JP6451357B2 - Display method, display program, and display device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a display method, a display program, and a display device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique for easily creating a form by accessing data recorded in a database using a form definition created by a user is known. In addition, when a form is distributed to a plurality of recipients, there is a case where a form in which information dependent on the recipient is partially embedded is created. This is called a single sheet here. When creating a single sheet, paste the field name (item name) of the database to the single sheet creation area of the single sheet creation screen to display the specific value (field value) of the field (item) on the single sheet. Technology is also known.

  Since field values include character strings of various lengths, it is preferable that field values be arranged in a balanced manner within a single sheet. On the other hand, conventionally, a technique for calculating the font size based on the size of the area to be arranged and the number of characters to be arranged is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2001-320575 A

  However, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 and the like is not intended to facilitate examination for appropriately arranging character strings of various lengths that can be field values in a single sheet.

In one aspect, an object of the present invention is to provide a display method, a display program, and a display device that can support examination work for appropriately arranging specific values of items to be displayed.

In one aspect, the display method accepts designation of a specific item to be displayed and designation of a display start point position of the specific item, and among the values that can be specific values of the specific item, A first value having a wide display width and a second value having the narrowest display width are specified, and specified from the display end point position and the display start point position separated by the display width of the first value specified from the display start point position. In this display method, the computer executes a process of recognizing and displaying the display end point position separated by the display width of the second value .

  It is possible to support the examination work for appropriately arranging the specific values of the items to be displayed.

It is a figure showing roughly the composition of the form generation system concerning one embodiment. FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the server, and FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the user terminal. It is a functional block diagram of a server and a user terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of prefectural DB. It is a figure which shows an example of a form initial value management table. It is a figure which shows an example of DB management table. It is a figure which shows an example of a form definition preservation | save table. FIG. 8A is a diagram illustrating an example of a form character string font management table, and FIG. 8B is a diagram illustrating an example of a work table. It is a flowchart (the 1) which shows a process of a server. It is a flowchart (the 2) which shows a process of a server. It is a flowchart (the 3) which shows a process of a server. FIG. 12A and FIG. 12B are views (No. 1) showing a cut sheet creation screen. FIG. 13A and FIG. 13B are views (part 2) showing the cut sheet creation screen. FIG. 14A and FIG. 14B are views (No. 3) showing the cut sheet creation screen. FIG. 15A and FIG. 15B are diagrams (part 4) showing a single sheet creation screen. It is FIG. (5) which shows a single sheet | seat preparation screen. FIGS. 17A and 17B are diagrams illustrating an example of a single-cut screen. FIG. 18A and FIG. 18B are diagrams showing the transition of data in the form character string font management table. FIG. 19A and FIG. 19B are diagrams for explaining a comparative example.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a form generation system will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 schematically shows the configuration of a form generation system 100 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the form generation system 100 includes a server 10 as a display device, a user terminal 50, and a printer 70. The server 10, the user terminal 50, and the printer 70 are connected to a network 80 such as the Internet or a LAN (Local Area Network).

  The server 10 receives operation information (instruction contents) on the user terminal 50 by the user, creates various screens, and generates a form (single form in this embodiment). Further, the server 10 transmits the created screen or form data to the user terminal 50 for display, or sends the generated form to the printer 70 for printing.

  FIG. 2A shows the hardware configuration of the server 10. As shown in FIG. 2A, the server 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 90, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 92, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 94, and a storage unit (here, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive)). 96, a network interface 97, a portable storage medium drive 99, and the like. Each device included in the server 10 is connected to a bus 98. The CPU 90 executes a program (including a display program) stored in the ROM 92 or the HDD 96 or a program (including a display program) read from the portable storage medium 91 by the portable storage medium drive 99. 3, the server 10 is caused to function as a form generation instruction reception unit 30, a form generation unit 32, and an output unit 34 as a reception unit. 3 also shows a search target DB (database) group 40, a form initial value management table 42, a DB management table 44, a form definition storage table 46, and a form character string font management table 48 stored in the HDD 96 or the like. It is shown in the figure. The specific data structure of these DBs and tables will be described later.

