JPH0452689A - Window-to-window display contents copying method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To copy an area between windows up to real screen size and to grasp an image after the copying by displaying information to be copied temporarily in a previously set subordinate window, and then copying the information to a copy destination at a time. CONSTITUTION:When an operator inputs a program start command through a command coordinate input device 1, a command coordinate input processing part 4 analyzes an screen area coordinate input that a program occupies and this program is transmitted to a program execution control part 6 and executed. At the same time, screen area coordinate are transmitted to a window control part 5 and the windows are set. Data are copied between the windows by following respective operation procedures of the setting of the subordinate window, window movement, and copying and respective operation commands are inputted from the device 1 and analyzed by the processing part 4 to transmit the setting and movement of the subordinate window to the control part 5 and the copying to a copying control part 9, so that those control parts perform the respective processes.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention provides a method for transmitting a plurality of processing results to a plurality of areas (
The present invention relates to an inter-window display content copying method for copying part of information displayed in one window to a predetermined area in another window in a multi-window computer system having a function of displaying information in windows (hereinafter referred to as windows).

[Conventional technology] This kind of conventional technology is, for example, 1 from Fuji Xerox.
"8083-JStar" published in June 988
11 Introductory Guide (Operation Part 1)'' is known.

FIG. 4(A) is a diagram for explaining a method of copying display contents between windows in such a conventional multi-window display.

In the figure, W, and w2 are windows for displaying processing results, and Wl is a frame for specifying partial information to be copied to window W2 from among the information displayed in window W. The range is determined by specifying the coordinates d□, d, and ' of the lower right corner. Further, Wl indicates an area where the information within the frame w1 is copied to the window W2 as a result of the copy instruction.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional method with the above configuration,
), when copying between large windows where windows W1 and W2 overlap, the frame w
There was a problem that the whole of 1 could not be seen.

Therefore, as a countermeasure for such cases, a method has been proposed in which window W2 is temporarily reduced so that the entire window W1 can be seen as window W,', as shown in FIG. 4(C). If this method is adopted, there is a problem that the entire image of the window W2 after copying cannot be grasped. Therefore, the present invention solves the above-mentioned difficulty in copying a large area and the problem that the image after copying cannot be grasped before copying. It is an object of the present invention to provide an inter-window display content copying method that solves each of the problems and has excellent operability.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides an inter-window display content copying method that includes setting a sub-window for displaying information to be copied;
The information to be copied in the copy source window is displayed in this subwindow, and then the information in this subwindow is copied to a predetermined area in the copy destination window.

[Operations] In the present invention, before copying the copy target information from the copy source window to the copy destination window, a subwindow that can display all of the copy target information is set in advance. Then, the information to be copied in the copy source window is once displayed in this sub-window, and then the information is transferred all together to the copy destination. This makes it possible to copy areas up to the actual screen size between windows.
Furthermore, it is possible to grasp the image after copying before copying.

Embodiment FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a computer system to which the present invention is applied.

The computer system includes a command coordinate input device 1, a processing device 2, and a display device 3.

The command monument input device 1 includes a command input section 1a used by an operator to input window processing commands, and a coordinate input section 1b used to input coordinates on the screen.

The processing device is composed of 4 to 13 components, 4 is a command coordinate input processing unit for analyzing input data from the command coordinate input unit w1 and transmitting commands to each control unit, and 5 is a window. 6 is a program execution control unit that controls the execution of multiple processes, 7 is a program execution unit, and 8 is a window control unit that sets sub-windows and moves windows. 9 is a copy control unit that copies information displayed in the subwindow to the copy destination window; 10 is a copy control unit that copies information for multiple programs to display on the screen; Display data memory to store, 11
12 is a screen control memory that stores control information for displaying a plurality of screen display information as a multi-window on one screen of the display device 3; A display control unit 13 edits the corresponding screen information, and 13 is an image memory that stores information to be displayed on the display device 3.

2 is a diagram showing the detailed configuration of the display data memory 10 and the screen control memory 11 shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the detailed configuration of the window control information. The control memories are configured to be associated with each other, and the window control information is configured by display screen coordinates, display data coordinates, display order number, display data number, and subwindow identification, as will be described later.

In the configuration shown in FIG. 1, when the operator inputs a program start command from the command coordinate input section N1, the command coordinate input processing section 4 analyzes the screen area coordinate input occupied by the program, and the program executes control. The information is transmitted to section 6 and execution is started. At the same time, the screen area coordinates are transmitted to the window control unit 5,
Window settings are made.

Copying data between windows is performed by the operator through the sub-window setting operation, window movement, and copy execution. Each operation command is input from the command coordinate input device 1 and analyzed by the command coordinate input processing section 4. Subwindow settings and window movement are transmitted to the window control section 5, and copying is transmitted to the copy control section 9, and processed by each control section.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are diagrams showing screen display examples according to the present invention, and the relationship between the screen display and the screen control memory will be explained in detail according to these display examples.

In the case of this embodiment, program 1 and program 2 exist in the program execution unit 7 shown in FIG. 1, and the real screen areas given to each are W r and W w, respectively, and between these windows, The data area W0 of the area W1 displayed in the sub-window Wd can be copied from the area W1 to the area W2.

