JPS59103124A - Cursor display control system of card image processing data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform a correct display of a cursor by converting the relative coordinate value of the cursor on a card image into the absolute coordinate value on a display screen and displaying the real cursor at the position on the screen corresponding to the absolute coordinate value. CONSTITUTION:The coordinate position of a cursor is displayed with correspodence to a card image 1 for each box 2 that corresponds to the image displayed in each frame. This coordinate position is held by the relative coordinate value in the image 1. Then the relative coordinate value of the cursor on the image 1 is converted into the absolute coordinate value on a display screen in correspondence to an actually active frame. The screen is controlled so that the real cursor is displayed at the position on the screen corresponding to the absolute coordinate value. Furthermore the control is given to the relative coordinate value which is changed to the absolute coordinate value in response to the switching of the active frame.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (N) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cursor display control method in a card image processing data processing device, and in particular to a method for managing a plurality of cards having a common format using a concept called a "box". to display the card image on the display,
This relates to a cursor display control method in a card image processing data processing device that is capable of performing processing including calculation processing on the contents of fields on a card image, and that allows the cursor to be controlled to emit light for each display frame. be.

(B) Technical Background and Problems With the recent spread of office automation, it has become desirable to be able to easily perform card image processing that displays and processes card images as well as text creation processing. There is. In other words, conventionally, in general office processing, it has been widely adopted to store information in the form of cards and use this information. It is desired to be able to perform various types of processing.

However, it is not a good idea to store format data and card data for each individual card in an integrated form; instead, it is possible to grasp a group of cards with a common format as one group, and to store the format data of each individual card. and card・
It is desirable to be able to display the data in an integrated manner. Although it is desirable to display and process a plurality of card images at once during processing, it is desirable to be able to correctly indicate the card image that is currently being processed.

(0) Purpose and structure of the invention The present invention aims to solve the above problems.
The cursor display control method in the card image processing data processing device of the present invention displays a card image on the display screen with light, and also instructs each field on the card image to give a processing mode and information about the contents of the field. In a card/image processing data processing device that performs processing, a box is associated with a plurality of cards having a common format so that the box can be accessed and processed, and the box has at least a format. The data storage section, the field definition information storage section, and the card data storage section corresponding to each card are associated with each other, and a box corresponding to the card image to be displayed on the display screen is loaded into the main memory for the time being. The individual card images are displayed by merging the contents of the form data storage section with the contents of the card data storage section, and the display is performed by associating a plurality of the merged card images with respective frames. It is configured to be displayed simultaneously on the screen, and each box corresponding to the card image displayed in each frame is displayed in association with each card image displayed in the box. The coordinate position of the cursor to be displayed is held as a relative coordinate value on the card image, and the relative coordinate position of the cursor on the card image is maintained in accordance with the currently active frame. Convert the coordinate values to absolute coordinate values on the above display screen,
Controls to display a real cursor at a position on the screen corresponding to the absolute coordinate value, and switches the relative coordinate value to be converted to the absolute coordinate value in response to the switching of the active state. It is characterized by the fact that it is controlled in such a way. Furthermore, the display frame is enlarged or reduced as necessary, and the cursor is displayed correctly in response to this. This will be explained below with reference to the drawings.

(D) Embodiments of the invention Figures 1 to 3 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the concept of the card image and box according to the present invention, and Figures 4 to 7 are
The figures are examples of processing modes executed in the present invention, FIG. 8 is an overall conceptual diagram of an embodiment of the card image processing data processing device of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is an outline of an embodiment of a portion directly related to the present invention. A partial configuration diagram is shown.

In the case of the present invention, a card having a predetermined card format is stored in a data processing device as a card image, and the card image is displayed on a display and processed.
Each card image consists of format data and fields (items) on the card image as shown in Figures 1 and 2.
For example, the contents of the field (card data) given corresponding to "Customer/Name" etc. are stored separately.
If necessary, both data are merged and displayed on the display. And it is assumed that it represents one real card.

The fields on the card image include a character field and a numeric field. On the form data, "..." is given to indicate the character insertion point corresponding to the character field, and "u LJ LJ, u LJ LJ" is given to the numeric field to indicate the number insertion point.
J is given.

Generally, there are many cards that share format data as shown in Figures 1 and 2, so the card images corresponding to these cards are grouped together into a "box" as shown in Figure 3. Introducing concepts. The reference numeral 1 represents a card image, and 2 represents a box. In order to provide boxes as one processing unit, the following information (or storage unit) is prepared corresponding to each box. That is, 1) Box profile (storage unit): box number, box name, etc.

