JP2002334294A - Automatic xml generation system by format overlay printing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To convert print data into XML(extensible markup language) data without remodeling a format overlay printing program. SOLUTION: An XML definition information attachment processing part 12 attaches to an input data item of format data of a format data file 13 whether or not to output to the XML data as an element and an element name in outputting to the XML data. When the format overlay printing program 11 is carried out, the print data transmitted from the format overlay printing program 11 are inputted to an XML generation processing part 14. The XML generation processing part 14 reads the format data with XML definition information attached thereto from the format data file 13, converts the print data into the XML data and outputs the XML data to an XML data file 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an automatic XML generation method using form overlay printing, and more particularly to an automatic XML generation method using form overlay printing for printing by overlaying previously defined form data and print data. XML is Extensible Markup Langua
ge is an extensible markup language defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as a recommendation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the rapid spread of the Internet in recent years, the e-commerce market is expected to expand in the future. In this case, XML is used to transfer data between companies or departments. Therefore, it is necessary to shift the business system of the company to an XML-compatible system.

[0003]

However, in order to make a business system of a company compatible with XML, it is necessary to add a new logic for generating XML to an existing system, which requires a great deal of man-hours. There is a problem that.

[0004] Therefore, a mechanism for generating XML without modifying the existing slip / form printing program, that is, the format overlay printing program, is required.
In this case, in the existing system, data exchange with the outside is generally performed based on a slip / form printed on paper in many cases, and the content output on the slip / form is directly converted into XML data. Is the most efficient.

An object of the present invention is to provide an XML automatic generation method by format overlay printing that converts print data into XML data without modifying a format overlay printing program.

As a prior art document, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-2001
Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 22732, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 11-250041 and the like.

A “table conversion device and table conversion method” disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-22732 discloses a method of converting table text data into a table or SGML corresponding to a word processor or the like.
(Standard Generalized Markup Language), a table having a logical structure such as XML, etc., is not directly related to form overlay printing, which is a technical field to which the present invention belongs.

[0008] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-250041 discloses a "document processing apparatus and a document processing method" which converts a print document into an image by scanning, extracts primary information and secondary information, and outputs SGML, XML, and the like. Is to be converted to a variety of electronic formats,
It is not directly related to form overlay printing, which is a technical field to which the present invention belongs.

[0009]

According to the present invention, there is provided an automatic XML generation system using form overlay printing, which adds an XML definition information including a root element name and an element name of each input data item to format data. And generating a template of XML data from the XML definition information added to the format data when executing the format overlay print program, decomposing the print data from the format overlay print program into a print character string, An XML generation processing unit that automatically generates XML data by assigning a column to the input data item and adding the column as an XML element to the XML data template.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided an automatic XML generation system using form overlay printing, wherein the XML definition information addition processing section inputs form data which has already been created, and a route to the form data. A root element name adding unit for adding an element name; determining whether each input data item defined in the format data is an item to be output as an XML element; Is characterized by including element name adding means for adding an element name, and format data output means for outputting format data to which XML definition information including the root element name and the element name is added.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided an XML automatic generation system using form overlay printing, wherein the XML definition information addition processing section inputs form data which has already been created, and a route to the form data. Root element name adding means for adding an element name, XML declaration information adding means for adding XML declaration information to the format data, and DTD for adding DTD definition information to the format data
Definition information adding means for determining whether each input data item defined in the format data is an item to be output as an XML element, and adding an element name to the input data item to be output as an XML element Element name adding means, the root element name, the XML declaration information, the DT
A format data output unit that outputs format data to which D definition information and XML definition information including the element name are added.

Further, according to the present invention, in the XML automatic generation system using form overlay printing, the XML generation processing section inputs print data from a form overlay printing program, and inputs format data from a form data file. XML data template creating means for extracting a root element name and an element name from the XML definition information added to the format data to create an XML data template, and converting the print data into a print character string. Print data decomposing means for decomposing, print character string allocating means for allocating the print character string to each input data item according to the input order defined in the format data, and determining whether an element name is defined for each input data item. Determine whether to output as an XML element based on the There characterized in that it comprises a XML element addition means for adding the XML data of the template as an XML element with the print string assigned if defined as the content.

