JPS60238970A - Alteration processing system for card format fixation part - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To correct a format which is generated by mistake without spoiling card data which is already inputted by easily updating the display or storage contents of the fixed part of a format during card formation. CONSTITUTION:A mode switch part 60 is provided for switching between the 1st mode in which cursor movement only in individual fields on a card image is allowed and the 2nd mode in which the movement to a field other than said fields is allowed. A cursor is positioned invariably in a field in the 1st mode according to the information of a field definition information buffer 33 relating to the contents of a format buffer 31 during the card formation. Further, the cursor movement is not limited in case the 2nd mode as the case of initial definition as to a format and scrolling control is performed when necessary.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention is a card format fixed section changing processing method in a data processing device having a card image processing function, which allows the cursor to be moved beyond the field during card creation. This invention relates to a card format fixed part changing processing method in which when the fixed information part of a format is changed, it is reflected in the format buffer and the format image can be changed at any time.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in general office processing, it has been widely adopted to store information in the form of cards and use this information. It is desirable to be able to do this. However, when trying to manage card data using a regular Japanese word processor, etc., card format information, including ruled lines and fixed characters, and card data, which differs depending on each individual card, are stored in an integrated form without being distinguished. This not only results in wasted storage space, but also makes it impossible to perform various processing such as search processing and calculation processing regarding entry fields on the card. Therefore, the present inventors have developed a data processing device that manages common form data and individual card data separately and has card image processing functions such as document processing functions, table creation functions, calculation processing functions, and procedure registration functions. is proposed.

In the data processing device having the card image processing function described above, a format consisting of fixed information common to cards is first defined by creating a format image of the card on the screen using character keys, etc., and subsequent card creation In doing so, data in a predefined format image is called up, and variation data for each card is entered in fields defined by this format to create individual cards. When creating each card, the cursor indicating the position of the operated character on the screen is controlled to be movable only within the variable data portion of the card, that is, the field, from the viewpoint of improving operability and preventing erroneous operations.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

According to the conventional method described above, once a card format is defined and data is entered on an individual card, the cursor can only move within the field. The contents of fixed parts could not be changed. However, if you define a field name incorrectly, or if you need to temporarily change the title, etc. when printing a card, you can easily change the card format even if the card format has already been defined. It is desirable to be able to modify the form content permanently or temporarily.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention aims to solve the above problems, and in order to make it possible to easily change the display of the fixed part of the form during card creation,
It is characterized by having the following means: That is, the card format fixed section change processing method of the present invention includes a display, a format information storage section that stores card format information including ruled lines or fixed characters, and a field definition information storage section that stores definition information regarding entry fields of the card. and a card data storage section for storing the contents entered in the entry fields of each card, and the contents of the form information storage section and the card data storage section are displayed on the display screen. A card image is generated and displayed in the form buffer by merging based on the contents of the field definition information storage section, and the individual fields on the card image are specified to give a processing mode to process the card contents. A first mode in which a cursor indicating a character position to be operated on the display screen can be moved only within the entry field. and a second mode that allows the cursor to move outside the entry field on the screen;
cursor control means for controlling the movement of the cursor according to the mode; a form fixed part determining means for determining whether or not data entry on the screen is in the form fixed part of the card; and form data updating means for updating form data regarding the fixed information of the card when data is entered in the form fixed part based on the determination result by the means.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of the main parts of an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams for explaining the concept of a card image and a box related to the present invention, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are 6 is an overall schematic diagram of an embodiment to which the present invention is applied; FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of information stored in the field definition information storage unit; FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the correspondence between the format buffer and the screen code buffer, FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the process of changing the format fixed part according to the present invention, and FIG. 10 is an example of the present invention. A process overview diagram is shown.

In the case of a data processing device having a card image processing function related to the present invention, a card image having a predetermined card format is displayed on a display and processing is executed. That is, for each card image, format data as shown in FIG. 2, for example, and field contents (card data) given corresponding to fields (items) on the format image, such as "product name", are separated. Remember it in
If necessary, merge both data and display-I
n. It is assumed that one cart is represented.

The fields on the card image include a character field and a numeric field. Then, on the form data, there is a "
..." is given, and "LJ LJ LJ + LJ LJ
LJ J is given.

For example, as shown in Figure 2, "product name", "quantity",
When fields such as "unit price" and "amount" are consecutive, specify only the first field group, and for the part of the field list with the same attribute, simply specify the repetition of the first field group. It's looking good. Such a repetition of a group of fields is called a "table", as opposed to an independent field that exists alone. Of course, procedures such as entering, editing, calculating, and searching data in fields included in a table can be performed in the same way as for independent fields, but for fields with common attributes in a table, Batch processing is now possible.

