JP4845287B2 - Form editing apparatus and method, and storage medium storing computer-readable program - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a form editing apparatus and method for editing, for example, form data overlaid with field data, and a storage medium storing a computer-readable program.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, forms are widely used for details of contracts and transactions. In transactions at insurance and financial institutions, preprint methods have been adopted in which ruled lines and figures corresponding to the type of contract are printed on paper in advance, and customer information is printed using a printer or the like at the time of contract. In industries with many types of products such as life insurance and non-life insurance, the types of forms used are also increasing, and there are a wide variety of forms that must be printed and prepared in advance.
[0003]
In recent years, a form creation system that prints ruled lines, tables, trademarks, and the like together with data to be embedded on a blank sheet has been put into practical use. It eliminates the cost of printing and storing forms in advance, and no longer wastes discarding old forms when the appearance is updated.
[0004]
The form printing / viewing system uses a form data file that describes the form of the form and a field data file that describes customer data to be embedded in the form frame. Form information is prepared for each type of form, and includes the following three elements. That is, fields that define graphic information such as frame lines, ruled lines, and trademarks, fixed character information such as product names, store address lists, and contracts, and areas where data supplied from the data file is to be overlaid and its output attributes Information.
[0005]
Form information is created by an editing application called a form editor. A graphic drawing function, a character string input function, an attribute setting function, and the like are incorporated so that the above three elements can be efficiently created and edited. Field data is data in which numerical values and character strings are arranged in the order of fields defined by form information, and is generally text in which each data is separated by a comma symbol. The number of fields defined in one spelled form is the number of data for one record, and must be prepared without excess or deficiency. A sequence number (serial number) is given to a field defined in one form, and it has a role as a field name for distinguishing each field.
[0006]
Field data is embedded in each field in the order of serial number from the beginning of the file. The concept is the same even for forms composed of a plurality of pages, and serial numbers are assigned to all fields for each page.
[0007]
There are times when forms need to be changed due to changes in product composition, social environment, and legal system. For example, even if there is a small change such as a change in address notation or trademark, the form information file must be updated. Compared to the pre-print method, the cost required for updating is smaller, but the number of form information files prepared in industries with a wide variety of product configurations increases, and it is not easy to make the same changes to all of them. Absent. There is a risk of forgetting mistakes and changes.
[0008]
For this purpose, a method has been proposed in which a file called a component form is prepared and a form is configured by referring to the file from a form information file. The component form file includes the above three elements equivalent to the form information file, and can be used alone as a form information file. Such form information is called composite form information, and a software tool called a composite form editor for editing composite form information is also provided.
[0009]
A part form can be shared by multiple form information files. For example, if a component form describing a company emblem is prepared, a form into which the company emblem should be incorporated may be referred to from a form information file including the company emblem. Even if there is a change in the company emblem, it is possible to change all forms that use the part by simply updating one part form.
[0010]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, as described above, a file called a component form is prepared, and even if a form that forms a single form by referring to it from the form information file is used, the component form can be used for all possible forms. The system must be prepared by adding and combining parts forms each time, and the user can create a more convenient form editing system.
[0011]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional example, and is a composite form for editing a composite form including at least one page composed of at least one part form in which fields for synthesizing field data are defined. It is an object of the present invention to provide a form editing apparatus and method capable of dynamically changing the configuration of a form in an editing system, and a storage medium storing a computer-readable program.
[0012]
Another object of the present invention is to provide a form editing apparatus and method capable of freely changing the form form without changing the original form, and a storage medium storing a computer-readable program. .
[0013]
It is another object of the present invention to provide a form editing apparatus and method capable of easily creating a required form form without preparing a form form for each purpose of use, and a storage medium storing a computer-readable program. To do.
[0014]
Another object of the present invention is to provide a form editing apparatus and method capable of printing and displaying field data superimposed on a formed form, and a storage medium storing a computer-readable program. To do.
