JP2006323810A - Dip data generation method, dip data generation system and dip data generation program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To generate DTP data based on the latest property data when the property database is frequently updated. <P>SOLUTION: When the designation of a property is dragged and dropped from an auxiliary screen displayed by a typesetting tool 122 operating on DTP software to a page, the latest property data or the like are retrieved from a property DB 111 cooperatively by a WEB server 114, APP server 113 and DB server 112 in response to a request from the typesetting tool 122, and an XSL-FO electronic document is generated by interposing an XML electronic document and an XSLT electronic document. The typesetting tool 122 receives the XSL-FO electronic document, and generates DTP data in a status that the dragged and dropped property can be allocated to a small set based on the XSL-FO electronic document. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a DTP data generation method, a DTP data generation system, and a DTP data generation program for generating DTP (Desk Top Publishing) data, and in particular, assigns DTP data by assigning property data to a small template as required. The present invention relates to a DTP data generation method, a DTP data generation system, and a DTP data generation program for generation.

  The applicant has a large amount of data to be published in the magazine when creating electronic typesetting data for printing magazines such as used car publication magazines, accommodation facility publication magazines, housing information magazines, job information magazines, etc., and In view of the fact that there are many replacements and the layouts used in magazines are often fixed, database publishing has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 6).

In database publishing, property data that may be published in magazines is continuously managed in the database, and the property data that will actually be published in magazines is extracted from the database using filters. A page template representing a page layout and a small group template representing a small group layout are allocated to each page, and the extracted property data is allocated to the small group template allocated to the page. Based on the state after the assignment, an XML electronic document representing property data to be published in a magazine or the like and an XSLT electronic document representing a layout are generated. Then, the XSLT processor generates an XSL-FO electronic document by applying the XSLT electronic document to the XML electronic document. Then, the XSL-FO processor generates electronic typesetting data or electronic display data based on the XSL-FO electronic document.
JP 2003-150581 A JP 2003-178050 A JP 2003-345882 A JP 2004-133784 A JP 2004-246405 A JP 2004-259142 A

The applicant has filed the following patent application for an invention related to the present invention (unpublished).
Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-118793 Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-399965 Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-043400 Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-089531 Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-290223

  The configuration of a conventional database publishing system is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 1, a property database (property DB) 901 is managed by a database server (DB server) 902. Editing of data stored in the property DB 901 is performed by a database editing tool (DB editing tool) 903 using the DB server 902. The assignment tool 904 uses the DB server 902 to assign templates to each page and assign property data to the templates. The XSLT processor and the XSL-FO processor are mounted on the typesetting tool 905, and generate electronic typesetting data based on the XML electronic document and the XSLT electronic document output from the assignment tool 904.

  When the conventional database publishing system having such a configuration is used, there are the following problems.

  A person who manages the database continuously manages the property DB 901 using the DB editing tool 903. Therefore, in the property DB 901 that is the basis of the XML electronic document from the generation of the XML electronic document by the assignment tool 904 to the generation of electronic composition data based on the XML electronic document. May be updated by the DB editing tool 903. In such a case, the electronic typesetting data does not reflect the latest property data. In particular, when editing a magazine, the DB editing tool 903, the allocation tool 904, and the typesetting tool 905 operate simultaneously, and the property data is updated in units of minutes, which is inconvenient.

  Also, since the property DB 901, DB server 902, DB editing tool 903, assignment tool 904, and composition tool 905 are combined as a whole, a plurality of assignment tools 904 are operated simultaneously to perform assignment work in parallel processing. Could not do.

  Furthermore, since the property data must be assigned to the small template in order to arrange the property data on the page, the property data cannot be arranged on the page in a free layout.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a DTP data generation method, a DTP data generation system, and DTP data that enable DTP data to be generated based on the latest property data even when the property database is frequently updated. An object is to provide a generation program.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a DTP data generation method, a DTP data generation system, and a DTP data generation program capable of simultaneously generating DTP data for a plurality of pages.

  Furthermore, an object of the present invention is to provide a DTP data generation method, a DTP data generation system, and a DTP data generation program that enable free layout DTP data to be generated.