In the automatic XML generation system using form overlay printing according to the present invention, the XML generation processing section inputs print data from a form overlay printing program and print data from a form data file. Format data input means, and a root element name and an XM name based on the XML definition information added to the format data.
XML data template creation means for taking out L declaration information, DTD definition information and element names to create an XML data template, print data decomposition means for decomposing the print data into print character strings, and converting the print character strings into the format Print character string allocating means for allocating to each input data item in accordance with the input order defined in the data, and XM based on whether an element name is defined for each input data item.
XML element adding means for determining whether or not to output as an L element, and when an element name is defined, adding an XML element having an assigned print character string as a content to the XML data template. Features.

On the other hand, the XML automatic generation method using form overlay printing according to the present invention includes an XML definition information adding process for adding XML definition information including a root element name and an element name of each input data item to form data; When executing the program, a template of the XML data is created from the XML definition information added to the format data, the print data from the format overlay printing program is decomposed into a print character string, and the print character string is converted into the input data. XML items as XML elements assigned to items
XML generation processing for automatically generating XML data by adding to the L data template.

Also, in the XML automatic generation method by form overlay printing according to the present invention, the XML definition information adding process includes a form data input step of inputting form data that has already been created, and a root element for the form data. A root element name adding step of adding a name, determining whether each input data item defined in the format data is an item to be output as an XML element, and determining whether the input data item is to be output as an XML element. The method further includes an element name adding step of adding an element name, and a format data output step of outputting format data to which XML definition information including the root element name and the element name is added.

Further, in the method for automatically generating XML by form overlay printing according to the present invention, the XML definition information adding processing includes a form data input step of inputting form data that has already been created, and a root element for the form data. A root element name adding step of adding a name, an XML declaration information adding step of adding XML declaration information to the format data,
A DTD definition information adding step of adding DTD definition information to the format data; and an input for determining whether each input data item defined in the format data is an item to be output as an XML element and outputting as an XML element. An element name adding step of adding an element name to a data item, and a format for outputting format data to which XML definition information including the root element name, the XML declaration information, the DTD definition information, and the element name has been added And a data output step.

Further, in the method for automatically generating XML by form overlay printing according to the present invention, the XML generation processing includes:
A print data input step of inputting print data from a format overlay printing program, a format data input step of inputting format data from a format data file, and a root element name and an element name from XML definition information added to the format data. An XML data template creating step of extracting and creating an XML data template; a print data decomposing step of decomposing the print data into a print character string; and converting each of the input data in accordance with an input order defined in the format data into the input data. A print character string allocating step for allocating the item, and determining whether to output as an XML element based on whether an element name is defined for each input data item. If the element name is defined, the assigned printing is performed. A template of the XML data as an XML element having a character string as a content. Characterized in that it comprises a XML element additional step of adding to the rate.

Further, in the XML automatic generation method by form overlay printing according to the present invention, the XML generation processing includes a print data input step of inputting print data from a form overlay print program, and a format for inputting form data from a form data file. A data input step, and a root element name and XML from the XML definition information added to the format data.
Extract declaration information, DTD definition information and element name and
An XML data template creating step of creating an ML data template, a print data decomposing step of decomposing the print data into a print character string, and applying the print character string to each input data item in accordance with an input order defined in the format data. XML based on the print character string allocating step to be allocated and whether an element name is defined for each input data item
Determining whether to output as an element, and, if an element name is defined, adding an XML element having the assigned print character string as the content to the XML data template as an XML element. And

On the other hand, the program according to the present invention controls the computer to execute an XML definition information addition processing unit for adding XML definition information including a root element name and an element name of each input data item to format data, and a format overlay printing program. Sometimes XM attached to the format data
Create XML data template from L definition information,
XML generation for automatically generating XML data by decomposing print data from the format overlay printing program into print character strings, assigning the print character strings to the respective input data items, and adding them as XML elements to the XML data template It is characterized by functioning as a processing unit.

Further, the program according to the present invention includes the XML
A definition data adding unit configured to input format data that has already been created, a root element name adding unit that adds a root element name to the format data, and a definition defined in the format data. Element name adding means for determining whether each input data item is an item to be output as an XML element, and adding an element name to the input data item to be output as an XML element; And a format data output unit that outputs format data to which XML definition information including “.” Is added.