11) Format data (storage unit): data corresponding to the card format (blank card) as shown in Figures 1 and 3.

iii) Field definition information (storage unit)...
Field start coordinates and attributes for each field (for numeric fields, presence or absence of commas, number of digits after the decimal point, etc.).

1v), Field name (storage unit): Name of each field.

(2) Card data (storage unit) Card data corresponding to individual card images belonging to the same box is stored in association with each page.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the mode of processing in the present invention, and it can be considered that the display as shown in the figure is displayed on the display and the processing begins. It is possible to display the card image of the frame, the card image of the second frame, and the input image when inputting the processing procedure etc. at the same time. In the case shown in Figure 4, all or part 3 of the card image addressed to Mr. "Fujitsu Abe" on page 7 belonging to the box "Membership Fee Invoice" is placed in the first frame, and the card image 3 is placed in the box "Membership Fee Deposit Slip". "Fujitsu Abe" on the 7th page to which it belongs
All or part of his card images 4 are displayed together in the second frame (hereinafter referred to as split display).
ing. Then, input image 5 is displayed, and the field "" on the card image in the second frame is displayed.
Instructs to transfer the contents of the second line of the "Billed Amount" field to the "Currently Billed Amount" field on the card image in the first frame. In this case, the operator can sequentially create and register contents such as illustrated input image 5, and by pressing the execution key, the contents registered as a processing procedure in the form corresponding to input image 5 can be created and registered. Based on this, the actual processing is executed at high speed.

FIG. 5 shows the process of creating a processing procedure corresponding to the input image 5 shown in FIG.

In addition, Figure 5 (A) or barrel shows the deletion mode when inputting the processing procedure on one card image, if you mistakenly input at yt such that quantity x unit price = ''. ing.

FIG. 5(A) shows the display at the time when a predetermined card image is displayed in the first frame and when the user presses the "=" key, it is realized that the "unit price=" is inputted incorrectly. Note that 7 in the figure represents an actual cursor according to the present invention, 8 represents a procedure cursor according to the present invention, and 9 represents an overlapping display mark of the actual cursor and the procedure cursor.

FIG. 5 (In the state shown in the station diagram, first press the frame switching key to perform deletion. As a result, the actual cursor 7 is superimposed on the procedure cursor 8, as shown in FIG. 5 (B). Mark 9 appears. Figure 5 (0) shows the state where mark 9 has been moved to the position you want to delete. Also, Figure 5 (D) shows when the delete key is pressed under the state of Figure 5 (0). After deleting in this way, if you press the frame change key, the screen shown in Figure 5 (E) will appear.
As shown, the actual cursor 7 and the procedure cursor 8 are separated. As a result, the operator creates a processing procedure by moving the actual cursor 7 to any desired field.

Note that the skill level 7 is managed separately for the first frame and the second frame, and indicates the field to be processed in each card image. Further, the procedure kernel 8 indicates the input position on the input image.

Also, although not shown in the diagram, if you are trying to process the card image displayed in the first frame (specified using the frame switching key), the process will be performed only on the card image in the first frame. A real cursor is displayed and the real cursor on the card image in the second frame disappears. Further, each card image in the first frame and the second frame can be scrolled independently. Further, the size of each of the first frame and the second frame can be increased or decreased as necessary, and at this time, the sizes of the other frames are decreased or increased accordingly.

FIG. 6 shows an aspect of the search process.
This shows a state in which one card image (one of a plurality of cards is sufficient) is displayed as a result of the illustrated search process corresponding to the processing procedure. The illustrated search is (
1) Address is “Setagaya Ward” and (11) Gender is “Female”
, (iii) the age is "20 to 30", and (1v) the furigana of the name starts with "fu".

Needless to say, in addition to the above-mentioned search, note processing, card verification processing, etc. can also be performed. FIG. 7 shows a mode in which the same process is performed for multiple fields on multiple cards.

In the case shown in the figure, the process of quantity x unit price = amount is applied to product name 1 for pages 1 to 30 of the card.
It instructs the user to go from item name 10 to product name IO and calculate the total for each item.

