JPH0954573A - Information processing apparatus character string management method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] An object of the present invention is to provide a character string management method and an information processing system capable of supporting a plurality of different national languages by using one information processing apparatus. [Configuration] Character string data of a plurality of national languages are managed as a plurality of character string table files each corresponding to one of a plurality of national languages, and the information processing device reads the character string table file of the designated national language. . The ID numbers for identifying the character string data are divided into blocks at fixed intervals and are managed as a display ID number unit table. Further, the ID number for identifying the character string data is divided into screens and managed as a screen ID number unit table.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing system having a character string display function and a character string management method in the information processing system, and more particularly to an information processing system and a character string management for displaying various kinds of national languages. Regarding the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, an information processing apparatus having a character string display function has been used in the field of information processing, and a conventional information processing apparatus of this type holds character string data in a specific national language inside the apparatus. The character string data is used to display the character string on the display device.
Therefore, one information processing device can only control the display of a character string in a specific national language. Therefore, in the case where it is possible to display a variety of national languages, the information processing device is created for each national language.

[0003]

In the above prior art,
Since the national language (display national language) of the character string displayed on the display device is determined by the information processing device, it is possible to change the display national language for each display device connected to the information processing device, and It could not be displayed on the display device. Therefore, the conventional information processing device cannot display a character string in multiple languages on a display device connected to the device itself via a network or the like. Further, in the conventional information processing device, it is not possible to display the character strings of a plurality of national languages on a plurality of display devices corresponding to multiple languages by one device.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to display a character string in multiple languages on a display device and change the display language on the display device. (EN) Provided are a character string management method, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing system for executing such a character string management method.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a character string management method and an information processing system capable of supporting the display of a plurality of character strings in different languages using one information processing device.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a character string management method in which the character string determination time is short and the character string table file reading speed is high even when the character string display processing is performed in a plurality of different languages. To provide an information processing system.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a character string management method of the present invention comprises a program for the information processing device 3 shown in FIG. 1 and character string data for displaying characters. And the character string data is separated from the information processing device 3 as the character string table file 1 or 2 and managed.

In the character string management method of the present invention, the program for the information processing device 3 and the character string data of a plurality of different national languages are separated, and the character string data of a plurality of different national languages are respectively different from each other. The information processing device 3 is managed as a plurality of character string table files 1 and 2 corresponding to one of the character string table files 1 and 2, and the information processing device 3 reads the character string table file 1 or 2 of the designated national language. The ID numbers for identifying the character string data are divided into blocks at fixed intervals and can be managed as a display ID number unit table. Moreover, the ID number for identifying the character string data can be divided into blocks for each screen and managed as a screen ID number unit table. Further, the character string and the display ID number or the screen ID number that are blocked can be managed by the character string address.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the information processing system of the present invention includes a character processed by the information processing device 3 shown in FIG. 1 and the information processing device 3 separated from the information processing device 3. It is characterized by having a character string table file 1 or 2 for managing column data. The information processing system of the present invention includes an information processing device 3 and
A plurality of character string table files 1 and 2 for managing the character string data processed by the information processing device 3 separated from the information processing device 3 are provided.
And 2 manage character string data of different languages,
The information processing device 3 reads the character string table files 1 and 2 of the designated national language from the character strings of different national languages.

The information processing system of the present invention may have a display ID number unit table storage device which manages a display ID number unit table by dividing the ID number for identifying the character string data into blocks and dividing the block at regular intervals. . Further, it is possible to have a screen ID number unit table storage device that blocks the ID number for identifying the character string data in screen units and manages it as a screen ID number unit table. Further, it may have a character string address table storage device that manages the blocked display ID number unit table or screen ID number unit table by the ID number and the character string address.

The information processing system of the present invention is shown in FIG.
It may have a character string table file creating device 7 as shown in FIG. The character string table creation device 7 reads character string data from the character string table source files 5 and 6 of one or a plurality of national languages and creates the character string table files 1 and 2 of one or a plurality of national languages. The character string table file creation device 7 divides the ID numbers for identifying the character string data into blocks at regular intervals and stores them as display ID number unit tables in the display ID number unit table storage device to store the character string data. , The display ID number unit table is managed by the blocked ID number and the character string address. Also,
The character string table creation device 7 blocks the ID number for identifying the character string data in screen units, and
IDs stored in the screen ID number unit table storage device as the number unit table, and the character string data are blocked as the screen ID number unit table.
It is managed by numbers and character string addresses.

