JPH0816559A - File editing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide an operating environment in which the same operations as when accessing a document in a built-in storage device can be performed when accessing a document in a file server. [Structure] A means for creating a document area in the file server, and a document area list for updating a document are displayed together with the document area in the storage device by the currently logged-in user name in the file server. A document area list display means for displaying both accessible document areas in the form of a list, and a means for distinguishing the location when the list is displayed are also provided. When an area is specified, a list of the document names in that document area is displayed, and a means to update the document by selecting the document should be provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of displaying a list of document areas in a storage device and a file server.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to access a file in a file server, first log in with a user name registered in the file server and connect to the file server to enable access to the file server. After that, enter the drive name of the file server and switch the drive to the file server side, or select the file server from the choice of whether to access the storage device or the file server. The user had to perform various operations.

[0003]

In the above prior art, when accessing a file in the file server, it is necessary to switch the target to the file server, so that the user wants to use the file in the file server. There was a problem that I had to be aware that

According to the present invention, when a list of document areas of a storage device is displayed, the document areas of file servers accessible by the current login name are also displayed in the list, and an arbitrary document area can be selected from the list. If specified, the document name list stored in the specified document area is displayed, and by selecting a document from the list, the document in the file server is the same as when accessing the document in the storage device. It is to provide an operating environment that can be operated.

[0005]

The above object is to divide an input device for inputting user request information and a storage device into several document areas, and to store files such as documents in each document area. The storage device and user name are registered in advance, and when the user logs in with the registered user name, the file server is connected to the file server and the file server connection processing unit that enables access to files in the file server is input from the input device. Input processing unit for passing the information to a processing unit requesting input, a document creation / editing processing unit for editing documents such as creation and proofreading, and a document update processing unit for reading out documents from the storage device and file server , A document area list display processing unit for displaying the document areas in the storage device in the form of a list, documents stored in the document area in the storage device A file editing apparatus including a control device including a document name list display processing unit for displaying a document name list and a display device for displaying a document name list, editing, processing results, etc. A document area setting unit for setting a document area is provided, and when the document area list of the storage device is displayed on the document area list display processing unit, of the document areas created by the document area setting unit, A process of displaying a list of document areas accessible by the logged-in user is also added to the document area list display process, and when the document area list is displayed, each document area stores Achieved by adding to the document area list display processing unit a process of performing a distinctive display for distinguishing whether it exists in the device or the file server It is.

[0006]

[Function] A list of the document areas in the storage device and the document areas in the file server that can be accessed by the currently logged-in user name is displayed for document updating, and when the document area is specified from the list, the The specified document can be updated by displaying the list of documents stored in the document area and specifying the document to be updated. As described above, since the document in the storage device or the file server can be accessed by the same operation, the document in the file server can be easily accessed without any knowledge of the file server.

Further, since the mark indicating the location of each document area is displayed when the document area list is displayed, the location of each document area can be easily visually recognized.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a file editing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention. The input device 1 for inputting characters such as a keyboard and commands inputs the codes of the characters and commands that have been input to the input analysis unit 2.

The control device 14 includes an input analysis unit 2, a general control unit 13, a document creation / edit processing unit 3, a document update processing unit 4, a document area list display processing unit 5, a document name list display processing unit 6, and a document. It is composed of an area setting processing unit 7, a file server connection processing unit 8, a display control unit 9, a file management unit 11 and the like, and also has a function of controlling the whole. The input analysis unit 2 receives the code from the input device 1, and receives the document creation / editing processing unit 3, the document area list display processing unit 5, the document name list display processing unit 6, the document area setting processing unit 7, and the file server connection processing. It is checked whether the code is requested by the unit 8 or the overall control unit 13, and only the requested code is passed to each processing unit.

The file management section 11 divides the storage device 12 built in the file editing apparatus into areas of the same size as the floppy disk and manages them as areas, and supports the area initialization macro function. When this macro is issued, each By writing the same management information as the document floppy in the area, the area in the storage device 12 can be handled in the same manner as the document floppy, and each processing unit can specify the number of the document area and the same as the document floppy. Get document name data,
Can read and write document data. Hereinafter, an area that can be handled in the same manner as a document floppy is referred to as a document area.

The overall control unit 13 performs overall control of each processing unit in the control device 14, for example, displays a work menu, and when the "new document" menu is selected, document creation / editing is performed. A new document creation process is performed by passing control to the processing unit 3, and when the "document update" menu is selected, control is passed to the document update processing unit 4 to perform document update processing. When the "document area setting" menu is selected, control is passed to the document area setting processing unit 7 to perform processing for setting the document area, and when the "file server connection" menu is selected, the file server is selected. By passing control to the connection processing unit 8, the file server 15 is made accessible to the file editing device.

