JP2001117690A - How to delete data files - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To provide a data file deletion method in which a device for displaying data file contents is provided with a function for deleting a file, and a corresponding file can be deleted from a state where the contents are displayed. is there. An information processing apparatus including an input unit for inputting and operating instructions, a storage unit for storing a data file, a display unit for displaying data, and a control unit for controlling various units. The method of deleting a data file described above includes a data content display step of reading the data file 5-1 stored in the storage means 5 and displaying the content on the display means 1, and storing the data file of the displayed content in the storage means. A menu display step of displaying a menu to be deleted from the display unit 5 on the display unit 1, a menu selection step of selecting and specifying the displayed menu using the input unit,
And a file deletion step of deleting the data file of the content displayed by the method designated and selected.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for deleting a data file, and more particularly to an application function for deleting target display data while the data is displayed on a display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in personal computers and portable information tools, user interface functions,
For example, some editing functions such as copy / cut / paste, delete, search / replace, move, and insert have been greatly improved. In particular, as for a device that displays data in the form of a multi-window on a display device, many devices having improved functions as described above are used.

For example, in the case of a deletion process in graphic processing, a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-225302 is disclosed. When deleting a drawing file, the graphic processing support device described herein changes the shape by designating an icon representing the file, and deletes the file by designating a menu. Can be.

[0004] Further, in an information device, such as a personal computer, on which Windows, which is Microsoft's OS, is mounted, menu items such as file (F) / edit (E) / display (V) are displayed on a display screen. , An icon indicating the existence of the file is displayed. To delete these displayed files, specify that the icon of the desired file be highlighted, click on the file (F) in the menu item, open it and click on the delete (D) in it By selecting and operating “Yes” or “No” as to whether or not to actually delete the file, the target file is deleted.

[0005]

However, the technique described above still has the following problems.

First, in the technique described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-225302, an icon representing a file is specified.
There was always a need for a means to separately check the contents of the file.

[0007] Next, in the case of an information device equipped with Windows, which is Microsoft's OS, an icon representing the corresponding file is also specified. If you need a means to confirm and even if you perform the deletion operation, the actual data will not be deleted, for example, it will be temporarily stored in `` Trash '' etc.If you really want to delete the data, You have to look inside the "Recycle Bin" and delete it by specifying the icon of the target file. For this reason, the configuration is provided with protection against inadvertent deletion of data, but operation efficiency is reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. It is an object of the present invention to provide a device for displaying the contents of a data file, which is provided with a function for deleting the file, and Is to provide a function of a data file deletion method for deleting the file from the state in which the contents of the data file are displayed.

[0009]

According to the data file deletion method of the present invention, an input means for inputting data or instructing an operation, a storage means for storing data or a data file, and a display means for displaying data And a data file deletion method of an information processing device comprising: a control unit that controls the various units.In the method for deleting a data file, a data file stored in the storage unit is read, and the contents of the data file are displayed on the display unit. A data content display step for displaying; a menu display step for displaying a menu for deleting the data file of the content displayed on the display means from the storage means on the display means; and the display means in the menu display step. A menu selection step of selecting a menu displayed in the menu using the input means; The method selected in the menu selection step includes a file deletion step of deleting a data file having the content displayed on the display means in the data content display step, and a control step of sequentially executing the steps. It is characterized by the following. How to delete data files.

Further, in the data file deletion method according to the present invention, the control step includes a deletion setting for setting a deletion point of time at which deletion of the data file selected in the menu selection step is to be deleted. It is characterized by including steps.

Further, in the method of deleting a data file according to the present invention, the menu display step includes the step of displaying the contents of the data file displayed in the data contents display step on the display means. Is used to display a "file delete" menu on the display means.

Further, in the data file deleting method according to the present invention, the menu display step may include “deleting all files” and “deleting all files” when the contents of a plurality of data files are displayed in the data content displaying step. A menu is displayed.

Further, in the data file deletion method according to the present invention, when the "file deletion" menu is selected in the menu selection step, the file deletion step deletes the data file displayed in the data content display step. Performing the process, if the "delete all data files" menu is selected in the menu selection step, performs the deletion processing of all the data files displayed in the data content display step, after the data file deletion processing, The display content of the data displayed in the data content display step is deleted from the display means.

Further, in the data file deletion method according to the present invention, in the deletion setting step, the corresponding data file is deleted from the storage means immediately after the menu selection step, or a series of processing ends. It is characterized in that it can be specified to be executed at any time.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a data file deletion method according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of an information processing apparatus equipped with a function of a data file deletion method according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, 1 is a work area 2 for display.
Is a display device. The work area 2 is a work area for display on a display device that displays a data content display window 3 for displaying the contents 4 of the data file.