FIG. 8 shows an overall conceptual diagram of an embodiment of the card image processing data processing device of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 10 is a keyboard, 11 is a display, and 12 is a hard drive disk in which the box referred to in the present invention is stored.
13 is a format specification control section, 14 is a card creation management section, 15
1 is a format analysis section, 16 is a data entry processing section that inputs card data, field names, etc. using the kana-kanji conversion function, and 17 is a procedure registration control section that handles calculation instructions, search instructions, card verification, etc. 18 is a processing procedure storage unit that stores the registered processing procedure; 19 is a procedure execution control unit that registers the processing procedure registered in the processing procedure storage unit 18; 20-1 to 20-n are boxes loaded into the main memory, respectively, and 21 is a box selection section that is currently the object of processing. 22 is a box call control unit that loads the box on the floppy disk 12 into the main memory;
Reference numeral 3 represents a box storage control unit which stores the boxes on the main memory onto the floppy disk 12, and 24 represents a screen control unit.

As explained in connection with FIG. 3, a box holds an entire group of card images with common card format data, and as shown, at least format data, field definition information, and card data. have. The box is created by the format analysis unit 15 using the results of the operator creating a card format on the screen of the display 11 and entering characters in each field using the kana-kanji conversion function in the data entry processing unit 16. Ru. That is, a box is created by collecting format data as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, determining definition information and field names for each field, and organizing card data for each card into pages. These created boxes are stored and maintained on the Fronbi disk 12, but as needed for processing, the boxes 20-
Loaded as 1 to 20-rules.

The illustration format designation control section 13 in FIG. 8 handles processes such as controlling the display based on the loaded box and creating the box described above. The illustrated card creation management section 14 instructs the data entry processing section 16 in creating the above-mentioned box, but its main function is to instruct the procedure registration control section 17 as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7. The procedure execution control unit 1 registers processing procedures such as
9 to execute the process based on the answer in the process procedure storage unit 18. During this time, necessary boxes are loaded into the main memory, unnecessary boxes are stored on the floppy disk 12, and an instruction is given to the box selection section 21 to switch the boxes.

The present invention is mainly related to display control by the screen control unit 24 shown in FIG.
This will be explained with reference to (B). Note that FIG. 9(A') and FIG. 9(B') are connected horizontally to form one figure.

Figure 9 (in AJ(B), code 10., IL 1
2.16.20-1. ...20-ru, 21,2
2.23 corresponds to FIG. Further, 25 is a unit for allocating input keys, which decodes the input keys and separates the processing. 26 is a real cursor display control unit, which has a display position detection function, and is capable of detecting the card image currently displayed in the active frame.
O27 is a cursor coordinate conversion unit that detects which field on the card image the actual cursor should correspond to and controls the display. Based on the relative coordinate values at , it is converted into absolute coordinate values on the display screen, and this is supplied to the display 11 to cause the actual power unit to emit light.

28 is a frame switching control unit, and the keyboard 10
In response to the frame switching key from , an instruction is given to the box selection section 21 to select one of the boxes loaded on the main memory, for example 20-1, and to select the card/folder belonging to the box.
Activate the frame in which the image is displayed.

That is, the actual cursor is positioned on the frame, and the field on the card image displayed in the frame is processed. 29 is a box call control unit which loads necessary boxes from the floppy disk 12 onto the main memory via the illustrated box/oven control units (22, 23);
control. 30 is a page switching processing unit that changes the page number in response to the page switching keys (next page, previous page, page designation, end of sentence) etc. from the keyboard IO, and changes the page number to the currently active frame. A necessary page of card data is transferred onto the record buffer 35-1 to the corresponding box, for example 20-1.

That is, the old contents of the record buffer 35-1 are stored on the floppy disk 12 via the record store control unit 31-1, and the card corresponding to the new page is stored via the record load control unit 31-2. - Load data from the floppy disk 12 onto the main memory 0 At this time, the contents of the page number holding section 36-1 are updated on the main memory, and via the page number display control unit 32, the display frame oven, which will be described later, is updated. control unit 4
2 (Fig. 9 (→)) and the page number will be displayed.

Box 20-1 loaded on main memory...
, 20-, there are card image buffers 34-L, . The information, format data, etc. and the card data on the record buffer 35-b are supplied to the format/data merging device unit 37, where they are merged, and the results are transferred and held. The contents of card image buffer 34-L are provided to card display control unit 38. The card display control unit 3
8 is the card image buffer 34- for each framework.
The contents of L are associated and supplied to the screen buffer 41.