When the control is passed, the document creation / editing processing section 3 performs processing for creating and editing a document in a normal word processor, and returns control to the overall control section 13 when the editing of the document is completed.

The processing of the document area setting processing unit 7 will be described in detail with reference to the processing flow of FIG.

When the control is passed, the document area setting processing section 7 first displays a media selection menu for selecting which of the storage device 12 and the file server 15 the document area is set (step 301), and the selection result is displayed. If it is determined (step 302) and the storage device 12 is selected, the document area list table 42 as shown in FIG. 4 is referred to and all areas in the storage device 12 as shown in FIG. 6 are listed. The document area setting screen displayed in the format is displayed (step 303).

The input information is judged (step 304), and if it is input information such as cursor movement or character input, input processing such as inputting a name in the area name input field is performed (step 305), and "execution" is performed. When the key is pressed, the entered name is set in the corresponding name item in the document area list table 42 (step 306), and the area initialization macro is issued to the file management unit 11 to document the target area. The area is set (step 307).

Further, in the file server 15, as shown in FIG. 7, a unique directory (for example, a directory called "JWP") is created in advance under the root directory, and the server document shown in FIG. 10 is further created under the directory. 0 in the number of document areas in the area management table 1001
A "CFIDX" file storing the data set with is created in advance.

When the file server 15 is selected, the server document area management table 1001 is read from the "CFIDX" file (step 308),
A document area name input screen as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed (step 309), input information is judged (step 310),
If it is input information such as character input, input processing such as name input, attribute specification (when a group name is specified as an attribute, a group name list is displayed and which group name is specified) Is performed (step 311), and when "execute" is pressed, the directory name "CFXXX"
(“XXX” is the server document area management table 1001.
The name obtained by converting the value of the number of document areas + 1 into a character code)
The name entered as is the server document area management table 10
01 and the document area number is increased by 1 (step 312), and the directory “JW” of the file server 15 is added.
Directory "CFXX" with the attributes specified under "P"
"X" is created (step 313), and "CFXX" is created.
Under the "X", the file "DFI
DX ”is created (step 314).

Here, the file "DFIDX" is the document name data, and the document name and directory "CFXXX".
The file management unit 11 is a file that stores table data that manages the relationship with the document data file created below. The file management unit 11 acquires the document name data in the document area in the file server 15 and the data for the document data. Since the read / write processing is performed by referring to this table data, it can be accessed from the document update processing unit 4 and the like as in the case of accessing the document area of the storage device 12.

Further, the data of the server document area management information table is written in the file "CFIDX" (step 315).

The processing of the file server connection processing unit 8 is shown in FIG.
This will be described in detail using the processing flow of.

When the control is passed, the file server connection processing unit 8 displays a user name input screen as shown in FIG. 8 to input the user name (step 501), and logs in with the input user name. File server 15
To access the file server 15 from the file editing device (step 502).

Further, the server document area management table 1001 is read from the file "CFIDX" under the directory "JWP" (step 503), and the directory under the directory "JWP" is searched (step 504). This search process cannot search files that cannot be accessed by the currently logged-in user name. This mechanism is a general file server mechanism. If the directory is found (step 5)
05), it is checked whether the name of the found directory exists in the directory name item of the server document area management table 1001 (step 506). If it does not exist, the next directory search is performed (step 50).
8) If it exists, the name and the attribute information of the directory are set in the document area list table 42, and the value of the list table number 41 is incremented by 1 (step 5
07). This process is repeated until no new directory is found, and the process ends when no new directory is found (step 509).

When the control is passed to the document update processing section 4,
The document area list display processing unit 5 is controlled to display a list of the document areas in the storage device 12 and the file server 15 as shown in FIG. 1, and the document area in which the document to be updated is stored is displayed. Let the user choose.

When the document area is selected, the document name list display processing unit 6 is controlled to display the document name list of the specified document area, and the user is allowed to select the document to be updated. Further, the selected document is read out, the overall control unit 13 is notified that the update is instructed, and the control is passed to the overall control unit 13. The overall control unit 13 passes control to the document creation / editing processing unit 3 together with the notification that the document creation / editing processing unit 3 is instructed to update.

The document creation / edit processing unit 3 edits the called document.