Since there are generally many cards that share the format data shown in Figure 2, the card images corresponding to these cards are grouped together into a "box" as shown in Figure 3.
Introduce and manage the concept of Reference numeral 1 represents a card image, and reference numeral 2 represents a box. In order to manage the boxes as one processing unit, the following information (or storage unit) is prepared corresponding to each box. That is, i) Box management information (storage unit): profile information such as box number and box name.

ii) Format data (storage unit): data corresponding to the card format (blank card) as shown in Figure 2.

iii) Field definition information (storage part)...
-Field start coordinates and attributes (number of digits, number of lines, etc.) for each field.

iv) Card data (Part 1.a): Contents of each field corresponding to each card image belonging to the same box, which are truly associated with each other.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the manner in which processing is performed in this embodiment, and it may be considered that the display as shown in the figure is displayed on the display and the processing begins. The screen on the display can simultaneously display a card image in the first frame, a card image in the second frame, and an input image for inputting processing procedures and the like.

In the case shown in Figure 4, all or part 3 of the card image addressed to Mr. "Fujitsu Abe" on page 7, which belongs to the box "Membership Fee Invoice", is in the first frame, and belongs to the box "Membership Fee Deposit Slip". All or part of the card image 4 of Mr. 1 Fujitsu Abe on page 7 is displayed together (split display) in the second frame.

Then, input image 5 is displayed, and the content of the second line of the "Card image" field in the second frame is 0, which is the field on the card image in the first frame. Instructs to transfer the amount to "Invoiced Amount".

As this input image, calculation procedures related to fields can be given, for example, "deposit slip" shown in Figure 3.
After giving calculation instructions to card image 1 of
・"-" ・By placing the cursor on each field and pressing the "Execute" key, you can display the processing procedure for entering the result of "rJ1 value x quantity" in the "1 total" column and execute the calculation. It is.

FIG. 5 shows a mode in which the same process is performed for multiple fields on multiple cards. In this example, the process "Quantity x Unit Price - Amount" is applied from the 1st page to the 30th page of the card.
For the page, execute the product name from the 1st line to the 10th line,
It tells you to calculate the total for each. These processing procedures can be registered and stored, and can also be called up and executed at any time. In addition, searching, sorting, card verification, etc. are also possible.

1 FIG. 6 shows a schematic configuration of an embodiment of a data processing device having a card image processing function related to the present invention.

Reference numeral 8 in the figure is a keyboard, 9 is a keyboard control unit, 1
0 is a card image processing unit that inputs information regarding the card, displays the card image on the display screen, and executes processing regarding the contents of the fields on the card image; 1) is the form creation management unit; 12 is a format analysis section that inputs and manages the format of the card image corresponding to each box; 13 is a format analysis section that analyzes fixed information and item attributes when creating a format;
14 is a card creation management unit that inputs and manages individual card data; 14 is a data entry control unit that inputs card data, field names, etc. using a so-called kana-kanji conversion function; 15 16 is a list control unit that performs control to display a list of specific fields of the card; 16 is a procedure registration control unit that performs control to register processing procedures such as the input image shown in FIG. 5; 17 is a procedure storage unit that stores registration processing procedures; 18 is a procedure execution control unit that controls the execution of specified processing procedures; and 19 is a calculation control unit for numerical fields. It controls the execution of specified calculations.

Further, 20 is a box management unit that selects a box to be processed for the time being and manages its data, 21 is a storage control unit that controls writing to the data storage device, and 22 is a call control unit. 23 is a page switching section that switches from one card's worth of data to the next card data; 25 is a section for controlling data such as a floppy disk device; The storage device includes a box management information storage section 26, a form data storage section 27, a field definition information storage section 28, and a card data storage section 29. The box management information storage section 26, form data storage section 27, field definition information storage section 28, etc. are stored and managed for each box.

3 31 is a format buffer in which the contents of the format data storage section 27 are read and card data is embedded therein to generate a card image; 32 is a record buffer from which card data is read; 33 is a field definition. An information buffer 34 is a list format buffer corresponding to the format buffer 31 for the list;
5 is a list record buffer corresponding to the L/:1l-)j buffer 32 for the list, and 36 is a list field definition information buffer.

Further, 40 is a window control unit and a format buffer 3.
1, 31', etc. for controlling the extraction of data according to predetermined display frame (window) information; 41 is a screen code buffer in which code information to be displayed on the display is stored; 42 is a display control unit; 43 is a display such as a CRT, 44 is a print control unit that controls outputting information regarding the card to a printer, and 45 is a printer 4. Represents evening.

