JPH11249938A - Document processor and data display method for the device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a document processor which hierarchically displays document files and folders, where these document files are stored, as a list in such form that a desired document can be efficiently accessed. SOLUTION: A document storage part 13 manages flags set by a folder display flag set processing part 12 correspondingly to folders, where document files are stored and showing whether folders should be displayed or non- displayed. Hierarchical display processing parts 15a to 15d hierarchically display only folders, for which flags indicate display (on), as a list. Or a folder where a document file detected by a document retrieval processing part 14 is stored is hierarchically displayed as a list together with folders higher than this folder, thereby enabling a user to efficiently retrieve a desired document file.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus having a function of hierarchically displaying a list of document files and folders storing the document files on a display device such as a liquid crystal display, and a data display of the same. About the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the spread of the Internet has made it easy to provide and obtain documents, and thus the number of documents has been increasing worldwide. In addition, the number of documents managed by individuals is steadily increasing, and with this increase, the time spent searching for documents to find where documents are located is also increasing, and work efficiency is reduced. I have.

For this reason, in the conventional document processing apparatus, when displaying a list of documents hierarchically, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-29
As shown in Japanese Patent No. 2961, a list is displayed by changing the size and color according to the importance of the document, or the vicinity of the document of interest is displayed in detail, and others are displayed roughly, as in JP-A-9-91299. As a result, there has been an attempt to efficiently search for a document.

[0004] Further, a document that matches search conditions (name, storage location, etc.) specified when searching for a document is searched for.
In some cases, documents detected at that time are displayed as a list in a list format.

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional document processing apparatus, all stored documents and hierarchies (folders) are displayed in a list. For this reason, for example, a document that has not been accessed at all in the past year or a document that has nothing to do with the current work is displayed uniformly. The lack of a hierarchy and documents hindered access to the desired document.

In a conventional document processing apparatus, documents detected according to specified search conditions (such as the name and storage location of a document) are displayed in a list format. Therefore, the hierarchical structure to which the detected documents belong is grasped. It is also difficult to access a document existing at a position hierarchically close to the detected document.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and stores a document file and a document file in a format that enables efficient access to a desired document from a large number of documents. An object of the present invention is to provide a document processing apparatus that hierarchically displays a list of folders and a data display method of the apparatus.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a method for displaying or hiding a folder for storing a document file in correspondence with each folder. Is provided, and only the folders for which this flag indicates display (ON) are hierarchically displayed in a list.

In the present invention, for example, if the flag is managed so that only the folder storing the document accessed within a predetermined period is turned on, only the folder which is highly likely to be accessed is hierarchically listed. As a result, the desired document file can be efficiently searched.

Further, the present invention provides a means for hierarchically displaying a list of all folders irrespective of the state of a flag, in addition to a means for hierarchically displaying only folders whose flags are on. Means for selecting which of the three list display formats should be used to list folders. As a result, the folder list display can be switched according to the work content at that time and the like, and an environment for document search can be appropriately provided.

Further, according to the present invention, when displaying a document file detected according to a specified search condition, a hierarchical list is displayed together with a folder storing the detected document file and an upper folder of the folder. It was made.

In the present invention, it is easier to grasp the hierarchical structure to which the document file belongs as compared with simply displaying the detected document file in a list format. It is possible to easily access a document file existing at a close position. When displaying a document file detected according to the specified search condition, instead of displaying a hierarchical list with the folder storing the detected document file and the upper folder of the folder, the detected file is displayed. It is also effective to hierarchically display the list with the folder storing the document file (without the upper folder).

In addition to the means for displaying a hierarchical list of folders together with the folder storing the detected document file and the folder above the folder, the present invention also provides a hierarchical list of all folders regardless of the search result. It is desirable to have a means for displaying and a means for selecting which of these two list display formats to display the folder in a list. As a result, the folder list display can be switched according to the work content at that time and the like, and an environment for document search can be appropriately provided.

