JPH09305348A - Method for processing information and its device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To relieve the burden of a drawing processing on a user by starting a batch processing software which executes a processing concerning the drawing selected from the application program of the drawing processing. SOLUTION: Information such as a drawing name is extracted from a drawing file which is stored in an auxiliary storage device 5 so as to be stored in the storage device 4. Extracted information such as the drawing name is outputted to an output device 3. In an input device 2, the designation of the drawing name for executing a processing by various kinds of batch processing programs or completion designation and a completion instruction for selecting the drawing are inputted. Then, when the drawing to be processed by the batch processing program is selected, information of the drawing name, etc., of the selected drawing is stored in the storage device 4 and the list of the batch processing programs to be executed is outputted to the output device 3. Thus, the batch processing program is executed in the drawing generation application.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing method and an apparatus thereof, and more particularly to an information processing method and an apparatus thereof for executing a batch processing program from an application for drawing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional drawing application cannot execute a batch processing program from within the application. Therefore, in order to execute the batch processing program, it was necessary to execute the batch processing program after the application for creating the drawing was once terminated.

Further, the drawing information used in the batch processing program has to be specified in the program each time the batch processing program is executed.

[0004]

As described above, the conventional drawing application has a drawback in that the batch processing program cannot be executed from within the application. The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional example, and information that reduces the burden on the user regarding drawing processing by activating batch processing software that performs processing related to the selected drawing from an application program for drawing processing. It is an object of the present invention to provide a processing method and its apparatus.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing method and apparatus of the present invention have the following configurations. That is, a display step of extracting and displaying related information of each drawing, a selecting step of selecting a desired drawing based on the related information displayed in the displaying step, and a predetermined step relating to the drawing selected in the selecting step. And a start-up step of starting a batch processing program for executing the above processing.

Another aspect of the present invention is a display means for extracting and displaying related information of each drawing, a selecting means for selecting a desired drawing based on the related information displayed by the display means, and the selection. Startup means for activating a batch processing program for executing a predetermined process relating to the drawing selected by the means.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION An information processing method and an apparatus therefor according to the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an information processing system to which a method of executing a batch processing program from an application for creating drawings according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

This information processing system comprises a central processing unit 1
The input device 2, the display device 3, the storage device 4, and the auxiliary storage device 5 constitute a main part thereof. Next, with reference to FIGS. 2A and 2B, a processing procedure for executing the batch processing program from the drawing creation application of this embodiment will be described. In order to display the list of drawings, step S6 of extracting the drawing name stored in each drawing file stored in the auxiliary storage device 5, step S7 of displaying the list of drawings, and the screen of the drawing list are displayed. Step S8 of controlling, step S9 of determining whether the end of this processing procedure is selected, step S10 of determining whether the end of drawing selection has been selected, step S11 of determining whether the drawing to be processed has been selected, and A step S12 of storing information, a waiting step S13 for confirming the end of the present method, and a determination step S1 of confirmation of the end of the present method.
4, step S15 for displaying a list of batch processing programs to be executed, step S16 for controlling the screen for displaying the list of batch processing programs, and step S17 for determining whether a process for returning to the screen of the list of drawings has been selected,
Step S for determining whether a batch processing program has been selected
18, a waiting step S19 for confirming the execution of the batch processing program, a determination step S20 for executing the batch processing program, a step S21 for creating a file containing information of the selected drawing, and a selection step S21. Step S22 for executing the executed batch processing program
Consists of

Next, a method of executing the batch processing program from the drawing-making application of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 3a to 3k. In step S6, information such as a drawing name is extracted from the drawing file stored in the auxiliary storage device 5 and stored in the storage device 4.

In step S7, information such as the extracted drawing name is output to the output device 3. The output is shown in FIG. 3a. In step S8, with respect to the drawing name output in step S7, designation input of a drawing name to be processed by various batch processing programs to be described later from the input device 2 or end designation input of this processing, or termination of drawing selection is completed. Input instructions.

In step S9, it is determined whether or not the end of this process is instructed in step S8 (see FIG. 3b). If it is determined that the end of this process is instructed, the process proceeds to step S13, and if not, the process proceeds to step S10.
In step S13, an instruction input for reconfirmation is waited for whether or not this process can be ended, and when inputting, the process proceeds to step S14.

In step S14, the instruction input entered in step S13 is checked, and if it means the end of this process (see FIG. 3c), this process is ended. If not, the process returns to step S8. On the other hand, in step S10, it is determined whether or not the end of the drawing selection is instructed (see FIG. 3e). Here, when the end of selection of the drawing is instructed, the process proceeds to step S15. If not, the process proceeds to step S11.

In step S11, it is determined whether the drawing to be processed by the batch processing program is selected in step S8 (see FIG. 3f). If the drawing to be processed by the batch processing program is selected, the process proceeds to step S12. If not, the process returns to step S8. Step S12
Then, information such as the drawing name of the selected drawing is stored in the storage device 4. Then, the process returns to step S8.

In step S15, the list of batch processing programs to be executed is output to the output device 3 (see FIG. 3g). In step S16, the input device 2 designates a batch processing program for performing the processing relating to the list output in step S15, and gives an instruction to return to the drawing selection screen.