In the character string management method or information processing system of the present invention, the program for the information processing device 3 and the character string data for character display are managed separately. The character string table file 1 or 2 that manages the character string data is separated from the information processing device 3, and is specified when the character string table file 1 or 2 corresponding to the language displayed on the display device 4 is specified. The character string data is read from the character string table file to the information processing device 3 and the display operation is performed.

Further, the character string data of a plurality of different national languages are managed as a plurality of character string table files 1 and 2, respectively, and the character string table file of the designated national language is specified according to the designation of the national language of the displayed character string data. 1 or 2 is read into the information processing device 3. When the character string table file creation device 7 divides the ID numbers for identifying the character string data into blocks and manages them as a display ID number unit table and reads the display character string data. Reading is performed for each unit, and high-speed processing is performed.
Further, the ID number for identifying the character string data is divided into screens and managed as a screen ID number unit table, and the character string data is read in a screen unit and a high-speed process is performed. The block-shaped display ID number unit table or screen ID number unit table is managed by the ID number and the character string address.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an information processing system that is an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, this information processing system includes a Japanese character string table file 1 for managing a Japanese character string table, an English character string table file 2 for managing an English character string table, and a Japanese character string. An information processing device 3 that reads the table file 1 or the English character string table file 2 and performs a character string display process in Japanese or English; and a display device 4 that displays the character string under the control of the information processing device 3. Is equipped with. In FIG. 1, the character string table file to be read is the Japanese character string table file 1 or the English character string table file 2, but it is also possible to read the character string table file of a language other than these. it can.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a character string table file creating device 7 for creating the Japanese character string table file 1 and the English character string table file 2 shown in FIG. The character string table file creating device 7 reads the Japanese character string table source file 5 and the English character string table source file 6 and refers to the contents of these files 5 and 6 to read the Japanese character string table file 1 and the English character string table file. Create and output the character string table file 2. In FIG. 2 as well, the character string table file to be read is the Japanese character string table file 1 or the English character string table file 2, but a character string table file of a language other than these may be read. it can.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the character string table file creating device 7. The character string table file creating device 7 includes a character string table source file reading unit 11, a character string table file creating unit 21, a table type storage device 12, a display start address table storage device 13, and a display ID number. A unit table storage device 14, a display character string address table storage device 15, a display character string table storage device 16, a screen start address table storage device 17,
A screen ID number unit table storage device 18, a screen character string address table storage device 19, and a screen character string table storage device 20 are provided.

The character string table source file reading unit 11 reads the Japanese character string table source file 5 or the English character string table file 6. Then, the table type in the read Japanese character string table source file 5 is stored in the table type storage device 12. Further, the display start address table is stored in the display start address table storage device 13, the display ID number unit table is stored in the display ID number unit table storage device 14, and the display character string address table is displayed. Stored in the column address table storage device 15,
The display character string table is stored in the display character string table storage device 16, the screen start address table is stored in the screen start address table storage device 17, and the screen ID is stored.
The number unit table is stored in the screen ID number unit table storage device 18, the screen character string address table is stored in the screen character string address table storage device 19, and the screen character string table is stored in the screen character string table storage device. It stores in 20. Character string table file creation part 2
1 creates a Japanese character string table file 1 or an English character string table file 2 using the information stored in the storage device 12-20.

In the character string table source file 5, each character string is provided with an ID number, and the character string table source file reading unit 11 divides this ID number into blocks at fixed intervals to display an ID. It is stored in the display ID number unit table storage device 14 as a number unit table. Further, the character string table source file reading unit 11 divides the ID number into blocks for each screen unit when the character string is displayed, and stores the ID number in the screen ID number unit table storage device 18 as a screen ID number unit table. The display character string includes the display ID number stored in the display ID number unit table 14 as a block as described above, and the display character string address stored in the display character string address table storage device 15. Managed by. On the other hand, the screen character string is
It is managed by the screen ID number stored in the screen ID number unit table 18 as a block as described above and the screen character string address stored in the screen character string address table storage device 19.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the information processing device 3 shown in FIG. This information processing device 3
Is a character string table file reading unit 31, a character string extracting unit 41, a character string display unit 42, a display start address table storage device 32, a display ID number unit table storage device 33, and a display character string. Address table storage device 34 and display character string table storage device 3
5, a screen head address table storage device 36, a screen ID number unit table storage device 37, a screen character string address table storage device 38, a screen character string table storage device 39, and an ID number registration total counter Four
It has 0 and.