Each box 20-1 loaded on the main memory...
・・Corresponding to 20-rule, screen control information holding unit 4
4, start line 45-A of display frame, end line 4 of display frame
6-L, top Y coordinate of the card displayed on the screen 47
-L, left edge X coordinate of the card displayed on the screen 48-
b. The actual cursor position 49-L on the card image is held.

The display frame start line 45-L holds which line (absolute coordinates) on the display screen is the start line of the frame assigned to the self box. The end line 46-b of the display frame holds which line (absolute coordinate) on the display screen is the last line of the frame assigned to the self box.The starting Y coordinate 47 of the card displayed on the screen -L holds the Y coordinate value of the beginning of the card image currently displayed on the display screen (coordinate value on the card image - one relative coordinate value), and is used for vertical scroll processing.Screen The left end X coordinate of the card displayed in 48-
L holds the X coordinate value (relative coordinate value) of the left edge of the card image currently displayed on the display screen,
Used for left/right force direction scroll processing. The actual cursor position 49-L holds the position where the actual cursor should emit light when the box is activated, that is, the relative coordinate value of the actual cursor on the card image. 38 receives each piece of information on the screen control information holding unit 44, and is used for positioning when creating a screen display image on the screen buffer 41 based on the contents of the card image buffer 34-. Make use of it.

Note that a vertical scroll control unit 39 and a horizontal scroll control unit 40 are provided which operate in response to pressing of the actual cursor key. Needless to say, scrolling means that when the entire contents of the card image buffer 34- cannot be displayed on the display screen at once, only a part of the answer is displayed for the time being, and then it can be displayed as needed. The undisplayed contents are displayed one after another. There is vertical scroll control and horizontal scroll control, and when the scrolling is performed, the respective control units 39 and 4
0 means coordinates 47- on the screen control information holding unit 44.
Update L and 48-L.

Vertical scroll control is performed in the following manner. That is, when an operator moves the real cursor and attempts to move the real cursor beyond the top or bottom boundary of the active frame, the real cursor The display control unit 26 grasps the information on the screen control information holding unit 44 and detects the occurrence of the situation, and the vertical scroll control unit 3
9 to update the contents of the X coordinate value 47-λ on the screen control information holding unit 44. This causes the card image to scroll up or down within the active frame on the display screen.

Similarly, in the left-right scroll control, when the cursor is about to be moved beyond the left or right boundary of the frame, the actual cursor display control unit 26 controls the display on the screen control information holding unit 44 via the left-right scroll control unit 40. The contents of the X coordinate value 48-e are updated.

These vertical scrolls and horizontal scrolls are performed within the range of the active frame, that is, within the frame, based on the information on the screen control information holding unit 44.

When creating a display screen image to be displayed on the display screen on the screen buffer 41, the fourth
The frame header shown in the figure (the black line shown in FIG. 4 and the characters within the black line) is given.

This is to allow the operator to easily see which box and page the card image currently displayed in each frame belongs to.

In order to display such a frame header, Figure 9 (A
) The illustrated display frame open control unit 42 is used. That is, the display frame open control unit 42 opens the box 20-1 loaded on the main memory when setting a frame to display the screen on the display II for the first time.
．． The box number and the box salt are received, and the box salt is included in the black line and displayed on the header of the frame. Regarding the upper frame in FIG. 4, a box labeled "Membership Fee Bill" is inserted within the black line.

The display frame open control unit 42 is shown in FIG. 9(B).
The page number display control unit 42 shown in the drawing receives the page number, includes the page number within the black line, and displays it as rP, 7J in the case shown in FIG. and,
When a page is switched, the display of the page number is sequentially updated. Needless to say, when the boxes loaded on the main memory are replaced, the box salt in the frame header is changed accordingly.

In the configuration shown in FIG. 9, control can be performed to change the size of the frame on the display screen. That is, for example, in the case shown in Figure 4, the size of the first frame displaying the "membership fee invoice" is enlarged and the size of the second frame displaying the "membership fee deposit slip" is adjusted accordingly. It can be made smaller and vice versa. Such frame enlargement/reduction control is performed by the display frame change control unit 43 shown in FIG. 9(A).

