JPH0451337A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently perform object management by subordinating an item relating to an object to the object in an information processor in which the object of a document, etc., is displayed in a form of icon. CONSTITUTION:When the icon 18a of (memo A) and the (tag paper information display) of a pop-up menu 19 are selected, the operation of tag paper information display request processing is started. Firstly, an object managing information file 11 is referred, and an object ID is retrieved from an object name and the (memo A). Thence, a tag paper information managing table 12 is referred based on the object ID, and a correspondent tag paper storage address is retrieved. Tag paper information in a user data file area 9 is read out based on the tag paper storage address, and a tag paper window 20 is displayed. When the edit command part 23 of the tag paper window 20 is selected, the input of the tag paper information to the tag paper window 20 can be performed. After the tag paper information is inputted, it is written on the user data file area 9 by selecting (preservation) in an edit command.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an information processing device that displays objects such as documents and drawers in the form of icons.

[Conventional technology]

For example, in a workstation, document data created by a user is managed in units of files called documents, and several documents can be collectively managed in units of files called folders. From the user's perspective, these documents, folders, etc. are resources that can be used by the user.

In order to facilitate the use of these resources, we have developed the upper material ``Workstation Knee Gain Tough Ace Structure''.
, Information Processing, Vow, 25. No, 2.19
As disclosed in February 1984, pages 103 to 110, resources that can be used by the user are treated as objects, and these are displayed on the screen in the form of icons with different shapes that indicate the type of resource, and the user It is known that the process proceeds by selecting the desired icon using a mouse or the like.

In addition, in order to further improve operability, a technology that allows users to arbitrarily set the shape of icons, etc.
It is disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 194532.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In such systems, there is a limit to the number of icons that can be displayed on the screen, so for example, when the number of documents increases, you can put several related documents together into one folder. It is necessary to organize the icons on the second screen. In this case, the user must manage which document is placed in which folder. However, as time passes, the user may forget to classify the folders or the classification criteria may change. For this reason, for example, when you want to print a required document, you have to open the folder and then open the document inside the folder to check the contents of the document, which is inconvenient as it is not possible to quickly obtain the desired document. .

The present invention has been devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, and in an information processing apparatus in which objects such as documents and folders are displayed in the form of icons, items related to the objects are attached to the objects. The purpose is to make object management more efficient.

[Failure to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the information processing device of the present invention stores objects that can be used by the user in a data file, displays icons corresponding to each object on the screen of the display device, and displays the icons that can be used by the user. In an information processing device that is capable of processing the object by selecting , when storing a file that manages information related to the object and where that information is stored in the data file. The present invention is characterized in that means is provided for displaying the information written in the sticky note area on the screen of the display device.

[Effect]

When a user wants an overview of the contents of an object,
After selecting the icon corresponding to the object with a mouse, etc., and instructing to display a sticky note, the information written in the sticky note area provided corresponding to the object,
For example, the reason why the object exists and any ideas that have been noted about the object are displayed.

〔Example〕

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, features of the present invention will be specifically described based on examples with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a workstation implementing an information processing apparatus of the present invention.

The CPU (central processing unit) 1 includes a main storage device 2, an instruction device 3 such as a mouse, an input device 4 for manually inputting commands and data, a display device 5 such as a bit map display, and auxiliary storage such as a magnetic disk. Device 6 etc. are connected. The auxiliary storage device 6 has a program area 7 for storing programs, a data area 8 for storing data referenced by the programs, and a user data archive area 9 for storing data usable by the user. The program area 7 includes a sticky note attachment/detachment program 10, which will be described later. The object management information file 11 and the sticky note information management table 12 referred to by the sticky note attachment/detachment program 10 are located in the data area 8 of the auxiliary storage device 6.

The object management information file 11 is for holding information such as the attributes and screen layout of objects corresponding to icons. This object management information file 11 has a structure as shown in FIG. 2(a), for example. Note that the figure shows only a portion corresponding to one object.

Note that the object ID is an identification number that is assigned a different number to each object.

Further, object type "3" indicates that the object type is, for example, a document.

Further, the sticky note information management table 12 is for managing sticky note information for objects, and is shown in FIG.
), it is a correspondence table between object ■D13 and sticky note information storage address 14, and object ID13
Sorted in code order. Object TD13
is an ID to uniquely represent an object in the object management information file 11, so if the ID of the object requested by the user is known from the object management information file 11, The address in the data file area 8 where the sticky note information is stored can be determined by this.

The sticky note attachment/detachment program 10 includes a command receiving section 15, a sticky note management information change processing section 16, as shown in FIG.
and a sticky note information display request processing unit 17.The command receiving unit 15 receives commands such as notifications and requests for itself until the user finally completes the operation on the screen, and changes the sticky note management information. Processing unit 16. A cycle in which each part of the sticky note information display request processing unit 17 performs processing according to the type of command is repeated.

The sticky note information display request processing unit 17 refers to the note paper information management table 12 (not shown in FIG. 1) and the object management information file 11, and displays the sticky note information of the object requested by the user. Note that the sticky note information display request processing unit 17 has a built-in function for editing sticky note information.

Further, the sticky note management information change processing unit 16 functions so that the sticky note information management table 12 always maintains the latest information. For example, when the contents of the object management information file 11 that holds information such as attributes and screen layout of objects corresponding to icons change, a management information change notification is sent from the program that manages the object, and this notification is When received, the sticky note management information change processing unit 16 refers to the changed portion of the object management information file 11 and updates the changed sticky note information management table 120. For example, the object shown in Figure 2(a)) TD
When the object with "35" is deleted, the data related to this object is removed from the sticky note information management table 12.