[0015]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  To achieve the above object, the present inventionThe form editing apparatus is a composite form editing apparatus that edits a composite form composed of at least one component form, and a form determination unit that determines the composite form created by the form editor as a target composite form; A field data designating unit for designating field data to be superimposed on the determined composite form, and further adding the field data designated by the field data designating unit to the determined composite form. A detecting unit for detecting a description for designating a component form to be added, and when the description is detected by the detecting unit, the component form to be added designated by the description is added to the composite form, and the added state For the composite form And having a form data forming means for forming a form data by superimposing the data contained in the.
[0020]
Preferably, the formed form data is output to a printing apparatus.
[0021]
Preferably, the formed form data is output to a display device.
[0022]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[First Embodiment]
Before describing the form editing process according to the present invention, an overview of the entire form overlay process will be described. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a computer system in which form editing processing is executed.
[0023]
In FIG. 8, a CPU 801 executes an application program, a printer driver program, and an OS stored in an HD (hard disk) 805, and performs control for temporarily storing information, files, and the like necessary for program execution in a RAM 803. A RAM 803 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 801. The ROM 804 stores various data such as a program such as a basic I / O program, font data used for document processing, and template data.
[0024]
An FDD 806 is a floppy disk drive, and a program stored in the FD 807 can be loaded to the computer system through the FDD 806.
[0025]
Reference numeral 808 denotes a monitor. The operator operates a keyboard 809 or a pointing device (not shown) while looking at the monitor 808, and executes processing such as program execution, form creation, file designation, and printing instruction.
[0026]
Note that the computer shown in FIG. 8 is connected to the network 811 via the communication unit 810, and can use resources on the network (including printers, servers, scanners, and the like). The present invention can also be applied to a system that performs a form creation process such as obtaining a form information file and field data from the server.
[0027]
FIG. 10 shows the flow of processing for the entire overlay printing including the form creation program. The form or composite form created by the form editing program (hereinafter also referred to as “form editor”) 311 is stored in the form data storage unit 312 prepared in the HD 805 or the like. The form is image data to be overlaid, and includes graphics, characters, or dot images. The composite form is a form configured in units of pages, and each page is configured by superimposing forms that are parts. You can also define special pages such as double-sided and copy. Each form (including a composite form) includes form data 312a representing the form itself and field attribute data 312b representing the position, character type, and the like of the print data combined with the form. These data may be collected in one form data file. Hereinafter, the composite form data may be referred to as FCX data, and the form data that is not combined and is the minimum unit may be referred to as FCP data. Hereinafter, the FCX data may be simply referred to as image data, and the FCP data may be referred to as component image data.
[0028]
These form data are converted into form print data 316a in a format interpretable by the printer 32 by a predetermined runtime library 315, and stored in a printer data storage unit 316 secured in the HD 805.
[0029]
On the other hand, print data for form overlay printing is generated by an appropriate business file 313 and stored in the text data storage unit 314. The data need only be in a format that can distinguish each field to be overlaid. For example, a commonly used format called CSV format can be used. This print data is also converted into print print data 316 b in a format that can be interpreted by the printer 32 by the runtime library 315 and stored in the print data storage unit 316.
[0030]
The form print data and the print print data created in this way are output to the printer 32 or the like by the operating system 317 and the printer driver 318, and are combined and printed there.
[0031]
<Composite form editor configuration as a computer product>
The above is an overview of form overlay printing. Next, the composite form editor shown in this embodiment will be described. The composite form editor is installed in a computer like a memory map 600 shown in FIG. 6 and operates as a part of a form creation system or a single application 603 not specifically described. A basic I / O program 601 and an OS 602 are installed on the memory. An area on the memory is also secured for the form information 604 and the field list 605. Other work areas 606 are used for temporary processing.
[0032]
8 stores the composite form editor program having the composite form editing method described in this embodiment and related data, and loads the contents of the floppy disk to the computer so that the composite form editor is installed. realizable. The contents of the floppy disk are shown in FIG.
[0033]
In FIG. 7, volume information 701 indicates FD information. Directory information 702 indicates the arrangement of files. The composite form editor program 703 described in this embodiment is recorded as a single application or part of a form creation system. Related data 704 is used by the composite form editor. Although these programs and data are stored in the FD in FIG. 6, they can be explained in the same manner even when they are recorded on the HD or on a storage medium such as a CD-ROM or ROM chip. It is.
