JPS6121569A - Front data input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability while eliminating character width switching operation by neglecting character width information of an input character in case of data input to front, assigning a string number from the cursor position, and deciding the character width of the input character from the character width information of the corresponding string. CONSTITUTION:A processor 4 acquires the front region by the cursor position displayed on a display device 3. Then the cursor position is decided and the character input to the front part is decided. Then the character input to any column from the cursor position is obtained and its column number NO is acquired. The character width of the column is decided by a character width b-i2 of an entry b-i to a column management table B with the string NO and the attribute of full square character width is given to the interface of the character display. Similarly, that of a half corner character width is given and the character input except display section is set to the interface as it is. Then the character inputted in such a way is displayed by a character document width to the cursor position and fetched as the front data to the external area.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to a tabular data input device for inputting data onto a tabular area.

[Background of the invention]

In a table, the vertical direction is called "one row" and the horizontal direction is called "one column", then n rows
It consists of m columns. Furthermore, the number of characters or digits that can be input in each column of the table and the width of characters that can be input may be determined at the time the table structure is defined. Character width refers to the size of characters when they are displayed on a display device. 1) There are generally two types: full-width character width and half-width character width. The full-width character @ has twice the width of the half-width character.

The method of inputting data into the table defined above is to set the cursor at the desired input position and input characters from the input device, but in the conventional input method, the cursor to be input is Even though the allowable character width for the column to be entered is predetermined, the operator
It is necessary to use the character width switching key on the input device to change the character width to either full-width character width or half-width character width to match the character width specified for the input column before entering characters. Ta. For example, when inputting to a column defined as 1 full-width character width, the input device must be set to a mode for inputting characters with 6 full-width character widths.

The method for inputting data to a table is to enter a row (
There are two possible ways to do this: in the vertical (vertical) direction and in the column (horizontal) direction for a certain row, but in a table with n rows and X m columns,
In the former case, the character width switching operation is required a maximum of m times, and there is a problem in that the operability during data input is very poor.

[Purpose of the invention]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a tabular data input device that improves operability during data input by completely eliminating input character width switching operations by an operator when inputting data into a tabular area. It is in.

[Summary of the invention]

Since the table structure is defined before data is input, the character width of the data that can be input in each column is also determined. Therefore, in the present invention, when inputting data into a table, the character width information attached to the input character is ignored, the column number is determined from the cursor position, and the character width information of the corresponding column is used to input the data. The feature is that the width of the characters is determined.

[Embodiments of the invention]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus according to the invention.

1 is a keyboard, 2 is a memory, 3 is a CRT display, and 4 is a processing device. As shown in FIG. 2, the keyboard 1 includes a character key section 1-1 and a control key section 1-2, each consisting of character and symbol keys. '# Control section 1-2
．． is provided with a full/half-width mode switching key 1-3 and a cursor key 1-4 for cursor movement.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure of a table for inputting data.

Table A has a title section A-1, a heading section A-2, a table section A-3,
It consists of a note section A-4. Title part A-1 is Table A
This is the area where you can enter the title, description, etc. The heading section A-2 contains each item data (a11 to aml) of the table section A-3.
+ 812~8m2 + ”' +a1.~am)
This is an area where you can enter item names, etc. Table section A-3 is an area that is subject to various data processing such as calculations, and the row (
a t t ”” a t・, a21~ahl...1
aI11-al11. ) and column (all-aml+a1□
~a, 2. ..., a1□ to amJ.

Note sections A- and 4 are areas for inputting supplementary explanations for Table A. The present invention relates to a method for inputting character data to this table section A-3.

3 is composed of 10 rows x 8 columns, and the structure of each column is the first
The column consists of 4 characters in half-width character width, the second column consists of 8 characters in full-width character width, and similarly, the 8th column consists of 4 characters in half-width character width.

