JPH0581275A - Document creation device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] In a document creation device having a database function, it is possible to search for a database card having an item that has not been entered, and to improve card search efficiency. [Structure] For the database control unit 3, a database setting information memory 6 that stores item information of the database being input, a card data storage memory 7 that stores card data that has already been input and additionally registered, and a search that controls a card search The control unit 8, the search condition setting unit 9, and the search result storage buffer 10 are connected. The search condition setting unit 9 enables a search for uninput items to be set as a search condition. When a search for a non-input item is instructed as a search condition when searching for a created card, a setting mark for a non-input search is displayed in the search condition item column, and the search control unit 8 starts search control in response to a search execution instruction. , A card having a specified non-input item is searched for in the card data storage memory 7, the search result is stored in the buffer 10, and a list is displayed on the screen.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creating apparatus having a card type database creating function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a document creating apparatus (word processor) having a card type database creating function has been put into practical use. The function of this database is activated by original software. For example, by selecting a format from multiple types of samples and filling in the items, address book, business card management, customer management, member management, grade management, collection management You can easily create cards, ledgers, etc.

In addition, the card type database has a card search function and can search for an arbitrary card by inputting search conditions. When this card search is performed, conventionally, an item for which data has already been input is set as a search target, and after the search is completed, a list of setting items is displayed. In this list display, since the number of items is large, the display area of each item is limited to a few characters.

[0004]

When searching for a card as described above, conventionally only the items for which data has already been input are searched for, so that it is efficient for cards with unentered items. There is a problem that you cannot search. That is, when creating a card, most of the data may be input and only certain items may be input later. In such a case, if the already input items are used as the search target, the search will not be performed. Have difficulty.

Further, in the case of displaying a list of setting items in the card on the screen, conventionally, the contents of the items are fixedly displayed in a preset area of several characters, and therefore the number of recorded characters is large. Regarding the item, there was a problem that only the first few characters were displayed and the recorded contents could not be confirmed correctly.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and when a card search is performed, a non-input item can be set as a search condition, and a card having a non-input item can be searched efficiently. An object is to provide a producing device.

Further, the present invention provides a document creation apparatus capable of easily confirming all the recorded contents of an item whose number of recorded characters is large and only a part of the contents is displayed on a list display screen of search results and the like. The purpose is to

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

(1) According to the present invention, in a document creation device having a card type database function, a card data storage memory for storing card data created by the database function,
When searching for a created card, a search condition instructing means for instructing to search for unentered items as a search condition, and when this means is instructed to search for unentered items, this instruction is detected and the corresponding search condition on the screen A mark display means for displaying a setting mark of unentered search in the item column, a search condition setting section for storing the search condition instructed by the search condition instructing means, and the card data according to the search condition set in this setting section. And a search control means for searching the storage memory and displaying the search result.

(2) According to the present invention, in a document creation apparatus having a card type database function, a card data storage memory for storing card data created by the database function and the card data storage memory based on a search instruction. A search control means for searching and displaying a list of the searched item contents of the card in the set digit range, a search data storage means for storing the results searched by this means for each item, and a list display of the search results And a scroll control unit for reading the stored data of the designated item from the search data storage unit and scroll-displaying the data on the screen in accordance with the scroll instruction by this unit. It is characterized by.

[0010]

In the invention of (1), when a search for an unentered item is instructed as a search condition when searching for a created card, this instruction is detected and the unentered search is performed in the corresponding search condition item column on the screen. Display the setting mark. With this mark, it is possible to confirm the item for which the non-input search has been set. When the execution of the search is instructed after the above-mentioned search conditions are set, the search is started by the search control means, the card having the designated non-input item is searched, and the search result is displayed on the screen as a list.

Therefore, in the case of creating a card, when most of the data has been input and only a certain item is to be input later, it is possible to efficiently search for a card having the item that has not been input. ..

In the invention of (2), when an in-item scroll is instructed for an item in which a part of the set contents is displayed on the search result list display screen, the search data storage is performed in accordance with this instruction. The stored data of the designated item is read from the means and the character string following the character string displayed on the screen is displayed.

Therefore, on the list display screen, it is possible to easily confirm all the recorded contents by scrolling, even for an item in which only a part of the number of recorded characters is displayed.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (First embodiment)

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of a database function part of a document creating apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a keyboard, and character keys and keys
Equipped with a solkey, various function keys, etc., input data required for document creation, database creation, etc.
Input to the database control unit 3 via. The database control unit 3 sends the input data from the keyboard 1 or the result processed based on the input data to the display control unit 4 and displays it on the display device 5. The display device 5 is composed of, for example, an LCD.