[0014]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a device configuration of a computer on which a document processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention operates.

As shown in FIG. 1, the computer on which the document processing system of this embodiment operates includes a CPU 1, a system memory 2, a display controller 3, a magnetic disk device 4, and a keyboard controller 5.

The CPU 1 controls the entire computer system and executes and controls application programs including an operating system and utilities stored in the system memory 2. The system memory 2 has C
An application program including an operating system and a utility that is controlled by the PU 1 and various data used for the application program are stored.

The display controller 3 includes a CPU 1
Receives the display data to be drawn and writes it to the video RAM, and displays the display data on the video RAM
It is displayed on a display such as D or CRT. The magnetic disk device 4 is a large-capacity memory device used as auxiliary storage of the system memory 2. An application program including an operating system and a utility that is executed and controlled by the CPU 1 is stored in the magnetic disk device 4 and loaded into the system memory 2 as needed. And the keyboard controller 5
Is for receiving a user's operation instruction into the system by receiving a signal from a keyboard or a mouse.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the document processing system of this embodiment. Each processing unit shown in FIG. 2 is configured as a program stored in the magnetic disk device 4 and recorded in the system memory 2 and executed and controlled by the CPU 1. And the mouse, the display unit 17
It corresponds to each display such as LCD and CRT,
Further, the document storage unit 13 is secured in the magnetic disk device 4.

The folder display flag setting processing section 12 is a processing section for setting a flag indicating whether or not each folder is displayed on a display by a user. The document search processing unit 14 is a processing unit that searches for a document according to a condition specified by the user. The hierarchy display 1 processing unit 15a, the hierarchy display 2 processing unit 15b, the hierarchy display 3 processing unit 15c, and the hierarchy display 4 processing unit 15d are processing units that display the hierarchy of the document according to the information in the document storage unit 13. The hierarchy display selection processing unit 16 is a processing unit that allows the user to select a desired hierarchy display processing unit from among all the hierarchy display processing units (15a to 15d) and switch the hierarchy display processing unit.

FIG. 3 shows a hierarchical display example of a document displayed in a hierarchical display window on the display by the hierarchical display 1 processing unit 15a (mode 1). Hierarchy display 1 processing unit 1
5a performs a process of displaying all folders in the document storage unit 13. In addition, the square (for example, a) in FIG.
Indicates a folder, and an ellipse (for example, b) indicates a document.

In FIG. 3, folders and documents are displayed in a hierarchical structure under the Root folder. In the Root folder, there are 6 folders from A to F,
The A folder has two folders, AA and AB, the AA folder has two folders, AAA and AAB, and the AAA folder has AAA1 and AAA.
It can be seen that there are two documents A2.

A dotted square (for example, e) indicates a folder whose folder display flag is off, and a double line ellipse (for example, d) indicates a document retrieved by the document retrieval processing unit 14. The square of the heavy line (for example, c)
The folder containing the searched document is shown.

Processing for displaying / editing the contents of a document, deleting / adding / renaming a document and a folder is a well-known technique, and will not be described here.

FIG. 4 shows a node structure assigned to documents and folders stored in the document storage unit 13.

Nodes are assigned to documents and folders one by one, and the nodes are linked by pointers to manage the hierarchical structure. Parent / sibling /
The child node pointer stores pointers to parent / sibling / child nodes, respectively. If the parent / sibling / child node is not linked, Null is stored. In the information pointer, a pointer to information such as a name, a creation date and time, and contents of a document is stored.

In addition, a flag (document, folder) indicating whether the node is a document or a folder is included in the node type flag.
Is stored. The folder display flag stores a flag indicating whether to display the folder. The search document flag stores a flag indicating whether the document has been searched by the document search processing unit 14. The search document inclusion flag stores a flag indicating whether or not the folder contains the searched document.

