JPH06187225A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operation efficiency of flowchart generation by auto matically generating a flowchart of data input and output between plural files. CONSTITUTION:When a new data file is generated by referring to and decomposing data items of a data file which is already generated and stored in an auxiliary storage means 19, the flow of data input and output between both the data files is recorded in a condition file and stored in the auxiliary storage means 19. When the flowchart generation is indicated, a control means 17 retrieves the auxiliary storage means 19, controls a document processing means P4, and automatically generate the flowchart of data input and output between both the files based on the contents of the condition file and outputs it on a display means 20, a printing means 22, etc.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that creates a flow chart of data input / output performed between a plurality of data files and outputs it to the outside of the apparatus by screen display, printing and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an information processing apparatus, inter-file processing is performed between a plurality of data files depending on the content of a data processing operation to process data of another data file by using data stored in one data file. Done.
The file-to-file processing is a transfer processing that transfers the item data that has already been input in one data file to another data file, and an update that corrects the data in another data file based on the item data that has been input in one data file. processing,
Join processing to search for item data in two data files and create a new data file, additional processing to combine data files of the same format that are stored separately into one data file, and input the data in one data file as a reference input Then, a reference process for creating another data file and a disassembling / assembling process for disassembling the data of one card for each item and creating a new data file based on the data for each item.

In order to facilitate understanding of the data input / output relationship among these plurality of data files, it is necessary to create a flow chart for inter-file processing. Conventionally, such a flow chart is provided by an operator for inter-file processing. It was created by individually analyzing the contents of the data files used for.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional information processing apparatus, the flow chart of inter-file processing is created by the operator, but the content of the data file can be easily analyzed by the creator, but other It is difficult for a person to analyze and takes a long time, and because the flow chart is created by hand, the work is complicated, and it is difficult for an operator who does not have the knowledge to create a flow chart to create a flow chart. There is a problem that the work efficiency of creating a flowchart is low.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a problem. By storing the flow of data input / output between a plurality of files, the data input between a plurality of files can be stored. An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing device that automatically creates an output flow chart.

[0006]

An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is an information processing apparatus in which data is input / output between a plurality of files, and means for storing a flow of data input / output between a plurality of files. , Based on the stored contents of the means,
It is characterized by further comprising means for creating a flow chart of data input / output between the plurality of files and means for outputting the flow chart.

[0007]

The information processing apparatus according to the present invention stores the flow of data input / output between a plurality of files, and automatically creates a flow chart of data input / output between a plurality of files based on the stored contents. And output this flow chart by printing, screen display, etc.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings showing its embodiments. FIG. 1 shows an information processing apparatus according to the present invention (hereinafter,
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the device of the present invention). The device of the present invention has a document processing mode that functions as a word processor and a data processing mode that inputs record data in a card format and performs various data processing such as sorting and selecting, and outputs a processing result in a card format. Prepare

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a central processing unit (CPU) comprising a microprocessor, which performs control of various input / output devices, document processing, data processing and the like. 2 is a main memory composed of a dynamic RAM, which temporarily stores various programs, document files created in the document processing mode, and data processing files created in the data processing mode. 3 is a hard disk
It is a first auxiliary memory composed of (HD) and is connected to a bus 5 via a hard disk drive (HDD) interface (hereinafter abbreviated as I / F) 4. The HDD I / F 4 includes a hard disk control circuit (not shown), and controls high-speed data transfer between the main memory 2 and the first auxiliary memory 3 under the control of the DMA controller 6 by a start command from the CPU 1. To do.

Reference numeral 7 is a CRT as a display means, which is a CRT I / F 8
Is connected to the bus 5 via. CRT I / F 8 is CRT 7
Under the control of the CPU 1, the display code data is changed into a pattern by the character generator 9, expanded in the display buffer memory (VRAM) 10 and displayed on the CRT 7 under the control of the CPU 1. Reference numeral 11 is a keyboard which is an input means for inputting data, text, and various function selections, etc., and is a bus 5 via a keyboard I / F 12 including a keyboard control circuit.
Connected to.

The keyboard 11 basically has a key arrangement equivalent to that of a commercially available word processor. In addition to the ten keys, the character keys, and the cursor keys, the functions assigned to the keys are switched according to the switching of the function modes. It has function keys with variable functions and function keys with fixed functions. The keyboard I / F 12 discriminates the key pressed on the keyboard 11, converts it into a control signal or a data signal, and sends it to the CPU 1. The CPU 1 receives this control signal and executes various functions.

