JP6743354B2 - Form browsing device, form browsing method and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a form browsing device, a form browsing method, and a program that allow a user to browse a form on a network such as a so-called Web.

For financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies, securities companies, telecommunications carriers such as telephones, and public utilities such as electricity, gas, and water (hereinafter referred to as "financial institutions"), Although the usage details are regularly sent as a form, the printing company creates this form. Specifically, a printing company processes customer data (usage statement data) sent from financial institutions into form data, and creates forms in various formats by printing based on the processed form data. ing.
On the other hand, due to the recent development of computers, communication technologies, and the spread of the Internet, digitization of forms has been actively performed, and forms are managed as electronic documents on a computer network, and users can view the forms from network terminals. An electronic form system that can output is also used.
For example, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2002-109454 (Patent Document 1), print data for printing a form to be sent to a user is created as an electronic document in a PDF (Portable Document Format) format, and a predetermined PDF electronic document is specified. While storing a few minutes in one file, the PDF electronic document can be specified by the customer ID, and an index table for specifying the starting page and the number of pages of the PDF electronic document in the file is provided. There is disclosed a document file management structure and the like which enables the PDF electronic document to be searched in a short time.
In addition, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2014-209314 (Patent Document 2) is a system for outputting a form requested to be output from a plurality of forms, and the document data of the requested form is extracted from a customer database, A form output system is disclosed in which layout information corresponding to the extracted document data is selected from a layout database, and output control is performed by combining the requested document data of the form and the selected layout information.

However, in the document file management structure and the like of Patent Document 1, since a PDF electronic document in which all forms are converted into PDF is created and stored, a large-capacity database system is required, and the load on the output system also increases. There is a problem.
Further, since the form output system of Patent Document 2 (a system for creating an electronic form) is a system completely different from a system for creating print data of a form, an electronic form and a form for printed matter are created and Regarding usage, there is a problem that the efficiency of operation, maintenance and management of the system becomes extremely poor.

JP 2002-109454 A JP, 2014-209314, A

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to make it possible to create and view electronic form data using data created for form printing without saving a large amount of electronic form data, and to efficiently use the system. It is to be able to operate, maintain and manage.

The present invention relates to a form data storage unit that stores form data that is distinguished by a printing main key created for printing a large number of forms, and a form key storage unit that is set for each form and that is distinguished by the printing main key. The setting data storing means for storing the setting data for storing which is distinguished by the file name for generating the form print data by pouring the generated form data and the main key stored in the means for storing the form data Based on the user browsing form data retrieved by the user browsing form data retrieval means for retrieving the user browsing form data for the user to browse from the form browsing data, A browsing form data creating unit for creating browsing form data for the user to browse; and a reading form data output unit for outputting the browsing form data created by the browsing form data creating unit, The pouring setting data includes PDF block data representing each page in PDF for creating the browsing form data in PDF, characters to be arranged in the PDF block data, and position information indicating a position of an image. The layout data includes layout data and overlay data that represents image data to be arranged in the PDF block data, and the file name is a PDF block data file name that specifies the PDF block data and a layout that specifies the layout data. Form data that includes a data file name and an overlay data file name that identifies the overlay data and that is distinguished by the primary key stored in the form data storage means is the setting data for pouring into which the form data is poured. The browsing form data creating means has the PDF version data file name, the layout data file name, and the overlay data file name to be specified, and the browsing form data creating means uses the filling setting data stored in the filling setting data storage means. , The PDF version data file name included in the user browsing form data , the layout data file name, and the overlay setting file specified by the overlay setting data are extracted, and the extracted setting data is used as the above The above problem is solved by providing a form browsing device for pouring the personal browsing form data into the browsing form data.

The present invention, form data are distinguished by the primary key of the printing for storing said form data memory means, to provide a form viewing apparatus is obtained captured by form data capturing means, solve the above problems To do.

According to the present invention, the pouring setting data stored in the pouring setting data storage means, which is distinguished by the PDF version data file name, the layout data file name and the overlay data file name , is the pouring setting data fetching means. The above-mentioned problem is solved by providing a form browsing device which is taken in by.

The present invention solves the above problem by providing a form browsing device in which the browsing form data is PDF data.