That is, when the operator moves the actual cursor and the actual cursor is currently emitting light on, for example, the upper frame (first frame) shown in FIG. 4, that is, when the first frame is in the active state, the corresponding frame When you try to move the real cursor further down the lower border of the card image displayed in , the size of the first frame will be enlarged and the size of the second frame will be reduced by that amount. . In other words, the upper part of the card image, which could not be displayed due to the size limitation of the first frame, appears and is displayed from above the first frame. Conversely, when the operator moves the actual cursor, the current Kanle is displayed, for example, in the lower frame (second frame) shown in Figure 4.
When the first frame is illuminated, that is, when the first frame is in the active state, when you try to move the real cursor further above the upper border of the card image displayed in the frame, the second frame The size of the frame is expanded and the first
The size of the frame is reduced. In other words, the lower part of the card image, which could not be displayed due to the size limitation of the second frame, appears from below the second frame and is displayed.

The control change control unit 43 is notified to control the movement of the actual cursor as described above, that is, to move the cursor beyond the boundaries of the card image. The display frame change control unit 43 instructs the screen buffer 41 to enlarge or reduce the frame, and also changes the display frame start line 45-L and display frame end line 46-L on the screen control information holding unit 44. and update. At this time, the information 47 - 48 - was suddenly changed.

Furthermore, in response to the expansion/reduction of the frame, the following situation may occur regarding the frame in the inactive state. In other words, the actual cursor does not actually emit light for the frame on the inactive side, but screen control information is retained for the box corresponding to the frame on the inactive side so that the actual cursor can emit light when switching to the active side. The actual cursor position 49-L is held within the unit 44. In this state, if there is no frame reduction, the real cursor should be able to emit correctly the next time it is switched to the active state, but because the frame has been reduced, the position where the real cursor should be emitted is incorrect. , it may end up being outside the reduced frame. In this case, when the reduced frame side is switched to the active state, the actual cursor display control unit 26 will inevitably perform vertical scroll control based on the contents of the screen control information holding unit 44. It determines what the user is doing and causes it to scroll up and down.

The kana-kanji conversion dictionary 50 shown on the left side of FIG. 9(B) can be considered to be used, for example, to describe field names on card images.

Furthermore, the blank card production unit at the lower right of FIG. 9(B) may be considered to be for displaying only the card format.