FIG. 5 shows an example in which each node in the document storage unit 13 having the hierarchical relationship shown in FIG. 3 is linked by a pointer. Note that the case where the pointer is Null is indicated by oblique lines in the squares in FIG.

Here, an operation example of the document processing system of this embodiment will be described with reference to a screen example.

In this document processing system, there are the following four hierarchical display modes, which can be selectively displayed.

Mode 1: Display all folders Mode 2: Display folders with the folder display flag turned on (displayed) Mode 3: Display the folder containing the searched document and its upper-level folders Mode 4: Search the documents FIG. 3 shown above shows a display example of the hierarchical display window of mode 1 in the above. A menu bar (f) is provided at the top, and when the user designates the menu bar through the user input unit 11, selection of a hierarchical display mode, setting of a folder display flag, and document search can be started.

When the hierarchical display mode is designated, a window shown in FIG. 6 is displayed, and the user can select a mode. A double circle in FIG. 6 indicates that the selected mode is selected. Here, when OK is instructed, the window is closed and the mode of the hierarchical display is changed. On the other hand, when the cancel is instructed, the window is simply closed.

When the folder display mode is designated, FIG.
Is displayed, and the user can set the display mode of the current folder. The folder display mode set here is reflected in the hierarchical display in mode 2. The current indicates a display item selected by the user on the user input unit 11.

When a document search is instructed, a window shown in FIG. 8 is displayed, and the user inputs search conditions for the document.
Documents can be searched. Here, the document name,
It is possible to set conditions such as a folder name, an access date and time, and an access user. In the example of FIG. 8, a condition for searching for a document whose access date and time is from January 5 to January 19, 1998 and accessed by Taro Tanaka is set. The document searched here is in mode 3 or mode 4
Reflected in the hierarchy display in.

When the mode 2 of the hierarchical display is designated, FIG.
As shown in the figure, the contents in the hierarchy display window are changed. In the display example of FIG. 9, the folder display flag of the folder B is off (not displayed), and no folders and documents below the folder B are displayed. That is, the user:
By turning off the display flag of the folder containing the document not required for the work, only the necessary folder can be displayed, and the access to the document can be facilitated.

When the mode 3 of the hierarchical display is instructed, the contents of the hierarchical display window are changed as shown in FIG. In the display example of FIG. 10, "access date and time is 1
AAB1, ABBA1 and AB1 documents are searched by document search under the condition of "Taro Tanaka accesses from January 5 to January 19, 998", and AAB and AB including these three searched documents are used. , ABBA folders and their upper folders are displayed. By displaying the hierarchy in mode 3, only the hierarchy related to the document required by the user is displayed, so that the necessary document can be accessed without being disturbed by other unrelated hierarchy as in the related art. Becomes possible.

When the mode 4 of the hierarchical display is instructed, the contents of the hierarchical display window are changed as shown in FIG. In mode 4, only the folder containing the searched document is displayed. The difference from mode 3 is that the upper folder of the folder containing the searched document is not displayed.
The number of folders to be displayed is further reduced, and only the necessary minimum hierarchy is displayed.

In the hierarchical display of mode 2, mode 3, and mode 4, not all folders are displayed. For example, a document in a folder that is not displayed (a document that has not been accessed for a while or a new document) is displayed. When searching, the user switches to mode 1 before accessing. Thereafter, when the document search is performed again under conditions such as “the access date and time is from January 5 to January 19, 1998 and Taro Tanaka accesses”, the mode 3 is returned with the accessed document included. Alternatively, it is possible to obtain a mode 4 hierarchical display.

FIGS. 12 to 15 show other hierarchical display examples in mode 1 to mode 4. FIG. In these display examples, the hierarchy of only folders is displayed on the left side (folder display area g), and the documents and folders in the current folder are displayed on the right side (current display area h). In the example of FIG. 12, the ABBA folder (i) is the current folder. Also in these displays, by displaying only the folders relevant to the user, efficient access to documents becomes possible.