The present invention stores form data created for printing a large number of forms and is distinguished by a printing main key, and is set for each form, and a form distinguished by the printing main key is stored. The setting data for pouring for creating the form print data by pouring the data is stored, and the user browsing form data for the user to browse is searched from the stored form data, and the searched user is searched. It is a form browsing method executed by a computer that creates browsing form data for the user to browse based on the browsing form data, and outputs the created browsing form data , wherein the flow setting data is , PDF layout data in which each page is represented by PDF for creating the browsing form data in PDF, layout data including position information indicating characters arranged in the PDF layout data, and position of the image, Overlay data representing image data to be arranged in the block copy data, wherein the file name is a PDF block copy data file name specifying the PDF block copy data, a layout data file name specifying the layout data, and The form data including the overlay data file name that specifies the overlay data and distinguished by the primary key is the PDF version data file name and the layout data file name that specify the flow setting data into which the form data is poured. And a step of creating the browsing form data having the overlay data file name, the PDF version data file name and the layout data included in the user browsing form data from the stored filling setting data. Provide a form browsing method of extracting the setting data for filling specified by a file name and the overlay data file name, and pouring the user browsing form data into the extracted setting data for filling to create the reading form data. Then, the above problems are solved.

The present invention solves the above problem by providing a form browsing method in which the form data distinguished by the stored printing primary key is taken in.

The present invention provides a form browsing method in which the setting data for poling which is distinguished by the stored PDF version data file name, the layout data file name and the overlay data file name is taken in. It solves the problem.

The present invention solves the above problem by providing a form browsing method in which the browsing form data is PDF data.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by providing a program that causes a computer to execute the form browsing method.

In the form browsing apparatus of the present invention, since the form data for browsing is created and output using the same data as the form data created for printing and the setting data for filling, a large amount of electronic form data is saved. The electronic form data can be browsed without any operation, the form browsing system can be efficiently operated, maintained and managed , and further, the page setting data is a PDF for each page in order to create the browsing form data in PDF. , PDF layout data, layout data including characters arranged in the PDF layout data, position information indicating the position of the image, and overlay data representing image data arranged in the PDF layout data. Therefore, there is an effect that general-purpose PDF browsing form data can be efficiently and quickly created .

In the form browsing apparatus of the present invention, since the form data importing unit imports the print form data stored in the form data storage unit, the print form data is efficiently stored in the form data storage unit. Has the effect of being performed.

In the form browsing apparatus of the present invention, since the pouring setting data stored in the pouring setting data storage means is taken in by the pouring setting data fetching means, the pouring setting data is efficiently the pouring setting data. The effect of being stored in the storage means is obtained.

In the form browsing apparatus of the present invention, since the browsing form data is PDF data, there is an effect that the browsing form data can be created with versatile PDF data.

In the form browsing method of the present invention, since the form data for browsing is created and output using the same data as the form data created for printing and the setting data for filling, a large amount of electronic form data is saved. The electronic form data can be browsed without any operation, the form browsing system can be efficiently operated, maintained and managed , and further, the page setting data is a PDF for each page in order to create the browsing form data in PDF. , PDF layout data, layout data including characters arranged in the PDF layout data, position information indicating the position of the image, and overlay data representing image data arranged in the PDF layout data. Therefore, there is an effect that general-purpose PDF browsing form data can be efficiently and quickly created .

In the form browsing method according to the present invention, the stored form data for printing is taken in, so that the form data for printing is efficiently stored.

In the form browsing method of the present invention, since the stored setting data for pouring is taken in, there is an effect that the setting data for pouring is efficiently stored.

In the form browsing method of the present invention, since the browsing form data is PDF data, there is an effect that the browsing form data can be created with the versatile PDF data.

The program of the present invention has the same effects as the effects of the form browsing method of the present invention.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of one Embodiment of the form browsing apparatus of this invention. It is an explanatory view showing an example of form data. It is an explanatory view showing an example of setting data for pouring. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a data structure of form data 20. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a data structure of layout data 40. FIG. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of overlay data 50 corresponding to the form data 20 of FIG. 4. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of browsing form data created based on the form data 20 of FIG. 4. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the form browsing apparatus 1. It is a flow chart which shows the details of a search of user inspection report data. 6 is a flowchart showing details of creation/output of browsing form data.

[Overall configuration of form browsing device]
First, the overall configuration of the form browsing apparatus of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an embodiment of a form browsing apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of form data, and FIG. 3 is an example of setting data for filling. It is an explanatory view showing. In the figure, 1 is a form browsing device, 2 is a form data importing unit, 3 is a form data storing unit, 4 is a setting data importing unit for filling, 5 is a setting data storing unit for filling, and 6 is user browsing form data. A search unit, 7 is a browsing form data creating unit, 8 is a communication control unit, 9 is a network line, 10 is a terminal device, 11 is a display, 12 is a printer, 20 is form data, and 21 is a main data attached to the form data. Key, 22 data part, 23 form data file, 30 setting data for layout, 40 layout data for one file, 41 layout data file name, 42 layout data file, 50 overlay data for 1 file (image (Data), 51 is an overlay data file name, 52 is an overlay data file, 60 is a PDF version data for one file, 61 is a PDF version data file name, and 62 is a PDF version data file.