Further, the program according to the present invention comprises the XM
A format data input unit for inputting format data that has already been created, a root element name adding unit for adding a root element name to the format data, and an XML declaration information XML to add
Declaration information adding means, DTD definition information adding means for adding DTD definition information to the format data, and judging whether each input data item defined in the format data is an item to be output as an XML element, Element name adding means for adding an element name to an input data item to be output as an XML element, and an XML file including the root element name, the XML declaration information, the DTD definition information, and the element name
Format data output means for outputting format data to which L definition information has been added.

Still further, in the program according to the present invention, the XML generation processing unit may include a print data input unit for inputting print data from a format overlay print program, a format data input unit for inputting format data from a format data file, XML data template creating means for extracting a root element name and an element name from the XML definition information added to the format data to create an XML data template; print data decomposing means for decomposing the print data into a print character string; A print character string allocating unit that allocates the print character string to each input data item in accordance with the input order defined in the format data, and outputs the print character string as an XML element based on whether an element name is defined in each input data item. Judge whether the element name is defined and assign X with a printing character string as content
XML element adding means for adding an XML element to the XML data template.

[0023] The program of the present invention includes the XML
A print data input unit for inputting print data from a format overlay print program, a format data input unit for inputting format data from a format data file, and a root element based on XML definition information added to the format data. XML data template creation means for taking out the name, XML declaration information, DTD definition information, and element name to create an XML data template; print data decomposition means for decomposing the print data into a print character string;
A print character string allocating unit that allocates the print character string to each input data item according to the input order defined in the format data, and whether to output the print character string as an XML element based on whether an element name is defined for each input data item It is determined whether the element name is defined, and if the element name is defined, the XML element having the assigned print character string is used as the XML element.
XML element adding means for adding to the L data template.

XML by Form Overlay Printing of the Present Invention
The automatic generation method automatically converts print data into XML data when a format overlay print program is executed by adding XML definition information to the format data. Specifically, when the format overlay printing program is executed, the print data sent from the format overlay printing program is input to the XML generation processing unit. The XML generation processing unit reads the format data to which the XML definition information has been added by the XML definition information addition processing unit, and converts the print data into X.
Convert to ML data.

[0025]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1) First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an XML automatic generation system using form overlay printing according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The XML automatic generation method using the format overlay printing according to the present embodiment includes a format overlay printing program 11, an XML definition information addition processing unit 12, a format data file 13, an XML generation processing unit 14, an XML data file 15, , The main part is constituted.

The format overlay printing program 11 specifies a format data file 13 used for format overlay printing, and outputs print data delimited by commas “,” for each item.

In the format data file 13, format data for performing format overlay printing by the format overlay printing program 11 is defined in advance.

The XML definition information addition processing unit 12 determines whether or not the input data items 25 to 28 (see FIG. 3) of the format data are to be output as elements in the XML data, and the element names when outputting to the XML data. Is added. Also, a root element name, XML declaration information, and DTD (Document Type Definition) definition information are added to the format data. However, the XML declaration information and the DTD definition information can be omitted. The DTD definition information is
This is a part for defining XML elements, attributes, and entities.

The XML definition information addition processing unit 12 includes a format data input unit 121 for inputting format data already created from the format data file 13, and a root element for the format data input by the format data input unit 121. A root element name adding means 122 for adding a name, and an XML file for adding XML declaration information to the format data as necessary.
L declaration information adding means 123 and DTD definition information adding means 1 for adding DTD definition information to format data as required
24 and the input data item defined in the format data input by the format data input
It is determined whether or not the input data item is to be output as an L element, and an element name adding means 125 for adding an element name to the input data item to be output as an XML element is provided. And format data output means 126 for outputting format data to which XML definition information including an element name is added.

When the format overlay printing program 11 is executed, the XML generation processing unit 14 inputs format data from the format data file 13 and creates an XML data template from the XML definition information added to the format data. The print data from the overlay printing program 11 is decomposed into print character strings, and the print character strings are assigned to each input data item of the format data, and X
XML by adding to the template of ML data
Data is automatically generated and output to the XML data file 15.