  The form generation instruction receiving unit 30 receives the form generation instruction transmitted from the user terminal 50 and transmits it to the form generation unit 32. The form generation unit 32 generates a form (single form in this embodiment) based on the form generation instruction. The output unit 34 outputs the form generated by the form generation unit 32 to the user terminal 50 or to the printer 70.

  The user terminal 50 is a terminal such as a PC (Personal Computer), and is a terminal used by a user who creates a form in business (for example, a staff of a city hall). The user terminal 50 has a hardware configuration as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2B, the user terminal 50 includes a CPU 190, a ROM 192, a RAM 194, a storage unit (HDD in this case) 196, a network interface 197, a display unit 193, an input unit 195, and a portable storage medium drive. 199 etc. The display unit 193 is a liquid crystal display or the like, and the input unit 195 is a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, or the like. Each device included in the user terminal 50 is connected to the bus 198. The CPU 190 executes the program stored in the ROM 192 or the HDD 196 or the program read from the portable storage medium 191 by the portable storage medium drive 199, thereby causing the user terminal 50 to display the input processing unit 52 shown in FIG. And function as the display processing unit 54. The input processing unit 52 transmits information (for example, an instruction related to form generation) input by the user via the input unit 195 to the server 10. The display processing unit 54 receives the screen data and form data transmitted from the server 10 and displays them on the display unit 193.

  The printer 70 is a device that receives form data from the server 10 and prints the form on a paper medium (paper). For example, the printer 70 performs printing on a paper medium in a format designated by the user among A4 portrait, A4 landscape, postcard, B5 portrait, and the like. Note that the printer 70 may not be connected to the network 80, and may be connected to the user terminal 50 via a printer cable or a USB cable, for example.

  Next, specific data structures of various DBs and tables held by the server 10 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 4 shows the data structure of a prefectural DB that is one of the search target DB groups 40. As shown in FIG. 4, the prefectural DB is a database for storing information on prefectural citizens, and includes “prefectural ID”, “name”, “address”, “gender”, “date of birth”, “age”, “occupation” "," Resident tax "," population ", and so on. The “prefectural ID” stores identification information assigned to each prefectural. In the fields of “name”, “address”, “gender”, “birth date”, “age”, and “occupation”, information of each citizen is stored. In the “resident tax” field, the resident tax payment amount of each citizen is stored. In the “population” field, “1” is stored. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the search target DB group 40 includes a light car registrant DB, a caregiver DB, a tax DB, and the like in addition to the prefectural DB, but a detailed description of these DBs is omitted. To do.

  FIG. 5 shows the data structure of the form initial value management table 42. As shown in FIG. 5, the form initial value management table 42 has fields of “item” and “set value”. The form initial value management table 42 stores initial values of font size, font (font type), and form size used when generating the form. The initial value may be set by the administrator of the server 10 or may be set / changed appropriately by the user of the user terminal 50.

  FIG. 6 shows the data structure of the DB management table 44. As shown in FIG. 6, the DB management table 44 includes “DB_ID” that is database identification information, “DB name” that is the name of the database, and “field ID” that is identification information and a name of each field of the database. And “field name” are managed in association with each other. For example, in the DB management table 44, the prefectural DB with DB_ID “D001” includes fields such as a prefectural ID field (ID = F001) and a name field (ID = F002) in FIG. Information corresponding to the structure is managed.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the data structure of the form definition storage table 46. In the form definition storage table 46, form definition data generated in the server 10 is stored. Here, the form specifies a certain database, and the user performs an operation of pasting item names (drag and drop) on a screen (see FIG. 12A) on which item names included in the database are displayed. Created by execution. The form created by the pasting operation as shown in FIG. 12B is a form as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the form definition storage table 46 includes “form ID”, “creation date”, “form name”, “target DB_ID”, “target DB”, “paste field ID”, and “paste field”. Each field includes “name” and “upper left paste coordinates”. The “form ID” field stores the form identification information (serial number), and the “creation date” field stores the date on which the user created the form. The “form name” stores the name of the form set by the user. The “target DB_ID” and “target DB” fields store the database ID and name specified by the user. The “pasting field ID” and “pasting field name” fields store the ID and name of the field (item) on which the user performed the pasting operation. “Upper left pasting coordinates” stores the upper left coordinate value of the field name (item name) pasted on the form.