The storage device 5 is a storage device for storing data files, programs of the program medium 10 read by using the program reading device 8, and the like.

An input device 7 such as a keyboard or tablet and a mouse device 9 are connected to a control device 6, which controls input information or output information according to various commands.

The program medium 10 is an information storage medium configured to be separable from the information processing apparatus, and includes a tape system such as a magnetic tape and a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk and a hard disk, and a CD-R.
Disk system for optical disks such as OM / MO / MD / DVD, card system for IC cards (including memory cards) / optical cards,
Alternatively, it may be a medium that fixedly holds a program including a semiconductor memory such as a mask ROM, an EPROM, an EEPROM, and a flash ROM. The program media 1
Although not shown, an executable program which is read and executed by the information processing apparatus, a source program which can constitute the executable program, and an intermediate program are stored in 0.

When the information processing apparatus according to the present invention has a system configuration connectable to a communication network including the Internet, the information processing apparatus may be a medium that carries a program in a fluid manner such that the program is downloaded from the communication network. Good. When the program is downloaded from the communication network as described above, the download program may be stored in the apparatus main body in advance, or may be installed from another recording medium.

The content stored in the recording medium is not limited to a program but may be data.

Next, the function of the data file deletion method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a display screen diagram when the method of deleting a data file according to the present invention is applied when displaying one data item.

FIG. 2A shows a state in which a data content display window 12 has already been displayed on the display screen 11 in which the content of the data file of data 1 is displayed. Here, when a right button click operation of the mouse device or a touch operation with a touch pen is performed for a predetermined time in the area of the data content display window 12, an edit menu window 13 is displayed as shown in FIG. In the edit menu window 13, various edit menu items are displayed in a list, and "delete file" is displayed as one of them. When this “file deletion” is selected with a mouse device or a touch pen, the data displayed in the data content display window 12, here, a data file in which data 1 is stored is deleted.

There are two types of deletion processing, which can be selected on another setting screen. Details will be described later in the description of FIG.

As described above, as a result of the "delete file" being selected and the deletion process being performed, the edit menu window 13 and the data content display window displaying the content of data 1 as shown in FIG. 12 is erased.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display screen when the method of deleting a data file according to the present invention is applied when displaying a plurality of data items.

FIG. 3A shows a data content display window 1 in which the contents of a plurality of data files such as data 1 and data 2 are already displayed on the display screen 11.
In this state, a plurality of 2s are displayed. Here, when a right button click operation of the mouse device or a touch operation with a touch pen is performed for a certain period of time in any of the data content display windows 12, an edit menu window 13 is displayed as shown in FIG. Is done. Edit menu window 1
3 shows a list of various editing menu items, one of which is "delete file" or "delete all files". Here, when "delete file" is selected with a mouse device or a touch pen or the like, the data displayed in the specified data content display window 12, for example, the data 1 data display window 12, as in the case of FIG. When the operation is performed, a deletion process of the data file storing the data 1 is performed. On the other hand, when "delete all files" is selected with a mouse device or a stylus, the deletion processing of the data file in which the data displayed in the data content display window 12 displayed on the display screen 11 is stored is executed. Will be

As described above, as a result of selecting "delete all files" and performing the deletion process, as shown in FIG. 3C, the display of the edit menu window 13 and the display of all data contents display windows 12 are deleted. You.

FIG. 4 is a display screen view for setting a deletion execution point in the data file deletion method according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the display screen 1
By selecting a "deletion setting" menu from among various menu items provided at the top of 1, a deletion setting window 15 is displayed as shown in FIG. In the deletion setting window 15, two types of deletion setting items (setting information of the deletion setting item) "Delete at the time of selecting the deletion menu" and "Delete at the end of the program" are displayed. You can choose.

If "delete at the same time as selecting the delete menu" is selected, the data file deletion processing is to delete the data file of the corresponding data immediately after the "file delete" menu is selected.

If "delete at the end of program" is selected, the data file deletion processing does not immediately delete the data file, and when the execution of the currently executed program is completed, for example, the currently executed program is deleted. The data files are collectively deleted when the processing of the application is completed, when the application is switched to another application, or when the system of the information processing apparatus itself is terminated.

In this case, the timing of the deletion process is set to two types. However, when the other applications are closed, when the system is shut down, or when the application is switched to another application, the timing is changed. Various cases can be envisioned, and a system that can add such cases as needed may be used.

Next, the operation for performing the above-mentioned operation with respect to the data file deleting method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

Data file display section 6 in control device 6
1 reads the contents of the data file 5-1 in the storage device 5 and displays the contents of the data file on the display device 1 using the data content display window 3 of the display device 1. When the mouse device 9 is operated or a touch operation is performed using a touch pen (not shown) in the displayed data content display window 3, the menu display unit 6-2 in the control device 6 is driven. You.