The database control unit 3 is connected to a database setting information memory 6 for storing item information of the database being inputted, and a card data storage memory 7 for storing card data which has been inputted and additionally registered.
Are connected. Further, the database control unit 3 is connected to a search control unit 8 that controls a card search and a search condition setting unit 9 that sets search conditions. Furthermore, the search control unit 8
A search result storage buffer 10 for storing search results is connected to the. The search control unit 8 executes the card search according to the conditions set in the search condition setting unit 9. Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

When searching for a card, the card search is instructed in the operation mode of card operation. As a result, the search control unit 8 starts the control operation shown in the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step A1, the search condition input screen shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display device 5. in this case,
The display screen shows 40 characters per line and 20 lines per page as an example. On the first line, database creation items and processing contents, for example, "[Address book] card operation / search condition input" Is displayed, "condition [1, 2, 3]" is displayed on the second line, and three search conditions can be selected by the cursor 11. Also, after the third line, for example, "name",
While displaying search target items such as “sex” and “age”, an item column 12 for inputting search data is set in the corresponding line of each item, and a block cursor 13 is displayed in the first item column 12. In addition, a guide line 14 is provided at the bottom of the screen, and [select the item with the cursor, enter the search content,
Please press the Select execution key ”message is displayed. Further, on the screen, in the line above the guide line 14, [[function 1] + “1” setting end, “2” item condition deletion, “3” condition batch deletion, “4” unentered item Search]
Display the work content such as. This display indicates that the specified work is proceeded by the combination operation of the "function 1" key and the numerical keys.

When an arbitrary search condition item such as "name" is selected on the display screen (step A2), it is judged whether or not there is a search instruction for an uninput item, and there is no search instruction for an uninput item. When the content of the search condition item is input (step A4), the input content is displayed in the corresponding item column 12 as shown in FIG. Then, it is judged whether or not the condition setting is completed. If the condition setting is not completed, the process returns to step A3 to prepare for the next input. As described above, when the "search for unentered items" is not specified, the input data becomes the search target, and the specified search condition is set in the search condition setting unit 9.

Further, when it is desired to search for a non-input item of data, for example, to search for a card in which "address" is not input, move the block cursor 13 to the "address" item column as shown in FIG. After moving to 12, the "function 1" + "4" keys are operated to specify "search for unentered items". When this "search for unentered items" is specified, the process proceeds from step A3 to step A6, and as shown in FIG. 5, a mark 15 indicating that an unentered search is performed is displayed in the "address" item field 12. .. Then, data indicating that the content of the search condition item has not been input is set as the search condition setting unit 9
Set to. After that, the process proceeds to step A5, and it is determined whether or not the condition setting is completed. At this time, by operating the "function 1" + "1" key, the condition setting is completed and the search processing is started.

In this search processing, the search control unit 8 searches the stored data in the card data storage memory 7 based on the setting conditions of the search condition setting unit 9, and stores the search results in the search result storage buffer 10. As described above, when data is input in the “name” item and the “address” item is designated as “search for unentered item”, the search control unit 8 searches for the designated “name” card. At the same time, the item in which the item of “address” is not input is searched and stored in the search result storage buffer 10. Then, the search results stored in the search result storage buffer 10 are displayed as a list on the screen.

As described above, the items in which the card data is input and the items for which the data has not been input can be arbitrarily designated and searched, so that the card search for the uninput items can be easily performed. (Second embodiment)

In the second embodiment, the display characters in the item are scrolled on the search result list display screen, and it is constructed as shown in FIG. That is, the search control unit 8 is connected to the database control unit 3, and the scroll control unit 21 and the item character string buffer 22a are connected.
22n are connected. Each of the item character string buffers 22a to 22n has a capacity capable of storing display data for several lines on the screen, for example. The scroll control unit 21 has a function of reading the contents of the item character string buffers 22a to 22n in accordance with the operation of a specific key on the list display screen and scrolling the display contents of each item. In addition, the same parts as those in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. Given a search instruction,
The search control unit 8 executes the search process as described in the first embodiment, and displays the search result in the item character string buffers 22a-2.
2n, and a list is displayed as shown in FIG. 8 (step B1). In this state, the next key input is awaited (step B2). FIG. 8 shows an example in which three items of “name”, “address”, and “zip code” are displayed in a list when the card of “address book” is searched. in this case,
Since the number of display digits of each item is limited on the list display screen, the search control unit 8 causes the item character string buffers 22a to 22n to be displayed.
The data stored in is read out by a predetermined number of digits from the first digit and displayed. In this display example, since the data amount of “address” and “zip code” is small, all the data is displayed on the screen, but the data amount of “address” is large, so 3 of the recorded contents is displayed. Digit characters are displayed on the screen.