Note that another program handles the work of restoring the screen after the display of the sticky note information is finished.

Next, the operation of the above-mentioned workstation will be explained.

On the screen of the display device 5, as shown in FIG. It is assumed that an icon 18b indicating a folder named "File B" is displayed. Also, on the same screen, there is a pop-up menu 5-1 for instructing processing to the workstation.
9 is displayed.

First, the operation of attaching a sticky note to a document named "Memo A" will be explained. In this case, first, the icon 18a indicating a document named "Memo A" is selected using the pointing device 3 such as a mouse. This allows C.P.
It can be seen that the processing target of U1 is "Memo Δ". Next, when "Display sticky note information J" is selected from the pop-up menu 19 on the instruction device 3, the command receiving unit 15 receives a display request command, and requests the display of sticky note information as shown in the flowchart of FIG. The processing starts (step 101).First, the object management information file 11 shown in FIG. 1 is referred to, and the object ID is searched from the object name, in this case "memo Δ" (step 102). Next, the sticky note information management table 12 shown in FIG. 2(c) is referred to based on this object rD, and the corresponding sticky note storage address is searched (step 103).

Furthermore, the sticky note information in the user data file area 9 is read out based on this sticky note storage address, and a sticky note window 20 as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed (step 104). However, at this stage, the sticky note window 2
0's object name display section 21 only displays the characters "Memo Δ: Sticky note information" and the sticky note information display section 22 is blank.

If the editing command part 23 of the sticky note window 20 is selected here (step 105), it becomes possible to manually input the sticky paper information to the 20 parts of the sticky note window (step 10).
6). After manually editing the sticky note information, for example, if "save" is selected among the editing commands (step 107), the newly manually edited or edited sticky note information is written into the user data file area 9. That is, the sticky note information is updated (step 108). Note that the sticky note information is, for example, a memo about the reason for the existence of the document or an idea related to the document. Also, if you select "Reset" (step 109), the sticky note information will not be updated (
Step 110), if you select "Clear" (Step 111), the attachment of the sticky note is canceled (Step 11).
2).

FIG. 6 shows the state after sticky note information has been written on the document named "Memo Δ". Next, when the close command part 24 of the sticky note window 2o is selected (step 113), the display of the sticky note ends (step 114).
When the sticky note assignment work is completed, the state returns to the state shown in FIG. 4.

When the contents of the object management information file 11 change as a result of the above-mentioned work, a management information change notification is sent to the sticky note management information change processing unit 16, and the sticky note management information change processing unit 16 executes the process according to the flowchart shown in FIG. As shown in , when a management information change notification is received (step 201), the changed part of the object management information file 11 is referred to (
In step 2o2), the sticky note information management table 12 that has been changed is updated (step 203), so that the latest information is always maintained in the sticky note information management table 12. For example, if an object is deleted,
Related data is removed from the management table 12, and when an object is added, the related data is added to the management table 12.

Next, the case of viewing sticky note information that has already been written will be explained. When the user selects the icon 18a corresponding to the document named "Memo A", which is an object available to the user, using the instruction device 3, and then selects "Display sticky note information" from the pop-up menu 19. By the processing of steps 101 to 104 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 described above, a sticky note window 20 in which sticky note information corresponding to "Memo A" as shown in FIG. 6 is written is displayed. Therefore, the user can easily know the reason why the document named "Memo A" exists and information related to "Memo A". At this time, the object name display area 2 of the sticky note window 20
1 displays the object name, ie, "Memo AJ" in this case, so there is no confusion even if a plurality of sticky note windows 20 are opened at the same time.

Also, at this stage, the editing command section 22 can be selected to enter the editing mode, and the sticky note information can be updated.

Note that in the above embodiment, a case where a sticky note is electronically attached to a document is explained as an example, but a sticky note can also be attached electronically to a folder or drawer located at a higher level than the document. You can create a frame with a .

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, an electronic sticky note is attached to the object in addition to the object, and simple information regarding the object can be written on the sticky note. This allows the user to take notes on the reason for the object's existence, ideas related to the object, etc., and improve the efficiency of object management by the user.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a master workstation implementing the information processing apparatus of the present invention, and FIG.
) is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the structure of an object management information file; FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the structure of a sticky note information management table; FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example on the display device, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the sticky note information display request processing section, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of the sticky note window, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the sticky note information display request processing section. It is a flowchart showing the operation of the paper management information change processing unit. l: CPU 2: Main storage device 3: Instruction device 4; Input device 5: Display device 6: Auxiliary storage device 7: Program area 8: Data area 9: User Data file area 10: Sticky note attachment/removal program 11: Object management information file 12: Sticky note information management table 13: Object ID 14: Sticky note information storage address 15' Command receiving section 16: Sticky note management information change processing section 17, Sticky note Paper information display request processing section 18a: Sentence IF icon 18b: Folder icon 19: Pop-up menu 20: Sticky note window 21: Object name display section 22: Sticky note information display section 23; Edit command section 24:
Close command section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Objects available to the user are stored in the data file, and each object is displayed on the screen of the display device.
A sticky note on which information related to the object can be written in the data file in an information processing apparatus in which a corresponding icon is displayed and a user can perform processing on the object by selecting the icon. An information processing device comprising a paper area and means for displaying information written in the sticky note area on the screen of the display device.