JPH0562781B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] In a data processing system having various processing functions according to object attributes, an object template file is provided that connects object attributes, various types of processing, and processing startup sequences. Therefore, when determining object attributes when creating a new object, a method is provided to create and display an object attribute list by searching an object template file and input instructions for object attributes. This creates a structure in which the program does not need to be aware of object attributes, and can easily deal with changes in object attributes.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a data processing system that manages a collection of data such as Japanese documents, tables, and graphs as objects, and in particular, when creating a new object, determines object attributes using an object attribute list. This relates to an object attribute determination processing method.

Recently, with the advancement of office automation (OA), data processing equipment is now used not only for Japanese document processing or spreadsheet processing, but also for Japanese document processing and spreadsheet processing. There is an increasing demand for integrated and complex processing functions that can activate a wide variety of processes as needed, such as processing and graph processing. In order to generalize and standardize the startup management of such a wide variety of processes, an effective approach is to designate processes for data rather than specifying data for processes. Processing that can be performed on an object, which is a collection of data to be processed, depends on the type of object, that is, the object attribute. It is thought that such object attributes will often need to be changed or added in the future, but it is desirable to be able to easily deal with such changes.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of the prior art.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7, an external storage device 5 such as a magnetic disk device or a floppy disk device
0, files 51 of various data or processing programs are stored in a mixed manner, and the various processing programs are activated as needed. Conventionally, an operator is always aware of what kind of files 51 are stored on the external storage device 50. For example, when processing Japanese document data, an operator starts a Japanese document processing program and saves tabular data. When processing data, it was necessary to perform startup operations individually depending on the type of data and processing type, such as starting a spreadsheet processing program.

In order to be able to handle such startup operations in a unified manner, conventional methods have been used in which the startup sequence of processing is determined by a program while determining the type of data selected and the type of processing to be executed. is considered.

A collection of data such as Japanese documents, tables, and graphs is called an object, and information that identifies the type of each object is called an object attribute. In particular, when creating a new object using the conventional method described above, the specified object attributes are determined by having the object attributes of the objects that can be processed fixedly in the management program. has been done.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Generally, the processing content depends on the object attributes, and the processing startup sequence differs depending on the object attributes and the type of processing to be executed. Therefore, when creating a new object, it is necessary to specify the object attributes in advance.

According to the conventional method, all information regarding the object attributes of objects that can be newly created is fixedly stored in the object management program.
The problem is that the management program itself must be modified each time there is a change or addition to the object attributes to be newly created, as the object attributes are judged and determined individually using commands. There is.

The present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned problems, and aims to prevent the structure of a program that manages objects from being affected even if object attributes are changed in the future. Also, when creating a new object, a list of all object attributes to be created is displayed.
Its purpose is to allow object attributes to be specified easily.

[Means for solving problems]

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the principle of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 10 is a processing device including a CPU and memory, 11 is an external storage device such as a magnetic disk device or a floppy disk device, and 12-0 to 12-3 are objects each consisting of a collection of data. 13 is an object template file, 14 is a display, 15 is an operation instruction menu with selection information regarding operation instructions, 16 is an object attribute list with all object attribute information to be newly created, 17 is a keyboard, mouse, etc. P1 is a process selection unit that selects a process for creating a new object, P2 is an object attribute extraction unit that extracts object attributes to be newly created from an object template file 13, and P3 is an object attribute list table 16. Object attribute list display section to be displayed; P4 is an object attribute instruction input section for inputting object attribute instructions; P5 is an object processing starting section for starting processing related to the object; P6 is an object processing section for performing processing depending on the object attributes. represents the division.

Each object 12-0, 12-1,... which is a collection of data to be processed is a Japanese document,
It has an object attribute that indicates its type, such as a table, graph, or line drawing. The object template file 13 has information that links an object attribute, a process type indicating the type of process to be performed on the object, and an activation (calling) sequence of the process.

The process selection unit P1 displays on the display 14 an operation instruction menu 15 having at least the menu item "new creation", and inputs selection information.
If the selected menu is "new creation", the object attribute extraction unit P2 is activated.