The character string table file reading unit 31 reads the Japanese character string table file 1. Then, the display start address table in the read Japanese character string table file 1 is stored in the display start address table storage device 32. The display ID number unit table is stored in the display ID number unit table storage device 33, the display character string address table is stored in the display character string address table storage device 34, and the display character string table is displayed. The screen start address table is stored in the screen start address table storage device 36, and the screen ID number unit table is stored in the screen ID number unit table storage device 37. The character string address table is stored in the screen character string address table storage device 38, and the screen character string table is stored in the screen character string table storage device 3.
9 is stored. Also, the total ID number registration counter 40
Counts the total number of registered ID numbers. The character string extracting unit 41 extracts a character string using the information stored in the storage devices 32-39 and the total number of registered ID numbers, and requests the character string display unit 42 to display this character string. The character string display unit 42 displays the requested character string on the display device 4.

In the display ID number unit table stored in the display ID number unit table storage device 33, the display ID numbers are divided into blocks, and the display character string in the display character string table storage device 35 is Is managed by the blocked display ID number and the display character string address stored in the display character string address table storage device 34. In addition, the screen ID stored in the screen ID number unit table storage device 37
In the number unit table, the display ID number is blocked for each display screen, and the screen character string in the screen character string table storage device 39 is the block screen ID number and the screen character. It is managed by the screen character string address stored in the column address table storage device 38.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a description example of the Japanese character string table source file 5 or the English character string table source file 6 of FIG. The character string table source file shown in FIG. 5 has a table type (data type).
51, a display ID number 52, a display character string 53, a screen number 54, a screen ID number 55, and a screen character string 5
6 is described. The table type 51 shown here includes “string” and “popup”, and the display character string table is “string” and the screen character string table is “popu”.
Each display character string 53 is associated with a display ID number 52, and the display character string 53 is processed using this display ID number 52. In the column 56, the screen number 54 and the screen ID number 55
Are associated with each other, and the screen character string 56 is processed using the screen number 54 and the screen ID number 55.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the structure of the character string table files 1 and 2. This string table file is
Start address storage area 61 of display ID number unit table, size storage area 62 of display ID number unit table, start address storage area 63 of display character string address table, and size storage of display character string address table Area 64, display character string table start address storage area 65, display character string table size storage area 66, screen ID number unit table start address storage area 67, and screen ID number unit table A size storage area 68, a start address storage area 69 of the screen character string address table, a size storage area 70 of the screen character string address table, a start address storage area 71 of the screen character string table, and a screen character string Table size storage area 72 and display character string table storage area 7 When, a displaying character string address table storage area 74, and the display ID number unit table storage area 75, a screen for the string table storage area 76, a screen for a string address table storage area 77, a screen for I
And a D number unit table storage area 78.

As shown in FIG. 7, the display head address table memory devices 13 and 32 are IDs indicating the head positions of the ID number unit tables stored in the display ID number unit table memory devices 14 and 33, respectively. The number unit table start address 81, the character string address table start address 82 indicating the start position of the character string address table stored in the display character string address table storage devices 15 and 34, and the display character string table storage device 16. And a character string table start address 83 indicating the start position of the character string table stored in 35.

As shown in FIG. 8, the display ID number unit table storage devices 14 and 33 store the total number 84 of ID numbers that indicate how many ID numbers are registered in one block, and this block. The character string address table head (relative) address 85 indicating the position from the head in the display character string address table is stored.
As shown in FIG. 8, inside the display ID number unit table storage devices 14 and 33, the ID number is managed by dividing each block with 256 numbers as one block, and the corresponding character string address table head. It is managed together with the relative address.

Display character string address table storage device 1
As shown in FIG. 9, 5 and 34 store an ID number 86 for identifying a character string and a character string address 87 indicating a storage position of the character string. Within the display character string address table storage devices 15 and 34, each character string address is managed together with the corresponding ID number.

As shown in FIG. 10, the display character string table storage device 16 stores a table size 88 indicating the size of one table, a character string 89 read from the character string table source file 5 or 6, and finally, , And the next character string table start address 90 for knowing the start position of the next character string table. The display character string table storage device 35 stores only the character string 89.