  According to the present invention, the property identification information detecting step for detecting property identification information for identifying the property associated with the page displayed by the DTP software, and the property identification information detected in the property identification information detecting step A small template identification information detecting step for detecting a small template identification information for identifying a small template to which data of the property to be identified is assigned, and a property identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detecting step A typesetting electronic document generation step for generating a typesetting electronic document representing the small template and the property data assigned to the small template based on the data and the small template identification information detected in the small template identification information detection step; , Based on the electronic document for typesetting, DTP data generation method characterized by comprising the DTP data generation step of generating a DTP data sets template and the properties data allocated thereto representing the state placed on the page, is provided.

  In the above DTP data generation method, the composition electronic document generation step generates a property data electronic document that represents property data represented by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step. A generating step, a small template electronic document generating step for generating a small template electronic document representing a small template identified by the small template identification information detected in the small template identification information detecting step, and the property data electronic document generating step. An application step of generating the typesetting electronic document by applying the small template electronic document generated in the small template electronic document generation step to the generated property data electronic document.

  In the DTP data generation method, the typesetting electronic document generation step is performed on the server side, and the property identification information detection step, the small template identification information detection step, and the DTP data generation step are performed on the client side. The server side and the client side may communicate on a network.

  In the above DTP data generation method, the server side is one, the client side is plural, and the different client sides are the property identification information detection step, the small template identification information detection step, and the A DTP data generation step may be performed.

  In the above DTP data generation method, the property is associated with the page by dragging and dropping the property data displayed on the auxiliary screen onto the page, and the property identification information detecting step includes: The property identification information for identifying the property whose data has been dragged and dropped onto the page may be detected.

  In the above DTP data generation method, the property is associated with the page by selecting the property data on the auxiliary screen and pressing a selection button. You may make it detect the property identification information for identifying the property selected on the said auxiliary | assistant screen.

  The DTP data generation method may further include a display step of displaying filter, folder, and property data on the auxiliary screen, and the display step searches the database for one or more filters currently associated with the property table. Displaying on the auxiliary screen, searching one or more folders currently included in the filter selected by the user among the displayed one or more filters, and displaying the folder on the auxiliary screen; A step of searching the database for current property data currently contained in the folder selected by the user from the one or more displayed folders, and displaying it on the auxiliary screen. .

  In the DTP data generation method, the filter search, the folder search, and the property data search are performed on a server side, and include the filter display, the folder display, and the property data display. The display of the screen may be performed on the client side, and the server side and the client side may communicate on the network.

  In the above DTP data generation method, the property is associated with the page by dragging and dropping the folder displayed on the auxiliary screen onto the page, and the property identification information detecting step includes the page Property identification information for identifying one or more properties included in the folder dragged and dropped into the folder is detected, and the composition type electronic document generation step and the DTP data generation step include one or more properties included in the folder You may make it be performed about the property of.

  In the DTP data generation method, the property is associated with the page by selecting a folder on the auxiliary screen and pressing a selection button, and the property identification information detection step is included in the selected folder. Property identification information for identifying one or more properties to be detected may be detected, and the typesetting electronic document generation step and the DTP data generation step may be performed for one or more properties included in the folder.

  The DTP data generation method may further include a display step of displaying a filter and a folder on the auxiliary screen, and the display step searches the auxiliary screen for one or more filters currently associated with a property table. And displaying one or more folders currently included in the filter selected by the user among the one or more displayed filters from the database and displaying them on the auxiliary screen. It may be.

  In the DTP data generation method, the filter search and the folder search are performed on a server side, and the display of the auxiliary screen including the display of the filter and the display of the folder is performed on a client side, The server side and the client side may communicate over a network.

  In the above DTP data generation method, the small template identification information detecting step identifies the small template that is designated when a small template to which the property data is to be assigned is designated for each property. The small template identification information may be detected.

  In the above DTP data generation method, the small template identification information detection step is specified to select a small template to which the property data should be assigned for each property according to a predetermined conditional expression according to the content of the data. If there is, the small template identification information for identifying the small template may be detected by applying the content of the property data to the predetermined conditional expression.