Reference numeral 23 is an image reader which, under the control of the CPU 1, transfers image data such as photographs and images to the image reader I / I.
Read into main memory 2 via F 24. Reference numeral 13 denotes a printer such as a horizontal printer, a laser beam printer, or a wire dot printer. For example, a printer that transfers print data of 48 × 48 dot matrix characters between the main memory 3 and a print buffer (not shown) of the printer 13. It is connected to the bus 5 via the I / F 14 and print control is performed by the CPU 1.

Reference numeral 15 is a portable second auxiliary memory comprising a floppy disk (FD), which is connected to the bus 5 via a floppy disk drive interface (FDD I / F) 16.
A document file, a data file, a document file created by another document file creation device, etc. transferred from the first auxiliary memory 3 are stored. The FDD I / F 16 includes a floppy disk control circuit (not shown), and controls high-speed data transfer between the main memory 2 and the second auxiliary memory 15 under the control of the DMA controller 6 according to a start instruction from the CPU 1. .

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the device of the present invention, and corresponds to the hardware configuration shown in FIG. 1 as follows. The control means 17 is used for various programs showing the control procedure of the CPU 1, the DMA controller 6, and the CPU 1 stored in the main memory 2 or the first auxiliary memory 3, the main storage means 18 is used for the main memory 2, and the auxiliary storage means 19 is used. Is the first auxiliary memory 3, HDD I / F
4, the display means 20 is provided on the second auxiliary memory 15 and the FDD I / F 16.
CRT 7, CRT I / F 8, character generator 9 and VR
At AM 10, the input means 21 is the keyboard 11 and the keyboard I /
In F 12, the printing means 22 is the printer 13 and the printer I / F 14
The image reading means 25 corresponds to the image reader 23 and the image reader I / F 24, respectively.

The control means 17 forms various buffer memories M1, M2, ... And tables T1, T2, ... In the main storage means 18, and various buffer memories M1, M2 are controlled by the control means P2-P5 realized by various programs. , ... and table T1, T
Document processing and data processing are performed using 2, ...

The buffers and tables formed on the main storage means 18 will be described. The text memory M1 stores the text created in the document processing mode and the image data (text data) of the card created in the data processing mode. The text management table T1 stores the number of pages for managing the text data in the text memory M1, the number of lines, the page being accessed, the line number, and the like. The record memory M2 stores a plurality of records composed of a plurality of items (fields) input in the data processing mode. The record management table T2 stores the number of records for managing records in the record memory M2, the number of items, the record being accessed, the item number, and the like. Item management table
T3 stores data for managing the items to which data is input in the data processing mode. Program memory
M4 stores various programs. Directory table
The T4 stores a document file from the first auxiliary memory 3 or the second auxiliary memory 15, a data processing file, and data necessary for reading / writing various programs. buffer
M3 is used as a register during various processes.

In the control means 17, the main control means P1 fulfills the basic function of the control means 17, and controls the input / output means P2, the file management means P3, the document processing means P4, and the data processing means P5. The input / output unit P2 is the input unit 21 and the display unit 2
0, printing means 22, auxiliary storage means 19, image reading means 25
Input / output means 21, display means for controlling data input / output to / from
20, printing means 22, auxiliary storage means 19, image reading means 25
And control data between the main storage means 18 and the input means 21, the display means 20, the printing means 22, the auxiliary storage means 19, the image reading means 25 and the main storage means 18 and character data and images. Transfer data.

The file management means P3 accesses the directory table T4 to access various files (document files, data files, dictionary files, font files, program files) recorded in the auxiliary storage means 19.
Files are logically managed using the data of. The directory table T4 shows the data necessary for displaying on the document selection menu screen (for example, FIG. 5), the number of files forming the document, the position information on the second auxiliary memory 15 of each file, and the usage status flag of each table. Contains.

The document processing means P4 has a Japanese word processor function and comprises function control means such as a document creating means P41 and a document printing means P42. The document creating means P41 is a kana-kanji conversion function for converting the characters input from the input means 21 into a kanji-kana mixed sentence, various document editing functions, a data file relation diagram creating function to be described later, and creating to facilitate document editing work. It has a document display function and the like for displaying the inside document on the display unit. Further, the document printing means P42 prints the edited document by the printing means 22.

