JPH1031614A - Notice editing system for plural objects - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To flexibly produce a scenario suitable for various notice purposes by acquiring data from an output object temporary storage file and pasting the object that is read out of an object file of a server into an output object controller. SOLUTION: A menu screen controller A2 temporarily stores the information selected by a system user in an output object temporary storage file A3. An output object controller A4 acquires data from the file A3 and reads an object out of an object file S2 of a server S. This read out object is pasted into an output object controller A4. The pasted object can be enlarged or reduced in an optional size and also moved to an optional position by an input/output user via an input device A1. Thus, the layout and data editing operations can be facilitated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to text, graphics,
The present invention relates to an information display / editing system for images, sounds and the like, and more particularly to a server / client type multiple object display / editing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional information display systems include electronic cards and electronic documents based on the concept of paper. For systems that mainly use such text information, as a method of posting multimedia information,
As described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 2-162986, a container for storing multimedia information called a frame is separated from a multimedia object, and the multimedia object is provided with media data to be displayed and its processing procedure. For the logical association between objects and spatial motion control, there is a multimedia bulletin model in which each frame has a procedure in the description language by the system user to create many frames and multimedia objects and to associate them freely. .

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 2-16
In the multimedia information bulletin system described in Japanese Patent No. 2986, it is difficult for a beginner to create a template, for example, a frame is provided as a frame and the system user has a procedure for associating the frame with an object. . Since the method of posting can be changed by an individual or the like, the frame can be freely changed in a description language of an interprogram interpreter system, which makes the procedure rather difficult.

The object of the present invention can be handled as one function in an online system or the like, and the system user can select text data and multi-menu data from a menu and arrange the layout freely, Another object of the present invention is to provide a multi-object edit posting system in which data can be edited for each object, the state of which can be saved in a database, and which can be executed again. It is another object of the present invention to allow a system user to easily construct a bulletin board model only by operating a mouse and a keyboard, and handle text data and multimedia data as one object regardless of the file format.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a menu management file having each program and file information in a server storage device, an object file having files of various formats, and an object catalog. An object management file having (set) name and layout information is centrally managed. The client terminal obtains menu configuration information from the menu management file in the server storage device by the menu screen control device, and obtains catalog information from the object management file. indicate.

The system user selects an object from the menu screen control device using an input device or selects a model registered in the object management file. The menu screen controller saves the information selected by the system user in the output object temporary save file and passes control to the output object controller. The output object control device obtains information from the output object temporary storage file. If the information is multiple objects, it reads from the object file of the object in the server storage device and pastes it. If the information is a catalog name, the object in the server storage device is read. Data is acquired from the management file, the file is read from the object file of the server storage device based on the information, and the layout is set.
The output object control device performs editing, layout change, and the like on the pasted object. When the layout information is desired to be saved, the system user inputs the catalog name from the input device, the output object control device acquires the file ID, the position information and the like and stores them in the object management file of the server storage device.

[0007] In the multiple object editing and posting system configured as described above, the system user registers text data information and multimedia information files to be posted in the menu management file of the server storage device, and activates the menu screen control device. It is possible to easily select a plurality of objects by using it, and to arrange and paste the data pasted by the output object control device into an arbitrary layout. Then, the above information can be registered and reused, and a scenario suitable for various posting purposes can be flexibly created.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the server S stores one scenario by combining a menu management file S1 which is information for generating a menu screen, an object file S2 having object data of various formats, and a data file in the object file. The storage device S0 stores the object management file S3 to be stored, and the communication control device S4 that controls communication with the client. The client terminals C1, C2 and C3 are
It is placed on the same line as the server S and can send and receive data to and from the server S according to its own communication protocol. Each client is an input device A such as a keyboard or a mouse.
1, a menu screen control device A2, an output object temporary storage file A3, an output object control device A4, and a communication control device A5 for transmitting and receiving to and from the server S.

[0010] The system user transfers control to the menu screen control device A2 using the input device A1, and the menu screen control device A2 acquires data from the menu management file S1 of the server S and generates a menu screen. An example of the generated menu screen control device A2 is shown in FIG. The system user arbitrarily selects a plurality of objects displayed on the menu screen control device A2 or selects a registered catalog, and presses the execution button in the figure with the input device A1. The menu screen control device A1 stores the information selected by the system user in the output object temporary storage file A3, and passes control to the output object control device A4.