The XML generation processing unit 14 includes a print data input unit 141 for inputting print data from the format overlay print program 11, a format data input unit 142 for inputting format data from the format data file 13, and a format data input unit. XML for extracting root element name, XML declaration information, DTD definition information, and element name from existing XML definition information and creating XML data template
A data template creating unit 143 and a print data decomposing unit 144 that decomposes the print data input by the print data input unit 141 into print character strings separated by commas.
And a print character string allocating unit 145 that allocates a print character string decomposed by the print data decomposing unit 144 to each input data item defined in the format data in an input order, and whether an element name is defined for each input data item XML element adding means 146 for determining whether or not to output as an XML element based on the XML element, and when an element name is defined, adding as an XML element having an assigned print character string as a content to an XML data template; XML data output means 147 for outputting the XML data to the XML data file 15.

FIG. 2 shows a format overlay printing program 1.
1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print result obtained when performing format overlay printing.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a format data design screen for performing the format overlay printing of FIG. In FIG. 3, the format data includes character constant items 21, 22, 2
3 and 24, and input data items 25, 26, 27 and 28, respectively. Note that character constant items are
Regardless of the print data input from the format overlay printing program 11, the same content is always printed at a predetermined position at the predetermined position. The input data item is a print character string of the print data input from the format overlay printing program 11. Is an item to be printed at a predetermined position.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents of the format data to be superimposed on the print data for performing the format overlay printing of FIG. The format data is divided into a character constant item and an input data item. As a character constant item, a print character string to be printed at a specific position (designated by a line and a digit in this example) of a slip / form, and a line position and a digit position at which the print character string is arranged are specified. In addition, as input data items, a print character string to be printed at a specific position (designated by a line and a digit in this example) of a slip / form, a line position and a digit position at which the print character string is arranged, and a print character string Input order is specified.

Referring to FIG. 5, an outline of the processing of the XML definition information addition processing section 12 is as follows.
1, a root element name addition step 202, an XML declaration information addition step 203, a DTD definition information addition step 204, an element name addition step 205, and a format data output step 206.

Referring to FIG. 6, the XML generation processing unit 14
The outline of the processing is as follows: a print data input step 401, a format data input step 402, an XML data template creation step 403, and a print data decomposition step 4.
04, a print character string assignment step 405, a print character string output determination step 406, an XML element addition step 407, a last print character string determination step 408,
And L data output step 409.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing that XML definition information including a root element name and an element name has been defined on the format data design screen shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the contents of the format data obtained by adding XML definition information including a root element name and an element name to the contents of the format data shown in FIG. A root element name and an element name are added to this format data, and are defined as items to be output as XML elements by adding an element name to each input data item of the format data.

FIG. 9 shows a format overlay printing program 1.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of print data output from the print data 1; The print data is separated by a comma “,” for each print character string.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the correspondence between print character strings decomposed from print data and input data items of format data. The print data is decomposed for each print character string separated by a comma, and is assigned to each input data item in the order defined by the format data from the top of the print data.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing XML data output from the XML generation processing unit 14.

Next, the operation of the XML automatic generation system based on the format overlay printing according to the first embodiment configured as described above will be specifically described with reference to FIGS.

First, the XML definition information addition processing section 12
Input the format data already created from the format data file 13 into a memory (not shown) by the format data input means 121 (step 201).

Next, the XML definition information addition processing section 12
The root element name adding means 122 adds a root element name to the format data (step 202). For example, a root element name “sample” as shown in FIG. 7 is defined and added to the format data as shown in FIG.

Subsequently, the XML definition information addition processing section 12
Adds the XML declaration information to the format data by the XML declaration information adding means 123 as necessary (step 203).

Next, the XML definition information addition processing section 12
If necessary, the DTD declaration information adding means 124
Add DTD definition information to the format data (step 20)
4).

Subsequently, the XML definition information addition processing section 12
Determines whether each input data item defined in the format data is an input data item to be output as an XML element by the element name adding means 125, and determines whether the input data item to be output as an XML element is An element name is added (step 205). For example, input data item 2
For 5 to 28, element names such as "number", "name", "address", and "TEL" as shown in FIG. 7 are defined and added to the format data as shown in FIG.