Next, the operation procedure of the document processing system of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

FIG. 16 shows a flowchart of the folder display mode setting process which is started when the folder display mode of the menu bar of the hierarchical display window is designated.

First, a folder display mode window is displayed (step A1), and selection of a display or non-display folder display mode is input from the user input section 11 (step A2). And OK or Cancel cmd
After inputting (command), the folder display mode window is closed (step A3). If this cmd is OK ("OK" in step A4), the folder display flag of the node structure corresponding to the current folder is set to ON when display is selected, and OFF when non-display is selected. (Step A5), and this process ends. On the other hand, if cmd is canceled (“cancel” in step A4), the process simply ends.

FIG. 17 shows a flowchart of a document search process started when a document search on the menu bar of the hierarchy display window is instructed.

First, a document search window is displayed (step B1), and a document search condition is input from the user input section 11 (step B2). After inputting OK or Cancel cmd, the document search window is closed (step B3). If this cmd is OK (“OK” in step B4), the search document flags of the node structures corresponding to all documents are set to OFF (step B5), and the node structures corresponding to all folders are set. Turn off the search document inclusion flag (step B
6). Then, the document is searched according to the document search conditions (step B7), and the search document flag of the node structure corresponding to the searched document is set to ON (step B7).
8) Further, the search document inclusion flag of the node structure corresponding to the folder including the searched document is set to ON (step B9), and this processing ends. On the other hand, cmd
Is canceled (“cancel” in step B4), the process simply ends.

FIG. 18 shows a flowchart of a hierarchy display mode selection process activated when the hierarchy display mode of the menu bar of the hierarchy display window is instructed.

First, a hierarchical display mode window is displayed (step C1), and selection of a hierarchical display mode from mode 1 to mode 4 is input from the user input unit 11 (step C2). And OK or Cancel cmd
Is input, the hierarchy display mode window is closed (step C3). If this cmd is OK (step C
4 "OK"), and activates the hierarchical display processing units (15a to 15d) corresponding to the selected mode (step C5).
To step C12), and this process ends. On the other hand, cm
If d is canceled (“cancel” in step C4), the process simply ends.

FIG. 19 shows a flowchart of the hierarchical display 1 process for displaying the mode 1 shown in FIG.

In this process, a process for displaying all folder items and document items in the document storage unit 13 is performed.
In addition, this process is first started with the Root node as a parameter, and thereafter is recursively called for each folder.

First, the node specified by the parameter is substituted for a work node variable (step D1), and it is determined whether this node is a folder or a document by referring to the node type flag of the work node (step D2).

If the work node is a folder ("folder" in step D2), the folder item is displayed (step D3). Then, it is checked whether or not this work node has a child node (step D4). If there is a child node (Yes in step D4), the child node is used as a parameter,
A recursive call is executed (step D5), and after the return, it is checked whether the work node has a sibling node (step D7). On the other hand, when there is no child node (No in step D4), it is determined whether or not the work node has a sibling node without executing the recursive call (step D4).
7).

If there is a sibling node (Yes in step D7), the sibling node is substituted for the work node variable (step D8), and the process returns to the step of checking the node type of the work node (step D2). On the other hand, if there is no sibling node (No in step D7), the process ends.

If the type of the work node is a document ("document" in step D2), a document item is displayed (step D6), and it is checked whether a sibling node exists in the work node (step D7). Proceed to).

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of the hierarchical display 2 process for displaying the mode 2 shown in FIG.

In this process, a folder item whose folder display flag in the node structure is on and a document item in the folder are displayed. In addition, this process is first started with the Root node as a parameter,
Thereafter, it is called recursively for each folder.

First, the node specified by the parameter is substituted into a work node variable (step E1), and it is determined whether this node is a folder or a document by referring to the node type flag of the work node (step E2).