The output object control device A4 reads the data of the output object temporary storage file A3,
When a plurality of objects are selected, a file is read from the object file S2 of the server S based on the information and paste processing is performed. In that case, paste is performed vertically in order. An example thereof is shown in FIG. When a catalog is selected, the output object control device A4 acquires a catalog name from the output object temporary storage file A3,
Based on the information, the object management file S of the server S
3 to obtain information. Output object control device A4
Is the object file S2 based on the acquired data.
Read the file, paste it, and set the pasted object's top position, left position, height, and width. An example is shown in FIG. In the case of selecting a plurality of objects, only the vertical paste is performed as shown in FIG. 5, so the system user uses the input device A1 to move / enlarge the object to an arbitrary position and edit the data.

When saving the current state, the system user uses the input device A1, inputs a catalog name in the catalog registration box of the output object control device A4, and presses a registration button. Output object control device A4
Obtains the file ID and the position information of the currently pasted object, transmits the catalog name, the file ID, and the position information to the object management file S3 of the server S from the communication control device A5. The device S4 receives and stores it in the object management file S3.

[0013]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The input device A1 represents a keyboard and a mouse, and selects an object on the menu screen control device A2 or the output object control device A4,
Control to input catalog name.

As shown in FIG. 3, the menu screen control device A2 has a menu screen in a folder format. Each tag has an object button for identifying an object, and the display position is the menu management file S1 shown in FIG. B1 and the name corresponds to B2. The menu screen device assigns the B3 program ID and file ID to the object buttons. When the object management file S3 has registration data, the menu screen control device A2 starts from the object management file S3 to the state shown in FIG.
The catalog (set) name E1 shown in (1) is acquired and displayed in the registered catalog list box.

When a menu screen is generated by the menu screen control device A2, the menu screen is controlled by the data of the menu management file S1 of the server S. FIG. 2 shows the menu management file. In the display position, the first digit indicates the tag number of the folder, and the second digit indicates the object button number in the tag.
The menu control device acquires A1, the display position, and assigns it to the object button of each folder.

The input device A1 allows the system user to:
When an object is selected, the menu screen control device A2 stores therein the selected object information, and when the execute button is pressed, stores the information in the output object temporary storage file A3 and transfers the control to the output object control device A4. hand over. Output object temporary storage file A3
Has the following format: AAAAAAAA. TXT Catalog 1 BBBBBBBBB. BMP or CCCCCCCC. WAV If a plurality of objects are selected, write the program ID and file ID assigned to the button. If you select a catalog from the catalog registration list,
Write the catalog name.

When the output object control device A4 receives the control from the menu screen control device A2, the output object control device A4 reads the output object temporary storage file A3, and in the case of selecting a plurality of objects, also stores the stored program ID and file ID. Then, the object is read from the object file S2 of the server S and pasted. Objects are pasted vertically in sequence. The layout is changed and the object is edited by the input device A1, and when the edit is performed, the editable application of the object selected by the output object control device A4 is called and the system user is allowed to perform the edit.
The change contents are changed in the object pasted by the output object control device A4.

When the data stored in the output object temporary storage file A3 is a catalog, the output object control device A4 acquires data from the object management file S3 of the server S based on the data.
As shown in FIG. 4, the object management file S3 includes a catalog name E1 in which a plurality of objects are grouped into one meaningful group, an object file IDE2,
It has position information of the object (upper position E3, left position E4, height E4, width E6).

The output object control device A4, based on the data obtained from the object management file S3,
The objects are read and pasted one by one, and the objects are moved according to the position information. The position information indicates a distance from a reference position provided in the output object control device A4. When registering the current object, the system user uses the input device A1 to input a grouped name of a plurality of objects into the catalog name text box of the output object control device A4, and presses a registration button. The output object control device A4 determines the position information of each object (the distance unit from the reference position is a point (one point is 1/7
2, 0.35 mm)), and stores all data in the object management file S3 of the server S.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. A method of generating a menu screen in the menu screen control device A2 will be described. When the menu screen control device A2 generates a menu screen, the menu management file S1 of the server S is the source. As shown in FIG. 2, the menu management file S1 has a display position B1, a name B2, a program ID, and a file IDB3. The display position B1 is, for example, a folder type menu screen shown in FIG. The first digit of the display position indicates the tag number of the folder, and the second digit indicates the button number within the folder. The name B2 represents the name of the button in the folder.
The program ID and the file ID B3 are assigned to the buttons in the folder. Menu screen control device A2
Reads the menu management file S1 and generates a menu screen according to the information.

A method for creating a catalog will be described. From the menu screen control device A2 in FIG. 3, the system user arbitrarily selects a button-shaped object using the input device A1, and presses an execution button. In this case, even if the tag is different, it can be selected regardless of the tag. The menu screen control device A2 stores the information selected by the system user in order to store the information.
The output object is temporarily saved in the temporary save file A3.