  In the above DTP data generation method, when a grid is set on the page, the DTP data generation step includes a state in which the small template and property data allocated thereto are arranged on the page according to the grid. The DTP data to represent may be generated.

  In the DTP data generation method, the property data electronic document generation step searches the property data identified by the property identification information from a database, and stores the property data electronic document based on the data retrieved from the database. You may make it produce | generate.

  In the above DTP data generation method, the small template identification information detection step is performed only when a small template to which the property data identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step is to be assigned is specified. If the small template which should assign the data of the property identified by the property identification information detected by the property identification information detection step is not specified, the application step is the property data electronic document generation step. The typesetting electronic document may be generated by adding a predetermined tag to the generated property data.

  In the above DTP data generation method, the small template identification information detection step is performed only when a small template to which the property data identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step is to be assigned is specified. If the sub-set template to which the property data identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step is assigned is not specified, the property associated with the page displayed by the DTP software A field selection input step for inputting selection of a field to be arranged on the page among the fields is further provided, wherein the property data electronic document generation step includes the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step. The field of data The property data electronic document representing the data of the field selected in the selection input step is generated, and the applying step adds a predetermined tag to the property data electronic document data generated in the property data electronic document generation step. The typesetting electronic document may be generated.

  In the above DTP data generation method, a step of updating data included in the DTP data with data stored in a property database for a specified field of a specified property may be further provided.

  In the above DTP data generation method, the specified field of the specified property is a specified field of the specified property on the auxiliary screen created based on the data stored in the property database. May be.

  In the above DTP data generation method, if the DTP data does not include a box in which the specified field of the specified property is to be inserted, the specified field of the specified property should be inserted A step of newly generating a box and adding DTP data in a state where data of a specified field of the specified property is inserted into the new box may be further provided.

  In the above DTP data generation method, page template identification information for detecting page template identification information for identifying a page template to which a small template identified by the small template identification information detected in the small template identification information detection step is to be assigned. The electronic document generation step for composition includes a property step identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step, and the small template detected in the small template identification information detection step. Based on the identification information and the page template identification information detected in the page template identification information detection step, the page template, the small template assigned to the page template, and the property assigned to the page template The DTP data generation step generates the page template, the small template assigned to the page template, and the property data assigned to the page template based on the electronic document for typesetting. The DTP data to represent may be generated.

  In the DTP data generation method, in the small template identification information detection step, a first small template to which data of the first property identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step is to be assigned is identified. And a second subgroup template for identifying a second subgroup template to which data of the second and subsequent properties identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step is to be assigned. The small template identification information may be detected.

  In the above DTP data generation method, a field for inputting selection of one or more fields to be assigned to each field of the table to be arranged on the page among the fields of the property associated with the page displayed by the DTP software Generating a typesetting electronic document representing the data of the field selected in the field selection input step among the property data identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step; Detected in the property identification information detection step based on the assignment input in the two typesetting electronic document generation step, the assignment input in the field selection input step and the typesetting electronic document generated in the second typesetting electronic document generation step Property data identified by the property identification information Table DTP data for generating table DTP data in which the data of one or more fields selected for each field of the table in the field selection input step represents a table assigned to the corresponding field. And a generation step.

  In the DTP data generation method described above, in the table DTP data generation step, the number of rows and the number of columns of the table DTP data are represented by the number of the properties represented by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step. The field selection / input step may be adjusted according to the number of fields in the table specified as the assignment destination and the set direction.

  In the above DTP data generation method, the field data selected in the field selection input step is character data or image data, and in the table DTP data generation step, the field selected in the field selection input step For each data, when the data is character data, the character data is inserted into the corresponding cell of the table. When the data is image data, the data is inserted into the corresponding cell of the table. Image data may be inserted.

  In the above DTP data generation method, if another table has already been placed in the placement destination box of the table to be newly created, the field of the table designated as the assignment destination in the field selection input step And the number of fields of the other table are the same, and the set direction of the table to be newly created and the set direction of the other table are the same, In the DTP data generation step, instead of generating DTP data of a new table, a row or a column including property data to be included in the new table may be added to the other table.