The form data fetching unit 2 takes in the form data 20 created for printing the form at the printing factory via a communication line (not shown) and stores it in the form data storage unit 3.
As shown in FIG. 2, the form data 20 is distinguished by a main key 22 attached to each page, has a data section 22 composed of various data, and is stored in large amount as a form data file 23.
The setting data fetching unit 4 for pouring is created for printing a form at a printing factory, and sets the pouring setting data 30 for pouring the form data 20 to create a page for printing a form, through a communication line (not shown). ), and stores it in the pouring setting data storage unit 5.
As shown in FIG. 3, the flow setting data 30 is composed of layout data 40, overlay data 50, and PDF block copy data 60.
The layout data 40 is distinguished by a layout data file name 41 assigned to each file, and is composed of position information such as characters and images arranged on each page of a form, and is stored as a layout data file 42.
The overlay data 50 is distinguished by an overlay data file name 51 attached to each file, is composed of image data to be arranged on each page of a form, and is stored as an overlay data file 52.
The PDF block copy data 60 is distinguished by a PDF block copy data file name 61 attached to each file, and the page forming each page of the form is composed of PDF data in PDF format. Is stored as

The user browsing form data search unit 6 searches the form data file 23 stored in the form data storage unit 3 for form data 20 that matches the search condition (data) input in the terminal device 10. Specifically, a search table (not shown) created by extracting information such as customer (user) name, form type, business name (financial institution name), and usage period from each form data 20. By using this, a list (not shown) of form data that matches the search condition input in the terminal device 10 is created and displayed on the display 11 of the terminal device 10, and the user can select from the list of the displayed form data. The selected form data 20 (form data specified by the main key 21) is sent to the browsing form data creation unit 7.
The browsing form data creation unit 7 fills in the setting data 30 for pouring (layout data 40, overlay data 50, and PDF version conversion data 60) corresponding to the form data 20 sent from the user browsing form data retrieval unit 6. It is taken out from the work setting data storage unit 5 to create browsing form data. Specifically, the layout data 40, the overlay data 50, and the PDF block copy data 60 specified by the layout data file name, the overlay data file name, and the PDF block copy data file name in the form data 20 are extracted, and the extracted layout is extracted. Based on the data 40, the character data of the form data 20, the overlay data 50 (image data), and the like are arranged in the PDF version data 60, which is the surface of the form, and the reading form data to be displayed on the terminal device 10 is PDF. Create in the format.

The communication control unit 8 is performed between a server (not shown) including the user browsing document data searching unit 6 and the browsing document data creating unit 7 and the terminal device 10 connected via the Internet line. Control the sending and receiving of data. Specifically, the search condition (data) input from the terminal device 10 and transmitted through the network line 9 such as the Internet line is received and transmitted to the user browsing form data search unit 6, and the user browsing form is searched. Communication control is performed such as transmitting a list of the form data created by the data search unit 6 to the terminal device 10 and using the browsing form data created by the browsing form data creation unit 7 as the terminal device 10.
The terminal device 10 is composed of a personal computer or the like used by a user (an operator of a business operator, a customer, etc.), and is provided with a display 11 and a printer 12 as a reading form data output means. The terminal device 10 inputs a search condition (data) for searching a form that the user wants to browse, and displays a list of form data created by the user browsing form data search unit 6 based on the search condition on the display 11 On the display 11, the viewing form data created by the viewing form data creating unit 7 is displayed on the display 11, or output from the printer 12.

Here, the data structure of the form data 20, the data structure of the layout data 40, the overlay data 50, and the browsing form data will be described.
[Data structure of form data 20]
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the data structure of the form data 20.
As shown in FIG. 4, the form data 20 is composed of a main key 21 and a data section 22, and the data section 22 includes a page number 22a and an in-page data number. 22b, PDF version data file name 22c, layout data file name 22d, item 22e of item 1 to item 50, data of OVL data file name 22f of overlay (OVL) data file name 1 to OVL data file name 50 are written in order. Has been.

The main key 21 identifies the form data 20 that is a unit when outputting the view form data, and the form data with the same main key 21 is output as one form.
The page number 22a is data indicating the page number when the form data 20 is output as the view form data, and "1" in this embodiment (FIG. 4) indicates that it is the first page.
In-page data No. The data 22b is data indicating the number (what record) of the page indicated by the page number 22a.
In the present embodiment (FIG. 4), the form data 20 of the first page consists of two records, the first form data 20a and the second form data 20b. In the data 22b, the form data 20a is "1" and the form data 20b is "2".