(E) Detailed Description of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to display a desired card image on a display and process the field contents on the card image. Then, it becomes possible to correctly display the cursor only on the side of the frame that is currently in the active state.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 to 3 are explanatory diagrams explaining the concept of the card image and box according to the present invention, and Figures 4 to 7 are
The figures are examples of processing modes executed in the present invention, FIG. 8 is an overall conceptual diagram of an embodiment of the card image processing data processing device of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is an outline of an embodiment of a portion directly related to the present invention. A partial configuration diagram is shown. In the figure, l is a card image, 2 is a box, 3.4 is all or part of the card image, 5 is an input image, 7 is a real cursor, IO is a keyboard, ll is a display, 12 is a floppy disk, 13 is a format specification control section, 14 is a card creation management section, 15 is a format analysis section, 1
Reference numeral 6 represents a data entry processing unit, 20-1 to 20-1 are boxes respectively loaded on the main memory, and 24 represents a screen control unit 1r. Patent applicant Fujitsu Ltd. Representative Patent Attorney Mori 1) Award (1 other person) - Men's)
P-divination (with changes in content) Figure 2 Figure 3 Written amendment to the procedure (voluntary) January 31, 1988 1. Display of the case 1988 Patent Application No. 177808 2. Name of the invention Card image processing Data processing device 1 to 3, person making the amendment Relationship to the 3-key car'' display 111 Jfai 1 method case Patent applicant Address 1015 Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Yozaki-shi, Kanagawa Name (522) Representative of Fujitsu Limited Takashi Yamamoto 4, Agent - (1 other person) 5. Number of inventions increased by amendment 1 - Procedural amendment (
Jiretsu) , +-':: 1980 1'Hutto 11th Director General of the Patent Office Kazuo Wakasugi Tonogi Juken Office 4-H --- 1. Indication of the case 1988 Patent Application No. 177808
No. 2, Name of the invention Cursor display control method in a card image processing data processing device 3, Relationship with the case of the person making the amendment Patent applicant Address 1015 Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Yozaki-shi, Kanagawa Name (522) Fujitsu Co., Ltd. Representative Takashi Yamamoto 4, Agent 5, No number of inventions increased by amendment Contents of amendment 10 The name of the claimed invention is amended as follows. "Cursor display control method in split screen display" 2. The scope of the claims of the present application is amended as follows. (1) In a split screen display control method that divides the display screen into multiple frames and displays images independent of the frames, there is a specification means for specifying the frame in which the cursor should be displayed, and a display that is currently displayed in each frame. a plurality of holding means each holding the position at which the cursor should be displayed on the image as a relative coordinate value on each display image; and means for converting the contents of the holding means corresponding to the displayed image into absolute coordinate values on the display screen, and controlling the cursor to be displayed according to the absolute coordinate values. (2) In a split screen display control method in which a display screen is divided into multiple frames and display is made independent of each frame, a specifying means for specifying the frame in which the cursor should be displayed; a plurality of holding means each holding the position at which the cursor should be displayed on the displayed image using relative coordinate values on each display image; means for converting the contents of the holding means corresponding to the display image displayed in the frame into absolute coordinate values on the display screen and displaying a cursor on the display screen according to the absolute coordinate values; means for movably controlling the boundary of the frame; So that the value is within the relevant frame,
A cursor display control method in a split screen display characterized by controlling to move a display image displayed within the frame. 3. The statement on page 4, line 19 of the specification of the present application is corrected as follows. 1. The present invention is a data processing bag that performs split screen display.4.
On page 26, line 19 of Book A of the Specification of the Present Application, the phrase "first frame" is amended to read "second frame." 5. Specification of the present application, page 5, lines 6 to 7, page 6, line 1
Lines 1 to 12, page 8, lines 11 to 12,
Page 15, lines 3 and 4, and page 29, lines 13 and 14, [Card image processing data processing device] should be corrected as "split screen display"? From page 6, line 12 to page 8, line 5, "Display...features" should be corrected as follows. "In a split screen display control method that divides a display screen into multiple frames and displays images independent of the frames, there is a specification means for specifying the frame in which the cursor should be displayed, and a plurality of holding means each holding the position at which the cursor should be displayed as a relative coordinate value on each display image; The present invention is characterized by comprising means for converting the contents of the holding means corresponding to the displayed image into absolute coordinate values on the display screen, and controlling the display of the cursor in accordance with the absolute coordinate values. 2.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A common card image processing data processing device that displays a card image on a display screen, and also specifies fields on the card image to give processing modes and process the contents of the fields. 1 in response to multiple cards with the format
1 box so that the box can be accessed and processed, and at least a form data storage section, a field definition information storage section, and a card data storage section corresponding to each card are associated with the box, A box corresponding to the card image to be displayed on the display screen is loaded into the main memory, and each card image is merged with the contents of the form data storage section and the card data storage section. At the same time, a plurality of the merged card images are simultaneously displayed on the display screen in association with respective frames, and the card images displayed in the respective frames are displayed simultaneously. For each corresponding box, the coordinate position of the cursor to be displayed in association with each displayed card image is held as a relative coordinate value on the card image, and Corresponding to the frame that is currently in the active state, convert the relative coordinate values of the curve on the card image into absolute coordinate values on the display screen, and change the relative coordinate values on the screen corresponding to the absolute coordinate values. Card image processing characterized in that control is performed to display a real cursor at a position, and control is performed to switch relative coordinate values to be converted to absolute coordinate values in response to switching of the frame set in the active state. Cursor display control force formula in data processing equipment. (2) A common card-image processing data processing device that displays a card image on a display screen and instructs each field on the card image to give a processing mode and process the contents of the field. 1 in response to multiple cards with the format
1 box so that the box can be accessed and processed, and at least a form data storage section, a field definition information storage section, and a card data storage section corresponding to each card are associated with the box, The box corresponding to the card image to be displayed on the display screen for the time being is loaded into the main memory, and the contents of the form data storage section and the card data storage section of each card image are combined with each other. In addition to displaying the merged card images, each of the merged card images is configured to be simultaneously displayed on the display screen by associating each of the merged card images with a frame so that the position of the frame can be shifted. For each box corresponding to the card image displayed in the frame, calculate the coordinate position of the cursor to be displayed in association with each displayed card image relative to the card image. In addition, the relative coordinate values of the cursor on the card image are converted to absolute coordinate values on the display screen, corresponding to the frame that is currently in the active state. Control is performed to display a real cursor at a position on the screen that corresponds to the absolute coordinate value, and the relative coordinate value to be converted to the absolute coordinate value is switched in response to switching of the frame set to the active state. The control is characterized in that when the relative coordinate value on the card image exceeds the display range within the frame, the display of the card image is scrolled within the frame. A cursor display control method in a card image processing data processing device.