The data processing means P5 is a card creating means P51,
It is composed of a document creating means P52, a record creating means P53, a display format managing means P54, a record processing means P55, a record disassembling / assembling processing means P56, a slip print processing means P57 and the like. The document creating means P52 has the same function as the document creating means P41 forming the document processing means P4. Card making method P
51 is a function for creating a card image (card format) as shown in FIG. 9 by using the function of the document creating means P52 when creating a new card, and defines the item name, type, etc. for the item (field) to which data is input. Has a function of setting this definition data in the item management table T3.

The card image and management data are stored in the text memory M1 and the text management table T1, respectively. The document creating means P52 having an access line pointer and an access column pointer indicating a line and a digit for reading / writing to the text memory M1 uses the pointer and the information in the text management table T1.
Read / write. The card creating means P51 is also selected when not creating a new card, and has a function of displaying a card for which a data file has been created.

The record creating means P53 has a function of displaying the input data from the keyboard 11 in the item input area (definition range) of the card created by the card creating means P51, and manages the records stored in the record memory M2. It has a write function of storing data in the record management table T2 and a read function of reading a specified record from the record memory M2 and combining it with a card image for display. The record creating means P53 has an access pointer for designating a record that can be read / written.

The display format management means P54 has a switching function for displaying one record in a one-leaf card format (see FIG. 10) or a list format in which a plurality of records are collected (see FIG. 11). The record processing means P55 has various processing (data processing) functions such as record selection and sorting. For example, in the case of select processing, records that do not meet the select specification condition are excluded from the processing target and the selection is canceled. Return all records to the processing target.

The data disassembling / assembling processing means P56 disassembles one record into a plurality of records and saves them in another file, or synthesizes and saves a plurality of records into one record. The slip print processing means P57 specifies in advance the size of the slip to be printed out and the print position of the item, and prints the item data of the specified record on the slip.

Function control means constituting the control means 17
P1, P2, ... Can be realized not only by software but also by a logic circuit.

Next, the basic operation and function of the device of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts of the processing procedure of the control means 17 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 and the screen display examples of FIGS. [A] Device startup and document selection When the device is turned on, the document creation program is loaded and the initial screen of FIG. 5 is displayed on the display means 20. In this embodiment, five files No. 1 to 5 are already created and stored in the auxiliary storage means 19. Of the five files, the No. 1, 2, and 4 files (indicated by hatching) in which the "Paper" column display is highlighted are created in the data processing mode, and are not reversed. The file indicates that it was created in the document processing mode. The function menu corresponding to the function keys F1 to F10 is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
Corresponds to "edit (document creation)" and the function key F6 corresponds to "card design".

[B] Start of data processing mode In the initial screen of FIG. 5, the display is highlighted by the cursor C1 and No. 0 "New document creation" is in the acceptable state. In this state, the document selection is performed. Do (S1). To create a document in the data processing mode, press the function key F6 and select "card design" from the function menu at the bottom of the screen to enter the data processing mode (S
2). Whether or not it is a new creation is determined (S3), and if it is a new creation, the screen display changes as shown in FIG. 6, and a window for inputting the document name, author name, date, etc. is displayed at the lower right of the screen. When the document name, author name, date, etc. are entered in the window and the enter key is pressed, the data processing program is loaded instead of the document creation program that has been loaded so far. As a result, the data processing mode is activated, the screen display changes to that shown in FIG. 7, and the process proceeds to the card design routine after step S5.

[C] Card Creation FIG. 7 shows a screen corresponding to one page in the document processing mode. The cursor C2 can be freely moved within the screen, and a document is created by inputting characters from the input means 21 and drawing ruled lines. means
The input screen can be freely designed using the function of P52. The data type of the item (character, number, date and time) at the bottom of the display screen
The function menu for specifying is displayed. Figure 7
The design of an address book card consisting of five items, "name", "address", "telephone", "age", and "birth date" will be explained according to ~ 10.

First, the cursor size is set to full-width, the input mode is set to Kana, the image portion "name" is created using the function of the document creating means P52, and then the cursor C2 is positioned at the beginning of the item value display area. Function key for card definition: Press the letter, move the cursor C2 to the end of the display area, and press the Enter key to define the item name position (line / column start position / data length). Then, "X" indicating that the input data is character data is displayed at the defined item position. Other items "Address"
The item positions are similarly defined for "telephone", "age", and "date of birth". At each item position, "X" is displayed if the pressed function key is a character, "N" is displayed if it is a number, and "Y, M, D" is displayed if it is a date and time. FIG. 8 is an example of a screen display in a state where the definition of the item position of each item is completed.