Finally, the XML definition information addition processing section 12
Outputs the format data to which the XML definition information (root element name, XML declaration information, DTD declaration information and element name) is added to the format data file 13 by the format data output means 126 (step 206).

When the format overlay printing program 11 is started with the format data file 13 storing the format data to which the XML definition information is added, the XML generation processing unit 14 first causes the print data input unit 141 The print data is input from the format overlay printing program 11 (step 401).

Next, the XML generation processing unit 14 inputs format data from the format data file 13 specified by the print data by the format data input unit 142 (step 402).

Subsequently, the XML generation processing unit 14
The data template creation unit 143 extracts the root element name,
The XML declaration information, the DTD definition information, and the element name are taken out, and a template of the XML data is created (step 403).

Next, the XML generation processing section 14 decomposes the content of the input print data into a print character string and a print control code by the print data decomposing means 144 (specifically, the print data is separated by commas). The print character string is decomposed into separated print character strings), and only the print character string is extracted (step 404).

Subsequently, the XML generation processing unit 14 allocates the decomposed print character strings to the respective input data items defined in the format data in the order of input by the print character string allocation unit 145 (step 405). For example, the print character string in the print data of FIG. 9 is assigned to each input data item as shown in FIG.

Next, the XML generation processing unit 14 determines whether or not to output as an XML element by the XML element adding means 146 based on whether or not an element name is defined for each input data item (step 406). If the element name is defined, it is added to the XML data template as an XML element having the assigned print character string as the content (step 407).

Subsequently, the XML generation processing unit 14
The data output unit 147 determines whether the addition of the XML element has been completed for all the input data items (step 408). If the addition of the XML element has not been completed, the control returns to step 405 to add the XML element. Is completed, the XML data is output to the XML data file 15 (step 409). For example, FIG.
XML data as shown in the XML data file 1
5 is output.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, only the XML definition information is added to the format data for the business which has conventionally performed a transaction based on the slip / form output on paper. Since the XML data can be directly output from the format data printing program without modifying the logic of the conventionally used format data printing program, it is possible to easily realize the transition to a system that requires XML cooperation. be able to.

(2) Second Embodiment FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic XML generation system using form overlay printing according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The XML automatic generation method based on the format overlay printing according to the present embodiment is different from the XML automatic generation method based on the format overlay printing according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. The point of preparation is different.

The XML automatic generation program 110 is read by the computer 100 and
Operation of the XML definition information addition processing unit 12 (format data input means 121, root element name addition means 122, XML
Declaration information adding means 123, DTD definition information adding means 12
4, element name adding means 125, and format data output means 126) and XML generation processing unit 14 (print data input means 141, format data input means 142, XML data template creating means 143, print data decomposing means 14)
4, printing character string allocating means 145, XML element adding means 146, and XML data output means 147). The operation of the computer 100 under the control of the XML automatic generation program 110 is exactly the same as the operation of the XML automatic generation method using the format overlay printing according to the first embodiment, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

[0060]

The first effect is that it is possible to easily realize a transition to a system that requires cooperation by XML. The reason is that, for business that conventionally performed transactions based on slips and forms output on paper, only XML definition information was added to the format data, and the format overlay printing program used conventionally was XML from the form overlay printing program without modifying the logic
This is because data can be directly output.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic XML generation system using form overlay printing according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a form image obtained as a printing result when performing format overlay printing.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a design screen of format data for performing the format overlay printing of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents of format data to be overlaid with print data for performing the format overlay printing of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an outline of a process of an XML definition information addition processing unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a process of an XML generation processing unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing that XML definition information including a root element name and an element name is defined on the design screen of the format data shown in FIG. 3;

8 is a diagram showing the contents of format data obtained by adding XML definition information including a root element name and an element name to the contents of the format data shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of print data output from the format overlay printing program in FIG. 1;

10 is a diagram illustrating a correspondence between a print character string decomposed from the print data in FIG. 9 and input data items of the format data in FIG. 8;