[0034]
Of these, FIG. 9 shows the relationship between the FD and the computer. In FIG. 9, by reading the FD 902 into the computer 901, it becomes possible to register and execute the composite form editor that implements the field definition method described in this embodiment in the computer.
[0035]
In this embodiment, all programs and related data are stored in the same FD. However, the program may be loaded from the HD 805 to the RAM 803 or stored in the ROM 804 and configured as a part of the memory map. It is also possible to directly execute it by the CPU 801, and in either case, the same situation as in FIG. 6 can be realized.
[0036]
<Form Edit Processing Procedure in First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an example of a form editing process procedure according to the first embodiment, and corresponds to the form editing process procedure according to the form creation system composite form editor 603 shown in FIG.
[0037]
As shown in FIG. 1, first, the CPU 801 determines a form file on a form designation screen (not shown) in accordance with a form creation system composite form editor program loaded on the RAM 803 (S601). For the form file designation, a process of designating a plurality of forms or changing the designation is assumed (S602). Thereafter, one focused form file is determined (S603). The target form file is opened, and form information is loaded onto the RAM 803.
[0038]
Subsequently, a data file to be superimposed is designated (S604). Although not described in the present embodiment, processing for extracting data from a database or the like and generating data suitable for the selected form is performed, and the generated data is designated as a field data file. . This field data file can be read from the hard disk 805 or the floppy disk 807, or can be read from the network arranged via the communication unit 810. It is also possible to secure a file-like area on the RAM 803 and use a file written directly from a database or the like. The data file is opened and the contents are loaded onto the RAM 803.
[0039]
In the field data file, in addition to the data to be embedded, use of an additional part form such as 803 in FIG. 5 to be described later is declared. The declared part is detected (S605), and the form information of the part to be added is added to the form information already loaded on the RAM 103 (S606). If there is no instruction to add a part form, step S606 is not performed.
[0040]
Field data is embedded in the synthesized form information (S607). In the present embodiment, the field of the part form to be added is defined so as to follow the order of the fields defined in the original form. The graphic information is defined so as to be superimposed on the graphic on the original form. As a method of overlapping, a method of overlapping so as to be above the figure on the original form and a method of overlapping so as to be below may be considered, but in this embodiment, a method of overlapping above as shown in FIG. However, it is also possible to use a method of layering below.
[0041]
The field data file also contains data for embedding in the field on the added part form. The field data is embedded in the synthesized form information, and the CPU 101 determines that the field data input is completed and outputs the result (S608). In response to an instruction such as a print request or a display request, it is output to the printer 112 or output to the CRT 108. Alternatively, it goes without saying that outputting to the hard disk 105 or the floppy disk 107 or transferring to another data processing apparatus via the communication unit 110 is naturally possible.
[0042]
FIG. 5 is a diagram conceptually showing the form data processing state in the form editing processing procedure shown in FIG. 1, and the field data 503 is added to the form information in which the component form 502 is added to the form information file 501. This is a conceptual illustration of the superimposed state. In the present embodiment, the component form 502 in FIG. 5 is a form information file in the same format as the form information file 501.
[0043]
In FIG. 5, the form information file 501 is the form of interest, and form information 502 is added form information. In the data 503, a description 505 for instructing addition of a component form is described, and field data embedded in the added component form is described at a position 506. Since the field of the part form to be added is regarded as a field following the field defined in the original form information file 501, the field is described after the field data 503.
[0044]
In the form 504 generated here, the field data 503 is embedded in the form information file in which the form information files 501 and 502 are combined. In the case of a description method in which data is embedded by specifying a field name, the added form is also embedded. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, name information is embedded in both form information files 501 and 502.
[0045]
As described above, according to the first embodiment, a function for adding a form as a part is provided, and a basic form is maintained by specifying a part to be added according to an instruction in a field data file. It is possible to dynamically generate forms having different configurations.