The menu display section 6-2 in the control device 6
It is determined whether or not a menu needs to be displayed. If necessary, an edit menu window 13 is displayed in the data content display window as shown in FIGS. 2B and 3B. Thereafter, the control device 6 drives the menu selection unit 6-3.

The menu selection section 6-3 in the control device 6
The menu selection operation is performed by operating the mouse device 9, performing a touch operation using a touch pen (not shown), or performing input from the input device 7 such as a keyboard. When "delete file" or "delete all files" is selected in the menu selection section 6-3 in the control device 6, the edit menu window 13 displayed on the menu display section 6-2 is deleted and the control device 6 is deleted. The data file deletion section 6-4 in the drive is driven.

Data file deletion section 6 in control device 6
4 reads a deletion setting (setting information of a deletion setting item) stored in a deletion setting storage unit 6-6 in the control device 6,
A deletion process is performed on one file or all files according to the settings. For example, when the setting (setting information of the deletion setting item) stored in the deletion setting storage unit 6-6 is “deletion at the same time when the deletion menu is selected”, the data file 5-1 in the storage device 5 is immediately deleted. delete. At this time, the data file deletion unit 6-4 in the control device 6 deletes the data content display window 3 displayed on the display device 1 by the data file display unit 6-1.

On the other hand, if the setting (setting information of the deletion setting item) stored in the deletion setting storage unit 6-6 is “deletion at the end of the program”, the file name of the file to be deleted is deleted. It is stored in 6-5. At this time, the data file deletion unit 6-4 in the control device 6 deletes the data content display window 3 displayed on the display device 1 by the data file display unit 6-1. At the end of the program implementing the deletion method, the data file deletion unit 6-4 in the control device 6 is driven again, and the data file deletion unit 6-4 is stored in the deletion file name storage unit 6-5. The data file names are read out, and those files are deleted from the storage device 5.

When the "deletion setting" menu is selected in the program implementing the deletion method, the deletion setting processing unit 6-7 in the control device 6 is driven, and the deletion setting storage unit 6-6 is operated. Deletion settings (setting information of deletion setting items)
Is read, the deletion setting window 15 (FIG. 4)
(B)) is displayed. Deletion setting processing unit 6 in control device 6
Step -7 writes the deletion setting (setting information of the deletion setting item) specified in the deletion setting window 15 (FIG. 4B) to the deletion setting storage unit 6-6.

Next, the processing sequence of the data file deletion method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the overall processing flow of the data file deletion method according to the present invention.

First, in STEP 1, data is read from the data file, and the data is displayed in the data content display window 3. Since the display processing of this data is publicly known, the description is omitted here.

In STEP 2, it is determined whether or not an edit menu is to be displayed. If it is determined that it is necessary by clicking the right button of the mouse device or touching the touch pen in the area of the data content display window 3, STEP 5
Perform the edit menu display processing of. The edit menu display processing in STEP 5 will be described later with reference to FIG.

In STEP 3, it is determined whether or not to display a deletion setting screen. When an operation such as selecting a “deletion setting” menu located at the top of the display screen 11 is performed, a deletion setting process in STEP 6 is performed. The deletion setting process in STEP 6 will be described later with reference to FIG.

At STEP 4, it is determined whether or not to end the program. When a program end instruction (not shown) is issued, the process proceeds to STEP7, and when there is no instruction, the process returns to STEP2, and the processes up to STEP4 are repeated.

In STEP 7, it is determined whether or not the deletion setting (setting information of the deletion setting item) is designated as "deletion at program termination". If "delete at the end of the program" is designated, the data file is deleted in STEP8. The data file deletion process will be described later with reference to FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the edit menu display processing of the data file deletion method according to the present invention.

First, in STEP5-1, an edit menu is displayed on the display screen 11 of the display device 1.

In STEP 5-2, it is determined whether or not "delete file" or "delete all files" in the edit menu is selected. If “delete file” or “delete all files” is selected in STEP 5-2, S
The data file of TEP5-4 is deleted. ST
The data file deletion process of EP5-4 will be described later with reference to FIG.

In STEP 5-3, the above-mentioned STEP 5-1 is executed.
Clear the displayed edit menu.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a data file deletion process of the data file deletion method according to the present invention.

First, in STEP5-4-1, it is determined whether or not the program has ended.

If it is determined in STEP 5-4-1 that the end of the program has been reached, a deleted file name stored in advance is read in STEP 5-4-6.
At -4-7, the file having the file name read at STEP 5-4-6 is deleted from the storage device 5. In addition, STEP
If there is no file name in 5-4-6, ST
Nothing is done in EP5-4-7. After the processing of STEP5-4-7 ends, the data file deletion processing ends.