  FIG. 8A shows the data structure of the form character string font management table 48. The form character string font management table 48 is a table for managing the font size of the field values displayed on the form, and is “form ID”, “pasted field ID”, “character string length”, “font size”. Each field. In the “form ID” field, form identification information (serial number) is stored, and in the “pasted field ID” field, identification information of fields (items) pasted on the form is stored. The “character string length” field stores the length (number of characters) of a character string included in a value (field value) that can be a specific value of the field (item) pasted on the form. Also, “font size” stores font size information set by default or font size information determined by the user corresponding to the length of the character string.

  FIG. 8B shows the data structure of the work table used when the form generation unit 32 executes processing. The work table stores information (target DB, pasted field name, upper left pasted coordinates) that needs to be temporarily stored while the form generating unit 32 performs processing.

(Processing of server 10)
Next, the processing of the server 10 will be described in detail along the flowcharts of FIGS. 9 to 11 with appropriate reference to other drawings. 9 to 11 is started when the form generation instruction receiving unit 30 receives an instruction (form generation instruction) for starting the form generation input from the input unit 195 of the user terminal 50 by the user. It is processing. The form generation instruction is transmitted from the input processing unit 52 of the user terminal 50.

  In the process of FIG. 9, first, in step S10, the form generation unit 32 acquires the set values of the form initial value management table 42, sets the form size, and sets the font. When the form generation unit 32 acquires the setting values of the form initial value management table 42 in FIG. 5, “A4” is set as the form size, and “12” points of “Mincho” are set as the font. . It is assumed that the user can change the form size and font type as appropriate.

  Next, in step S12, the form generation unit 32 issues a new form ID. For example, the form generation unit 32 issues “001” as the new form ID.

  Next, in step S <b> 14, the form generation unit 32 acquires all DB names from the DB management table 44, generates a selection screen (not shown) of the target DB, and uses the data of the selection screen as the user terminal 50. It transmits to the display processing unit 54. For example, the form generation unit 32 acquires DB names “prefectural DB”, “light car registrant DB”, “caregiver DB”, and the like from the DB management table 44 of FIG. Then, the form generation unit 32 generates a selection screen (not shown) in which one of the acquired DB names can be selected, and the data of the selection screen is transmitted to the display processing unit 54 of the user terminal 50. Send. The display processing unit 54 displays the selection screen generated by the form generation unit 32 on the display unit 193 based on the received data.

  Next, in step S16, the form generation unit 32 waits until one DB on the selection screen is selected by the user. That is, when the information that the user has selected one of the DBs via the input unit 195 is received from the input processing unit 52, the form generation unit 32 proceeds to step S18. Here, it is assumed that “prefectural DB” is selected by the user.

  In step S18, the form generation unit 32 acquires the field name (item name) of the selected DB (prefectural DB) from the DB management table 44. The form generation unit 32 refers to the DB management table 44 and acquires field names (prefectural ID, name, address,...) Included in the prefectural DB.

  Next, in step S20, the form generation unit 32 generates a single form creation screen (FIG. 12A) including a field name (item name) list, and the data on the screen is displayed on the display processing unit of the user terminal 50. 54. The display processing unit 54 displays the cut sheet creation screen (FIG. 12A) on the display unit 193 based on the received screen data. In addition to the field name (item name) list, the cut sheet creation screen is provided with a cut sheet creation area, a “cut sheet display” button, and a “save” button.

  Next, in step S22, the form generation unit 32 waits until it accepts a field name (item name) pasting operation. In this case, information indicating that the user has dragged and dropped the item name (for example, address) into the cut sheet creation area via the input unit 195 as shown in FIG. At the stage of input to the reception unit 30, the form generation unit 32 proceeds to step S24.