Screen top address table storage device 17
11, and 36, as shown in FIG. 11, an ID number unit table start address 91 indicating the start position of the screen ID number unit table stored in the screen ID number unit table storage devices 18 and 37, respectively, and a screen character string. A character string address table start address 92 indicating the start position of the screen character string address table stored in the address table storage devices 19 and 38, and a start position of the character string table stored in the screen character string table storage devices 20 and 39. Character string table start address 93 indicating

As shown in FIG. 12, the screen ID number unit table storage devices 18 and 37 store a screen ID number 94 for specifying a display screen and a screen character string defined by the screen ID number 94. A total number of registered ID numbers 95 indicating how many ID numbers are registered in the block and a character string address table head relative address 96 indicating a position from the head in the character string address table of this block are stored. . As shown in FIG. 12, in the display ID number unit table storage device, the total number of registered ID numbers and the relative address at the beginning of the character string address table are managed in blocks for each screen using the screen ID number that identifies the screen. To be done.

Screen character string address table storage device 1
As shown in FIG. 13, 9 and 38 store an ID number 97 for identifying the screen character string and a character string address 98 indicating the position of the screen character string corresponding to this ID number 97. As shown in FIG. 13, each character string address is managed together with the corresponding ID number.

As shown in FIG. 14, the screen character string table storage device 20 has a table size 99 indicating one size of the table, a character string 100 read from the character string table source file 5 or 6, and a final character string. Then, the next character string table start address 101 indicating the start position of the next character string table is stored. The display character string table storage device 39 stores only the character string 100.

FIG. 15 shows a display example of a character string. As shown in this figure, the screen character string 56 in the character string table source files 5 and 6 of FIG. 5 is edited for each screen based on the screen number 54 by the character string table file creating device 7 and the character string table is created. After being stored in the files 1 and 2, it is read by the information processing device 3 and then displayed on the display device 4 by the character string display unit 42. Further, the display character string 53 with the ID number corresponding to the displayed screen character string 56 is also stored in the character string table files 1 and 2 by the character string table file creating device 7,
It is read by the information processing device 3, and is displayed on the display device 4 in association with the screen character string 56 by the character string display unit 42.

The operation of the character string table file creating device 7 described above will be described below. FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the operation of the character string table source file reading unit 11 shown in FIG. First, the display start address table is stored in the display start address table storage device 13.
(S101), and the display ID number unit table is then displayed.
(S102), the screen start address table is created in the screen start address table storage device 17 (S102).
103), the screen ID number unit table to the screen I
Created in the D number unit table storage device 18 (S1
04). Next, read one line of data from the beginning of the Japanese or English character string table source file 5 or 6 (S105), determine whether the data is the table type 51 (S106), and in the case of the table type 51 (S106, YES), the table type 51 is stored in the table type storage device 12 (S107). If the data indicates other than the table type (S106, NO), it is determined what the table type stored in the table type storage device 12 is (S108). If the table type indicates the display table, it will be described later. If the table type indicates the screen table, the process for adding to the display table is performed (S109), and the process for adding to the screen table described later is performed (S110). Next, it is determined whether or not data exists in the character string table source file (S111), and if there is data, S105 to S110.
The above operation is repeated, and if there is no data in the character string table source file, the operation ends.

FIG. 17 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the addition processing S109 to the display table in FIG. First, it is determined whether or not a storage area remains in the display character string table storage device 16 (S201). If the storage area remains, step S20 described below will be performed.
If the storage area does not remain, a new display character string table storage device 16 is secured (S20).
2). Next, it is determined whether or not the character string table head address 83 is stored in the display head address table storage device 13 (S203), and if not stored (S203, YES), the display head address secured in step S202 is displayed. The character string table start address 83 is stored in the start address table storage device 13 (S204). On the other hand, if it has already been stored (S203, NO), the next character string table start address 90 secured in the display character string table previously created in the display character string table storage device 16 is displayed. It is stored in the head address table storage device 13 (S205).

Next, it is determined whether or not a block for the display ID number 52 exists in the display ID number unit table storage device (S206). If it exists (S206, YES), the process proceeds to step S209 to be described later, and if it does not exist (S206, NO), the display character string address table storage device 15 is newly secured (S207), and the display ID number. The head (relative) address 85 of the character string address table created in the newly secured display character string address table storage device 15 is stored in the unit table storage device 14 (S208).
Next, the character string 53 is stored in the display character string table storage device 16.
Is stored (S209), the size of the character string of the character string 53 is added to the table size 88 of the display character string table storage device (S210), and the ID number 86 and the above are stored in the display character string address table storage device 15. As the storage address of the character string 53 in the display character string table, the relative address 87 in the table is stored (S211), and the ID in the display ID number unit table storage device 14 is stored.
The registration total number 84 of the ID numbers of the blocks to which the number 86 belongs is incremented (S212).