The object attribute extraction unit P2 searches the object template file 13 for objects whose processing type is "new creation" and extracts all object attributes corresponding to the processing type "new creation."

The object attribute list display section P3 creates an object attribute list 16 based on the extracted object attributes, and displays the object attribute list 16 on the display 14.

The object attribute input unit P4 inputs the object attributes displayed in the object attribute list 16 in response to instructions from the input device 17 such as a mouse.

The object processing startup unit P5 reads a process startup sequence determined from the specified object attribute and the process type of “new creation” from the object template file 13, and uses the startup sequence to start the object processing unit P5.
Start one of 6. As a result, a new object is created based on the specified object attribute.

[Effect]

The object template file 13 has information that connects object attributes, processing types, and startup sequences as data. The object attribute extraction section P2 extracts all object attributes that can be newly created from this object template file 13, and the object attribute list display section P3 displays the object attribute list 16 on the display 14.
The operator can specify the object attributes of the object to be newly created by a simple menu selection operation.

Each processing unit executed in the processing device 10 is
There is no need to be aware of the specific contents of each object attribute, and according to the object attributes specified in the displayed object attribute list 16,
Since the object attributes can be determined, even if the object attributes are changed in the future, processing can be executed without being affected in any way.

In other words, if there are changes or additions to object attributes, object template file 1
If the data in 3 is changed or added, the object attribute list 16 is automatically corrected, so there is no need to change the program executed by the processing device 10.

〔Example〕

Figure 2 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration example of an object template file, Figure 3 is an illustration of object attribute management, Figure 4 is an example of an operation instruction display, Figure 5 is an example of an object attribute list display, and Figure 6 is an example of an object attribute list display. 1 is a diagram illustrating a process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the object template file 13 contains object attributes 21 such as Japanese documents, tables, graphs, line drawings, etc.
, a process type 22 such as new creation, update, reference creation, display, printing, etc., and a startup sequence 23 consisting of a program name to be started and startup parameters. For example, object attribute 21 is "graph" and processing type 2
If 2 is "update", the startup sequence 23 is:
It is "graph-u".

Not all operations can be performed on all object attributes. Although not shown in the figure, for example, the process of "styling analysis" that points out grammatical errors and inappropriate expressions is only effective for object attributes in Japanese documents, and for other object attributes, the processing type and boot sequence is not set.

This embodiment adopts the concept of specifying processing for certain data rather than specifying data for processing. Therefore, as shown in Figure 3, the data to be processed is managed as objects, and depending on the type of data,
Assigning object attributes.

In FIG. 3, 30 represents an object attribute management list, and 31 represents an object management file.

The object attribute management list 30 is a file that associates object attribute codes, which are internal identification codes of object attributes, with object attribute names, which are names that are identified by users. The object management file 31 has management information for each object, such as the object name of the object, an object attribute code related to the object, and a title given by the user to understand the contents of the object.

The object attribute management list 30 makes it easy to display the names of object attributes uniformly among each product of the software program, and also allows users to specify their own names for object attributes. You will be able to attach it.

When adding new object attributes,
A new object attribute code and an arbitrarily assigned object attribute name are additionally registered in the object attribute management book 30. Also, if processing functions are added to the object attributes,
Object template file 13 mentioned above
Register the object attribute name, processing type, and startup sequence in . Addition of such object attributes does not affect the program that manages the object, and there is no need to change the program.

FIG. 4 shows an example of an operation instruction display displayed on the display when selecting an object and selecting a process. In Figure 4, 40
41 represents a display screen, 41 represents a pull-down menu, and 42 represents an object list.

Object list 42 and operation instruction menu 1
5th prize is by so-called multi-window control,
It is displayed in a window dynamically set within the display screen 40.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, the object list 42
As a result, the object attribute is "Japanese document",
The object whose title is "Minutes" is first selected, and then from the pull-down menu 41,
"Basic" operation is selected.

