JPS60222928A - Data output control method - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a man-machine closed document creation device as a system, and in particular, it separates the creation of document data and the output from a printer device and processes them in two stages so that they can be processed in the same manner. The present invention relates to a document creation and management method that allows document data to be output in various output formats.

<Prior art and background> Such document creation devices are assumed to be, for example, word processors, but they usually constitute a closed system with a display device, a control device, and an output device, and are some kind of dedicated system. It was sufficient to realize control over document creation and output in one specific mode.

In contrast, multi-functional display subsystems and microcomputer systems that are configured to enable these document processing functions to be implemented in specific or local modes are now being realistically envisioned and realized. . In such cases, the display subsystem has unique controls, and there are various types of output such as output within the subsystem, output on the boss 1 side, and output on another subsystem via the post. In addition, even within the same subsystem, various printer devices may be connected, and it is important for system design and management to prepare control programs for each type of combination in response to these differences in configuration. Even so, being forced to do it is unbearable.

Purpose and Features> In view of the above, the purpose of the present invention is to separate the steps up to the creation of document data and the steps up to outputting it in an output format, so that the creation of document data is performed in a common format, and the subsequent output is performed in a common format. The format can be prepared in advance by specifying one of the multiple format editing programs prepared as a menu, and by converting the format into the desired format at the time of output and outputting it to the printer. In addition, by preparing such a menu i11 control program in the control device, it is an object of the present invention to provide a configuration in which the closing processing power < iJ ability within the system device. Also, '4!' of the present invention! The F feature is 1- In order to realize the objective, there is a control device, a display device connected to the control device, a display device that is connected to the operation keyboard, and a display device that can create document data by the operator's operation, and a display device that is also connected to the control device. In a document creation device having a printer device capable of printing out document data, Mi in the control device
A common format control program that creates the document data in a common format that does not specify a printer as a control program, and a specific format control program that converts and edits the document data created in the common format into a specific output format that specifies a predetermined printer. In addition to separating the hierarchy, it is possible to prepare a plurality of control programs for the specific type and configure them so that they can be selected based on the output format of the printer, or to configure a group of multiple printers and display devices of the above format. It is a group-to-group correspondence and connection control using busy management.

<Example> FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

The 1110 control device 1 in the figure is connected to the display section 2a, display η, control section 2b, and keyboard 2C via channel la.
The display device 2 including
b is connected to the post system via the host interface section [C].

Furthermore, this control device includes an output type editing section 11), which is connected to the control section 1b and the channel 1a.

In addition, -1- Display control; 1s2b may receive the control of the host, control device 1, or external file 4 on channel 1a, but in the normal mode, the operator ( It is assumed that a display device 2 that forms a 17-man system that follows a course with respect to a human being is controlled.

Furthermore, if the data format created by the display device 2 is S, the data format S is the standard format that is applied to the display device 2, and when operating as a taste play software, it is It is better to use the common type referred to in this application, which is also the standard type when communicating data with the host.
``Management of types of controls or control programs'' is desirable.

To explain the case where this system is operated as a document creation device with this configuration, 1.
Display device 2 with keypad f”2c as Ilo.
By creating the text data under the control of the common model control program corresponding to the above model S using
, or output type data that can be output with 3C (respectively A,
Commonly known as B and C types. ), the output format editing department has a menu of control programs that convert the formats, for example, from S type to A type, S type C (I3 type to S type to C type), and the output type is output by a printer. When attempting to do so, for the AC/DC data S created using the S format above,
When a code specifying the output type, for example A, B, C, and a document output command are added from the keyboard IC and passed to the control unit 1 of the control unit 1; B1b, the control unit 1b selects the channel 1a.
, connect the corresponding printer and the output format editing section, select the control program A to be run in the output format editing section, convert and edit the document data S into, for example, the specified format A document data, and send it via the channel. printer 3a
By supplying document data in a predetermined format to , output in the predetermined format is completed.