A box, as described in connection with FIG. 3, consists of an entire series of card images with common form data, including at least form data, field definition information, and individual cart data. The format of each box is created according to the result of an operator entering characters, etc. on the screen of the display 43 using the kana-kanji conversion function in the data entry control unit 14. Form creation management department 1
1, the format analysis section 12 determines definition information and field names for each field, and the box management section 20 stores the results in the format data record 1a section 27, field definition information storage section 28, etc.

The form data storage section 27 stores, for example, a form as shown in FIG. The field definition information storage section 28 has information 5° as shown in FIG. 7, for example. That is, the field includes an independent item 50A and a table item 50B, and the number of items and each item attribute are stored as independent items. Further, as table items, vertical attributes (number of rows, each Y coordinate) and horizontal attributes (number of items, each item attribute) are stored.

The above item attributes are, for example, record buffer address,
It consists of information such as the starting coordinates of the item in the card, the number of digits and lines, and the type of character field/numeric field.

The cart creation management unit 13 records the data entered in the form image determined by the form data and field definition information in the card data storage unit 29. a. Manage. For example, when calling a box and displaying a card image, the contents of the form data storage section 27 are loaded into the form buffer 31, and field definition information 1. The contents of the a section 28 are read into the field definition information buffer 33, and the contents of the card data storage section 29 read out into the record sofa 32 are merged on the form buffer 31 according to the contents of the field definition information buffer 33, and this is displayed on the screen. The code is transferred to the code buffer 41.

As explained in connection with FIG. 4, a plurality of display frames can be provided on the display screen to display parts of a plurality of card images. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the window control unit 40 cuts out data 51 and 51' that are requested to be displayed from the plural format buffers 31 and 31' according to the contents of the window control table 52, and stores them in the screen code buffer. 41. Therefore window control table 5
2 holds information such as addresses and sizes of data 51 and the like in the form buffer 31 and the like.

The present invention mainly relates to control of format change processing for cards displayed on a display screen as described above.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the process of changing the format fixed part according to the present invention, in particular, FIG. 9(a) shows the display state before the change, and FIG. 9(b) shows the display state after the change. It shows. In the figure, 55 represents a cursor.

For example, there are times when it is desired to change the format of a card currently displayed on the screen and to be processed. However, in general, in a normal individual card creation state, the cursor 55 moves only at data varying portions such as character insertion locations or numerical value insertion locations.

For example, in the display state shown in FIG.
Even if I try to move 5 to the left, the character insertion point "...
・It is prohibited to move it beyond the designated area.

In the present invention, a mode switching means is provided for such a case, and by switching the mode from the normal data entry mode to the second mode in which the format can be changed, the cursor 55 can be moved not only within the field ( The card can be moved anywhere within the card. In other words, Figure 9 (a)
When changing the title "Customer" and the field name in the shaded area in the display, the mode is set to the second mode by a mode switching instruction from the keyboard. This allows the cursor 55 to move freely, so
The cursor 55 is moved to a desired position using the cursor keys, and data is entered using the character keys or the like. By doing this, the format data of the fixed parts of the card such as the title and field name are updated as shown in FIG. 9(b).

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of main parts for realizing the processing explained in FIG. 9. In the figure, the same symbols as in FIG. 6 correspond to those in FIG. 6, 60 is a mode switching section, 61 is a cursor control section, 62 is a window management section, 63 is a format fixed section determination section, and 64 is a format data update section. A section 65 represents a box management information buffer.

In response to a mode switching instruction from the keyboard 8, the mode switching unit 60 selects a first mode in which the cursor can be moved only in the variable data portion within the field on the screen of the display 43, and a first mode in which the cursor can be moved freely in the display screen or within the cursor image. This is to perform control to switch between the two modes. In the initial state when creating a normal individual card, the first mode is selected. The cursor control unit 61
In the case of the first mode, it may be considered that cursor control similar to the conventional one is performed. That is, during card creation, the coordinates of the cursor are determined so that the cursor is always located within the field according to the information in the field definition information buffer 33 related to the contents of the currently active form bar 9 and sofa 31. do. On the other hand, in the case of the second mode, the movement of the cursor is not restricted as in the initial definition of the format, and movement outside the field is also possible. Note that scroll control is also performed as necessary.

The window management section 62 manages the window control table 52 shown in FIG. The window in which the cursor 55' is positioned within the screen code buffer 41 becomes active and becomes the processing target. When data is input from the keyboard 8 to the card image displayed in this window, the code information is transmitted to the card creation management section 13. If the input data is a character or a symbol, the card creation management section 13 writes the data into the format buffer 31 after performing kana-kanji conversion as necessary by the data entry control section 14. As described above, the form buffer 31 stores the form data and card data in a merged manner.

The contents of the form buffer 31 are transferred to the screen code buffer 41 and displayed on the display 43 by the display control unit 42.