  In step S24, the form generation unit 32 acquires the upper left paste coordinates of the dragged and dropped item name. The upper left paste coordinates mean the display start point position of the pasted field (item) and the specific value (field value) of the field (item). Therefore, accepting the field name (item name) pasting operation by the user by the form generating unit 32 means accepting designation of the field (item) and designation of the display start point position of the field (item).

  Next, in step S26, the form generation unit 32 records the selected DB name, pasted field name (item name), and upper left pasting coordinates in the work table (FIG. 8B). To do. Here, as shown in FIG. 8B, “prefectural DB” as the target DB, “address” as the pasting field name, and “(X1, Y1)” as the upper left pasting coordinates are recorded in the work table. Shall.

  In step S28, the form generation unit 32 acquires the number of characters of the specific value (field value) of the selected field (item) from the field value of the selected DB, and specifies the number of all characters. Here, the form generation unit 32 has the number of characters (..., 10 characters, 11 characters,..., 18) of field values (such as “Sakamoto 5-chome 3”) stored in the address field of the prefectural DB in FIG. Character).

  Next, in step S30, the form generation unit 32 stores all the acquired character string numbers in the form character string font management table 48 in association with the field IDs. The form generation unit 32 stores the number of character strings in the “character string length” field of the form character string font management table 48 as shown in FIG. At this time, the setting value “12” stored in the form initial value management table 42 in FIG. 5 is stored as the font size corresponding to the length of all character strings. After step S30, the process proceeds to step S32 in FIG.

  When the process proceeds to step S32 in FIG. 10, the form generation unit 32 uses a predetermined font size (12 points) for the designated coordinates (upper left paste coordinates (X1, Y1) stored in the work table). A screen in which the display image of the longest character string and the shortest character string is displayed in the form generation area is generated, and the data of the screen is transmitted to the display processing unit 54. The display processing unit 54 displays a screen as shown in FIG. 13A or 13B on the display unit 193 based on the received data.

  FIG. 13A shows an example in which a field name (item name) is pasted near the left end of the cut sheet creation area, and the difference between the shortest character string and the longest character string is small. In the display image, the right end of the solid rectangle indicates the display end point position when the field value (second value) having the narrowest display width from the display start point position is displayed. In the display image, the right end of the dashed rectangle indicates the display end point position when the field value (first value) having the widest display width from the display start point position is displayed. When the screen as shown in FIG. 13A is displayed, for example, the user drags and drops a character string display image (pasted character string) to move it to the center of the cut sheet creation area. be able to.

  FIG. 13B shows an example in which a field name (item name) is pasted near the center of the cut sheet creation area and the difference between the shortest character string and the longest character string is large. ing. When the screen as shown in FIG. 13B is displayed, the user can move the display image (pasted character string) to the left end side of the cut sheet creation area by dragging and dropping it.

  Next, in step S34, the form generation unit 32 determines whether or not the user has moved the position of the pasted character string. If the determination in step S34 is affirmative, that is, if information indicating that the user has moved the position of the pasted character string is received from the input processing unit 52 via the input unit 195, the form generation unit 32 The process proceeds to S36. Then, the form generation unit 32 acquires the upper left paste coordinates of the movement destination and updates the upper left paste coordinates of the work table. Thereafter, the process returns to step S <b> 32, and the form generation unit 32 generates a screen on which the display image (pasted character string) is displayed at the coordinates after movement, and transmits the data of the screen to the display processing unit 54. The display processing unit 54 displays on the display unit 193 a screen on which the pasted character string is displayed at the upper left pasted coordinates after movement.

  On the other hand, if the determination in step S34 is negative, that is, if the position movement of the pasted character string by the user is not accepted, the process proceeds to step S38. In step S38, the form generation unit 32 determines whether a display image is selected. Here, when the user right-clicks on the display image as shown in FIG. 14A, the determination in step S38 is affirmed, and the process proceeds to step S40. If the determination in step S38 is negative, the process proceeds to step S54 in FIG.

