JPS6319359B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] The present invention particularly relates to a format control method for editing output data using a format.

[Prior art]

In conventional format control methods, format information that stores the output order of print data, types of output characters, and number of output characters in the order of editing processing is stored for the number of required output formats, and the required number of output formats is stored according to the editing data. The method used was to select a format and edit output data by combining the selected format with variable data in the edited data. In this case, even if the output format changes partially, it is necessary to add independent format information, resulting in an increase in format storage capacity. Additionally, additional management of partially changing formats is complicated.

[Purpose of the invention]

It is an object of the present invention to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional methods, to make effective use of the features of format-based output editing, and to cope with changes in output format only by adding changes to the output data side. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a format control method that can be handled flexibly without requiring any additional information.

[General description of the invention]

Writing editing based on format is performed using format information that specifies the output format and output data that specifies the content of the output. Output data is of a nature that changes and is added depending on the work being handled, and the format is commonly defined for each output data, but as the data changes, some parts of the format may be There are some parts that are difficult to change, and these partial changes can be handled by changing only the data side without adding any changes to the format or imposing restrictions on the output content.

[Embodiments of the invention and their effects]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
In a railway ticket issuing system, ticket issuing information is edited by a processing device in accordance with request information from a ticket issuing terminal. Tickets issued include, for example, train tickets, commuter passes,
Print formats are determined individually for each type of ticket, such as reserved tickets. A ticket issuing format is prepared for each ticket piece, and the ticket print data is edited using this format and ticket issuing data whose contents change each time the ticket is issued.

This format control method will be explained in detail using the example of a ticket shown in FIG. The configuration of ticket issuing data for issuing the ticket 1 is shown in FIG. 2A, and part of the ticket issuing format of the ticket format is shown in FIG. 2B. Ticketing data 1
0 is form number 1 specifying form 20 for ticket
1, and the output characters 12 corresponding to the variable data section 21, such as the name of the boarding/alighting station or the amount of money, specified by the format 20 searched by the number are arranged in a predetermined code.

On the other hand, the form 20 is stored in association with the form number and storage address so that the form 20 can be searched using the form number 11 of the ticketing data 10. Format 2
0, a plurality of output items are arranged in the order of editing of the ticket. A code (CF) 22 is placed at the beginning of each item to indicate the beginning of the item, followed by C, which indicates that the item is fixed information in the format, and variable data. Identification codes such as ESC indicating control code information such as V and line feed are placed. The codes following C and V indicate the type and size of the characters, and the LF and n following ESC specify the line feed and line feed amount.

For the ticket shown in FIG.
The characters of "ticket" are edited by the fixed data 23 of the first item 0, and then the line is changed to the beginning of the next boarding station input section 101 by the second item 24. The boarding station output section 101 is the third item 25 of the form 20.
, the user is instructed to enter five variable data characters 21, and the corresponding data 12 is edited as "sp Numa sp Tsu sp". sp is space data that is not displayed on the printout. Thereafter, the face data of one ticket is edited in the same manner. In the case of other ticket types, the ticket face data is edited in the same manner as in the format corresponding to the ticket issuing data.

Even if the ticket types are the same, if some of the editing information does not match the common format, editing control is performed as follows. FIG. 3 shows an example in which the printing format of the boarding station on the ticket is different from that in FIG. 1. Ticket 1 shown in FIG. 1 and ticket 2 shown in FIG.
Only 01 is different and the others are common. For such partially special formats, please refer to the third part of Form 20.
In the editing process of the variable data 21 in Item 25, the variable data 12 of the ticketing data 10 is replaced with the non-format conforming data 13 shown in FIG. 4, which is edited regardless of the format. When the start code ST of non-format data is detected in the ticketing data 10, the end code of the non-format data will be used from now on regardless of the provisions of the relevant item in the format.
Until ED is detected, editing is performed according to the data specified by the ticketing data.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, the CE following the ST code specifies the character size to be edited together with the next code E, and edits "Tokyo" together with the next two-part character. Next ESC.LF.
By specifying a line break with n, the standard position of character placement is set to 1/
Move down two lines, specify H size characters with the following CE.H, edit "(within the Yamanote Line)" with the specified character size, and use the format non-conformity code ED to specify the 3rd paragraph 25 of Format 20.
The editing of the boarding station name output section 201 shown in FIG.

According to this editing method, it is possible to easily edit output data such as boarding station name and alighting station name, which can vary in number depending on ticketing data, without adding a common format.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, partial changes in common formats and changes in output formats do not require the addition of individual formats, and can be handled only on the output data side, which is necessarily created each time. It is possible to minimize the number of formats, eliminate the need for an increase in storage capacity, and construct an economical system, and also avoid the complexity of correction and management due to an increase in formats.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 and 3 are conceptual diagrams of the ticket surface, FIG. 2A is a configuration diagram of ticketing data, FIG. 2B is a conceptual diagram of the format, and FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of ticketing data. 1, 2...Passenger ticket, 101... Boarding station name output section, 10...Ticket issuing data, 11...Format number data, 12...Variable data, 13...Format non-compliant data, 20...Format, 21... ...Variable data, 22
...Item start code.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Edit data including format selection information and variable data that specify one set of formats among multiple sets of formats;
Format data that defines a format and includes at least fixed data specific to the format and arrangement information of the variable data is stored, the corresponding format is specified by the format selection information, and the corresponding format is specified by the format selection information. In a format control method in which output data is edited using format data that defines a specified format and the variable data, the edited data is format-noncompliant data that does not depend on format regulations and starts and ends with a specific code. A format control method, comprising: editing output data by using the format non-compliant data instead of the variable data when the specific code is detected.