[0046]
[Second Embodiment]
<Functions of composite form editor>
Next, a composite form creation program (composite form editor) as a second embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0047]
FIG. 11 shows an example of a display screen when the user designates the creation of a new form after starting the form editor. Inside the window 1101, a menu line is displayed at the top, and a window 1102 for selecting what is a newly created object is displayed below the menu line. Here, three types of field data, form, and composite data can be selected. When the field data column 1103 is selected, the procedure for editing the field attribute file 312b shown in FIG. When the form field 1104 is selected, the procedure for editing the part form data for one page is entered. The component form data alone can be form data for one page.
[0048]
When the composite form field 1105 is designated, the screen moves to a composite form data editing screen shown in FIG. On the composite form data editing screen, the structure of the composite form data to be edited is displayed in the tree display field 1202. On this screen, a pointing device can be used to perform form editing operations such as moving, erasing, or inserting a specified object on the screen, and changing the name of the object from the keyboard. You can also edit the field attributes in the form. When editing an existing composite form, the form editor can be called by specifying the name of the composite form data file. Thereby, the composite form data is read from the form data storage unit 312 and a tree reflecting the structure is displayed.
[0049]
In the composite form display field (or preview field) 1201, an image of the selected page in the composite form is displayed. At this time, the displayed image is not necessarily an image in which the component forms are overlaid in the order defined by the composite form. If the item selected in the tree view is a part form, the page that contains the part form is displayed in the preview area. In this case, for example, the selected part form is identified from other part forms. Display as possible. For example, the brightness of the selected part form and other part forms is changed, or the part form that is not selected is displayed in a specific color. The selected component form is displayed so that it can be easily distinguished from other component forms, and the selected component form can be edited.
[0050]
FIG. 12 shows a field editing screen instead of the form itself. By selecting “form edit” from the menu 1203, the mode is switched to form edit, and conversely, field edit can be performed by selecting the field edit screen from the form edit screen. On the field editing screen, the serial number 1204 of each field can be displayed. The serial number will be described later. If “field list” is selected from the menu 1203, a list of field attributes is displayed as a list in order of serial numbers. With these displays, the user can associate the field on the form with the field attribute. This point will also be described later.
[0051]
FIG. 13A shows an exemplary structure of a composite form data file representing a composite form. In FIG. 13, the composite form data “Test.fcx” is stored in a directory “c: ¥ Program Files ¥ Fcpro ¥ FORMWORK”. The content indicates that the page number field 101 is 3, and includes 3 print pages in total. The page name 102 is the name of the defined print page and is “Nenkin01”. The number of repetitions represents the number of times that the page is repeated. The page type field 104 is a standard page and indicates a normal page that is not double-sided or copied. The file name field is displayed with a full path, and the file name “Nenkin01.fcp” is written at the end. That is, it can be seen that this print page includes only “Nenkin01.fcp” as the component form.
[0052]
The next print page Nenkin02 includes three part forms “Nenkin02.fcp”, “Nenkin03.fcp”, and “Nenkin04.fcp”.
[0053]
FIG. 13B is a diagram in which the composite form data in FIG. The tree view accurately expresses the contents of the composite form data, and expresses the structure in a format that is easy to understand intuitively.
[0054]
<Explanation of field data>
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of creating a form based on composite form information. A form consists of two types of files: a form information file (composite form data file) and a field data file. The form information file is linked to the component form, and is essentially based on the component form and field data. A form is created. Assume that component forms 201, 202, and 203 are associated with the same page. A form 205 is formed by superimposing field data 204 on this form information. In general, field data is delimited by commas and line feed characters as indicated by 204, but can be explained in the same manner as long as it has a structure capable of delimiting data. In this embodiment, a form browsing / printing system for creating a form in this way is assumed.
[0055]
First, a form creation method in the system will be described, and then a form list in a composite form editor that defines a form by associating a plurality of component forms will be described. Each component form file is created by a form editor (not shown) and a field data file is created by a data creation application (not shown). Examples of the three elements constituting the form information, graphic information, fixed character information, and field information are as follows. The image 231 and the ruled lines drawn in the 201 form are graphic information, and the character string 224 is fixed character information. The field information is defined so as to fill the tables 211 and 212, or is also defined at positions where the items 221, 222, and 223 are filled.