5 to 7 show the display screens of the CRT display 3 when setting and inputting such a table structure from the keyboard 1. First, as shown in FIG. 5, the number of lines in each area of the form is set and input. FIG. 6 is a screen for setting the columns of the table area set in FIG. 5 above. The setting items for each column are whether it is a numeric string, full-width character string, or half-width character string, as well as the number of digits for numerical values and the number of characters for character strings from keyboard 1. , and store this in the management table. Figure gs7 displays the initial screen of the form set in Figures 5 and 6. The table area is displayed on an all-base basis as the initial screen. The mouth is a space display when full-width characters are specified, and the mouth is a space display when half-width characters and numbers are specified. In this example, the first column C-1 is 4 half-width characters, and the second column C-1
-2 is set as 7 full-width characters, third column C-3 is set as 1 half-width character, and so on.

FIG. 8 shows a state in which characters are being input into the table constructed as described above, and character input has been completed in the title section A-1 and heading section A-2. In this row, the width of characters that can be input into the title section A-1, heading section A-2, and note section A-4 is undefined until the characters are input, so the full/half mode switching key 1- 3
The characters will be input with the width specified by . In other words, if you want to input ``5-1 6 Vehicle Inspection Management Table'', set the full/half mode switching key 1-3 to 6 full-width mode, then ``Vehicle...''
・Enter ".The input of full/half mode switching key 1-3 is valid until the next mode is changed. Half-width character width, data 5-2 'S, 59° When inputting the character "S", switch to "half-width mode." Thereafter, input characters while switching between 1-full-width mode and "half-width mode."

On the other hand, the width of characters that can be input into table A-3 is determined at the time the table structure is created (as shown in Figure 4), so the width of characters that can be input is completely ignored. The character width of the input character can be determined based on the character width input and specified when creating the configuration. For example, even if the characters t and n, which are full-width characters, are entered in column 5-3 of the first column, in this example, when configuring the table, the character width of the first column is defined as half-width character width. Therefore, a half-width 0'' is input.

FIG. 9 shows a flow of an example of program processing of the processing device 4 for realizing such input processing. The flow of processing will be explained below according to FIG.

Block 10 is a process of acquiring a table area from the cursor position displayed on the CfLT display. Block 20 determines the cursor position obtained in block 10 and determines whether the character input is to the front part or to a part other than the front part. - Block 30 determines which column from the cursor position characters are being input when inputting characters to the front section, and obtains the column number. 7'O';ri. 0 is 7. Tsuku,. Based on the row size determined in , the character width b-i2 of the corresponding entry b-i (any of b-1 to b-m) in the column management table B in Figure 10 is changed to the full-width character width of the column. Determine whether it is a column or a half-width character width column. Block 50 provides a full-width character width attribute to the interface to the character display in order to treat input characters as full-width character width characters. Block 60 similarly provides an attribute of half-width character width. Block 70 is a process when inputting characters in areas other than the front, and the inputted character width information is set as is in the character display interface. The block 80 displays the input character at the cursor position with the specified character width.The love block 90 takes the input character into an internal area as table data.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, when inputting data into a table, the character width of the data to be input is determined by the character width information defined and input at the time of creating the table. It is possible to input data without performing a character width switching operation to match the character width of , improving operability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a block diagram, FIG. 2 is a keyboard key arrangement diagram, FIGS. 3 and 4 are table configuration diagrams to be created, and FIGS. Figure 6 shows the display screen of the CR'r display when inputting the table structure, Figure 7 shows the initial data input screen of the CR'r display showing the set form, Figure 8 shows the display screen during data entry, and Figure 9 10 shows a program processing flowchart of the processing device, and FIG. 10 shows a column management table. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Keyboard, 2...Memory, 3...Display device, 4...Processing device, 10...Cursor position acquisition process, 30... Process for calculating table columns from the cursor position,
40... Processing to determine character width, 50.60... Processing to set character width information to display-interface, 8
0...Input character display processing. Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 5q Figure 1 Tali 2'? 'ljcri￥F'l-1-Jcri Fig. 5 Fig. 6 Fig. 7 C-I C-2C-3C-11G-5-111'4,8 Fig. q-Fig. 1st Oltsu row Management

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Equipped with an input device such as a keyboard, a display device that displays characters input from the input device and characters on the memory, and a memory that stores table data, character fonts, and programs, A table data input device for inputting characters into a table area, comprising: a management table for storing setting items when inputting a table structure; and means for obtaining character width information by referring to the management table from a character input position on the table; A tabular data input device comprising means for displaying input characters using obtained character width information.