  When the determination in step S38 is affirmed and the process proceeds to step S40, the form generation unit 32 creates a font selection screen and transmits the data of the screen to the display processing unit 54. In this case, the display processing unit 54 displays a font selection screen as shown in FIG. 14B on the display unit 193 based on the received data. In addition to the current font size (currently 12), the font selection screen includes options of “change to 8”, “change to 9”, and so on.

  In step S42, the form generation unit 32 determines whether the font size has been changed by the user. If the determination in step S42 is negative, the form generation unit 32 proceeds to step S54 in FIG. 11. If the determination is affirmative, the form generation unit 32 proceeds to step S44. Here, it is assumed that the user selects “change to 8” on the font selection screen of FIG.

  In step S44, the form generation unit 32 stores the selected font size in the form character string font management table 48 in association with the longest character string of the corresponding pasting field ID. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 18A, the form generation unit 32 sets the font size corresponding to the character string length “18” in the form character string font management table 48 as a set value “12”. Is changed to “8”.

  Next, in step S46, the form generation unit 32 displays the length of the character string other than the longest character string in the form character string font management table 48 as shown in FIG. The displayed screen is generated, and the data of the screen is transmitted to the display processing unit 54. In this case, the display processing unit 54 displays a screen as shown in FIG. 15A on the display unit 193 based on the received data. The broken line rectangle in the display image of FIG. 15A indicates the display width when an 18-character string is displayed with 8 points, and the length of other character strings is 17 characters, 16 characters, etc. The display end point position when the character string is displayed with 12 points is shown. As shown in FIG. 15A, the font size change screen includes information indicating how many characters the font size change is applied to (currently “up to 18” in FIG. 15A), font, It includes a column (17 16 15 14 13) for selecting the number of characters to which the size change is applied, and an “OK” button. The user can change the number of characters to which the font size change is applied by pressing the OK button after selecting the number of characters to which the font size change is applied via the input unit 95. If the number of characters to be applied is not changed, the user presses the OK button without selecting anything.

  Next, in step S48, it is determined whether or not the number of character strings in the font size change screen is selected by the user and the OK button is pressed. If the determination in step S48 is affirmed, the form creation unit 32 proceeds to step S52. In step S52, the form generation unit 32 associates the font size set for the longest character string with the field ID from the longest character string number to the selected character string number, and forms the form character string. Saved in the font management table 48. For example, it is assumed that the user has selected to apply the font size “8 points” after the change up to the length “15” of the character string. In this case, as shown in FIG. 18B, the font size “8” is stored in association with the character string lengths “15” to “18” of the form character string font management table 48. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S54 in FIG. As shown in FIG. 16, the form generation unit 32 generates a screen in which the display of the length of other character strings up to the number of selected character strings (for example, 15) is changed, and displays the data of the screen. The data is transmitted to the processing unit 54. In this case, the display processing unit 54 displays the screen of FIG. 16 on the display unit 193 based on the received data.

  On the other hand, if the determination in step S48 is negative, the process proceeds to step S50, and the form generation unit 32 determines whether or not the user has pressed the OK button with the current character string. If the determination in step S50 is negative, the process returns to step S48, but if the determination in step S50 is positive, the process proceeds to step S54 in FIG.

  In step S54 of FIG. 11, the form generation unit 32 determines whether or not the single form display button has been pressed by the user. If the determination here is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S56, and the output unit 34 uses the information, work table, and form character string font management table 48 set on the cut sheet creation screen to cut the cut sheet. Is transmitted to the display processing unit 54. The display processing unit 54 displays a single-cut screen as shown in FIGS. 17A and 17B on the display unit 193. In addition, in the screen of FIG. 17 (a) or FIG. 17 (b), when the user presses the “next cut” button or the “previous cut” button, the output unit 34 stores in the prefectural DB. Based on this, a screen for the next or previous sheet is created and transmitted to the display processing unit 54. When the “return” button is pressed in FIGS. 17A and 17B, the form creation unit 32 proceeds to step S58. If the determination in step S54 is negative, the form creation unit 32 proceeds to step S58 without going through step S56.

