JPH05151325A - Screen display information film managing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the time required for calling and displaying designated graphic screen display information from in a large quantity of graphic screen display information. CONSTITUTION:Graphic screen display information of a large number of pieces is compressed and contained in one file 2, and in an index registering part 4 of the file concerned, indexes related to each graphic screen display information is registered and managed. In such a way, even a large quantity of graphic screen display information can be contained in one file, and also, designated graphic screen display information can be fetched and displayed in a short time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a screen display information file management method for managing a large amount of graphic screen display information as one file.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the case of filing and managing various graphic screen display information processed by various software in a storage device, one graphic screen display information
It was stored in one file and managed for each software.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional screen display information file management method, the number of files inevitably increases due to an increase in graphic screen display information. It takes a lot of time to search the file for extracting the information, and there is a problem that it takes too much time to display the designated graphic screen display information.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and a large amount of graphic screen display information is compressed and stored in one file and is managed by an index. An object of the present invention is to provide a screen display information file management method that is easy to manage and that can reduce the time required to display designated graphic screen display information.

[0005]

According to the screen display information file management method of the present invention, a large number of graphic screen display information are compressed and stored in one file, and each graphic screen is stored in the index registration section of the file. The index for display information is registered and managed.

[0006]

According to the screen display information file management method of the present invention, a large number of graphic screen display information are compressed and stored in one file, and an index for each graphic screen display information is stored in the index registration section of the file. By registering and managing, a large amount of graphic screen display information can be stored in one file, and moreover, designated graphic screen display information can be retrieved and displayed in a short time.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a screen display information file management system using an embodiment of the present invention. The screen display controller 1 compresses and registers graphic screen display information in accordance with a program memory and displays a registered graphic screen. It performs information index management processing, decompression processing of designated graphic screen display information, input / output processing, graphic screen display processing, etc., and can fulfill the processing functions shown in FIG. 2 as described later.

The external storage devices 2 and 3, the memory 4,
An input device 5 such as a keyboard and a display device 6 such as a CRT or a liquid crystal display are connected to the screen display controller 1.

FDD, HD as auxiliary storage devices 2 and 3
Although D or the like is used, an optical disk device can be used as a higher density storage device. Further, in the case of a large-capacity storage device, it is possible to adopt a usage mode in which the storage areas of one device are divided, instead of separate devices. Then, the auxiliary storage device 2 compresses and stores a large amount of each of the graphic screen display information in a single file, and at the same time stores the index for the graphic screen display information in the index registration section secured at the head thereof. Store.

The auxiliary storage device 3 stores the decompressed specified graphic screen display information.

The memory 4 reads the latest data of the index of each graphic screen display information stored in the index registration section of the auxiliary storage device 2 and always holds it.

The input device 5 is used for input for ordinary computer processing, and can input a command to register graphic screen display information and a command to display necessary graphic screen display information.

The display device 6 displays a graphic screen for normal computer processing, and can display designated graphic screen display information stored in the auxiliary storage device 3 after being decompressed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the screen display controller 1 has a central processing control means 11 for controlling various processing controls.
3, a compression means 12 for compressing the graphic screen display information and storing it in the auxiliary storage device 2, and an index of each graphic screen display information stored in the auxiliary storage device 2 in the form shown in FIG. The index is stored in the index registration unit of the device 2, and the index registered in the index registration unit of the auxiliary storage device 2 is read out to read the memory 4
Screen display information index management means 1 to be always retained by
3 and a decompression means 14 for decompressing the compressed graphic screen display information called from the auxiliary storage device 2 and storing it in the auxiliary storage device 3.

The screen display controller 1 further includes an input / output control means 15 for managing the input of the input device 5 and an output for the external output means, and a display control means 16 for controlling the display of the display device 6. .

Next, the operation of the screen display information file management system having the above configuration will be described. The description of this operation is also an explanation of the screen display information file management method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The various graphic screen display information displayed on the display device 6 by the processing of the screen display controller 1 is subjected to the compression processing by the compression means 12 if there is a registration command from the input device 5, and is stored in the auxiliary storage device 2. The screen display information compression centralized file is registered, and at the same time, the screen display information index management means 13 registers the screen display information index in the index registration section at the head of the screen display information centralized file.

This screen display information index is, as shown in FIG. 3, a file identifier FS for identifying the screen display information compression-unified file, its version, revision number, the total number of registered screens n, and registered. It consists of an index of each graphic screen display information. The index of each graphic screen display information is composed of a file name for identifying the graphic screen display information, a file pointer indicating the address where the storage of the information starts, and its size.

The screen display information index stored in the index registration section of the auxiliary storage device 2 is read into the memory 4 by the screen display information index management means 13 every time it is renewed, and is always held therein. To be done.

Therefore, when it is desired to take out the desired graphic screen display information and display it on the display device 6, the parameter corresponding to the corresponding graphic screen display information is input from the input device 5. As a result, the screen display information index management means 13 reads out the registration position relating to the corresponding graphic screen display information on the auxiliary storage device 2 from the screen display information index held in the memory 4, and the decompression means 14 is moved to the designated location. Certain graphic screen display information is decompressed and stored in the auxiliary storage means 3, and the display control means 16 reads it and displays it on the display device 6.

In this way, a large amount of graphic screen display information is compressed and stored in one file, and at the same time, the index of each graphic screen display information is registered at the beginning of the file, and if necessary, The necessary information is read out by this index, decompressed, and displayed to unify and manage a large amount of graphic screen display information.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, a large amount of graphic screen display information can be stored in one file for compression processing, and the storage area can be used efficiently. In addition, since the graphic screen display information stored in this file is managed by an index, the index can be searched without performing a file search to search for the specified graphic screen display information. The search time of can be greatly reduced, and even if the time for decompression increases, the time required to call and display the target graphic screen display information can be shortened as the registration information becomes large. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a screen display information file management system using an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a screen display controller in the above system.

FIG. 3 is a memory map of a screen display information compression centralized file in the above system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Screen Display Controller 2 Auxiliary Storage Device 3 Auxiliary Storage Device 4 Memory 5 Input Device 6 Display Device 11 Central Processing Control Means 12 Compressing Means 13 Screen Display Information Index Management Means 14 Decompression Means 15 Input / Output Control Means 16 Display Control Means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A large number of graphic screen display information is compressed to 1
A screen display information file management method, characterized in that the screen display information file is stored in one file, and an index for each graphic screen display information is registered and managed in an index registration section of the file.