JPH0497418A - Device and method for displaying layout of document - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display the same layout as that of paper on a screen even when data of plural lines are inputted by forming a rectangular item information area in a picture definition body storing part and forming a rectangular item display control part in a display control part. CONSTITUTION:When document quantity of document data to be entered in an item, the rectangular item information area 5 for storing rectangular item information for expressing a rectangular item for writing the document data in a rectangular range having the prescribed number of digits and the prescribed number of lines is formed in the picture definition body storing part 1. On the other hand, the rectangular item display control part 6 for controlling the display of the document data inputted based upon the information stored in the area 5 is formed in the display control part 2. Thereby, even when the input data of plural lines are inputted, the data can be dispalyed on the screen by the same layout as that of paper.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] A document layout display that displays a document layout by inputting document data to be displayed in each item of a document format layout displayed on a screen according to a screen definition. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an on-screen layout display device and method that can display the same layout on the screen as on paper even when input data spans multiple lines and has good visibility. Then, for one item, the input document data is displayed in the first row of the item, and it is determined whether or not all the document data for the item has been input and displayed, and if it has not been completed, then In this case, it is determined whether the input display of the document data for a predetermined number of digits in the row has been completed, and if the input display of the document data for the predetermined number of digits in the row has been completed, the item is displayed. It is determined whether or not it is a rectangular item, and if it is a rectangular item, input and display of the document data to the next line within the rectangular range is started, and the above process is repeated until all document data has been input for the item. This is a configuration that allows

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a document layout display device and method for a display terminal device, and more particularly, the present invention relates to a document layout display device and method for a display terminal device, and in particular, according to a screen definition
The present invention relates to a document layout display device and method for displaying the document layout by inputting document data to be displayed in each item of the document format layout displayed on the screen of the display device.

The present invention is an input/output type terminal device for inputting and outputting documents, and is an input/output type terminal device for displaying items for inputting and outputting data on the screen in a layout similar to a document printed on paper. This relates to terminal devices.

With the spread of display terminal devices in recent years, there is a demand for free layout and visibility of screen information. Therefore, there is a great need for an input/output device in which the layout of screen information displayed on a display can be freely designed in the same way as on paper.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, there has been a document layout display device as shown in FIG.

As shown in the figure, this device includes a display device 83 that displays the layout of a document, a screen definition storage section 81 that stores screen definitions, and each item of the format layout displayed on the screen of the display device 83. a document data input unit 84 that inputs document data to be displayed on the display device 83; a display control unit 82 that controls the display of the document layout on the display device 83 according to the input document data and the definition body; If the amount of document data to be entered in an item is large (larger than the width of the screen) and must span multiple lines, the last line of the starting line due to the layout of the document on the screen. It has a multi-line control section 86 that arranges and displays the inputted document data so that it continues from the digit to the first digit of the next line.

According to this device, when a document printed on paper as shown in FIG. 11(a) is displayed in layout on the screen of the display device 83, the layout shown in FIG. ), item (1) printed completely on the paper is displayed as ■ on the screen, and item (2) printed on the paper is printed as ■ on the screen. However, since item (3) printed on paper exceeds the width of the screen, it has to span multiple lines as shown in ■, and in that case, the above The multi-line display control unit 86 of the display control unit 82 causes the display to be displayed on the screen in a manner such as ``■'' that continues from the last digit of the start line to the first digit of the next line in the layout of the document on the screen.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, in the conventional document layout display device, as explained above, when document data input to a certain item spans multiple lines, In order to avoid the need for the application program using the item to be aware of the layout of the item,
The display was controlled by .

Therefore, when the input data is displayed, Figure 6 (b)
) and as shown in Figure 11(b), it will always be displayed to the rightmost and leftmost ends of the screen, and will be displayed on the screen in a layout that is different from the layout of the document printed on the paper. This had the problem of poor visibility.

Furthermore, even when data from a document printed on paper is read into an input/output device and transferred to screen display, the same layout cannot be used, and a new layout must be used at the time of transfer. It had a point.

On the other hand, it is possible to set multiple items with the same number of digits from the same starting digit in multiple lines, divide the output data into multiple parts, and output to each item. This is difficult due to the nature of the application program, and it is also necessary to enter data into multiple items when inputting data.
This had the problem of poor operability.