  In step S58, the form creation unit 32 determines whether a request for pasting another field name has been received. If the determination here is affirmed, the form creation unit 32 returns to step S24 in FIG. 9 and executes the processing from step S24 onward for another field name (item name) for which a pasting request has been made. . That is, a plurality of field names (item names), for example, addresses and field names other than addresses (names, etc.) are pasted on a single sheet. On the other hand, if the determination in step S58 is negative, the form creation unit 32 proceeds to step S60.

  In step S60, the form generation unit 32 determines whether a save request has been accepted, that is, whether the “save” button has been pressed by the user. When judgment here is denied, it returns to step S34. On the other hand, if the determination in step S60 is affirmative, that is, if the user presses the save button, the process proceeds to step S62.

  In step S 62, the form generation unit 32 generates a form name input screen and transmits the data on the screen to the display processing unit 54. In this case, the display processing unit 54 displays a form name input screen on the display unit 193 based on the received data. Thereafter, in step S64, the form generation unit 32 stands by until a name is received. Here, the user can save the form with the form name by inputting the form name on the displayed entry screen for the form name. Accordingly, when the user inputs a form name on the input screen, the process proceeds to step S66, and the form generation unit 32 records the form ID, form name, work table information, and the like in the form definition storage table 46 (FIG. 7). Erase work table information.

  With the above processing, all the processing in FIGS. 9 to 11 is completed. The user can display the form (single form) on the display unit 193 by designating the form ID and form name stored in the form definition storage table 46 (FIGS. 17A and 17). (See (b)). Further, the user inputs a print instruction via the input unit 195 in a state where the screens shown in FIGS. 17A and 17B are displayed, so that the output unit 34 can generate a form (single form). Data is transmitted to the printer 70. As a result, the printer 70 can execute printing of a form (single form).

  As can be understood from the above description, in the present embodiment, the form generation unit 32 is an example of a specifying unit, a position change receiving unit, and a changing unit. Examples of the display unit include a form generation unit 32 and an output unit 34.

  As described above in detail, according to the present embodiment, a field name (item name) to be displayed on a single sheet by the user is pasted into a single sheet creation area of the single sheet creation screen, so that a field name (item name) is displayed. ) And upper left paste coordinates (display start point position), the form generation unit 32 determines the field value with the largest number of characters among the possible values (field values) of the field (item). And a display image is displayed so that a position separated from the upper left paste coordinates (display start position) by the display width of the specified field value can be recognized (see FIGS. 13A and 13B). As a result, the user recognizes the position where the longest field value (for example, an 18-character address) is displayed on a single sheet on the screen as shown in FIGS. 13 (a) and 13 (b). Changing the display position to an appropriate position can be considered. Therefore, according to the form generation system 100 of the present embodiment, it is possible to make it easier for a user to generate a single form.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the form generation unit 32 specifies the field value having the smallest number of characters among the field values, and a position separated by the display width of the specified field value from the upper left paste coordinates (display start position). Display a recognizable display image. Accordingly, the user can appropriately determine the arrangement position of the field value on the single sheet in consideration of the shortest display width and the longest display width among the field values.

  In the present embodiment, since the display image is moved after the display image is displayed, the user moves the display image to an appropriate position by an intuitive operation after confirming the position of the display image. be able to.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the user can determine the font size change and the number of character field values to change the font size on the font selection screen and the font size change screen. Thereby, the user can create a single sheet with an appropriate arrangement and an appropriate font size in accordance with the number of characters of the field value.

  Here, a comparative example will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 (a) and 19 (b). In the comparative example, as in the present embodiment, when an address pasting request is accepted as shown in FIG. 19A, the address is displayed with the same font size regardless of the number of characters as shown in FIG. 19B. A single cut sheet is output. In this case, if the number of characters is large, a single sheet may protrude from the paper size or be displayed in a plurality of lines. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B, display images are displayed in advance, so the arrangement of character strings to be displayed on a form (single form) is determined in advance. be able to. In addition, since an appropriate font size can be selected according to the number of characters, it is possible to create a single sheet in accordance with the user's intention as compared with a case where the font size is automatically changed.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the process of changing the font size is executed according to the user's operation as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16 is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the process of FIGS. May be omitted.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the longest and shortest field value display widths are displayed as shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. is not. For example, only the longest field value display width may be displayed.