[0056]
In FIG. 3, a state where field information is defined will be described. A table 1001 is a table extracted from the part form 201 shown in FIG. Eight fields of field numbers VAR001 to VAR008 are defined so as to fill the squares in the table. Field names such as COST1 are assigned to VAR002 and COST2 is assigned to VAR004, but VAR001, VAR003, and the like do not have field names. For a field for which no field name is defined, a field number uniquely determined by each component form is used as the field name. The data is embedded in the field in ascending order of serial numbers. As shown in a frame 1002, the fields are embedded in the order of VAR001 and VAR002 according to the serial numbers.
[0057]
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a function of defining a form by associating a number of component forms with the composite form editor. In FIG. 4, it can be seen that each page constituting the form is associated with one or a plurality of component form files. Page 1 (401) is associated with component form A 405 and component form B 406, but page 2 (402) is associated with only component form C 407. The page 1 (401) and the page 4 (404) share the part form A, but the second form uses the part form B406 and the part form D410.
[0058]
Page 2 (402) and page 3 (403) are associated with the same component form C, but the data embedded in the field of each component form is not the same. The data recorded in the field data file is associated with the order of pages defined in the composite form, the order of the parts form defined on each page, and the serial number in each part form. The fields are filled in order from the top. The order of the pages and component forms may be the order of arrangement in the composite form data shown in FIG.
[0059]
Therefore, the fields are filled in order from the part form positioned at the top in FIG. That is, after the fields of the part form A405 are embedded in the order of serial numbers, the fields of the part form B406 are filled. Similarly, after the data is filled in the field defined in the part form C on page 2, the field data file is read so that the field defined in the part form C on page 3 is filled.
[0060]
<Form Edit Processing Procedure in Second Embodiment>
Hereinafter, in the composite form editor as described above, a component form addition process will be described as in the first embodiment. Since the difference from the first embodiment is that a processing procedure focusing on a specific page in the composite form is added, only the processing procedure for page designation will be described below with reference to FIG.
[0061]
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a description example of field data in the composite form editor. As indicated by 1502 in the figure, after specifying a page of form information to be noted, a component form to be added is designated. .
[0062]
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an example of a form editing processing procedure as the second embodiment, in which a part form is added according to the field data description shown in FIG. 15, and the form creation system shown in FIG. This corresponds to a form creation processing procedure according to the composite form editor 603.
[0063]
As shown in FIG. 14, in the flowchart shown in FIG. 1, is step S705 for determining the page of interest and whether the processing is repeated by moving to another page after the output processing on one page is completed? Step S710 for determining whether or not is added, and other procedures are the same as those in FIG. 1, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted.
[0064]
In this embodiment, the FD storing the program of the procedure shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 14 is loaded into the FDD and loaded into the computer. However, as shown in FIG. It may be configured such that an FD storing both the programs of the procedure shown in FIG. 14 (1602, 1603) is loaded into the FDD, and any program is selectively loaded into the computer.
[0065]
The storage medium also includes information for managing the stored program group (for example, version information, creator, etc.), information depending on the OS on the program reading side (for example, an icon for identifying and displaying the program), and various programs. Directory information for managing data subordinate to each other, a program for installing various programs in the computer, a program for decompressing when the program to be installed is compressed, and the like may be stored.
[0066]
Further, the program showing the procedure shown in FIGS. 1 and 14 of the present embodiment may be executed under the control of the host computer via a program installed in an external device such as a server. In this case, the present invention is applied even when an information group including a program is supplied to the output device from a storage medium such as a CD-ROM, flash memory, or FD, or from an external storage medium via a network. Is.
[0067]
In addition, a storage medium in which a program code of software that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or apparatus stores the program code in the storage medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by reading and executing. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the storage medium recording the program code constitutes the present invention.
[0068]
As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a CD-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, an EEPROM, or the like is used. be able to.
[0069]
Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) or the like running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the actual processing and the processing is included.
[0070]
Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written in the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the above-described implementation is performed based on the instruction of the program code. It goes without saying that the case where the function of the form is realized is also included.