Since the program ID and the file ID acquired from the menu management file S1 are assigned to the respective buttons of the menu screen control device A2, the ID of the selected object can be identified.
The object file ID selected as described above can be stored in the output object file. Control is passed to the output object controller A4. The output object control device A4 acquires data from the output object temporary storage file A3 and reads the data from the object file S2 of the server S. The read object is pasted in the output object control device A4. In the above case, as shown in FIG. 5, since three objects are specified, the three objects are sequentially pasted vertically. The pasted object can be scaled and moved to an arbitrary size and position by an output user using an input device, and when editing each object, the output object control device A4 edits the object. Call possible applications,
Can be edited.

As shown in FIG. 6, when all the layouts and data are arranged and the current state is registered, the catalog name is entered in the catalog registration box of the output object control device A4 by using the input device A1 and registered. Press the button. The output object control device A4 acquires the current position (upper position, left position, height, width) for each object in units of points (1 point is 1/72, 0.35 mm), and the information is acquired by the server. S is stored in the object management file S3. The object management file S3 is
It has a catalog name, program ID and file ID, top position, left position, height, and width. The catalog name is a name for grouping a plurality of objects as one unit. As for the position information, reference coordinates are provided in the output object control device A4, and an upper position, a left position, a height, and a width from the reference coordinates are obtained. The information stored in the object management file S3 is displayed again as a list by the menu screen control device A2, and the current state can be executed again.

A method of selecting a catalog name from a registered catalog list will be described. The system user selects a catalog name from the registered catalog list box of the menu screen control device A2 from the input device A1, and presses an execution button. The menu screen control device A2 stores the catalog name in the output object temporary storage file A3.
The output object control device A4 searches the object management file S3 based on the catalog name stored in the output object temporary storage file A3, reads the file from the object file S2 based on the data, and pastes the file. .

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, since each control device controls various types of files, text data, multimedia data, spreadsheet data and the like as one object, the system user can control the object. Since a system that does not require programming can be constructed, the system user can create one scenario without programming by combining object data only by registering object data in the menu management file S1. Can be.

Further, according to the present invention, a plurality of objects can be combined, layout and data editing can be easily performed, and states can be registered. The output object control device has a mechanism to identify applications that can edit the object, and a reference position, so that the object can be easily edited and the distance from the reference position can be recognized. It can also be set.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a menu management file according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a menu screen control device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an object management file according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an output object control device when a plurality of objects are selected.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an output object control device when a registered catalog name is selected.

[Explanation of symbols]

 S server S0 storage device S1 menu management file S2 object file S3 object management file S4, A5 communication control device C1 client terminal A1 input device A2 menu screen control device A3 output temporary storage file A4 output object control device

Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification number Office reference number FI Technical display location G06F 15/00 310 G06F 15/00 310A

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A server / client type multiple object bulletin board editing system, wherein the server has a menu management file having information of respective programs and files, an object file having files of various formats, a set name and layout of objects. A storage device for storing an object management file having information; a communication control device for transmitting / receiving a menu management file, an object file, and an object management file to / from a client terminal; wherein the client terminal includes an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse; A menu screen control device that immediately generates and displays a menu screen based on the data of the menu management file, and obtains and displays object layout information and its group name from the object management file. An output object temporary storage file for storing a plurality of object information or a set name selected by the menu screen control device; obtaining data from the output object temporary storage file; and obtaining each data from the server object file based on the data. An output object control device for pasting or editing an object, obtaining layout information of a plurality of objects, inputting a set name of the plurality of objects by an input device, and storing the same in an object management file of the server; and transmitting and receiving data to and from the server. And a communication control device for performing the following. 2. The multi-object display editing system according to claim 1, wherein the menu screen control device is a folder-type menu screen, and each tag is provided with a button for identifying an object. 3. A server management unit centrally manages a menu management file having each program and file information, an object file having files of various formats, and an object management file having a set name of objects and layout information. A multiple object bulletin editing method in which a client terminal obtains menu configuration information from a menu management file in the server storage device using a menu screen control device to generate a menu screen, and obtains and displays group information from an object management file. An object is selected from the menu screen control device using an input device, or a model registered in the object management file is selected, and the menu screen control device temporarily stores the selected information in an output object. Fa File, and passes control to the output object control device.The output object control device obtains information from the output object temporary storage file, and if the information is a plurality of objects, reads the object in the server storage device from the object file, Paste it, if it is a set name, get the data from the object management file of the server storage device, read the file from the object file of the server storage device based on that data, set the layout, and the output object control device If you want to edit the pasted object and change the layout, and save the layout information, enter the set name from the input device and the output object control device
A method for editing and posting a plurality of objects, characterized in that the location information and the like are acquired and stored in an object management file of a server storage device. 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the menu screen control device has a menu screen in a folder format and includes a button for identifying an object in each tag.