When the end key of the input means 21 is pressed after setting each item as described above, the end of the card design is judged (S6), and the process proceeds to the item management table setting routine (S7). Here, definition information for each item is set in the item management table T3, and if no item definition is made, a table set error is determined (S8), and if there is no error, the process proceeds to step S9. When it is determined that there is an error in step S8, the process returns to step S5.

[D] If there is no set error in the record creation item management table T3,
Erase the display of only'X ',' N ', etc. (S9), display a blank card with only item names as shown in FIG. 9 (S10), and display cursor C2 at the beginning of the first input item area. (S11).
At the bottom right of the screen, the current position of the cursor and the number of the card being input are displayed. When a key is pressed by the input means 21 (S12), the process is judged according to the type of the pressed key. When inputting letters or numbers, it is judged that item data has been input (S13). At the time of data input, the cursor C2 can be moved only within the range defined by the card design (the area where X, N, etc. are displayed), and the cursor size is also automatically set to the defined character size. Kanji, Kana, numbers, etc. can be freely keyed in by converting Kana-Kanji in the character items, but only numeric keys can be entered in the numerical items. When the input of each item is completed, the display screen as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed.

When the next page key of the input means 21 is pressed, the screen is changed to a blank new card screen (S14), the display of the number of cards at the lower right becomes "second card", and steps S11 ... Item data is input to the second card through S13. Thus step S11 ~
By circulating the loop of S13 to S11 to S14 to S11 to S13, an arbitrary number of address book cards (number of sheets) can be created. When the display switching key is pressed in step S12, the card format screen is automatically switched to the list display screen as shown in FIG. 11 (S18). In this embodiment, 12 cards have already been created.

FIG. 12 shows an example of a screen display in the input or correction mode of the display items of the list. In the list format, if you move the cursor C2 to the item data field as shown in Fig. 12, the character input field L1 will be displayed at the bottom of the screen, move the cursor C2 to the item you want to correct, and enter the character input field L1 for that item. The correct item data is input to the input means 21 (S20). The item data corrected in the list display is also corrected in the card format. Therefore, when the display switching key of the function keys is pressed (S21), the display returns to the card type display screen whose contents are modified as shown in FIG. 13 (S23).

If the next page key of the function key is pressed in the list display state (S21), the No. 13 column is automatically added and displayed. If item data is entered in this column, the list display state will be displayed. A new record is added, and at the same time, a new address book card is added in the card format (S23).

[E] Structure of Data File In one data file created in this manner, the card image data of the address book is stored in the text memory M1 line by line as a series of character data, while a plurality of records (each A record is composed of a plurality of item data) is sequentially stored in the record memory M2, and item data is stored in each record in item order.

[F] Creation of Data File Relationship Diagram One data file is created as described above, but as described above, depending on the contents of the data processing operation, a plurality of data files are saved in a certain data file. Inter-file processing such as reference processing and decomposition processing for processing the data of another data file is performed using the stored data. The creation of a data file relation diagram that is graphically represented in a flow chart format so that it is possible to understand at a glance which data files the inter-file processing is performed between will be described below. With this data file relation diagram, it is possible to list the relationships between data files without analyzing each data file.

Similar to the case of FIG. 5, FIG. 14 shows an initial menu screen for document creation which is displayed on the screen. In this embodiment, the data files of Nos. 1 to 3 have already been created.
In this screen state, when the function key corresponding to "auxiliary" displayed at the bottom of the screen is pressed, the auxiliary function is activated and the screen is displayed as shown in FIG. next,
When the function key corresponding to "Other" at the bottom of the screen is pressed, other functions are activated and the screen display is switched to that shown in FIG. Then, when the function key corresponding to "data file relational diagram" is pressed, the data file relational diagram creating function is activated, and from the auxiliary storage means 19 in which the files No. 1 to 3 in FIG. 16 are stored. Only the data files are searched, and the first data file searched in this process is used as the starting point for creating the data file relation diagram.

As shown in FIG. 17, in the lower right window, an initial screen displayed after the power of the apparatus is turned on is displayed. When the "customer management cabinet" is specified from the directory of the auxiliary storage means 19 which stores the data file relational diagram created by the word processor function, FIG.
Switch to the screen display shown in and display the file recording status in the specified directory "customer cabinet". After executing the series of processes, the data necessary for the data file relational diagram is output to the word processor function, and the data file relational diagram is automatically created by the word processor function. FIG. 19 is a screen display example in which a data file related diagram is automatically created in the “customer management cabinet”.