11 is a diagram showing an example of X output from an XML generation processing unit in FIG.
It is a figure showing ML data.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an automatic XML generation system using form overlay printing according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Format overlay printing program 12 XML definition information addition processing part 13 Format data file 14 XML generation processing part 15 XML data file 100 Computer 110 XML automatic generation program 121 Format data input means 122 Root element name addition means 123 XML declaration information addition means 124 DTD definition information adding means 125 element name adding means 126 format data output means 141 print data input means 142 format data input means 143 XML data template creating means 144 print data decomposing means 145 print character string allocating means 146 XML element adding means 147 XML data Output means 201 Form data input step 202 Root element name adding step 203 XML declaration information information adding step 204 DTD definition information adding step 205 Element name addition step 206 Form data output step 401 Print data input step 402 Form data input step 403 XML data template creation step 404 Print data decomposition step 405 Print character string allocation step 406 Print character string output determination step 407 XML element addition step 408 Last print character string determination step 409 XML data output step

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. An XM for adding XML definition information including a root element name and an element name of each input data item to format data.
L definition information addition processing unit, and XM added to the format data when the format overlay printing program is executed.
Create XML data template from L definition information,
XML generation for automatically generating XML data by decomposing print data from the format overlay printing program into print character strings, assigning the print character strings to the input data items, and adding them as XML elements to the XML data template An XML automatic generation method using format overlay printing, comprising: a processing unit. 2. The XML definition information addition processing unit, wherein format data input means for inputting format data that has already been created, root element name addition means for adding a root element name to the format data, Element name adding means for determining whether or not each input data item defined in the format data is an item to be output as an XML element, and adding an element name to the input data item to be output as an XML element; XML containing root element name and said element name
2. The automatic XML generation system according to claim 1, further comprising: format data output means for outputting format data to which definition information is added. 3. The XML definition information addition processing section, wherein format data input means for inputting already created format data, root element name adding means for adding a root element name to the format data, XML declaration information adding means for adding XML declaration information to the format data, DTD definition information adding means for adding DTD definition information to the format data, and an XML element for each input data item defined in the format data Element name adding means for judging whether or not the item is to be output as an XML element and adding an element name to an input data item to be output as an XML element, the root element name, the XML declaration information, the DTD definition information and the element 2. A format data output means for outputting format data to which XML definition information including a name is added. XML automatic generation system according to forms overlay printing. 4. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said XML generation processing unit is further provided with print data input means for inputting print data from a format overlay print program, format data input means for inputting format data from a format data file, and XML that extracts root element names and element names from existing XML definition information to create XML data templates
Data template creating means, print data decomposing means for decomposing the print data into a print character string, print character string allocating means for allocating the print character string to each input data item according to an input order defined in the format data, It is determined whether or not to output as an XML element based on whether or not an element name is defined for each input data item. If the element name is defined, it is determined as an XML element having an assigned print character string as a content. 2. An XML automatic generation method according to claim 1, further comprising: an XML element adding unit for adding to an XML data template. 5. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said XML generation processing unit is a print data input unit for inputting print data from a format overlay print program, a format data input unit for inputting format data from a format data file, XML data template creating means for extracting root element names, XML declaration information, DTD definition information and element names from existing XML definition information to create an XML data template, and print data decomposing means for decomposing the print data into print character strings A print character string allocating means for allocating the print character string to each input data item in accordance with the input order defined in the format data, and outputting as an XML element based on whether an element name is defined in each input data item To determine if the element name is defined X with the print string as the content
2. The XML automatic generation method according to claim 1, further comprising: an XML element adding unit that adds an XML element to the XML data template. 6. An XM for adding XML definition information including a root element name and an element name of each input data item to format data.
The XML added to the format data at the time of executing the L definition information adding process and the format overlay printing program.