If the work node is a folder ("folder" in step E2), the folder display flag of the work node is checked (step E3). If the flag is on (on in step E3), the folder item is displayed (step E3). Step E4). Then, it is checked whether or not this work node has a child node (step E5). If there is a child node (Yes in step E5), a recursive call is executed using the child node as a parameter (step E6), and after the return, It is checked whether the work node has a sibling node (step E8). On the other hand, when the folder display flag is off (off in step E3) and when there is no child node (No in step E5), it is immediately checked whether the work node has a sibling node (step E8). Move to

If there is a sibling node (Yes in step E8), the sibling node is substituted for the work node variable (step E9), and the process returns to the step of checking the node type of the work node (step E2). On the other hand, if there is no sibling node (No in step E8), the process ends.

If the type of the work node is a document ("document" in step E2), a document item is displayed (step E7), and a step for checking whether a sibling node exists in the work node (step E7). Proceed to step E8).

FIG. 21 shows a flowchart of the hierarchical display 3 processing for displaying the mode 3 shown in FIG.

In this process, a process is performed to display a folder item including a document previously searched by the document search process, a document item in the folder, and a higher-order folder item of the folder including the searched document. In addition, this process is first started with the Root node as a parameter, and thereafter is recursively called for each folder. Here, the search document flag in the node structure corresponding to the document searched by the document search process is set to ON, and
It is assumed that the search document inclusion flag of the folder including the searched document is set to ON.

First, the node specified by the parameter is substituted for a work node variable (step F1), and it is determined whether this node is a folder or a document by referring to the node type flag of the work node (step F2).

If the work node is a folder ("folder" in step F2), it is checked whether or not there is a folder whose search document inclusion flag of the work node folder or the child node folder is on (step F3). If there is a folder for which the flag of the search document inclusion folder is ON (ON in step F3), the folder item of the work node is displayed (step F4). Then, it is checked whether or not the work node has a child node (step F5). If there is a child node (Yes in step F5), a recursive call is executed using the child node as a parameter (step F6). It is checked whether the work node has a sibling node (step F9). On the other hand, the case where the search document inclusion folder is off (the “of
f) If there is no child node (N in step F5)
o), the process immediately proceeds to a step (step F9) of checking whether the work node has a sibling node.

Here, if there is a sibling node (Yes in step F9), the sibling node is substituted for the work node variable (step F10), and the process returns to the step of checking the node type of the work node (step F2). On the other hand, if there is no sibling node (No in step F9), the process ends.

If the type of the work node is a document (“document” in step F2), the search document inclusion flag of the folder that is the parent node of the work node is checked (step F2).
7) If it is on (step F7 is on), the document item is displayed (step F8), and it is checked whether the above-mentioned work node has a sibling node (step F9).
Proceed to. On the other hand, when the search document inclusion flag is off (off in step F7), the process proceeds to a step (step F9) of immediately checking whether a sibling node exists in the work node.

FIG. 22 shows a flowchart of the hierarchical display 4 process for displaying the mode 4 shown in FIG.

In this process, a process of displaying a folder item including a document retrieved in advance by the document retrieval process and a document item in the folder is performed. This process is first performed by
It is started with the t node as a parameter, but is called recursively for each folder thereafter.

First, the node specified by the parameter is substituted into a work node variable (step G1), and it is determined whether this node is a folder or a document by referring to the node type flag of the work node (step G2).

If the work node is a folder (“folder” in step G2), it is checked whether the search document inclusion flag of the folder of the work node is on (step G2).
3). If the flag of the search document inclusion folder is on (step G3 is on), the folder item of the work node is displayed (step G4). Then, it is checked whether or not the work node has a child node (step G5). If there is a child node (Yes in step G5), a recursive call is executed with the child node as a parameter (step G6). It is checked whether the work node has a sibling node (step G9). On the other hand, when the search document containing folder is off (off in step G3) and when there is no child node (No in step G5), it is immediately checked whether the work node has a sibling node (step G9). ).