In step S17, it is determined whether or not there is an instruction to return to the drawing selection screen in step S16 (see FIG. 3h). When the instruction to return to the drawing selection screen is given, information such as the drawing name of the step is output from the output device 3
The process returns to step S16 for outputting the list as a list. If not, the process proceeds to step S18. In step S18, it is determined whether the batch processing program executed in step S16 has been selected. Then, if selected, the process proceeds to step S19. On the contrary, if not selected, the process returns to step S16.

In step S19, when the batch processing program to be executed is selected (see FIG. 3i), the confirmation instruction input as to whether or not the batch processing program may be executed is waited for. In step S20, it is determined whether or not an instruction (see FIG. 3j) that the batch processing program may be executed in step S19 has been issued. When execution of the batch processing program is instructed, step S21
Proceed to. On the contrary, when it is determined that the instruction not to execute the batch processing program (see FIG. 3k) is given, the process returns to the step S16 of displaying the list of batch processing programs.

In step S21, a file in which information including the name of the selected drawing is collected is generated and stored in the auxiliary storage device 5. In step S22, step S2
With reference to the file created in step 1, the batch processing program instructed to be executed in step S16 is called and executed. After the execution of the batch processing program is completed, the process returns to the step of displaying the list of batch processing programs in step S16.

The present invention may be applied to a system including a plurality of devices or an apparatus including a single device. Further, an object of the present invention is to provide a storage medium storing a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or an apparatus,
Computer (or CP) of the system or device
It is needless to say that it is also achieved by (U or MPU) reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention. As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, C
A D-ROM, a CD-R, a magnetic tape, a non-volatile memory card, a ROM, etc. can be used.

Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS (operating system) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. It is needless to say that this also includes a case where the above) performs a part or all of the actual processing and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written in the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, It goes without saying that a case where the CPU or the like included in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs some or all of the actual processing and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is also included.

When the present invention is applied to the above-mentioned storage medium, the storage medium stores the program code corresponding to the above-mentioned flow chart. Briefly, the memory map example of FIG. Each module shown will be stored in the storage medium. That is, at least the “drawing design processing module” that performs drawing design support including the processing of steps S6 to S7, the “drawing selection processing module” that selectively processes drawings to be processed by the batch processing program, and the selected drawings. The program code of each module of the “batch processing program driving module” that drives the batch processing program for processing may be stored in the storage medium.

As described above, according to the present invention, the batch processing program can be executed from the drawing creating application, and it is not necessary to terminate the drawing creating application. Further, the drawing to be processed in the batch processing program can be specified from the drawing creation application, and it is not necessary to describe the drawing information in the program each time the batch processing program is executed.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the batch processing software for executing the processing relating to the selected drawing is started from the drawing processing application program, thereby reducing the burden on the user concerning the drawing processing. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of an information processing apparatus to which a method of executing a batch processing program from an application for drawing according to the present embodiment is applied.

FIG. 2A is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for executing a batch processing program from a drawing creation application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2B is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for executing a batch processing program from a drawing creation application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3a is a diagram showing an example of each display screen processed by the processing procedure in FIGS. 2A and 2B.

FIG. 3b is a diagram showing an example of each display screen processed by the processing procedure in FIGS. 2A and 2B.

FIG. 3c is a diagram showing an example of each display screen processed by the processing procedure in FIGS. 2A and 2B.

FIG. 3d is a diagram showing an example of each display screen processed by the processing procedure in FIGS. 2A and 2B.

FIG. 3e is a diagram showing an example of each display screen processed by the processing procedure in FIGS. 2A and 2B.

FIG. 3f is a diagram showing an example of each display screen processed by the processing procedure in FIGS. 2A and 2B.

FIG. 3g is a diagram showing an example of each display screen processed by the processing procedure in FIGS. 2A and 2B.

FIG. 3h is a diagram showing an example of each display screen processed by the processing procedure in FIGS. 2A and 2B.

FIG. 3i is a diagram showing an example of each display screen processed by the processing procedure in FIGS. 2A and 2B.

FIG. 3j is a diagram showing an example of each display screen processed by the processing procedure in FIGS. 2A and 2B.

FIG. 3k is a diagram showing an example of each display screen processed by the processing procedure in FIGS. 2A and 2B.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a layout of each program module stored in a predetermined computer-readable recording medium.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Central Processing Unit 2 Input Device 3 Output Device 4 Storage Device 5 Auxiliary Storage Device

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A display step of extracting and displaying related information of each drawing, a selection step of selecting a desired drawing based on the related information displayed in the display step, and a selection step selected in the selection step. And a starting step of starting a batch processing program for executing a predetermined process relating to the drawing. 2. The information processing method according to claim 1, wherein the related information is a drawing name. 3. The selecting step selects a desired drawing based on the related information displayed in the displaying step, and generates a file including the related information of the selected drawing. The information processing method according to item 1. 4. The information processing method according to claim 3, wherein the batch program started in the starting step performs a predetermined process based on the file. 5. A display unit for extracting and displaying related information of each drawing, a selecting unit for selecting a desired drawing based on the related information displayed by the display unit, and a selecting unit selected by the selecting unit. An information processing apparatus comprising: a start-up unit that starts a batch processing program that executes a predetermined process relating to a drawing. 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the related information is a drawing name. 7. The selecting means selects a desired drawing based on the related information displayed by the display means, and generates a file including the related information of the selected drawing. Item 5. The information processing device according to item 5. 8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the batch program activated by the activation means performs a predetermined process based on the file.