Creates an XML data template from the definition information, decomposes the print data from the format overlay printing program into a print character string, assigns the print character string to the input data item, and adds it as an XML element to the XML data template And an XML generation process for automatically generating XML data by performing the above process. 7. The XML definition information adding process includes: a format data inputting step of inputting format data that has already been created; a root element name adding step of adding a root element name to the format data; An element name adding step of determining whether each input data item defined in the data is an item to be output as an XML element, and adding an element name to the input data item to be output as an XML element; 7. The automatic XML generation method according to claim 6, further comprising a format data output step of outputting format data to which an element name and XML definition information including the element name are added. 8. The XML definition information adding process includes: a format data inputting step of inputting format data that has already been created; a root element name adding step of adding a root element name to the format data; An XML declaration information adding step of adding XML declaration information to data, a DTD definition information adding step of adding DTD definition information to the format data, and an XML element for each input data item defined in the format data. Determining whether the item is an item to be output, and adding an element name to the input data item to be output as an XML element; and an operation of adding the root element name, the XML declaration information, the DTD definition information, and the element name 7. A format data output step of outputting format data to which XML definition information including “.” Is added. XML automatic generation method according to Formula overlay printing. 9. The print data input step of inputting print data from a format overlay print program, the format data input step of inputting format data from a format data file, and the XML generation process are added to the format data. An XML data template creating step of extracting a root element name and an element name from the XML definition information to create an XML data template; a print data decomposing step of decomposing the print data into a print character string; A print character string allocating step for allocating to each input data item according to the input order defined in the data, and determining whether to output as an XML element based on whether or not an element name is defined for each input data item; If is defined, XM with the assigned print string as its content X by forms overlay printing according to claim 6, characterized in that it comprises a XML element additional step of adding to the template of the XML data as element
ML automatic generation method. 10. The XML generation process is added to the format data, wherein a print data input process of inputting print data from a format overlay print program, a format data input process of inputting format data from a format data file, and the format data are added to the format data. An XML data template creation step of extracting a root element name, XML declaration information, DTD definition information, and an element name from the XML definition information to create an XML data template; a print data decomposition step of decomposing the print data into a print character string; A print character string allocating step of allocating the print character string to each input data item in accordance with an input order defined in the format data, and outputting as an XML element based on whether an element name is defined in each input data item. Judge whether the element name is defined and assigned X with the print string as the content
7. The automatic XML generation method according to claim 6, further comprising an XML element adding step of adding an XML element to the template of the XML data. 11. An XML definition information addition processing section for adding XML definition information including a root element name and an element name of each input data item to the format data, and a computer for executing the format overlay printing program. A template of XML data is created from the added XML definition information, print data from the format overlay printing program is decomposed into print character strings, and the print character strings are assigned to the respective input data items, and the XML is used as an XML element. A program that functions as an XML generation processing unit that automatically generates XML data by adding it to a data template. 12. The XML definition information addition processing section, wherein format data input means for inputting format data that has already been created, root element name addition means for adding a root element name to the format data, Element name adding means for determining whether or not each input data item defined in the format data is an item to be output as an XML element, and adding an element name to the input data item to be output as an XML element; XM containing root element name and said element name
12. The program according to claim 11, further comprising: format data output means for outputting format data to which L definition information has been added. 13. A format data input means for inputting format data which has already been created, a root element name adding means for adding a root element name to the format data, and XML declaration information adding means for adding XML declaration information to the format data, DTD definition information adding means for adding DTD definition information to the format data, and an XML element for each input data item defined in the format data Element name adding means for judging whether or not the item is to be output as an XML element and adding an element name to an input data item to be output as an XML element, the root element name, the XML declaration information, the DTD definition information and the element 12. Format data output means for outputting format data to which XML definition information including a name is added. The placing of the program. 14. An XML generation processing unit comprising: a print data input unit for inputting print data from a format overlay print program; a format data input unit for inputting format data from a format data file; XML to extract root element name and element name from existing XML definition information and create XML data template
L data template creating means, print data decomposing means for decomposing the print data into print character strings, and print character string allocating means for allocating the print character strings to respective input data items in accordance with the input order defined in the format data Judge whether to output as an XML element based on whether or not an element name is defined for each input data item, and if the element name is defined, as an XML element having an assigned print character string as a content. 12. The program according to claim 11, further comprising: XML element adding means for adding to the XML data template. 15. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said XML generation processing unit is a print data input unit for inputting print data from a format overlay print program; a format data input unit for inputting format data from a format data file; XML data template creating means for extracting root element names, XML declaration information, DTD definition information and element names from existing XML definition information to create an XML data template, and print data decomposing means for decomposing the print data into print character strings A print character string allocating means for allocating the print character string to each input data item in accordance with the input order defined in the format data, and outputting as an XML element based on whether an element name is defined in each input data item Judge whether or not to assign, if the element name is defined X with a printing character string as content
12. The program according to claim 11, further comprising: XML element adding means for adding an XML element to the XML data template.