The PDF artwork data file name 22c indicates a PDF artwork data file name 61 that identifies the PDF artwork data 60.
In the present embodiment (FIG. 4), the PDF version copy file name 22c is “pdf aaa1.pdf”, and the PDF version copy data 60 with this file name is stored in the setting data storage unit 5 for pouring. It is taken out from the PDF block data file 62.
The layout data file name 22d indicates a layout data file name 41 that identifies the layout data 40.
In the present embodiment (FIG. 4 ), the layout data file name 22d of the form data 20a is “xml aaa1.xml” and the layout data file name 22d of the form data 2ba is “xml aaa2.xml”. Therefore, the layout data 40 to which these file names are added is taken out from the layout data file 42 of the setting data storage unit 5 for pouring.

The item 22e includes items 1 to 50, and the character data and the like of the reading form data is written therein.
In the present embodiment (FIG. 4), item 1 of the form data 20a is “usage statement” indicating the title of the form, item 2 is “2015.3.31” indicating the date of use, and item 50 is “card number: 1234567789”. In the form data 20b, item 1 is "acquired points 10", item 2 is "cumulative points 100", and item 50 is "financial institution name: AA bank". It is output to a predetermined position of the PDF artwork data 60.
The OVL data file name 22f is composed of the OVL data file name 1 to the OVL data file name 50, and the overlay data 50 specified by the OVL data file name written here.
(Image data) is taken out from the overlay data file 52 of the pouring setting data storage unit 5 and output to a predetermined position of the PDF block copy data 60.
In the present embodiment (FIG. 4), the OVL data file name 1 of the form data 20a is "ovl aaa1-1.tif", the OVL data file name 2 is "ovl aaa1-2.tif", and the OVL data file name 50 is ". ovl aaa1-50.tif”, the OVL data file name 1 of the form data 20b is “ovl aaa2-1.tif”, the OVL data file name 2 is “ovl aaa2-2.tif”, and the OVL data file name. 50 is “ovlaaa2-50.tif”, and the overlay data 50 (image data) specified by these file names is output to a predetermined position of the PDF block copy data 60.

[Data structure of layout data 40]
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the data structure of the layout data 40.
As shown in FIG. 5, the layout data 40 includes a first data section 40a in which position information in which character data of items 1 to 50 (first items 1 to 50 of the form data 20) is arranged is written. , The second data section 40b in which the positional information in which the character data of the items 51 to 100 (the second items 1 to 50 of the form data 20) is arranged, the OVL data file 1 to the OVL data file 50 ( A third data portion 40c in which position information in which overlay data (image data) of the first OVL data file name 1 to OVL data file name 1 of the form data 20 is arranged, and the OVL data file 51 are written. From the fourth data portion 40d in which the position information in which the overlay data (image data) of the OVL data file 100 (the files of the second OVL data file name 1 to OVL data file name 50 of the form data 20) is arranged is written Composed.
The position information in which the character data and the like of items 1 to 100 are arranged is, for example, xy coordinate values (kx1, ky1) to (kx100) with the origin at the upper left corner on the PDF block data 60 (sheet of one page). , Ky100), and the position information in which the overlay data (image data) of the OVL data file 1 to OVL data file 100 is arranged is, for example, the upper left corner on the PDF block data 60 (sheet of one page) as the origin. It is represented by xy coordinate values (ox1, oy1) to (ox100, oy100).

The layout data 40 of the present embodiment (FIG. 5) includes character data of each item of the form data 20 (20a, 20b) shown in FIG. 4 and overlay data (image data) of a file of each OVL data file name. 3 shows the position information in which is placed.
That is, in FIG. 5, the layout data file name 41 of the layout data 40 is “xml mlaa1.xml” of the layout data file name 22d of FIG.
In addition, in FIG. 5, in the first data portion 40a, position information (kx1, ky1) to (kx50, ky50) such as character data of the item 22e (item 1 to item 50) of the first form data 20a in FIG. ) Is written, and position information (kx51, ky51) to (kx100, ky100) such as character data of item 22e (item 1 to item 50) of the second form data 20b in FIG. 4 is written in the second data portion 40ba. Is written, and the overlay data (image data) of the file of the OVL data file name 22f (OVL data file name 1 to OVL data file name 50) of the first form data 20a of FIG. 4 is written in the third data section 40c. Position information (ox1, oy1) to (ox50, oy50) is written, and the OVL data file name 22f (OVL data file name 1 to OVL data file) of the second form data 20b of FIG. 4 is written in the fourth data section 40d. Position information (ox51, oy51) to (ox100, oy100) of overlay data (image data) of the file of name 50) is written.