If there is a sibling node (Yes in step G9), the sibling node is substituted for the working node variable (step G10), and the process returns to the step of checking the node type of the working node (step G2). On the other hand, if there is no sibling node (No in step G9), the process ends.

If the type of the work node is a document (“document” in step G2), the search document inclusion flag of the folder that is the parent node of the work node is checked (step G2).
7) If it is on (step G7 is on), the document item is displayed (step G8), and it is checked whether a sibling node exists in the above-mentioned work node (step G9).
Continue with f. On the other hand, when the search document inclusion flag is off (off in step G7), the process proceeds to a step (step G9) of immediately checking whether a sibling node exists in the work node.

Note that the difference between the hierarchical display 4 processing and the above-described hierarchical display 3 processing is that the upper folder items for which the search document inclusion flag is ON are not displayed.

Next, the processing of another hierarchical display example will be described.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of a hierarchical display process for displaying the mode 1 which is another hierarchical display example shown in FIG.

In this process, all the folder items in the document storage unit 13 are displayed in the left folder display area, and the documents and folder items in the current folder are displayed in the right current display area. In addition, this process is first started with the Root node as a parameter, and thereafter is recursively called for each folder.

First, the node specified by the parameter is substituted into a work node variable (step H1), and it is determined whether this node is a folder or a document by referring to the node type flag of the work node (step H2).

If the work node is a folder ("folder" in step H2), the folder item of the work node is displayed (step H3). Then, it is checked whether or not this work node has a child node (step H4). If there is a child node (Yes in step H3), a recursive call is executed using the child node as a parameter (step H4).
5) After the return, it is checked whether the work node has a sibling node (step H6). On the other hand, when there is no child node (No in step H4), the process proceeds to a step (step H6) of checking whether there is a sibling node in the work node without executing the recursive call.

If there is a sibling node (Yes in step H6), the sibling node is substituted for the work node variable (step H7), and the process returns to the step of checking the node type of the work node (step H2). On the other hand, if there is no sibling node (No in step H6), the document items and folder items in the current folder are finally displayed in the current display area (step H7), and this process ends.

If the type of the work node is a document ("document" in step H2), the process immediately proceeds to the step (step H6) for checking whether or not a sibling node exists in the work node.

Note that the other processes from mode 2 to mode 4 of the hierarchical display process are described in that the document item is not displayed when the work node of the hierarchical display 2 process to the hierarchical display 4 process is a document. What is necessary is just to change the point that the document items and folder items in the current folder are displayed in the current display area.

As described above, according to the document processing system of this embodiment, since only the folder of interest to the user is displayed, it is possible to access information efficiently.

Since the method of the present invention is realized as software, it is stored in a computer-readable recording medium such as a floppy disk, an optical disk, or a semiconductor memory as a program that can be executed by a computer. It can be distributed.

[0082]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, a flag indicating whether to display or not display a folder corresponding to each folder storing document files is provided. Since only the folders for which this flag is displayed (ON) are displayed in a hierarchical list, a desired document file can be efficiently searched.

When displaying a document file detected according to a specified search condition, for example, a hierarchical list is displayed together with a folder storing the detected document file and a folder higher than the folder.
Since it is easy to grasp the hierarchical structure to which the retrieved document file belongs, for example, it is possible to easily access a document file existing in a position hierarchically close to the detected document.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exemplary diagram showing a device configuration of a computer on which a document processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention operates.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary view showing functional blocks of the document processing system according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary view showing a hierarchical display example of a document displayed in a hierarchical display window on a display by a hierarchical display 1 processing unit (mode 1) of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing a node structure assigned to documents and folders stored in the document storage unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example in which nodes in the document storage unit having a hierarchical relationship shown in FIG. 3 are linked by pointers.

FIG. 6 is an exemplary view showing a window displayed when a hierarchical display mode of the embodiment is instructed;

FIG. 7 is an exemplary view showing a window displayed when a folder display mode according to the embodiment is designated;

FIG. 8 is an exemplary view showing a window displayed when a document search of the embodiment is instructed.