FIG. 18 shows step S110 of FIG.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an addition process to the screen table of FIG. First, it is determined whether a storage area remains in the screen character string table storage device 20 (S301). If the storage area remains (S301, YES), the process proceeds to step S306 described later, and if not (S301, NO), a new screen character string table storage device 20 is secured (S302). . Next, it is determined whether or not the character string table head address 93 is stored in the screen head address table storage device 17 (S303), and if not stored (S303, YES), the screen head address table storage device is stored. The character string table start address 93 is stored in 17 (S304). On the other hand, if it is stored (S303, NO), the next character string table start address 101 secured in the screen character string table created in the screen character string table storage device 20 last time is stored ( S305).

Next, it is determined whether or not the screen ID number 54 exists in the screen ID number unit table storage device 18 (S306). Then, when the screen ID number 54 exists (S306, YES), the step S30 described below will be performed.
9. If it does not exist (S306, NO), the screen character string address table storage device 19 is newly secured (S307), and the newly secured screen is stored in the screen ID number unit table storage device 18. The leading address 96 of the character string address table created in the character string address table storage device 18 is stored (S308). next,
The screen character string table storage device 20 stores the screen character string 56.
(S309), the size of the character string 56 is added to the table size 99 of the screen character string table storage device 20 (S310), and the ID of the screen character string 56 is stored in the screen character string address table storage device 19. The number 97 and its storage position in the character string table are stored by the relative address 98 (S311), and the ID belonging to the screen ID number 54 in the screen ID number unit table storage device 18 is stored.
The registration total number 95 of the number 55 is incremented (S31
2).

19 and 20 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the character string table file creating section 21. As shown in FIG. 19, the character string table file creation unit 21 first acquires the character string table start address 83 from the display start address table storage device 13 (S 401), and stores it in the display character string table storage device 16. The data (character string 89) is written in the display character string table storage area 73 of the character string table file 1 (S40).
2). Next, it is determined whether or not the next character string table start address 90 exists in the display character string table (S
403), if there is (S403, YES), the next character string table start address 90 is acquired from the display character string table (S404), and the process of step S402 is executed. If the next character string table start address 90 does not exist in the display character string table (S403,
No), the start address and size of the display character string table written in the display character string table storage area 73 in step S402 are acquired (S405), and the start address and size of the display character string table are set to a character string. Writing is performed in the head address storage area 65 and the size storage area 66 of the display character string table of the table file 1 (S406). Next, the start (relative) address 85 of the character string address table is acquired from the display ID number unit table storage device 14 (S407), and the display character string address table storage device 15 specified thereby is acquired.
Data (ID number 86 and character string address 87) is written in the display character string address table storage area 74 of the character string table file 1 (S408), and the start address of the character string address table of the display ID number unit table is set to Display character string address table storage area 74
The address is changed to the relative address within (S409).

Next, it is judged whether or not the next display character string address table start address exists in the display ID number unit table (S410), and if it exists (S41).
0, YES), and the processes of S407 to S408 are repeated. If not present (S410, NO), the start address and size of the display character string address table written in the display character string address table storage area 74 in step S408 are acquired (S411), and the acquired display character is acquired. The start address and size of the column address table are written in the start address storage area 63 and the size storage area 64 of the display character string address table of the character string table file 1 (S412). Next, the ID number unit table start address 81 is acquired from the display start address table storage device 13 (S413),
All the data in the display ID number unit table storage device 14 is written in the display ID number unit table storage area 75 of the character string table file 1 (S414), and the start address and size of this display ID number unit table storage area 75 are set. Is acquired (S415), and the start address and size thereof are written in the start address storage area 61 and the size storage area 62 of the ID number unit table of the character string table file 1 (S416).

Similar processing is performed for the screen table storage device. That is, as shown in FIG. 20, the character string table file creation unit 21 first acquires the character string table start address 93 from the screen start address table storage device 17 (S401 ′), and stores the screen character string table storage. The data (character string 100) of the device 20 is stored in the character string table storage area 76 for the screen of the character string table file 1.
(S402 '). Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the next character string table start address 101 exists in the screen character string table (S403 '), and if it exists (S403', YES), the next character string table is searched from the screen character string table. Obtain the start address 101 of the character string table (S
404 '), and the process of step S402' is executed. If the next character string table start address 101 does not exist in the screen character string table (S403 ', NO), the start address of the screen character string table written in the screen character string table storage area 76 in step S402'. And the size (S405 '), and the start address and size of the screen character string table are written to the start address storage area 71 and the size storage area 72 of the screen character string table of the character string table file 1 (S).
406 '). Next, the beginning (relative) address 96 of the character string address table is acquired from the screen ID number unit table storage device 18 (S407 '), and the data (ID number) of the screen character string address table storage device 19 specified thereby is acquired. 97 and the character string address 98) to the screen character string address table storage area 77 of the character string table file 1 (S408 '), and the start address of the character string address table of the screen ID number unit table is set to the screen character string. The address is changed to the relative address in the address table storage area 77 (S409 ').