From this, the item 1 “usage statement”, the item 2 “2015.3.31”, and the item 50 “card number: 123456789” of the form data 20a of FIG. kx1, ky1), (kx2, ky2), and (kx50, ky50) are arranged in PDF format, and “acquired points 10” of item 1 and “cumulative points 100” of item 2 of the form data 20b of FIG. The item 50 “financial institution name: AA bank” is arranged in the PDF format at the positions (kx51, ky51), (kx52, ky52), and (kx100, ky100) of the PDF version conversion data 60, respectively.
In addition, the OVL data file name 1 “ovl aaa1-1.tif”, the OVL data file name 2 “ovl aaa1-2.tif”, and the OVL data file name 50 “ovl aaa1-50.tif” of the form data 20a in FIG. The overlay data (image data) of are arranged in the PDF format at the positions (ox1, oy1), (ox2, oy2), and (ox50, oy50) of the PDF version data 60, respectively, and the OVL of the form data 20b of FIG. The overlay data (image data) of the data file name 1 “ovl aaa2-1.tif”, the OVL data file name 2 “ovl aaa2-2.tif”, and the OVL data file name 50 “ovl aaa2-50.tif” are respectively It is arranged in the PDF format at the positions of (ox1, oy1), (ox2, oy2), and (ox50, oy50) of the PDF artwork data 60.

[Overlay data 50]
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of overlay data 50 corresponding to the form data 20 of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, overlay data 50a to 50d, which are image data, are stored as overlay data files with overlay (OVL) data file names 51a to 51d.
The overlay data 50a is the overlay data (image data) of the OVL data file name 1 "ovlaaa1-1.tif" of the form data 20a, and the overlay data 50b is the OVL data file name 50 "ovl of the form data 20a. aaa1-50.tif” overlay data (image data), and the overlay data 50c is OVL data file name 1 of the form data 20b “ovl aaa2-1.tif” overlay data (image data). Reference numeral 50d is overlay data (image data) of the OVL data file name 50 "ovlaaa2-50.tif" of the form data 20b.

[View form data]
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the browsing form data created based on the form data 20 of FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 70 is the browsing form data for one page, 71 is the paper surface of the browsing form data, 72 to 77 are characters and numbers, and 78 to 81 are images.
As shown in FIG. 7, characters/numerals 72 to 77 and images 78 to 81 are arranged on the paper surface 71 of the browsing form data 70.
On the page 70, the PDF version data 60 specified by the PDF version file name 22c “pdfaaa1.pdf” of the form data 20 is extracted from the PDF version data file 62 of the setting data storage unit 5 for output and output. It was done.

In the “usage statement” of the characters/numerals 72, the character data written in item 1 of the data section 22 of the form data 20a is the layout data 40 specified by the layout data file name 22d “xml aaa1.xml”. The data is output in the PDF format at the position indicated by the position information (kx1, ky1) of item 1 of.
The character/numeral 73 “2015.3.31” is the layout data in which the character data written in item 2 of the data section 22 of the form data 20a is specified by the layout data file name 22d “xml mlaaa1.xml”. 40 is output in the PDF format at the position indicated by the position information (kx2, ky2) of item 2 of 40.
The character/numeral 75 “card number: 12345689” is the layout data 40 in which the character data written in item 1 of the data section 22 of the form data 20b is specified by the layout data file name 22d “xml aaa1.xml”. The data is output in the PDF format at the position indicated by the position information (kx51, ky51) of the item 51 of the above.
The “acquisition point 10” of the character/numeral 75 is the layout data 40 in which the character data written in item 1 of the data section 22 of the form data 20b is specified by the layout data file name 22d “xml aaa1.xml”. It is output in the PDF format at the position indicated by the position information (kx51, ky51) of the item 51.
The “acquired point 10” of the character/number 75 is the layout data 40 in which the character data written in item 1 of the data section 22 of the form data 20b is specified by the layout data file name 22d “xml aaa2.xml”. It is output in the PDF format at the position indicated by the position information (kx51, ky51) of the item 51.
The “cumulative points 100” of the letters/numerals 76 indicates that the character data written in item 2 of the data section 22 of the form data 20b is the layout data 40 specified by the layout data file name 22d “xml aaa2.xml”. The data is output in the PDF format at the position indicated by the position information (kx52, ky52) of item 52.
The character/number 77 “financial institution name: AA bank” is the layout in which the character data written in the item 50 of the data part 22 of the form data 20b is specified by the layout data file name 22d “xml aaa2.xml”. The data 40 is output in the PDF format at the position indicated by the position information (kx100, ky100) of the item 100 of the data 40.