Therefore, the present invention aims to improve the visibility of documents, and
The object of this invention is to provide a document layout display device and method that can easily transition a document printed on paper to a screen display.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to solve the above technical problem, the first invention has a display device 3 for displaying the layout of a document, as shown in FIG.
, a screen definition storage unit 1 that stores screen definitions, and a document data input unit 4 that inputs document data to be displayed in each item of the format layout displayed on the screen of the display device 3.
and a display control unit 2 that controls the display of the layout of the document on the display device 3 according to the input document data and the definition body. If the amount of document data to be described in one item is more than a predetermined amount, rectangular item information to represent a rectangular item in which the document data is described within a rectangular range with a predetermined number of digits and a predetermined number of lines. In addition to providing a rectangular item information area 5 for storage, the display control unit 2 includes a rectangular item display control unit 6 that controls the display of input document data based on the information stored in the rectangular item information area 5. , is provided.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, the second invention creates a layout of a document by inputting document data to be displayed in each item of the document format layout displayed on the screen of a display device according to a screen definition. In the document layout display method that displays the following, the inputted document data for one item is sequentially displayed in the first line of the item (Sl), and the input and display of all document data for the item is completed. (S2), and if input and display of all document data has not been completed, it is determined whether input and display of document data for a predetermined number of digits in the row has been completed. (S3), when the input display of document data for a predetermined number of digits in the row is completed, it is determined whether the item is a rectangular item (S4), and if it is a rectangular item, a rectangular range is defined for the document data. Input and display of the next line in the file will start (S
5) The above process is repeated until all document data has been input for the item in question.

(effect) Next, the operations of the first and second inventions will be explained.

The display control section 2 causes the layout of the corresponding document format from the definition program storage section 1 to be displayed on the screen of the display device 3.

In step S1, corresponding document data is input into each item in the displayed format, for example, by the document data input section 4, and data of item differences in the first line of the document data is developed into a buffer or the like.

Here, "items" include "continuous items" and "rectangular items," and "continuous items" are items that are written consecutively from the last column of the start line to the first column of the next line. A "rectangular item" refers to an item written within a rectangular range having a predetermined number of lines and a predetermined number of digits, and conventionally, all items that spanned multiple lines were considered to be "continuous items."

For example, the display control unit 2 determines whether input and display of all document data has been completed for the item to be input in step $2.

If the input display has been completed, processing for the next item is started, and if not completed, the process proceeds to step S3, where it is determined whether or not the input and display of the relevant gender has been completed. .

When the input and display processing for one line is completed, the process proceeds to step S4, where the rectangular item display control unit 6 determines whether the item to be input is a rectangular item.

If the item is not a rectangular item, processing for the item to be input and displayed ends, and the process moves on to input processing for other items.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the item is a rectangular item, the process proceeds to step S5, and the rectangular item display control unit 6 starts controlling the display of the input document data for the next line. .

〔Example〕

Next, a document layout display device and method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIGS. 3 and 4 are block diagrams showing the device configuration of the document layout display device and method according to this embodiment.

As shown in the figure, in this embodiment, a screen definition body (a descriptive phrase for each screen that specifies attributes such as borders, constants, brightness, display character type, etc. for each field of the screen displayed on the display device) is used. or a set of display screen data generated from a set of descriptive phrases), and a screen definition storage unit 11 that stores a program for controlling access to the screen, display, input/output, etc. A general-purpose package storage section 20, a display device 13 that displays the layout of documents, and a document data input section 4 and documents that input document data to be displayed in each item of the layout of the format displayed on the screen of the display device 13. The input of data into each item is completed with the keyboard 14 corresponding to the document output unit 23 etc. which instructs the output of the data, the CPU 17 which performs various controls such as display control, and the application program storage unit 18 which stores application programs. and a document storage section 22 for storing written documents in code.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the screen definition program storage section 11
If the amount of document data to be described in one item is large, a rectangular item that stores rectangular item information for describing the document data in a rectangular range with a predetermined number of digits and a predetermined number of lines. An information area 15 is provided, and an input/output display control section 12 including the display control section 2 that controls input of data entered into each item and output control of display on the display device 13 and document storage section 22 is provided. The keyboard 21 is provided with a document output instruction section 23, and the input/output control section 12 is provided with display control and output control of input document data based on the information stored in the rectangular item information storage area 15. A rectangular item input/output control unit 16 is provided.

Note that the input/output control section 12 corresponds to the CPU 17 and a general-purpose Hara cage.

Next, the operation of the screen layout display device according to this embodiment will be explained.

As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7, the screen definition specified in step SJI is loaded into the main storage device 19.

Then, the CPU 17 as the input/output control section 12 displays the corresponding document format on the screen of the display device 13 in step SJ2.

The operator performs an input operation as shown in FIG. 8 while looking at the screen.

When the input operation is started, display of the document data on the first line starts in step SJ3.