The selected object attribute is "Japanese document"
Therefore, the processes corresponding to the object attribute of "Japanese document" in the object template file 13 are extracted, and "end", "common management information", "security information", ..., "style analysis" are extracted. It is displayed on the operation instruction menu 15.

For example, if an object whose object attribute is "table" and whose title is "○○○ sales status" is first selected, the operation instruction menu 15 will display "table" by searching the object template file 13. Executable processing types will be displayed only for.

In the pull-down menu 41, if the "edit" operation is selected instead of the "basic" operation, for example, "copy", "move", "delete", An operation instruction menu 15 having selection items such as "rename" is displayed.

When the "Basic" operation is selected in the pull-down menu 41 and the "New Creation" item is selected in the operation instruction menu 15, the object attribute list display section P3 shown in FIG.
For example, an object attribute list 16 as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. This object attribute list 16 is in the form of a menu, and one of the items can be selected and specified using a mouse or the like.

Next, an example of processing according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. ~ in the following explanation
corresponds to the processing shown in FIG.

A pull-down menu 41 as shown in FIG.
and an object list 42 is displayed. Note that the object list 42 is displayed based on the object management file 31 and object attribute management list 30 shown in FIG.

Object and operation selection information is input using the object list 42 and pull-down menu 41.

In pull-down menu 41, select "Basic"
Determine whether the operation is selected. In the case of other operations, the process corresponding to the operation is executed.

If "Basic" operation is selected, "Basic"
Displays an operation instruction menu 15 regarding operations, and selects the instructed process. Note that the operation instruction menu 15 differs depending on whether or not an object has been selected first, but for "new creation", that menu item is displayed in the operation instruction menu 15 regardless of object selection. Ru.

It is determined whether the selected process is "new creation". If something other than "new creation" is specified, the specified process is performed.

The object template file 13 is searched and all object attributes having the item "new creation" as the processing type are extracted.

An object attribute list 16 is created and displayed on the display.

In the object attribute list 16, input the specified object attribute.

Regarding the specified object attributes from the object template file 13,
Obtain the startup sequence that corresponds to the "new creation" process.

According to the startup sequence, an object processing section having a new creation processing function regarding the object attributes is started.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, even if the object attributes are diverse, the display of the object attribute list when creating a new object can be handled uniformly, and the object attributes can be displayed in a unified manner. Instructions can be input easily. Also,
Even if there is a change or addition to an object attribute, there is no need to modify the program that determines the object attribute, and this can be easily handled.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a basic block diagram of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration example of an object template file, Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram of object attribute management, and Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an object template file configuration example.
FIG. 5 shows an example of an operation instruction display, FIG. 5 shows an example of an object attribute list display, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of processing in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique. In the figure, 10 is a processing device, 11 is an external storage device,
12-0 to 12-3 are objects, 13 is an object template file, 14 is a display, 15 is an operation instruction menu, 16 is an object attribute list, 17 is an input device, P1 is a process selection section, and P2 is an object attribute extraction P3 is an object attribute list display section, P4 is an object attribute instruction input section, P5 is an object processing starting section, and P6 is an object processing section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. There are a plurality of types of objects 12-0, 12-1, ..., each consisting of a collection of data, depending on the type of data that is the content thereof,
In a data processing system that has a processing function that assigns and manages an object attribute indicating the type of object to each object, the object attribute indicating the type of the object corresponds to the processing type indicating the type of processing for the object. An object template file 1 in which information regarding a startup sequence including a process name for starting a process determined by each object attribute and a process type that can be executed with respect to each object attribute is stored.
3, a process selection means P1 that selects a new process to create for the object, and searches the object template file for the selection of a new process to create, and searches all object attributes that have the new process type. ,
An object attribute extraction means P2 that extracts from the object template file, an object attribute list display means P3 that creates a list 16 of extracted object attributes and displays it on a display, and a menu based on the displayed object attribute list. and object attribute instruction input means P4 for setting the specified object attribute as the object attribute of an object to be newly created.