In the image 78, the overlay data (image data) 50a specified by "ovlaaa1-1.tif" written as the OVL data file name 1 in the data section 22 of the form data 20a is the layout data file name 22d "xml aaa1. The layout data 40 specified by “.xml” is output in the PDF format at the position indicated by the position information (ox1, oy1) in the OVL data file 1.
In the image 79, the overlay data (image data) 50b specified by "ovlaaa1-50.tif" written as the OVL data file name 50 in the data portion 22 of the form data 20a is the layout data file name 22d "xml aaa1". .Xml is output in the PDF format at the position indicated by the position information (ox50, oy50) of the OVL data file 50 of the layout data 40 specified by ".xml".
In the image 80, the overlay data (image data) 50c specified by "ovl aaa2-1.tif" written as the OVL data file name 1 in the data portion 22 of the form data 20b is the layout data file name 22d "xml aaa2. The data is output in the PDF format at the position indicated by the position information (ox51, oy51) of the OVL data file 51 of the layout data 40 specified by ".xml".
In the image 81, the overlay data (image data) 50d specified by "ovlaaa2-50.tif" written as the OVL data file name 50 in the data portion 22 of the form data 20b is the layout data file name 22d "xml aaa2." The layout data 40 specified by ".xml" is output in the PDF format at the position indicated by the position information (ox100, oy100) of the OVL data file 100.

[Operation of Form Viewing Device 1]
Next, the operation of the form browsing apparatus 1 will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the outline of the operation of the form browsing apparatus 1, and the outline of the operation of the form browsing apparatus 1 will be described below with reference to FIG.
First, the form data fetching unit 2 fetches the form data 20 created for printing a form at a printing factory via a communication line (not shown) and stores it in the form data storage unit 3 (S1).
Next, the pouring setting data fetching unit 4 is created for printing the form at the printing factory, and the pouring setting data 30 (layout data 40, overlay) for pouring the form data 20 to create a page for printing the form. The data 50 and the PDF block copy data 60) are fetched through a communication line (not shown) and stored in the pouring setting data storage unit 5 (S2).
Next, the user browsing form data search unit 6 searches the form data file 23 stored in the form data storage unit 3 for the form data 20 that matches the search condition (data) input in the terminal device 10 (S3). ).
Finally, the browsing form data creation unit 7 retrieves the pouring setting data 30 corresponding to the form data 20 sent from the user browsing form data searching unit 6 from the pouring setting data storage unit 5, and reads the browsing form data. Data is created and output (S4), and the process ends.
The following is the retrieval of user browsing form data (S3) and the creation and output of browsing form data (S4).
Will be described in detail.

[Search user browsing form data (S3)]
FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing the details of the user browsing form data retrieval (S3 in FIG. 8), and the details of the user browsing form data retrieval will be described below with reference to FIG.
First, in the terminal device 10, a user (an operator of a business operator, a customer, etc.) inputs a search condition (search data) such as a customer (user) name and a period (S10), and the input search condition (search data) ) Is sent to the user browsing form data search unit 6 via the network line 9.
Next, a search created by the user browsing form data search unit 6 by extracting information such as customer (user) name, form type, business name (financial institution name, etc.), usage period, etc. from each form data 20. A table (not shown) is used to create a list (not shown) of the form data that matches the sent search conditions (search data) and displays it on the display 11 of the terminal device 10 (S11).
For the list of the form data, the form data file 23 stored in the form data storage unit 3 is directly searched without using the search table, and the form data 20 matching the search condition (search data) is obtained. It may be extracted and created.
Then, in the terminal device 10, the form data that the user wants to browse is selected from the list of the form data displayed on the display 11 (S12), and the main key 21 of the selected form data 20 is via the network line 9. It is sent to the user browsing form data retrieval unit 6, and the user browsing form data retrieval unit 6 takes out the form data 20 specified by the primary key 21 from the form data storage unit 3 and sends it to the browsing form data creation unit 7. (S13), the process ends.
The main key 21 of the selected form data 20 is sent to the reading form data creating unit 7, and the reading form data creating unit 7 retrieves the form data 20 specified by the main key 21 from the form data storage unit 3. May be.