If it is determined in STEP 5-4-1 that it is not the end of the program, in STEP 5-4-2, a preset deletion setting (setting information of a deletion setting item) is read.

In STEP5-4-3, the above STEP5
If the deletion setting (setting information of the deletion setting item) read out in -4-2 is "deletion when selecting the deletion menu",
The process proceeds to STEP5-4-8, where the data file is deleted from the storage device 5, and the display of the data content display window 3 is deleted in STEP5-4-5.

In STEP5-4-3, the above STEP5 is executed.
If the deletion setting (setting information of the deletion setting item) read out in step 4-2 is “deletion at program end”, ST
Proceeding to EP5-4-4, the data file name is stored as a deleted file. The deleted file stored here is deleted from the storage device 5 in STEP5-4-7 in the data file deletion process at the end of the program.

In STEP 5-4-5, the display of the data content display window 3 displayed on the display device 1 is deleted.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the deletion setting process of the data file deletion method according to the present invention.

First, in STEP 6-1, a deletion setting (setting information of a deletion setting item) stored in advance is read.

In STEP 6-2, the above-mentioned STEP 6-1 is executed.
A deletion setting screen is displayed by using the deletion setting (setting information of the deletion setting item) read out in step.

In STEP 6-3, the above-mentioned STEP 6-2
It is determined whether or not there is a change in the deletion setting (setting information of the deletion setting item) on the deletion setting display screen displayed by.

If the deletion setting (setting information of the deletion setting item) is changed in STEP 6-3, the process proceeds to STEP 6-5, and the changed deletion setting (setting information of the deletion setting item) is changed.
Is stored. After that, the processing proceeds to STEP 6-4, where the deletion setting screen is deleted, and the main deletion setting processing ends. on the other hand,
Deletion setting in STEP 6-3 (setting information of deletion setting item)
If no change is made in STEP 6-4,
Then, the deletion setting screen is erased, and the main deletion setting process ends.

The contents of the above-described embodiments are not limited to the above description unless the gist of the present invention is changed.

[0067]

According to the data file deleting method of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

With the contents of the data file displayed on the screen of the display device, the data file can be deleted. Therefore, when data is deleted by designating a file, there is no need to open the file and check the contents and close and delete the file, as in the related art. That is, when the content of the data file is checked and deleted, the data file can be deleted without operating both the device that displays the content of the data file and the device that performs the file deletion process.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of an information processing apparatus equipped with a function of a data file deletion method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a data file deletion method according to the present invention.
It is a display screen figure at the time of applying at the time of case data display.

FIG. 3 is a display screen diagram when the method of deleting a data file according to the present invention is applied when displaying a plurality of data items.

FIG. 4 is a display screen view for setting a deletion execution point in a data file deletion method according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the entire processing flow of a data file deletion method according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an edit menu display process of the data file deletion method according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a data file deletion process of the data file deletion method according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a deletion setting process of a data file deletion method according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 display device 2 work area 3 data content display window 4 data content 5 storage device 6 control device 7 input device 8 program reading device 9 mouse device 10 program media

Claims (6)

[Claims] An input means for instructing data input and operation, a storage means for storing data or a data file, a display means for displaying data, and a control means for controlling the various means. A method of deleting a data file of the information processing apparatus, wherein a data content display step of reading the data file stored in the storage means and displaying the content of the data file on the display means; A menu display step of displaying a menu for deleting the data file having the specified content from the storage unit on the display unit, and selecting the menu displayed on the display unit in the menu display step using the input unit. A menu selection step; and the data selected by the method selected in the menu selection step. And file deletion step of deleting the data file of the content displayed on the display unit in volume display step, the deletion method of data file, characterized by comprising including a control step of sequentially executing the respective steps. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control step includes a deletion setting step for setting a deletion point at which point the data file selected in the menu selection step is deleted. The method for deleting a data file according to claim 1. 3. The menu display step includes the step of using the input unit to execute a “delete file” menu in an area where the display unit displays the contents of the data file displayed in the data contents display step. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data file is displayed on a display unit. 4. The menu display step displays a "delete all" menu together with a "delete file" when the contents of a plurality of data files are displayed in the data content display step. Item 3
How to delete the described data file. 5. In the file deleting step, when the “file deleting” menu is selected in the menu selecting step, the data file displayed in the data content displaying step is deleted. Delete all data files "
When the menu is selected, the process of deleting all the data files displayed in the data content display step is performed, and after the data file is deleted, the display content of the data displayed in the data content display step is deleted. 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the data file is deleted from the display unit. 6. The deletion setting step may select and specify whether to delete the corresponding data file from the storage means immediately after the menu selection step or at the end of a series of processing. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the data file is deleted.