These displays are continued until all the input data for the item is finished, and if one line is finished before all the input data is displayed, the process advances to step SJ6, and the rectangular item input/output control unit 16 It is determined whether the item is a rectangular item or not, and if it is determined that the item is not a rectangular item, the process proceeds to step SJ8.

Further, in step SJ6, the rectangular item input/output control unit 16
If it is determined that is a rectangular item, the process advances to step SJ7, and as shown in FIG. 8, display of the document data on the next line within the rectangular range is started.

In this way, the above process is repeated until the display of all input data for the item is completed, and the above process is repeated for the next item.

If all items have been entered and displayed, proceed to step S.
The process advances to J9, and data regarding the document for which input processing has been completed is stored in the document storage section 22.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the layout of a document printed on paper and the layout of a document displayed on a screen using the display device and method according to this embodiment. As shown in the figure, the correspondence between each item in the rewritten version is clear and visibility is good.

Next, FIG. 9 shows a flowchart showing the output processing according to the embodiment.

As shown in the figure, in order to display the document for which input processing has been completed on the screen of the display device 13 again, the document output instruction section 23 gives an instruction to the input/output control section 12.

When the instruction is received, in step 5 JIOI, the input/output control section 12 instructs the display device 13 to display the screen data read out from the screen definition storage section 11 and the screen data stored in the document storage section 22 regarding the corresponding document. Based on the document, the corresponding data is expanded into the buffer provided in the input/output control unit 12 for the data of the item essentials in the first line of each item.

In step 5J102, the rectangular item input/output control unit 16 determines whether or not the output data is finished, and if it is determined that all the output data is finished, the process proceeds to step SJ104.
Then, the data developed in the buffer is displayed on the screen of the display device 13.

On the other hand, if it is determined that output data still exists, the process proceeds to step 5J103, and the output data for the next line within the rectangular range is transferred into the buffer by the rectangular item input/output control unit 16 of the input/output control unit 12. It will be expanded to.

In this way, the above processing is performed for all items.

Incidentally, FIG. 6 shows examples of screen display when the present method (a) and the method according to the conventional example (b) are displayed side by side to clarify the difference.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, the screen definition of the present invention is provided with a rectangular item information storage area, and the display control section is provided with a rectangular item display control section.

Therefore, even if input data spans multiple lines, it can be displayed on the screen in the same layout as on paper, and it is possible to provide an on-screen layout display device and method with good visibility.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle block diagram of the first invention, FIG. 2 is a principle flowchart of the second invention, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the equipment configuration according to the embodiment, FIG. 4 is a block diagram according to the embodiment, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of rectangular items according to the embodiment, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of display examples according to the embodiment and conventional example, FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing input processing according to the embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a diagram according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing output processing according to the embodiment, FIG. 10 is a block diagram according to the conventional example, and FIG. 11 is a display explanatory diagram according to the conventional example. 1, 1 3, 1 5, 1 1... Screen definition storage section 2)... Display control section (input/output control section) 3... Display device 4)... Document data input section (keyboard) 5... Rectangular item information storage area 6)... Rectangular item display control unit (rectangular item input/output control unit) Principle flowchart according to the second invention Fig. 2 Flowchart showing output processing according to the embodiment

[Paper Layout]

(b) Display explanatory diagram related to conventional example Figure 11

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A display device (3) that displays the layout of a document;
A screen definition storage unit (1) that stores screen definitions, and a document data input unit (4) that inputs document data to be displayed in each item of the layout of the format displayed on the screen of the display device (3). and a display control unit (2) that controls the display of the document layout on the display device (3) according to the input document data and the definition body, a screen definition body storage unit. (1) indicates a rectangular item in which the document data is written within a rectangular range with a predetermined number of digits and a predetermined number of lines when the amount of document data to be described in one item is more than a predetermined amount. A rectangular item information area (5) for storing rectangular item information is provided in the display control section (2).
1. A document layout display device comprising: a rectangular item display control section (6) that controls the display of input document data based on information stored in the document display section (6). (2) In a document layout display method that displays the document layout by inputting document data to be displayed in each item of the document format layout displayed on the screen of the display device according to the screen definition, For one item, the input document data is sequentially displayed in the first line of the item (S1), and it is determined whether or not all document data has been input and displayed for the item (S2), and all documents are displayed. If input and display of data has not been completed, it is determined whether input and display of document data for a predetermined number of digits in the row has been completed (S3), and When the input display of document data is finished, it is determined whether the item is a rectangular item (S4), and if it is a rectangular item, input and display of the document data to the next line within the rectangular range is started. (S5) A method for displaying a document layout, characterized in that the above-described process is repeated until input of all document data is completed for the item concerned.