FIG. 20 is a screen display example of a data file relation diagram. In the figure, D1 to D5 are data files and files output by printing. In the present embodiment, as described above, the “sales data file” first searched by the data file search process is the starting point for creating the related diagram. In R1 in the figure, the contents of the reference processing performed between the “sales data file” and the “customer master file” are described. The reference process is to set a reference key (“customer code” in this embodiment) that identifies the reference target data in the reference source file and a reference source data file name (“customer master file” in this embodiment). This is a process of referring to the contents of another data file (“customer master file” in this embodiment).

FIG. 21 is a conceptual diagram of reference processing for the "customer master file" of the "sales data file".
The key item (X) of the reference, “Customer Code”, is set as a condition, and if the matching item (A) exists in the “Customer Code” of the referencing “Customer Master File”, it becomes possible to refer to it. "Name", which is the reference input item 1 (Y1) necessary for creating the "sales data file", is input from the "customer master file" as the reference input item 1 (B1) of the "sales data file". In this way, the key items set for reference and the document (data file) name of the reference source are recorded in the auxiliary storage means 19 as a condition data file of the “sales data file”. An image of the “customer master file” that is the reference source is output to D1 in FIG. 20 based on the data file, and the content of the reference processing between files is output to R1.

Further, the contents of the disassembly processing performed between the "sales data file" and the "sales totalization card" are shown in FIG.
Described in R2. The disassembling process is a process of disassembling the data of a plurality of items held by one card for each item and creating a new card based on the data of each item. FIG. 22 is a conceptual diagram of the “sales data file” before the disassembly processing and the “sales totalization card” after the processing. "Sales data file" is 1
Since the purpose is to manage daily sales results, sales data for all products is registered regardless of product classification, etc. Based on this data, the disassembling process is a process of creating a data file of a “sales totaling card” that holds one sales data as one card data.

In the disassembling process, as in the reference process, the disassembling item, the transcription item, and the output destination document (data file) name are recorded in the auxiliary storage means 19. The image of “” is output to D3 of FIG. 20, and the processing content between files is output to R2. When the output related to the "sales data file" is completed, move the starting points to the "customer master file" and "sales summary card" in order, search for each condition data file and print as in the case where the "sales data file" is the starting point. Since the conditions for list printing are held in the conditions, the file images of the "customer list" and "sales list by product" that are printed out are displayed in D4 and D5 in Fig. 20.
Then, the processing contents are output to R3 and R4, respectively.

In the present embodiment, the case where the data file relation diagram is displayed on the screen has been described, but it may be printed by the printing means, and the same effect as that of the present embodiment can be obtained.

[0044]

As described above, the device of the present invention stores the flow of data input / output between a plurality of files,
Since a flow chart for data input / output is automatically created and output based on this stored data, the work efficiency of creating the flow chart is greatly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a hardware configuration of a device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an address book card design procedure by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an address book card design procedure by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an example of a screen display when designing an address book card by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a screen display example when designing an address book card by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an example of a screen display when designing an address book card by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an example of a screen display when designing an address book card by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an example of a screen display when designing an address book card by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an example of a screen display when designing an address book card by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an example of a screen display when designing an address book card by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an example of a screen display when designing an address book card by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an example of a screen display when designing an address book card by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an example of a screen display when creating a data file relation diagram by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a screen display example when a data file relation diagram is created by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a screen display example when creating a data file relation diagram by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a screen display example when a data file relation diagram is created by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a screen display example when a data file relation diagram is created by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is an example of a screen display when creating a data file relation diagram by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a screen display example of a data file related diagram created by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a conceptual diagram of reference processing by the device of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a conceptual diagram of disassembly processing by the device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 17 Control means 18 Main storage means 19 Auxiliary storage means 20 Display means 21 Input means 22 Printing means M1 Text memory M2 Record memory M3 Buffer M4 Program memory P1 Main control means P2 Input / output means P3 File management means P4 Document processing means P5 Data processing Means P41 Document creation means P42 Document printing means P52 Document creation means T1 Text management table T2 Record management table T3 Item management table T4 Directory table

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an information processing apparatus for inputting / outputting data between a plurality of files, means for storing a flow of data input / output between a plurality of files, and the plurality of means based on the stored contents of the means. An information processing apparatus comprising: means for creating a flow chart of data input / output between files; and means for outputting the flow chart.