In this embodiment, printers and printer output types are matched on a one-to-one basis, but the same printer has multiple output types. Therefore, it is an advantage of the present invention that multiple control programs supporting the output types are prepared. In the embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and the difference from FIG. 1 is that one subsystem includes a plurality of display devices 2s, 2z, 23, -, respectively, and the control device 1 has a plurality of display devices 2s, 2z, 23, -. Inside, there are a plurality of resources 10i-10μ whose unit configuration modules are the basic functions of the control unit 1b and the output type editing unit 1d shown in FIG. It constitutes a multi-configuration document creation device, which has a channel control unit lid for receiving and distributing connection requests between the display device 2 and resources 101 to 1-, and connection requests between the resources and the printer. is basically the same as the device shown in FIG.

Nanollb is a multiplexing control section, and llc is a boss interface section. In addition, to give a brief overview, each display device is used by the husband-no-Z operator to create a model S pattern database under the model S control program Zaboto, specify the output model, and issue output commands. It is the same as in the case of FIG. 1 that the output is requested by adding . What is different from the configuration shown in Figure 1 is that the number of resource lO suffixes M is smaller than 1 depending on the usage situation considering the rough equipment compared to the number of Nice Play devices, and that The allocated numbers P, Q, [-Z, etc. are smaller than the product of the total number of display devices S and the total number of output types M, even if at least one device corresponds to one model,
In addition, the channel control unit monitors the resource usage status and receives output requests (=J) between the display device group and the resource group. It performs control and connects the output requests of the display device to free resources one after another to execute format editing, but
When there are no free resources, control is performed to make the reception wait until there is a free resource as a busy process, and similarly, the use status of printer devices is monitored between the resource group and the printer device group, and the reception of output requests from the resources is controlled. Then, the output request that specifies the output type from the resource is accepted and executed by each available printer of the corresponding type, and if there is no free printer of the corresponding type, it is made to wait until it is opened as a rebusy process. The point is to carry out the so-called reception distribution control.

Of course, when you build a multi-configuration system that matches groups against groups, it is a probabilistic distribution, so if you are unlucky (the probabilities are used skewed), some processes will be busy and you will have to wait. By keeping the number of resources and printers available, the cost of system design can be reduced and the system efficiency can be improved by increasing the utilization rate of resources or printers. The proposed document processing device system can be realized.

In addition, in common with the two configurations shown in Figure 1 and the two configurations shown in Figure 2, documents are created in a common format, so the display device only needs to use the control program at the time of creation, and conversion and editing to a specific output format is not required. Since it is provided on the display control device side, control on the display device side is extremely simplified.

Effect> As explained above, according to the present invention, instead of preparing a control program for document creation and an output type component on a one-to-one basis with an output format, the control program is converted and edited into a standard format common control program and output format at the time of creation. By dividing the control programs into separate control programs, even when configuring a complex system, it can be managed in a unified manner, and it has the unique effect of eliminating the need to prepare various control programs with overlapping functions. It is.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 each show an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a control device, 1a is a channel, 1b is a control unit,
lc indicates a host interface section, and 1d indicates an output type compilation section. Further, 2 is a display device and 1.2a is a display section. 2b is display control 91! , 2c is the keyboard. Not shown. Also, 3 safix is a printer device, and 4 is an external file. In addition, 11 is a multi-control device, 10 the fixes are respective resources, 11d is a channel control RL, and 11a is a channel. ET `` `` I '' to Agent Patent Attorney Hiroshi Yori-, Part 1 Battle 2.1 Yaku 1 Figure

Claims (1)

[Claims] A document that includes a control device, a display device connected to the control device that has a display device and an operation keyboard, and that can create document data by an operator's operation, and a printer device that is also connected to the control device and can print out document data. In the creation device, a control program in the control device includes a common format control program that creates the document data in a common format that does not specify a printer, and a common format control program that creates the document data in the common format in a specific output format that specifies a predetermined printer. In addition to separating the hierarchy into specific type control programs to be converted and edited, preparing multiple specific type control programs,
A document creation device characterized in that it is configured to be selectable in accordance with the output format of a printer.