JP2834052B2 - Report editing processor - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a form editing apparatus, and more particularly to a form editing apparatus for editing print data from a print program and specifying an edit definition for a form item to be printed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A form used for form overlay printing by conventional software is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 6-3487.
As described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 31 (1999), it is possible to draw a form on a visible device such as a display using an input device such as a keyboard, and create a form while viewing the form image. Edit definition to edit and print the print data cannot be specified.
Therefore, it is necessary to edit the print data with a print program for performing form overlay printing, and it takes a lot of time to create the print program.

[0003] In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-20494, an existing form is fetched using an input device such as an image reader, and display attributes and the like are automatically determined. However, in this method, when an item to which a display attribute is to be added is not entered or entry is handwritten, a display attribute or the like may not be automatically determined. In that case, an operation of inputting information regarding display attributes using an input device such as a keyboard was separately required. Further, in this method, since items at the time of input are fixed, the number of digits cannot be easily changed.

[0004]

A first problem is that, in the prior art, when a form is drawn on a visible device such as a display using an input device such as a keyboard and a form is created while looking at the form image, the form Another problem is that it is not possible to edit the print data for overlay printing and to specify an edit definition for printing.

[0005] That is, there is no means for editing the print data for form overlay printing and for specifying information relating to the edit definition for printing, and the print data must be edited and printed by a print program for form overlay printing. did not become.

A second problem is that, in the conventional technique, an existing form is fetched using an input device such as an image reader and the display attribute is automatically determined. If the display attribute cannot be automatically determined, such as when the time or entry is handwritten, an operation for inputting necessary information from an input device such as a keyboard is separately required, which makes it difficult to create a form. That is, when the automatic determination cannot be performed, a complicated information input operation from an input device such as a keyboard is required. The more items that cannot be automatically determined, the more operations are performed.

[0007] An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems by specifying data to be directly input from an input device such as a keyboard when designating an edit definition for an arbitrary item at the time of form creation. By analyzing and automatically judging whether it is notational data or edit definition data, there is no need for complicated original operations for performing edit definitions, which is conventionally done, and form editing that saves form creation It is to provide a processing device.

[0008]

A form editing processing apparatus according to the present invention inputs notation data including a heading character and a ruled line and edit definition data for editing print data for each item to be printed. Identify the definition data, determine the framework of the form according to the notation data, determine the editing information including the layout and print format of the print characters according to the edit definition data, and print the externally acquired print data. Is edited in accordance with the editing information, and a print image is created together with the form including the framework.

The form editing processing apparatus according to the present invention further comprises: an input unit which takes in notation data including a heading character and a ruled line and edit definition data for editing print data for each item to be printed as form creation information; An analysis unit that discriminates information and classifies the notation data and the edit definition data, a notation data processing unit that determines a form frame according to the notation data, a notation data storage unit that stores the form framework, An editing definition data processing unit for creating editing information including a print character layout and a printing format according to the editing definition data; an editing information storage unit for storing the editing information; and A print data editing processing unit for creating edited print data in accordance with the read editing information; Said edited print data superimposed to the to the form constructed and a print processing unit for sending the print image.

Further, the form editing apparatus of the present invention includes an output unit for creating a form image according to the notation data and the editing information, and displays the form image to support the design of the form. Is done.

Further, in the form editing processing apparatus according to the present invention, the form image is displayed in a different display form in a portion corresponding to the notation data and a portion corresponding to the editing information.

Further, in the form editing apparatus according to the present invention, the form image is configured such that a portion corresponding to the notation data and a portion corresponding to the editing information are displayed in different display colors.

[0013] That is, it is possible to directly input the specification of the editing format from an input device such as a keyboard, analyze the input data, and automatically generate editing information.
Therefore, a unique operation for editing definition such as an editing format is not required.

The editing definition data is displayed on a visual device such as a display by changing the display color and the like.
For this reason, it becomes possible to visually determine whether an item is notation data or edit definition data, and it is possible to prevent an operator's input error such as an edit format.

[0015]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a form editing processing device 1 of the present invention
The input unit 11 takes in, as form creation information, notation data including heading characters and ruled lines input from the keyboard 2 and edit definition data for editing print data for each print item, and determines the form creation information. An analysis unit 12 for dividing the notation data and the edit definition data, a notation data processing unit 13 for determining a form frame according to the notation data, a notation data storage unit 15 for storing the form frame, An edit definition data processing unit 14 for creating edit information including a print character layout and a print format in accordance with the definition data; an edit information storage unit 16 for storing the edit information; Print data editing processing section 18 for creating edited print data in accordance with the editing information read from the section
A print processing unit 19 that superimposes the edited print data on the form read from the notation data storage unit and sends a print image to the printer 4, and sends the form image to the display 3 in accordance with the above notation data and edit information. And an output unit 17.

Next, the operation of the form editing and processing apparatus 1 will be described.

First, the flow of processing when designing a form will be described.