Next, it is judged whether or not the next screen character string address table start address exists in the screen ID number unit table (S410 '), and if it exists (S4).
10 ', YES), and the processes of S407' to S408 'are repeated. If it does not exist (S410 ', N
O), the start address and size of the screen character string address table written in the screen character string address table storage area 77 in step S408 'are acquired (S).
411 ′), and the obtained start address and size of the screen character string address table are respectively written into the start address storage area 69 and the size storage area 70 of the screen character string address table of the character string table file 1 (S4).
12 '). Next, the ID number unit table start address 91 is acquired from the screen start address table storage device 17 (S413 '), and all the data in the screen ID number unit table storage device 18 is stored in the character string table file 1
Of the screen ID number unit table storage area 78 (S414 '), the start address and size of this screen ID number unit table storage area 78 are acquired (S415'), and the start address and size are character strings. The screen ID number unit table of the table file 1 is written in the head address storage area 67 and the size storage area 68 (S416 ').

The above is the character string table file creating device 7
With the above operation, the character string table file for each national language is created based on the character string table source file for each national language.

FIG. 21 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the character string table file reading section 31 shown in FIG. The character string table file reading unit 31 first acquires the display language from the screen information (S501), determines whether the display language is Japanese or English (S502), and when the display language is Japanese, reads the character string. The table file is confirmed as the Japanese character string table file 1 (S50
3) If the display language is English, the character string table file to be read is fixed to the English character string table file 2 (S504). Next, the size of each table in the determined character string table file is acquired (S505).
Specifically, the display ID from the display ID number unit table size storage area 62 of the character string table file is displayed.
The size of the number unit table is acquired, the size of the display character string address table is acquired from the size storage area 64 of the display character string address table, and the size of the display character string table is acquired from the size storage area 66 of the display character string table. The size is acquired, the size of the screen ID number unit table is acquired from the size storage area 68 of the screen ID number unit table, and the size of the screen character string address table is acquired from the size storage area 70 of the screen character string address table. Then, the size of the screen character string table is acquired from the screen character string table size storage area 72.

Next, the display ID number unit table storage device 33 is secured using the size of the display ID number unit table secured as described above (S506), and is secured in the display head address table storage device 32. I in the display ID number unit table storage device 33
The start address 81 of the D number unit table is stored (S507), and the display I number read from the display ID number unit table storage area 75 of the character string table file 1 is stored in the display ID number unit table storage device 33.
The D number unit table 75 is stored (S508).
Next, using the size of the display character string address table secured as described above, the display character string address table storage device 34 is secured (S509), and the secured display is stored in the display head address table storage device 32. The beginning address 82 of the character string address table in the character string address table storage device 34 is stored (S510), and the display character string address table storage device 34 displays the read character string address table storage area 74 for display. The character string address table 74 is stored (S511). Next, the display character string table storage device 35 is secured (S5
12), the head address 83 of the character string table in the reserved display character string table storage device 35 is stored in the display head address table storage device 32 (S513),
The display character string table 73 read from the display character string table storage area 73 is stored in the display character string table storage device 35 (S514).

Next, the screen ID number unit table storage device 36 is secured (S515), and the head of the ID number unit table in the secured screen ID number unit table storage device 36 is stored in the screen leading address table storage device 36. The address 91 is stored (S516), and the screen ID number unit table storage device 37 stores the display I
The display ID number unit table 78 read from the D number unit table storage area 78 is stored (S51).
7). Next, the screen character string address table storage device 3
8 is secured (S518), the leading address 92 of the character string address table in the secured screen character string address table storage device 38 is stored in the screen leading address table storage device 36 (S519), and the screen character string address is stored. The screen character string address table 77 read from the screen character string address table storage area 77 is stored in the table storage device 38 (S520). Next, the screen character string table storage device 39 is secured (S521), and the head address 93 of the character string table in the secured screen character string table storage device 39 is stored in the screen leading address table storage device 36 ( (S522), the screen character string table 76 read from the screen character string table storage area 76 is stored in the screen character string table storage device 39 (S523), and the operation ends.