FIG. 9 is an exemplary view showing a hierarchical display example of a document displayed in a hierarchical display window on a display by a hierarchical display 2 processing unit (mode 2) of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a hierarchical display 3 processing unit (mode 3) of the embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a hierarchical display example of a document displayed in a hierarchical display window on a display by the following.

FIG. 11 is a hierarchical display 4 processing unit (mode 4) of the embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a hierarchical display example of a document displayed in a hierarchical display window on a display by the following.

FIG. 12 is a hierarchical display 1 processing unit (mode 1) of the embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another example of a hierarchical display of a document displayed in a hierarchical display window on a display according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a hierarchical display 2 processing unit (mode 2) of the embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another example of a hierarchical display of a document displayed in a hierarchical display window on a display according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a hierarchical display 3 processing unit (mode 3) of the embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another example of a hierarchical display of a document displayed in a hierarchical display window on a display according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a hierarchical display 4 processing unit (mode 4) of the embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another example of a hierarchical display of a document displayed in a hierarchical display window on a display according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 16 is an exemplary flowchart of a folder display mode setting process which is started when a folder display mode of a menu bar of a hierarchical display window is instructed according to the embodiment;

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of a document search process started when a document search on the menu bar of the hierarchical display window is instructed according to the embodiment;

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of a hierarchy display mode selection process that is started when the hierarchy display mode of the menu bar of the hierarchy display window is designated according to the embodiment;

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of a hierarchical display 1 process for displaying the mode 1 shown in FIG. 3 of the embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of a hierarchical display 2 process for displaying the mode 2 shown in FIG. 9 of the embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart of hierarchical display 3 processing for displaying the mode 3 shown in FIG. 10 of the embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart of a hierarchical display 4 process for displaying the mode 4 shown in FIG. 11 of the embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of a hierarchical display process for displaying a mode 1 which is another hierarchical display example shown in FIG. 12 of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... CPU 2 ... System memory 3 ... Display controller 4 ... Magnetic disk drive 5 ... Keyboard controller 11 ... User input part 12 ... Folder display flag setting processing part 13 ... Document storage part 14 ... Document search processing part 15a ... Hierarchical display 1 processing Unit 15b Layer display 2 processing unit 15c Layer display 3 processing unit 15d Layer display 4 processing unit 16 Layer display selection processing unit 17 Display unit.

