JPH04522A - information processing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a more comfortable man-machine interface by driving this information processor by using an application program and a mouse formed so as to be driven based upon key input data. CONSTITUTION:Whether a mouse function is effective or not is decided. When the function is invalid, the position of a mouse cursor is obtained. In the case of text display, the number of digits and the number of rows are calculated based upon the position data. Then, the character code of the position is obtained. The obtained character code is stored in a key buffer and the data of the key buffer and other data are updated. When a mouse button is depressed, the position of the mouse cursor is converted into the number of digits and the number of rows for the text display to obtain M rows and N digits. The character code of a character displayed on the position is stored in the key buffer. The application program can obtain the character code by a key input routine. Thus, the processing of the application program can be executed by operating the mouse.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention is directed to the expansion of a basic turnout system in an information processing device.

[Prior Art] In a conventional information processing device, as shown in FIG. 6(a), an application program performs the next step based on display position data of a display device returned from a mouse handler routine. Only application programs that have been created with this consideration in mind can use a mouse.

In addition, as shown in Figure 6(b), the application program is created to perform the next step processing based on the data returned from the key manual routine, and only the application program that takes this into consideration is can be used.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the prior art, only application programs that take into consideration mouse handling as shown in FIG. 6(a) can be operated using a mouse (step 6).
1.62), it was impossible to operate an application program based on key manual data as shown in FIG. 6(b) using a mouse (step 63.
64).

In view of such problems, an object of the present invention is to enable even an application program that operates based on key human data to operate using a mouse in the same way as an application program that takes mouse handling into consideration. .

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention includes a mouse handler unit that stores a code of a character displayed at a mouse cursor display position of a display device in a key buffer, and a mouse handler unit that stores the code of a character displayed at a mouse cursor display position of a display device in a key buffer; The present invention is characterized by comprising an input/output system comprising a key manual bundler section that retrieves the code from the key buffer in synchronization with the storage of the code.

[Example] Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of the entire information processing apparatus. The display device (14) uses a BIOS routine stored in the RAM or ROM of the internal storage device (12).
) is a fall control device (11) that obtains display characters from the mouse cursor position of a mouse (15) and converts them as if they were manually input from a keyboard "t" (16).

FIG. 2 shows a functional block diagram of the BIOS stored in the ROM. This routine is RO? v
The same applies to the case where the BIOS in I is shown, but it is a routine that is loaded into RAM and operates. Mouse interrupt (21) is a routine that is started by clicking the mouse button, and when the second routine operates, various mouse data are transferred to the mouse various data area (23).
). If the mouse function is disabled, it is converted into a character code and stored in the key buffer (26), and the key manual input data area (27) is also updated. The data stored in the mouse various data area (23) is passed to the application program by the mouse Pandora routine (22).

Similarly, the data stored in the key buffer (26) and the data in the key manual various data area (27) are passed to the application program by the key manual routine (25).

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of a process in which when the mouse function is disabled, the character code is converted and stored in the key buffer (26), and the key manual input data area (27) is also updated.

In step 31, it is determined whether the mouse function is enabled.

If it is valid here, the same processing as in the prior art is performed. If invalid, the position of the mouse cursor is acquired (step 32). Based on this position data, the number of digits and lines for text display are calculated (step 33). Get the character code for this location.

(Step 34). The obtained character code is stored in the key buffer (step 35), and the key buffer and other data are updated (step 36).

A message is displayed at the position (Xl, Yl) as shown in FIG. 4, and the key is waiting for human input. Figure 5 is an enlarged view of the second part. Now, when you press the mouse button, the number of digits in the case of text display is changed from the position (Xl, Yl) of the mouse cursor (51) as explained in
Convert to the number of rows to obtain N1 rows and N digits (area 52). The character displayed at this location (52) is Y, and this character code is stored in the key buffer. Application programs can obtain this character code through key manual routines. By operating the mouse in this manner, the processing of the application program is executed.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention as described above, even if an application program is conventionally created to operate based on key human data, the present information processing device; This makes it possible to provide a more comfortable man-machine interface.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an information control device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a processing chart of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a display screen on a display device, and FIG. 5 is an enlarged view thereof. FIG. 6 is an operational flowchart of the application program. 11: Control device 12: Internal storage device 13: External storage device 14: Display device 15: Mouse 16: Keyboard and above Applicant Seiko Epson Co., Ltd. Agent Patent attorney Kizobe Suzuki Ike-Kitsutsu 2 Figure N N+1 N+2 Figure 5 (Q) (b) Figure 6

Claims (1)

[Claims] A mouse handler unit stores a code of a character displayed at a mouse cursor display position on a display device in a key buffer; An information processing device comprising: an input/output system including a key input handler unit that extracts the code.