22 and 23 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the character string extracting unit 41 of FIG. FIG.
23 shows the process of taking out the display character string, and the flow chart of FIG. 23 shows the process of taking out the screen character string.

In the operation of fetching the display character string shown in FIG. 22, first, when the character string corresponding to the designated ID number for display is to be taken out, the head of the display ID number unit table is displayed from the display head address table storage device 32. The real address 81 is acquired (S601), and the total number of registrations 84 of blocks to which the specified ID number belongs from the display ID number unit table storage device 33 and the head relative address 85 of the display character string address table storage device are acquired. (S602). Then, the total number of registrations 84 is stored in the total number of registrations counter 40 (S602). Next, the position of the ID number 86 in the display character string address table storage device 34 specified by the character string address table start address 82 and the start relative address 85 of the display start address table storage device 32 which is the real address. I
It is determined as the D search start position (S603). Next, it is determined whether the specified ID number and the specified ID number in the display character string address table storage device 34 are the same (S604). If they are the same, the display character string address table storage device 34 is determined. From the character string table relative address 87 (S605) and the character string (relative) address 87 corresponding to the specified ID number and the character string table start address 83 of the start address table storage device 32. 89 is retrieved from the character string table storage device 35 (S606). If the ID number designated in step S604 and the ID number in the display character string address table storage device 34 are not the same, the registration number counter is decremented (S60
7) Then, it is judged whether the total registration counter is 0 (S
608), if other than 0, S604 to S608 are repeated. In the case of 0, it means that the search for the designated ID number is completed, and the operation is completed.

In the screen character string fetching operation of FIG. 23, when the character string corresponding to the designated screen number and ID number for the screen is fetched, the screen ID number unit table head address is stored from the screen head address table storage device 36. 91 is acquired (S701), and the total number 95 of registered ID numbers for the screen number 94 specified from the screen ID number unit table storage device 37 and the head relative address 96 of the screen character string address table are acquired (S70).
2) The total number of registrations 95 is stored in the total number of registrations counter 40 (S702). Next, the position in the screen character string address table storage device 38 specified by the character string address table start address 92 and the start relative address 96 of the screen start address table storage device 36 is set to an ID.
The search start position is determined (S703). next,
It is determined whether the specified ID number and the specified ID number 97 in the screen character string address table storage device 38 are the same (S704). If they are the same, the characters in the screen character string address table storage device 38 are determined. Column relative address 9
8 is acquired (S705), and the screen character of the screen character string corresponding to the specified ID number is determined from the character string table start address 93 of the screen start address table storage device 36 and the character string relative address 98. The storage position in the column table is obtained, and the screen character string table storage device 39
The character string 100 corresponding to the specified ID number is taken out from (S706). On the other hand, in step S704,
If the specified ID number and the ID number 97 in the screen character string address table storage device 38 are not the same,
The registration total number counter 40 is decremented (S707),
Next, it is judged whether the total registration counter 40 is 0 (S7
07), otherwise S704 to S708 are repeated. If 0 means that the search for the specified ID number has been completed, the operation ends.

The character string extracted by the operation of the character string extracting unit 41 is displayed on the display device 4 by the character string display unit 42. This display example is shown in FIG. 15 described above.

In the above description, the case of handling a Japanese character string and an English character string has been described, but other national languages can be handled in the same way, and it is also possible to support multiple national languages at once. Is.

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According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. 1. Since the character string data is managed as an external file of the information processing device, one information processing device can support multiple languages. 2. By managing the character string table for each block, there is no great difference in the speed until the character string to be acquired is determined. 3. By managing the character string table with relative addresses, the reading speed of the character string table file becomes faster. 4. Since the character string table file is held by a plurality of storage devices in the information processing device and the character string is taken out from this storage device, the reading speed of the character string table file and the display speed of the character string are increased. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an information processing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a character string table file creating device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a character table file creation device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a description example of a table source file according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a structural diagram of a character string table file according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a structural diagram of a display head address table storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a structural diagram of a display ID number unit table storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a structural diagram of a display character string address table storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a structural diagram of a display character string table storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a structural diagram of a screen top address table storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a structural diagram of a screen ID number unit table storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a structural diagram of a screen character string address table storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a structural diagram of a screen character string table storage device according to the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a display example of a character string according to the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an operation of a character string table source file reading unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a process of adding to the display table according to the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a process of adding to the screen table according to the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the operation of the character string table file creating unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the operation of the character string table file reading unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the operation of the character string table file reading unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the operation of the display character string extracting unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the operation of the screen character string extracting unit according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Japanese character string table file 2 English character string table file 3 Information processing device 4 Display device 5 Japanese character string table source file 6 English character string table source file 7 Character string table file creating device 11 Character string table source file reading unit 12 table type storage device 13 display start address table storage device 14 display ID number unit table storage device 15 display character string address table storage device 16 display character string table storage device 17 screen top address table storage device 18 screen ID number unit table storage device 19 screen character string address table storage device 20 screen character string table storage device 21 character string table file creation unit