When the document area list display processing unit 5 receives control from the document update processing unit 4, the document area list table 42 stores the document areas in the storage device 12 and the file server 15 set in the table. All the document areas are displayed, the document area list as shown in FIG. 1 is displayed, the document area selection processing is performed, and when the selection processing is completed, control is passed to the document update processing unit 4.

Here, when displaying the document area list, for example, "*" is displayed before the name of the document area in the file server 15 whose location item is "server" in the document area list table 42. By adding "," it is possible to know that the area is the file server 15. It is also conceivable to display marks so that they can be distinguished according to the location and attribute of each document area.

When the document name list display processing unit 6 receives the control from the document update processing unit 4, it controls the file management unit 11 to store all the documents stored in the designated document area of the storage device 12. Information such as a document name is taken out, a document name list is displayed, a document selection process is performed, and when the selection process is completed, control is passed to the document update processing unit 4.

The display control unit 9 includes a document creation / editing processing unit 3,
The display data passed from the document update processing unit 4, the document name list display processing unit 6, and the overall control unit 13 is expanded into dot pattern data and displayed on the display device 10.

With the above configuration, the user can access the file server 15 by connecting to the file server, and by setting the document area, the storage device 12 and the file area in the file server 15 can be set. If is set, a list of the document areas of the file server 15 is displayed together with the document area of the storage device 12 when the document is updated, and when the target document area is specified,
A list of documents in the document area is displayed, and when a normal update operation of designating a document to be updated is performed, if the designated document area is the document area in the file server 15, The document can be updated.

As described above, the storage device 1 is operated by the normal update operation.
Since the document in the file server 15 can be updated in the same way as the document in 2, the special knowledge for updating the document in the file server 15 is not required. Further, when a list of document areas is displayed, if a mark indicating the location of the area is displayed, the location of each document area can be more easily understood in the list of document areas.

When the power of the file editing apparatus is turned on, if a user who can access only the document area whose attribute is "common" is automatically logged in to connect to the file server, the file server You can access file server documents without any knowledge.

[0033]

According to the present invention, once connected to the file server, a list of the document area of the storage device for updating the document and the document area of the file server accessible by the currently logged-in user name. Is displayed, and when a document area is specified from the list, a list of documents stored in the document area is displayed, and when the document to be updated is specified, the specified document can be updated. In this way, it is possible to access a document in either the storage device or the file server by the same operation. Therefore, it is possible to easily access the document of the file server without knowledge of the file server.

Further, since the mark indicating the location of each document area is displayed when the document area list is displayed, the location of each document area can be easily visually recognized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a document area list screen.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a file editing device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing flow of a document area setting processing unit.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a management table necessary for displaying a document area list.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a processing flow of a file server connection processing unit.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a document area setting screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a directory structure of a document area in the file server.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a user name input screen at the time of login.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a document area name input screen.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a table that manages the names of document areas in the file server.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Input device, 2 ... Input analysis part, 3 ... Document creation / editing processing part, 4 ... Document update processing part, 5 ... Document area list display processing part, 6 ... Document name list display processing part, 7 ... Document area Setting processing unit, 8 ... File server connection processing unit, 9 ... Display control unit, 10 ... Display device, 11 ... File management unit, 12 ...
Storage device, 13 ... Overall control unit, 14 ... Control device, 15 ...
File server, 41 ... List table number, 42 ... Document area list table, 1001 ... Server document area management table.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Koichi Sasaki 1-1-1, Higashitaga-cho, Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki Hitachi, Ltd. Information & Video Media Division

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An input device for inputting user request information, a storage device is divided into several document areas (partitions), and each document area stores a file such as a document, and a user name. If you log in with the registered user name and connect to the file server, you can access the files in the file server. Input processing unit to be passed to the requesting processing unit, document creation / editing processing unit for editing documents such as creation and proofreading, document update processing unit for reading documents from the storage device and file server, and in the storage device Document area list display processing unit for displaying the document areas of the list in the form of a list, and the document name list of the documents stored in the document area in the storage device In a file editing device including a control device configured to display a document name list display processing unit and a display device configured to display a document name list, editing, and processing results, a document area is set in a file server. When the document area list display processing unit displays a list of the document areas of the storage device, the user is currently logged in among the document areas created by the document area setting unit. A file editing apparatus, wherein a process of displaying a list of document areas accessible by a user name is also added to the document area list display process. 2. The file editing apparatus according to claim 1, when displaying a list of document areas, a distinction display for distinguishing whether each document area exists in the storage device or the file server. A file editing apparatus, wherein processing for performing the above is added to the document area list display processing unit.