore, in order to process a document or data, the application program that has been started once is stored in the main memory until the document processing is no longer necessary and the document processing is terminated. When processing , there is no need to rewrite the same application program on the main storage device, which has the effect of improving response time with the operator.

In addition, assets (documents and data) created with programs that have been used to process document 1s collections can be used as they are, and integrated document m collections/processing 1s can be used as is.
There is no need to learn the operating methods of 0g, and there is no need to put a heavy burden on the operator.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
A diagram showing the operation of the document processing program startup/termination method shown in the figure.
Figure 3 is a diagram showing an application example of the document processing program startup/termination method shown in Figure 1, Figure 4 is a diagram showing document conversion operations using the word processing program startup/termination method shown in Figure 1, and Figure 5 is an application example. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the operation of editing program-specific document processing information, and FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the document conversion operation when processing an integrated document according to the prior art. 1.--.Document processing instruction means, 2.--.Instruction document editing program starting means, 3.--Document format conversion means, 4.--Document editing processing means, 5.・・・・・・
・Start-up/end information transmission section, 6--Document list display section, 7--Document selection instruction section, 8--Document processing instruction control section, 9--Program Start-up information reading unit, 10...--Start-up information storage device, 11...-
...Program startup monitoring control unit, 12...-Document format conversion unit, 13-...Document information storage device, 14
...Application program storage section, 15
...Application screen input/output section, 60...
... Abbreviation program control means. 61-- Document processing information generation unit, 65-- Document processing standard pattern memory, 66-- Application program document processing information table, 67--
...Document processing information storage memory. Agent Patent Attorney Shino Uchihara 28

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document list display unit that displays a list of documents to be processed for the purpose of document processing including editing, and a document that allows an operator to select and instruct a document to be processed from the list of documents. A document comprising a selection instruction section, and a document processing instruction control section that controls the document list display section and the document selection instruction section, edits a document processing standard pattern from information instructed by an operator, and stores it in a document processing standard pattern memory. processing instruction means; startup information storage storing an application program document processing information table that holds a format of the selected document, a processing method for the document, and a processing method for a group of application programs that are means for processing the document; a program startup information reading section that is started by an instruction from the document processing instruction control section and reads the application program document processing information table from the startup information storage device; and a program startup information reading section that is started by the program startup information reading section; and a program startup monitoring control unit that controls startup of the application program; and when the format of the document is not suitable for being processed by the application program, the program startup monitoring control unit starts the instruction document editing program. a document format conversion unit that converts the document into a document in a format that can be processed by the application program; and a document information storage device that stores the document; an application program storage section that stores a group of application programs that perform processing including processing, and an application screen input/output section that displays the contents of the document processed by the application program in the application program storage section and gives instructions for modification. Means: a document processing information generation unit that creates document processing information specifying a processing method specific to an application program started from the application program document processing information table and the document processing standard pattern memory; and a document processing information generated by the document processing information generation unit. The present invention further includes an application program control means having a document processing information storage memory for storing document processing information, and a startup completion information transmission section for exchanging information between the instruction document editing program startup means and the document editing processing means. Features a document processing program startup and termination method. 2. In a document processing system that handles documents in one format using multiple application program groups, there is a document processing standard pattern memory that holds the document processing standard patterns edited by the document processing instruction control unit, and a document processing standard pattern memory that stores document processing standard patterns edited by the document processing instruction control unit, and , an activation information storage device having an application program document processing information table that holds a group of application programs that can process documents and a document processing method of the application program; and creating document processing information that specifies a processing method specific to the application program to be activated. An application program control having a document processing information generation section, a document processing information storage memory that stores the document processing information generated by the document processing information generation section, and an activation/termination information transmission section that notifies the application program of the document processing information. 1. A method for starting and terminating a document processing program, comprising: a means for starting and terminating a document processing program; and a program start-up monitoring control unit that controls continuous operations for processing a new document created and updated upon completion of one document processing.