FIG. 5(C) is a diagram showing the contents of the screen control memory 11 in such a state. Here, each item name shown in the figure will be explained.

First, the number of windows indicates the number including sub-windows. Next, the display screen coordinates in the window control information shown in FIG. 3 are the coordinates of the upper left corner and lower right corner of the window in a coordinate system whose origin is the upper left corner of the actual screen of the display device 3, and
In FIG. 5, they are written in capital letters. In addition, the display data coordinates are the coordinates of the upper left corner and lower right corner of the area corresponding to the real screen in the coordinate system whose origin is the virtual screen that the program inputs and outputs, that is, the upper left corner of the program display information. is written in lowercase letters.

In addition, the display order number indicates the processing order for transferring information to the image memory 13, and when a subwindow is set,
The subwindow has the highest number, followed by the copy destination window, then the copy source window, and so on.

Furthermore, the display data number indicates the program display information number to be displayed within the window. Finally, the subwindow identification is "1" in the case of subwindow control information.

FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of window setting control. This window setting is executed by the window control section 5 when the operator inputs a command from the command coordinate input device 1, which is transmitted to the window control section 5 via the command coordinate input processing section 4. First, when the number of windows is set (step 601), processing as shown in the first order of window control information indicated by the number of windows is performed.

That is, the designated coordinate values are set in the display screen coordinates (step 603), and then the display data coordinates are initialized (step 604).

Next, the display order number and display data number are set (step 605), the subwindow identification is set to 0 (step 606), and the window setting is completed. By executing these series of processes, the screen control memory 11 is updated. As a result, the display control unit 1 is operating asynchronously.
2, the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 is executed, and 1 display information is stored in the image memory 13 and displayed on the display device 3.

The flow of the display control unit 12 first performs the following processing for the number of windows.

First, data of the window portion is extracted from the corresponding program display information according to the display data number and display data coordinates (step 702).

Next, the area of the image memory corresponding to the display screen coordinates is cleared (step 703) - the data retrieved in step 702 is transferred to the area of the image memory cleared in step 7.3 (step 704).

The setting of the subwindow is set by the window control unit 5 in the eighth window.
The same process is performed by executing the subwindow setting control flowchart shown in the figure.

First, the number of windows is updated (step 801), and the following processing is performed on the window control information indicated by the number of windows.

First, set the coordinate values specified in the display screen coordinates (step 803), then calculate and set the display data coordinates (step 803).
Step 804). A flowchart for calculating display data coordinates is shown in FIG.

Next, the display order number and display data number are set to Wn, the display data number to Wn-2, and the subwindow identification to 1 (steps 805, 806, and 807).

Note that the calculation of the display data coordinates shown in step 804 involves calculating the difference between the display screen material of the subwindow and the display screen material of the window control information of W n -2 as shown in FIG. 9 (step 901). , Wn-2 and the difference at step 901, and the result is set as the display data coordinates of the subwindow (step 902).

Next, window movement is executed according to the window movement control flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the display screen coordinates of the window control information are updated with the specified window number and coordinates (step 100).
1). Next, the presence or absence of a subwindow setting is checked (step 1002), and if there is no subwindow setting, the process ends, but if there is, a check is made to see if the number of designated windows is the number of windows minus 1 ( Step 1003).

If they are equal, the display screen coordinates of the subwindow are updated by the amount of movement in step 1001 (step 1
004). If they are not equal, check whether the number of designated windows is equal to the number of windows minus 2 (step 1006); if they are not equal, the process is terminated; if they are equal, the process moves to step 1005).

Step 1005 is a display data coordinate calculation flow as shown in FIG. 9, in which the display data coordinates are calculated and set.

Finally, the data displayed in the subwindow is copied to the window W2, and this process is executed by the copy control section 9 according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, program display information is extracted using the display data number and display data coordinates of the window control information whose subwindow identification is 1 (step 1101). Next, the coordinates of the transfer destination program display information are calculated from the display data coordinates of the window control information of the number of windows minus 1 and the display screen coordinates of the subwindow (step 1102
), and then sets the data extracted in step 1101 to the program display information coordinate area calculated in step 1102 (step 1103).

This completes the copying, and the information in window W is copied to window W.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above in detail based on the embodiments, in the present invention, a sub-window is set in advance before copying,
Since the information to be transferred is displayed in advance in this sub-window and then copied using the transfer light, it is possible to copy between windows up to the actual screen size.

Furthermore, since it is possible to grasp the image after copying before copying, a device with excellent operability can be realized.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a computer system to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 shows a display data memory and a
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the detailed configuration of window control information, FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining copying using the conventional method, and FIG. 5 is a display example according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of window setting control according to the present invention; FIG.
8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the display control section, FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of subwindow setting control,
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Claims (1)

[Claims] In an inter-window display content copying method that sets a plurality of windows on the same screen and copies a part of information displayed in one window to a predetermined area in another window, the content should be copied. a first step of setting a sub-window for displaying information; a second step of displaying the copy target information in the copy source window in this sub window; and a step of displaying the copy target information displayed in the sub-window in the copy destination window. and a third step of copying to a predetermined area within the window.