When entering this data, if the mode switching unit 60 indicates the first mode, the cursor will not be positioned on the fixed information section that is form data, so only the card data that is variable information will be entered. or can be updated. On the other hand, in the second mode, the movement of the cursor is not restricted, so field names, table frames, etc. can be updated in the same way as normal card data.

When data is entered in the second mode, the format fixed section determination section 63 determines the entered data based on the cursor coordinate information at that time and the field position information obtained from the field definition information buffer 33. It is determined whether 2 is related to a fixed part of form data or a variable part of card data. If the data is to be entered in a fixed part, the form data update unit 64 is called. The form data update unit 64 analyzes the changed contents, stores information related to the form data on a buffer, and calls the storage control unit 21 of the box management unit 20 at the end of the process to update the data storage device. The box information stored in 25 is updated. If there is a change in the field name, the field name is updated in relation to the contents of the field definition information buffer 33. Note that the field definition information and field name may be managed together or separately. For example, if the width, vertical length, format image data length, etc. of the card have been changed, this is stored in the box management information buffer 65, and later the box management information shown in FIG. 6 is stored on the data storage device 25. It is reflected in section 26.

FIG. 10 shows an outline of the processing of the embodiment shown in FIG. For example, when a cursor key is pressed during card creation, it is checked whether the current mode is 2, which is the first mode. When in the first mode, the cursor is allowed to move only within the changing part of the field;
Ignore instructions to move outside the field. In the second mode, the cursor is moved in the specified direction regardless of whether it is inside or outside the field.

For example, when mode switching is instructed by a mode switching instruction key, etc., from the first mode to the second mode,
Or change the state from the second mode to the first mode.

Note that this mode switching instruction may be made not only by an instruction from the keyboard but also automatically by the card creation management section 13 at an appropriate opportunity.

Furthermore, when characters are input using normal character keys, data is written at the cursor position at that time. Then, it is determined whether the entry position is in the format fixed part or not based on the coordinate information for each field in the field definition information. If it is a format fixed part, the format data including field names etc. is updated on the buffer in preparation for writing to a data storage device such as a F30 disk at the end of processing. Note that even if the form data is changed, for example, an increase/decrease in the number of fields or a change in the field length may be restricted so as not to be updated. Since the change result is displayed as is on the screen, the new card image on the screen can be immediately printed, for example, by the print control unit 44 shown in FIG. For other processing,
It can be considered that it is the same as before.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily change the display or memory contents of fixed parts of a form while creating a card, and in particular, it is possible to easily change the display or memory contents of the fixed part of a form while creating a card. You will be able to do this without losing your card data. In addition, when you want to temporarily change the title etc. for printing a card image, you can enter data arbitrarily on the screen and print it, providing a flexible card image processing function. I can do it.

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[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of the main parts of an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams for explaining the concept of a card image and a box related to the present invention, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are 6 is an overall schematic diagram of an embodiment to which the present invention is applied; FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of information stored in the field definition information storage unit; FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the correspondence between the format buffer and the screen code buffer, FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the processing aspect of changing the format fixed part according to the present invention, and FIG. 10 is an example of the present invention. A process overview diagram is shown. In the figure, 1 is a card image, 2 is a box, 8 is a keyboard, 10 is a card image processing section, 27 is a form data storage section, 28 is a field definition information storage section, 29 is a card data storage section, 31 is a form buffer, 40 is a window control unit, 41 is a screen code buffer, 44 is a print control unit, 55 is a cursor, 60 is a mode switching unit, 61 is a cursor control unit, 62 is a window management unit, 63 is a format fixed unit determining unit, 64 represents a form data update section. Patent applicant: Fujitsu Ltd. Representative Patent Attorney Hiroshi Mori (1 other person) 6

Claims (1)

[Claims] A display, a format information storage unit that stores format information of cards including ruled lines or fixed characters, a field definition information storage unit that stores definition information regarding entry fields of cards, and contents entered in entry fields of individual cards. and a card data storage section for storing a form buffer, which merges the contents of the form information storage section and the card data storage section on the display screen based on the contents of the field definition information storage section. Changing the card format fixing section in a data processing device that has a card image processing function that generates and displays a card image within the card image, specifies each field on the card image to give a processing mode, and processes the card contents. The processing method includes a first mode in which the cursor indicating the character position to be operated on the screen of the display is allowed to move only within the entry field, and a first mode that allows the cursor to move outside the entry field on the screen. a mode switching means for switching between a second mode in which the mode is allowed; a cursor control means for controlling movement of the cursor in accordance with the mode; and a cursor control means for determining whether or not data entry on the screen is entry into the format fixed part of the card. and a form data updating means that updates form data regarding the fixed information of the card when data is entered in the form fixed part based on a judgment result by the judgment means. Card format fixed part change processing method.