[Create and output form data for browsing (S4)]
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing details of creation/output of browsing form data (S4 in FIG. 8), and details of creation/output of browsing form data will be described below with reference to FIG.
First, for the form data 20 specified by the primary key 21, the data of one page/one record is read (S20).
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, in the form data 20 whose main key 21 is “AAA”, the page number 22a is “1” and the in-page data No. 22b reads the data written in the data section 22 of the form data 20a of "1".

Next, the PDF block data 60 specified by the PDF block data file name 22c in the read data is taken out from the PDF block data file 62 of the pouring setting data storage unit 5 (S21).
Specifically, the PDF block copy data 60 to which "pdf aaa1.pdf" is added as the PDF block copy data file name 22c is taken out.
Next, the layout data 40 specified by the layout data file name 22d in the read data is taken out from the layout data file 42 of the pouring setting data storage unit 5 (S22).
Specifically, the layout data 40 to which "xml aaa1.xml" is added as the layout data file name 22d is taken out.

Then, the character data and the like written in the item 22e (item 1 to item 50) of the form data 20 (form data 20a) is converted into a PDF version according to the (item 1 to item 50) position information of each item of the layout data 40. The data 60 is pasted (S23).
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, character data such as “usage statement” in item 1, “2015.3.31” in item 2, and “card number: 123456789” in item 50 are written. 5, the position information of item 1 is “(kx1, ky1)”, the position information of item 2 is “(kx2, ky2)”, the position information of item 50 is “(kx50, ky50)”, Character data such as “usage statement”, “2015.3.31”, and “card number: 123456789” are coordinates (kx1, ky1), (kx2, ky2), (kx50, ky50) on the PDF version data 60. ) In the PDF format (characters and numbers 72 to 74 in FIG. 7).

Next, the overlay data 50 specified by the OVL data file name 22f (with the OVL data file name 1 to OVL data file name 50) of the form data 20 (form data 20a) is replaced with each OVL data file (OVL data) of the layout data 40. The PDF version data 60 is pasted according to the position information of the files 1 to OVL data file 50) (S24).
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the form data 20a OVL data file name 1 is “ovl aaa1-1.tif” and the OVL data file name 50 is “ovl aaa1-50.tif”. The overlay data 50a and 50b shown in FIG. 6 are specified by the file name, and the position information of the OVL data file 1 and the OVL data file 50 of the layout data 40 is “(ox1,oy1)” and “(ox50,oy50)”. Yes, the overlay data 50a and 50b are arranged in the PDF format at the positions of coordinates (ox1, oy1) and (ox50, oy50) on the PDF block data 60 (images 78 and 79 in FIG. 7).

Next, it is determined whether or not there is the form data 20 of the next record in the data of the same page of the form data 20 specified by the primary key 21 (S24). If there is, the processes of S20 to S24 are performed, If not, the process of the next step (S25) is performed.
As shown in FIG. 4, one-page data of the form data 20 includes form data 20b of the next record, and the processes of S20 to S24 are performed on the form data 20b.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, item 1 of the form data 20b includes “acquired points 10”, item 2 includes “total points 100”, and item 50 includes character data such as “financial institution name: AA bank”. 5, the position information of the item 51 is “(kx51,ky51)”, the position information of the item 52 is “(kx52,ky52)”, and the position information of the item 100 is “(kx100,ky100)”. And the character data such as “acquired points 10”, “cumulative points 100”, “financial institution name: AA bank” are coordinates (kx51, ky51), (kx52, ky52) on the PDF version data 60, It is arranged in the PDF format at the position of (kx100, ky100) (letters and numerals 75 to 77 in FIG. 7).
As shown in FIG. 4, the OVL data file name 1 of the form data 20b is "ovl aaa2-1.tif", and the OVL data file name 50 is "ovl aaa2-50.tif". The overlay data 50c and 50d shown in FIG. 6 are specified by the name, and the position information of the OVL data file 1 and the OVL data file 50 of the layout data 40 is “(ox51, oy51)” and “(ox100, oy100)”. The overlay data 50c and 50d are arranged in the PDF format at the coordinates (ox51, oy51) and (ox100, oy100) on the PDF version data 60 (images 80 and 81 in FIG. 7).

Next, it is determined whether or not the form data 20 of the next page is included in the form data 20 specified by the primary key 21 (S26). If there is, the processes of S20 to S25 are performed. The browsing form data 70 (FIG. 7) created in S24 is displayed on the display 11 of the terminal device 10 (S27), and the process ends.
The browsing form data 70 created in S24 may be displayed on the display 11 or may be output from the printer 12.

The form browsing apparatus, form browsing method, and program of the present invention use form data that can be browsed by a user on the so-called Web (Web) using the same data as the form data created for printing and the setting data for pouring. It is created and output to enable efficient operation, maintenance and management of the form browsing system.