[0071]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the composite form editing system for editing a composite form including at least one page configured by at least one part form in which fields for synthesizing field data are defined, the form form is configured. Can be changed dynamically.
[0072]
In addition, the configuration of the form can be freely changed without modifying the original form.
[0073]
Further, a necessary form form can be easily created without preparing a form form for each purpose of use.
[0074]
In addition, field data can be overlaid and printed on the formed form form.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a form editing process procedure according to a first embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of creating a form based on composite form information.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a definition of field information.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a component form and a form page.
FIG. 5 is a diagram conceptually showing a form data processing state in the form editing processing procedure shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a memory map when a composite form editor is installed in a computer.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an allocation map showing the arrangement of data in the floppy disk.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a computer system.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a computer and a floppy disk.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a flow of processing for the entire overlay printing including a form creation program.
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a startup screen of a form editor.
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a composite form editing screen.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a tree display of an example of composite form data and its contents.
FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a form editing process procedure according to the second embodiment;
FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a description example of field data in a composite form editor.
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a memory map of a storage medium for storing various data processing programs.
[Explanation of symbols]
801 CPU
802 computer
803 RAM
804 ROM
805 hard disk
806 FDD
807 FD
808 monitor
809 keyboard
810 Communication Department
811 network
812 Printer

Claims (10)

A composite form editing apparatus for editing a composite form that consists at least one component form,
Form determining means for determining the composite form created by the form editor as a target composite form;
Field data designating means for designating field data to be superimposed on the determined composite form;
Detecting means for detecting a description for designating a part form to be added to the determined composite form from the field data designated by the field data designating means ;
When detecting the description by the detection means, to add a component form the to be added designated by the descriptor to the composite form, superimposed data included in the field data for the composite form of a state in which the additional form editing apparatus characterized by having a form data forming means for forming a form data by the combined Rukoto. The form data forming means forms form data by superimposing data included in the field data on the composite form determined by the form determining means when the description is not detected by the detecting means. The form editing apparatus according to claim 1. The composite form is a composite form composed of a plurality of pages, each page including at least one component form.
The detecting means detects from the specified field data a description for specifying a target page in the composite form and a description for specifying a component form to be added to the target page. ,
When the form data forming unit detects the description by the detecting unit, the form data forming unit adds the component form to be added designated by the description to the target page in the composite form, and pays attention to the form. Form data is formed by superimposing the data included in the field data on the composite form with the part form added to the page.
The form editing apparatus according to claim 1. 2. The form editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the form editing apparatus outputs the form data formed by the form data forming unit to a printing apparatus. 2. The form editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the form editing apparatus outputs the form data formed by the form data forming means to a display device. The computer,
Form determining means for determining a composite form composed of at least one component form created by the form editor as a focused composite form,
Field data designating means for designating field data to be superimposed on the determined composite form;
Detecting means for detecting a description for designating a part form to be further added to the determined composite form from the field data designated by the field data designating means ;
When detecting the description by the detection means, to add a component form the to be added designated by the descriptor to the composite form, superimposed data included in the field data for the composite form of a state in which the additional form data forming means for forming a form data by Rukoto combined,
A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for functioning as a computer. If the form data forming unit does not detect the description by the detecting unit, form data is formed by superimposing data included in the field data on the composite form determined by the form determining unit. The storage medium according to claim 6, wherein a computer program for causing the computer to function is stored. The composite form is a composite form composed of a plurality of pages, each page including at least one component form.
The detection means detects from the specified field data a description for specifying a target page in the composite form and a description for specifying a component form to be added to the target page. ,
When the form data forming means detects the description by the detecting means, the part form to be added designated by the description is added to the page of interest in the composite form, and the attention is paid. A computer program for causing the computer to function is formed so that form data is formed by superimposing data included in the field data on a composite form in which the part form is added to a page. The storage medium according to claim 6. It said computer further storage medium of claim 6, wherein the storing a computer program for functioning as an output means for outputting the document data formed by the form data forming means to the printing apparatus. It said computer further storage medium of claim 6, wherein the storing a computer program for functioning as an output means for outputting the document data formed by the form data forming means to the display device.

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