  In the above embodiment, when the form character string font management table 48 is appropriately updated as shown in FIGS. 8A, 18A, and 18B during the processes of FIGS. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a work table that temporarily stores font size changes may be prepared, and the work table may be updated as appropriate. In step S66 of FIG. 11, the values in the work table may be reflected in the form character string font management table 48.

  In the above embodiment, the processing of the server 10 may be realized in the user terminal 50. In this case, the server 10 may be omitted from the form generation system 100.

  In the above embodiment, the display mode such as the display image and the display of the length of the other character string is an example. That is, various display modes can be adopted as long as the display end point position of the longest character string or the shortest character string among the field values can be recognized.

  The above embodiment has been described with respect to the case where screens such as those shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B are displayed when a form is generated. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, FIG. ), A screen as shown in FIG. 13B may be displayed. That is, when a designation of a specific item (field name) as a target to be printed within the printing range and a designation of the print start position of the specific item (field name) are received as a print instruction from the user, The form generation unit 32 selects, from among the value candidates corresponding to the specific item (field name), a value that can have the widest print width at the time of printing among the value candidates input to the specific item (field name). In addition, the mark (in the case of FIG. 13A and FIG. 13B, the right side portion of the broken line frame) is displayed at the location separated from the print width of the value specified from the print start position on the print preview screen. May be. Also in this case, the same effect as the above embodiment can be obtained.

  The above processing functions can be realized by a computer. In that case, a program describing the processing contents of the functions that the processing apparatus should have is provided. By executing the program on a computer, the above processing functions are realized on the computer. The program describing the processing contents can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium (except for a carrier wave).

  When the program is distributed, for example, it is sold in the form of a portable recording medium such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) or a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory) on which the program is recorded. It is also possible to store the program in a storage device of a server computer and transfer the program from the server computer to another computer via a network.

  The computer that executes the program stores, for example, the program recorded on the portable recording medium or the program transferred from the server computer in its own storage device. Then, the computer reads the program from its own storage device and executes processing according to the program. The computer can also read the program directly from the portable recording medium and execute processing according to the program. Further, each time the program is transferred from the server computer, the computer can sequentially execute processing according to the received program.

  The above-described embodiment is an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