Then, the work contents are displayed on the lower part of the screen, for example, on the 17th to 19th lines, and the message "Please input the key to work" is displayed on the guide line 14.
If the cursor key is operated independently,
When the block cursor 13 is moved to scroll or move items, and when the "Function 1" key and the "←" or "→" cursor key are operated in combination, the display characters in the specified item should be scrolled left and right. Is shown.

When it is desired to confirm the entire contents of the "address" on the above display screen, the block cursor 13 is moved to the "address" item as shown in FIG. 9 by independently operating the "→" cursor key. .. After that, the "function 1" + "→" key is operated to instruct right scrolling within the item.

When the work contents are designated by the key operation on the above display screen, it is judged whether or not the key operation is a combination of the "function 1" key and the "←" or "→" cursor key ( In step B3), if it is not a combination operation, it is further determined whether or not the "end" key is pressed (step B4). When any key other than the "end" key is pressed, the process for that operation key is executed (step B).
Five ). For example, when the cursor key “→” is pressed alone on the screen of FIG. 8, the block cursor 1 is displayed as shown in FIG.
Move 3 from the "Name" item to the "Address" item on the right.

[Function 1] + [→] on the screen of FIG.
When the key is pressed, the result of the determination in step B3 is Yes, so the process proceeds to step B6, in which the scroll control unit 21 displays the character string displayed on the screen for all the cards of the item currently designated by the cursor 13. Is read from the corresponding buffer in the item character string buffers 22a to 22n and displayed as shown in FIG. When the "function 1" + "←" key is pressed, the previous character string in the designated item is displayed. Then, the process returns to step B2 to prepare for the next key input.

In the same way, the display contents can be scrolled by designating an arbitrary item. After that, when the "end" key is pressed, the operation of the "end" key is detected in step B4 and the list display processing is ended. As described above, on the list display screen, even if the number of display digits of each item is small, the contents of an arbitrary item can be confirmed by scrolling within the item.

[0030]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to set a search for a non-input item as a search condition when searching for a created card, and to respond when a search for a non-input item is instructed. In addition to displaying the setting mark of unentered search in the search condition item column, the search process is executed according to the search condition and the search results are displayed in a list. You can easily search and improve the efficiency of card search.

Further, according to the present invention, means for instructing in-item scrolling for an arbitrary item is provided on the search result list display screen, and when the in-item scrolling is instructed, the specified item is stored from the search data storage means. Since the data is read out and the character string following the character string displayed on the screen is displayed, it is easy to scroll all the recorded contents even for the items where only a part of the recorded contents is displayed. Can be confirmed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a document creation device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a search processing operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a search condition input screen.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a search condition input screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing display contents when setting unentered items on the search condition input screen.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a document creation device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an in-item scroll processing operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a search result list display screen.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing movement of selection items on a search result list display screen.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display screen for scrolling within an item.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Keyboard, 2 ... Input control part, 3 ... Database control part, 4 ... Display control part, 5 ... Display device, 6 ... Database setting information memory, 7 ... Card data storage memory, 8 ...
Search control unit, 9 ... Search condition setting unit, 10 ... Search result storage buffer, 11 ... Cursor, 12 ... Item column, 13 ... Block cursor, 14 ... Guide line, 15 ... Mark, 21 ...
Scroll control unit, 22a to 22n ... Item character string buffer.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A document creation apparatus having a card-type database function, a card data storage memory for storing card data created by the database function, and an instruction to search for an unentered item as a search condition when searching a created card. Search condition instructing means, and mark display means for detecting an instruction when a search for an unentered item is instructed by this means and displaying an unentered search setting mark in the corresponding search condition item column on the screen. A search condition setting unit that stores the search condition instructed by the search condition instructing means,
A document creating apparatus comprising: a search control unit that searches the card data storage memory according to the search condition set in the setting unit and displays a search result. 2. A document creation apparatus having a card type database function, wherein a card data storage memory for storing card data created by the database function and the card data storage memory are searched based on a search instruction and searched. Search control means for displaying a list of the card item contents on the screen within a set digit range, a search data storage means for storing the results searched by this means for each item, and an arbitrary item on the search result list display screen. A document comprising a scroll instruction means for instructing scrolling within an item, and a scroll control section for reading stored data of a specified item from the search data storage means and scroll-displaying it on a screen in accordance with a scroll instruction by this means. Creation device.