First, the operator creates a form used for performing form overlay printing as shown in FIG. 2, for example, through the display 3 using the keyboard 2 as an input device. At this time, data input from the keyboard 2 is taken into the input unit 11 and passed to the analysis unit 12.

The analyzer 12 analyzes the input data that has been delivered. That is, it is determined whether the input data is the notation data 21 such as a ruled line, a table, or a heading character, or the edit definition data 22 for editing and printing the print data passed from the print program at the time of printing. Where edit definition data 2
2 is a character string composed of, for example, X, $, Z, 9, (comma) and the like. Then, the analysis unit 12 passes the notation data to the notation data processing unit 13 and passes the edit definition data to the edit definition data processing unit 14.

The notation data processing unit 13 transfers necessary information such as a position and a character size to the notation data storage unit 15 for the transferred notation data.

The notation data storage unit 15 stores and manages the delivered information in a format as shown in FIG. 3, for example. FIG. 2 shows an example of a storage state of information relating to the notation data 21.

As shown in FIG. 4, the edit definition data processing unit 14 prints the layout information 41 indicating the position of the print data, the character size, etc., and prints from the print program at the time of form overlay printing. The edit definition item name, which is information for editing and printing the data, and print format information 42 indicating the edit format, etc., are transferred to the edit information storage unit 16.

The edit information storage section 16 stores and manages the information to be delivered in a format as shown in FIG. 4, for example. FIG. 2 shows an example of a storage state of information regarding the edit definition data 22.

The output unit 17 receives the information stored in the notation data storage unit 15 and the information stored in the edit information storage unit 16 and outputs the information to the display 3. When the received data is the edit definition data, the output unit 17 allows the operator to identify the notation data or the edit definition data on the display 3 by using a method such as changing a display color.

Next, the flow of processing for form overlay printing will be described.

The print data editing processing section 18 receives, for example, print data as shown in FIG. 5 from the print program 5 and performs editing processing according to the print format information 42 stored in the edit information storage section 16. For example, “article name 001” of the edit definition item name 51 shown in FIG. 5 is searched from the edit information stored in the edit information storage unit 16. Then, the print data 52 shown in FIG. 5 is edited by the editing method indicated in the editing format of the corresponding editing information. An output image of the edited result is shown in FIG. 6 (print data portion).

The print processing section 19 combines the notation data stored in the notation data storage section 15 with the print data edited by the print data editing processing section 18 and outputs the combined data to the printer 4. For example, a print result shown in FIG. 6 is obtained.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

The first effect is that a unique operation for editing and defining print data at the time of form overlay printing is not required. As a result, the operation for performing the edit definition can be simplified. The reason is that after the designation of the editing format is directly input from an input device such as a keyboard, information necessary for form overlay printing is automatically generated and stored as editing information.

The second effect is that it is possible to visually determine whether the item of the form is notation data or edit definition data by a visual device such as a display. As a result, it is possible to prevent an operator's input error such as the editing format. The reason is that, when the item is the edit definition data, the operator can easily identify whether or not any item is the edit definition data by using a visual means such as changing a display color or the like. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a form.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of information stored in a notation data storage unit.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of information stored in an editing information storage unit.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of print data from a print program.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a result of form overlay printing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 form edit processing device 2 keyboard 3 display 4 printer 5 print program 11 input unit 12 analysis unit 13 notation data processing unit 14 edit definition data processing unit 15 notation data storage unit 16 edit information storage unit 17 output unit 18 print data edit processing unit 19 Print processing unit 21 Notation data 22 Edit definition data 52 Print data

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A enter the edit definition data for editing the print data to the representation data and print item Unit including headline characters and lines, the notation data and the editing-defined data
For the notation data , determine the frame of the form according to it, and for the edit definition data , determine the edit information including the layout and print format of the print characters according to the edit definition data. A form editing processing apparatus that edits according to the editing information and creates a print image together with a form including the framework. 2. An input unit for inputting notation data including a heading character and a ruled line and editing definition data for editing print data for each item to be printed as form creation information, and determining the form creation information to determine the form data. An analysis unit that classifies the edit definition data, a notation data processing unit that determines a form frame according to the notation data, a notation data storage unit that stores the form frame, a layout of print characters according to the edit definition data, An edit definition data processing unit for creating edit information including a print format; an edit information storage unit for storing the edit information; and print data edited according to the edit information read from the edit information storage unit, which fetches print data from a print program. A print data editing processing unit for creating the edited print data, and the form read from the notation data storage unit. And a print processing unit for transmitting the print image by folding. 3. The form editing processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising an output unit that creates a form image according to the notation data and the editing information, and supporting the form design by displaying the form image. Form editing and processing device. 4. The form editing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the form image is displayed in a different display form from a part corresponding to the notation data to a part corresponding to the editing information. Editing processor. 5. The form editing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the form image is displayed in different display colors for a part corresponding to the notation data and a part corresponding to the editing information. Form editing processor