In addition, the following additional remarks are disclosed regarding description of the above embodiment.
(Appendix 1) Accepting designation of a specific item to be displayed and designation of the display start position of the specific item,
Among the values that can be specific values of the specific item, the first value having the widest display width is specified,
A display end point position separated from the display start point position by the specified first display width is recognizable and displayed.
A display method characterized in that a computer executes processing.
(Additional remark 2) In the process to specify, the 2nd value with the shortest display width is specified in the value which can become the specific value of the specific item,
The display method according to claim 1, wherein in the display processing, a display end point position separated by a display width of the second value specified from the display start point position is displayed in a recognizable manner.
(Additional remark 3) The display method of Additional remark 1 or 2 characterized by the above-mentioned computer performing the process which receives the change of the said display start point position after the said process to display.
(Appendix 4) Accepting a specified display width and character size,
Among values that can be specific values of the specific item, specify a value that is equal to or greater than the predetermined display width,
The display method according to any one of appendices 1 to 3, wherein the computer executes a process of changing a character size when displaying the specified value to a specified size.
(Appendix 5) Accepting designation of a specific item to be displayed and designation of a display start position of the specific item,
Among the values that can be specific values of the specific item, the first value having the widest display width is specified,
A display end point position separated from the display start point position by the specified first display width is recognizable and displayed.
A display program for causing a computer to execute processing.
(Additional remark 6) In the process to specify, the 2nd value with the shortest display width is specified in the value which can become a specific value of the specific item,
The display program according to appendix 5, wherein in the display processing, a display end point position separated from the display start point position by a display width of the second value is recognizable.
(Additional remark 7) The display program of Additional remark 5 or 6 characterized by the said computer performing the process which receives the change of the said display start point position after the said process to display.
(Appendix 8) Accepting the specified display width and character size,
Among values that can be specific values of the specific item, specify a value that is equal to or greater than the predetermined display width,
The display program according to any one of appendices 5 to 7, wherein the computer executes a process of changing a character size when displaying the specified value to a specified size.
(Additional remark 9) The reception part which receives designation | designated of the specific item made into display object, and designation | designated of the display starting point position of this specific item,
Among the values that can be specific values of the specific item, a specifying unit that specifies the first value with the widest display width;
A display unit for recognizing and displaying a display end point position separated by a display width of the first value specified from the display start point position;
A display device comprising:
(Additional remark 10) The said specific | specification part specifies the 2nd value with the shortest display width in the value which can become a specific value of the said specific item,
The display device according to appendix 9, wherein the display unit displays a display end point position separated from the display start point position by a display width of the second value in a recognizable manner.
(Additional remark 11) The display apparatus of Additional remark 9 or 10 further provided with the position change reception part which receives the change of the said display start point position after the process of the said display part.
(Additional remark 12) The designation | designated of the predetermined display width and the designation | designated of the size of a character are received, and the value which becomes more than the said predetermined display width is specified among the values which can become the specific value of the said specific item, and specified. The display device according to any one of appendices 9 to 11, further comprising a changing unit that changes a character size when displaying the value to a specified size.
(Supplementary note 13) Accepting designation of a specific item as a target to be printed within the printing range and designation of a print start position of the specific item,
Among the value candidates input to the specific item, specify a value that can have the widest print width at the time of printing from the value group corresponding to the specific item,
Displaying a mark at a location separated from the print start position by the print width of the value;
A print preview display method characterized by that.
(Additional remark 14) The reception part which receives designation | designated of the specific item as a target printed within a printing range, and designation | designated of the printing start position of this specific item,
Among the value candidates input to the specific item, a specific unit that specifies a value that can have the widest print width during printing from a value group corresponding to the specific item, and the value from the print start position A print preview display device comprising: a display unit configured to display a mark at a location separated from the print width of the image.

10 server (display device, print preview display device)
30 Form generation instruction reception part (reception part)
32 Form generation part (specific part, part of display part, position change acceptance part, change part)
34 Output unit (part of display unit)

Claims (5)

Accepting the designation of a specific item to be displayed and the designation of the display start position of the specific item,
Among the values that can be specific values of the specific item, the first value having the widest display width and the second value having the narrowest display width are specified,
A display end point position separated from the display start point position by the display width of the first value and a display end point position separated from the display start point position by the display width of the second value are displayed in a recognizable manner. ,
A display method characterized in that a computer executes processing. The display method according to claim 1 , wherein the computer executes a process of accepting a change of the display start point position after the display process. Accept the size and specification of the character, specify the number of characters, the,
Among the values that can be specific values of the specific item, specify the value of the specified number of characters,
Display method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that to change the magnitude specifies the character size when displaying the identified the value, the computer processing is performed. Accepting the designation of a specific item to be displayed and the designation of the display start position of the specific item,
Among the values that can be specific values of the specific item, the first value having the widest display width and the second value having the narrowest display width are specified,
A display end point position separated from the display start point position by the display width of the first value and a display end point position separated from the display start point position by the display width of the second value are displayed in a recognizable manner. ,
A display program for causing a computer to execute processing. A reception unit that receives specification of a specific item to be displayed and specification of a display start position of the specific item;
Among the values that can be specific values of the specific item, a specifying unit that specifies a first value having the widest display width and a second value having the narrowest display width ;
A display end point position separated from the display start point position by the display width of the first value and a display end point position separated from the display start point position by the display width of the second value are displayed in a recognizable manner. A display unit;
A display device comprising:

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