1 Form Browsing Device 2 Form Data Acquisition Unit 3 Form Data Storage Unit 4 Flow Setting Data Acquisition Unit 5 Flow Setting Data Storage Unit 6 User Browsing Form Data Retrieval Unit 7 Browsing Form Data Creating Unit 8 Communication Control Unit 9 Network line 10 Terminal device 11 Display 12 Printer 20 Form data 20a, 20b Form data 21 Main key 22 Data section 22a Page number 22b In-page data No.
22c PDF version data file name 22d Layout data file name 22e Item 22f OVL data file name 23 Form data file 30 Fill setting data 40 1 File layout data 40a First data part 40b Second data part 40c Third data part 40d Fourth data section 41 Layout data file name 42 Layout data file 50 Overlay data 50a, 50b, 50c, 50d Overlay data 51 Overlay data file names 51a, 51b, 51c, 51d Overlay data file name 52 Overlay data file 60 PDF version data 61 PDF version data file name 62 PDF version data file 70 Viewing form data 71 Paper 72-77 Characters/numbers 78-81 Image

Claims (9)

Form data storage means for storing form data distinguished by a printing primary key created for printing a large number of forms,
A pouring setting data storage unit that stores the pouring setting data that is set for each form and that is distinguished by the printing primary key and that is distinguished by the file name for creating the form printing data. ,
User browsing form data searching means for searching user browsing form data for browsing by the user from the form data stored in the form data storage means and distinguished by the primary key.
A browsing form data creating means for creating browsing form data for the user to browse based on the user browsing form data retrieved by the user browsing form data retrieval means;
A reading form data output unit for outputting the reading form data created by the reading form data creating unit;
The pouring setting data includes PDF block data representing each page in PDF for creating the browsing form data in PDF, characters to be arranged in the PDF block data, and position information indicating a position of an image. Layout data and overlay data representing image data to be arranged in the PDF block copy data,
The file name includes a PDF block data file name for specifying the PDF block data, a layout data file name for specifying the layout data, and an overlay data file name for specifying the overlay data,
The form data stored in the form data storage means and distinguished by the main key is the PDF version data file name, the layout data file name, and the overlay that specify the flow setting data into which the form data is inserted. Has a data file name,
The browsing form data creating means includes the PDF version data file name, the layout data file name, and the overlay included in the user browsing form data from the filling setting data stored in the filling setting data storage means. A form browsing apparatus, wherein the filling setting data specified by a data file name is taken out, and the user reading form data is poured into the taken out setting data to create the reading form data. 2. The form browsing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the form data which is stored in the form data storage unit and which is distinguished by the printing main key is captured by the form data capturing unit. The pouring setting data stored in the pouring setting data storage means and distinguished by the PDF version data file name, the layout data file name, and the overlay data file name are fetched by the pouring setting data fetching means. The form browsing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the form browsing device is a product. The form browsing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the browsing form data is PDF data. The form data that is distinguished by the printing primary key created to print a large number of forms is stored,
Store the setting data for pouring for creating the form print data by pouring the form data set for each form and distinguished by the main key for printing.
From the stored form data, search the user browsing form data for the user to browse,
Creating browsing form data for the user to browse based on the retrieved user browsing form data,
Output the created form data for browsing
A method for viewing a form executed by a computer,
The pouring setting data includes PDF block data representing each page in PDF for creating the browsing form data in PDF, characters to be arranged in the PDF block data, and position information indicating a position of an image. Layout data and overlay data representing image data to be arranged in the PDF block copy data,
The file name includes a PDF block data file name for specifying the PDF block data, a layout data file name for specifying the layout data, and an overlay data file name for specifying the overlay data,
The form data distinguished by the main key has the PDF version data file name, the layout data file name, and the overlay data file name that specify the flow setting data into which the form data is to be poured.
In the step of creating the browsing form data, the PDF version data file name, the layout data file name, and the overlay data file name included in the user browsing form data are specified from the stored filling setting data. The method for browsing a form, comprising: extracting the setting data for pouring, and pouring the user browsing form data into the extracted setting data for pouring to create the browsing form data. The form browsing method according to claim 5, wherein the stored form data distinguished by the stored primary key for printing is taken in. 7. The pouring setting data distinguished by the stored PDF version data file name, the layout data file name, and the overlay data file name have been fetched. How to view the form. The form browsing method according to any one of claims 5 to 7 , wherein the browsing form data is PDF data. A program that causes a computer to execute the form browsing method according to any one of claims 5 to 8.

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