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A document processing apparatus for managing a document file and a folder for storing the document file by forming a hierarchical tree structure using these nodes as nodes, wherein a flag indicating one of display and non-display is set by the flag. Document processing characterized by comprising: folder display flag setting means for setting for each folder; and hierarchical display means for hierarchically displaying a list of only folders indicated by the flags set by the folder display flag setting means. apparatus. 2. A document processing apparatus for managing a document file and a folder for storing the document file by forming a hierarchical tree structure using these nodes as nodes, wherein a flag indicating one of display and non-display is set by the flag. Folder display flag setting means for setting for each folder, first hierarchical display means for displaying a list of all folders in a hierarchical manner, and hierarchical display of only the folders indicated by the flags set by the folder display flag setting means. A document processing apparatus comprising: a second hierarchical display unit for displaying a list on a first hierarchical display unit; and a selecting unit for selecting which of the first and second hierarchical display units executes the display process. 3. A document processing apparatus which manages a document file and a folder storing the document file by forming a hierarchical tree structure using these nodes as nodes, searches for a document file matching a specified search condition. 1. A document processing apparatus comprising: a document search unit that performs a search; and a hierarchical display unit that hierarchically displays a list of folders that store the document files detected by the document search unit and a folder higher than the folder. 4. A document processing apparatus which manages a document file and a folder storing the document file by forming a hierarchical tree structure using these nodes as nodes, searches for a document file matching a specified search condition. A document processing apparatus comprising: a document search unit that performs a search; and a hierarchical display unit that hierarchically displays a list of folders storing document files detected by the document search unit. 5. A document processing apparatus which manages a document file and a folder storing the document file by forming a hierarchical tree structure using these nodes as nodes, searches for a document file matching a specified search condition. Document search means, first hierarchical display means for hierarchically displaying a list of folders storing document files detected by the document search means, and second hierarchical display for hierarchically listing all folders. And a selecting means for selecting which of the first and second hierarchical display means to execute the display processing. 6. A data display method for a document processing apparatus for managing a document file and a folder storing the document file by forming a hierarchical tree structure using these nodes as nodes, wherein the method includes displaying and not displaying. A data display method, comprising: setting a flag indicating each of the folders for each of the folders; and displaying a hierarchical list of only the folders indicated by the set flag. 7. A data display method for a document processing apparatus which manages a document file and a folder storing the document file by forming a hierarchical tree structure using these nodes as nodes, wherein the method includes displaying and not displaying. Setting a flag indicating whether each of the folders is displayed, and selecting whether to display a list of all folders in a hierarchical manner or a list of only the folders indicated by the set flags in a hierarchical manner. And displaying the folder according to the selection result. 8. A data display method for a document processing apparatus which manages a document file and a folder storing the document file by forming a hierarchical tree structure having these nodes as nodes, wherein the method includes the steps of: A data display method comprising: a step of searching for a matching document file; and a step of hierarchically displaying a list of folders that store the detected document files and upper folders of the folders. 9. A data display method for a document processing apparatus for managing a document file and a folder for storing the document file by forming a hierarchical tree structure using these nodes as nodes, wherein the method includes the steps of: A data display method, comprising: searching for a matching document file; and displaying a hierarchical list of folders storing the detected document files. 10. A data display method for a document processing apparatus which manages a document file and a folder for storing the document file by forming a hierarchical tree structure using these nodes as nodes, wherein the method includes the steps of: A step of searching for a matching document file; a step of selecting whether a folder storing the detected document files is displayed in a hierarchical list, or a step of displaying all folders in a hierarchical list; Executing a display process of the folder according to the following. 11. A program for controlling data display of a document processing apparatus that manages a document file and a folder storing the document file by forming a hierarchical tree structure using these nodes as nodes. And a flag indicating one of non-display and folder is set for each of the folders, and a computer-readable program storing a program for operating the document processing apparatus so as to hierarchically list only the folders indicated by the set flag is displayed. Possible recording medium. 12. A program for controlling data display of a document processing apparatus that manages a document file and a folder storing the document file by forming a hierarchical tree structure using these nodes as nodes. And a flag indicating any one of hidden and set for each folder, whether all folders are displayed in a hierarchical list, or only the folders indicated by the set flag are displayed in a hierarchical list. A computer-readable recording medium which records a program for operating the document processing apparatus to select and execute the folder display processing according to the selection result. 13. A program for controlling data display of a document processing apparatus that manages a document file and a folder storing the document file by forming a hierarchical tree structure using these nodes as nodes. A computer that records a program for operating the document processing apparatus so as to search for a document file that meets the searched search condition, and to hierarchically list folders that store the detected document files and folders that are higher than the folder. A readable recording medium. 14. A program for controlling data display of a document processing apparatus that manages a document file and a folder storing the document file by forming a hierarchical tree structure using these nodes as nodes. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for operating the document processing apparatus so as to search for a document file that matches the search condition thus searched and to hierarchically display a list of folders storing the detected document files. 15. A program for controlling data display of a document processing apparatus that manages a document file and a folder storing the document file by forming a hierarchical tree structure using these nodes as nodes. Searching for a document file that matches the searched search condition, and selecting whether to hierarchically display a list of folders storing the detected document files or to display a hierarchical list of all folders; A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for operating the document processing apparatus so as to execute the folder display processing according to a result.