Claims (21)

[Claims] 1. A character string management method for character display using an information processing apparatus, wherein a program for executing character display processing in the information processing apparatus and character string data for the character display are separated. A character string management method, wherein the character string data is managed as a character string table file separately from the information processing apparatus. 2. A character string management method for character display using an information processing apparatus, wherein a program for executing character display processing in the information processing apparatus is separated from character string data of a plurality of different national languages. A character string management method, wherein character string data of a plurality of different national languages are managed as a plurality of character string table files respectively corresponding to one of the plurality of different national languages. 3. An ID for identifying the character string data
Numbers are divided into blocks at regular intervals and displayed as I
The character string management method according to claim 1, which is managed as a D number unit table. 4. The character string data is managed by an ID number and a character string address stored in a block in the display ID number unit table.
The character string management method according to claim 3. 5. An ID for identifying the character string data
The character string management method according to claim 1, wherein the number is managed by a screen ID number unit table in which the numbers are divided into blocks and stored. 6. The character string management according to claim 5, wherein the character string data is managed by an ID number and a character string address stored in a block in the screen ID number unit table. Method. 7. An information processing system comprising: an information processing device; and a character string table file which is separated from the information processing device and manages character string data processed by the information processing device. 8. An information processing device, and a plurality of character string table files that are separated from the information processing device and manage character string data processed by the information processing device. An information processing system in which files manage character string data of different national languages, and the information processing apparatus reads a character string table file of a specified national language from character strings of the different national languages. 9. The character string table file, wherein the information processing system further blocks the ID numbers for identifying the character string data at regular intervals and stores the ID numbers in the character string table file as display ID number unit tables. The information processing system according to claim 7, further comprising a creation device. 10. The information processing system according to claim 9, wherein the information processing device manages the character string data by an ID number and a character string address that are blocked as the display ID number unit table. 11. The information processing system further reads a character string table source file in which information necessary to create the character string table is stored, and creates a character string table file. The information processing system according to claim 7, 8, 9, or 10, comprising a file creation device. 12. The information according to claim 11, wherein the information processing device manages the character string data by the screen ID number unit table that stores an ID number and a character string address in blocks. Processing system. 13. An information processing apparatus for reading a character string table of a specified national language from a plurality of character string table files each containing character string data of different national languages, and displaying the read character string tables. An information processing apparatus provided with character display control means for displaying character strings by reading character string data from the plurality of character string table files separated from the own apparatus. 14. The information processing device divides an ID number for identifying the character string data into blocks at regular intervals and stores the divided blocks as a display ID number unit table in a display ID number unit table storage device. Item 13. The information processing device according to item 13. 15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the information processing apparatus manages the character string data by an ID number and a character string address stored in the display ID number unit table. . 16. The information processing apparatus divides an ID number for identifying the character string data into blocks for each screen, and uses a screen ID as a screen ID number unit table.
The number unit table is stored in a storage device.
The information processing device according to 3, 14, or 15. 17. The information processing system according to claim 16, wherein the information processing device manages the character string data by an ID number and a character string address stored in the screen ID number unit table. 18. A character string for reading a character string table from a plurality of character string table source files each containing character string data of different national languages, and providing the character string table to an information processing apparatus for displaying the character string. A character string table file, which is a table file creation device, which divides the ID numbers for identifying the character string data into blocks at regular intervals and stores them as display ID number unit tables in a display ID number unit table storage Creation device. 19. The information processing according to claim 18, wherein the character string table creation device manages the character string data by an ID number and a character string address that are blocked as the display ID number unit table. apparatus. 20. The character string table creating device blocks an ID number for identifying the character string data in screen units, and stores it as a screen ID number unit table in a screen ID number unit table storage device. The character string table creating device according to claim 18 or 19. 21. The information processing according to claim 20, wherein the character string table creation device manages the character string data by an ID number and a character string address that are blocked as the screen ID number unit table. system.