  According to the present invention, the property identification information detecting step for detecting property identification information for identifying the property associated with the page displayed by the DTP software, and the property identification information detected in the property identification information detecting step A small template identification information detecting step for detecting a small template identification information for identifying a small template to which data of the property to be identified is assigned, and a property identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detecting step A typesetting electronic document generation step for generating a typesetting electronic document representing the small template and the property data assigned to the small template based on the data and the small template identification information detected in the small template identification information detection step; , Based on the electronic document for typesetting, A DTP data generation step for generating DTP data representing a state in which the group template and the property data allocated thereto are arranged on the page, so that even if the property database is frequently updated, the latest DTP data can be generated based on the property data.

  According to the present invention, the server side is one, the client side is plural, and the different client sides are the property identification information detection step, the small template identification information detection step, and the Since the DTP data generation step is performed, DTP data for a plurality of pages can be generated simultaneously.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, the small template identification information detection step is performed only when a small template to which the property data identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step is to be assigned is designated. The applied electronic document generating step is performed when the small template that should be assigned the property data identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detecting step is not designated. Since the electronic document for typesetting is generated by adding a predetermined tag of the property data electronic document generated in the generating step, it is possible to generate free layout DTP data.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

[Embodiment 1]
FIG. 2 shows a configuration of a DTP data generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  Referring to FIG. 2, the DTP data generation system according to the present embodiment includes a server side 101 and a client side 102. The server side 101 and the client side 102 are connected by an IP (Internet Protocol) network 131 such as the Internet or an intranet. However, other networks (for example, IPX / SPX (Internetwork Packet eXchange / Sequenced Packet eXchange)) may be used instead of the IP network. A firewall 132 may be arranged between the server side 101 and the IP network 131 and between the client side 102 and the IP network 131 for ensuring security. Also, in FIG. 2, there is only one client side 102, but there may be a plurality. In such a case, the client side 102 can be operated simultaneously in parallel.

  For communication between the server side 101 and the client side 102, for example, SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is used.

  The server side 101 includes a property database (property DB) 111, a database server (DB server) 112, an application server (APP server) 113, and a WEB server 114. The client side 102 includes a database editing tool (DB editing tool) 121 and a typesetting tool 122. Although the DB server 112, the application server 113, the WEB server 114, the database editing tool 121, and the typesetting tool 122 can be realized by hardware, the computer executes a program for causing the computer to function as these parts. Can also be realized.

  The property DB 111 stores property data that may be published in a magazine or the like. A configuration example of the property DB 111 is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 12, the property table 351 is always one table in the property DB 111, and has fields such as property ID and property name. The manufacturer table 353 and the large classification table 352 are examples of reference tables. The reference table is a table referenced from the property table.

  The property DB 111 includes a catalog table 301, a category node table 302, a filter table 303, and a small template table 304 as shown in FIG. The category node table 302 and the filter table 303 are associated with the property table 351, and the small template table 304 is associated with the catalog table 301.

  The DB editing tool 121 operates as a WEB browser plug-in, and edits property data and the like stored in the property DB 111 via the IP network 131, the WEB server 114, the APP server 113, and the DB server 112.

  The composition tool 122 operates as a plug-in for DTP software, accesses the property DB 111 via the IP network 131, the WEB server 114, the APP server 113, and the DB server 112, and performs processing necessary for creating electronic composition data. In addition, a command necessary for creating electronic typesetting data is given to the DTP software.

  Next, a DTP data generation method performed by the typesetting tool 122, the WEB server 114, the APP server 113, and the DB server 112 will be described. Note that the DB editing method performed by the DB editing tool 121, the WEB server 114, the APP server 113, and the DB server 112 is out of the scope of the present invention, and a description thereof will be omitted. The WEB server 114, the APP server 113, and the DB server 112 perform processing for the DTP data generation method when requested by the formatting tool 122, and perform processing for the DB editing method when requested by the DB editing tool 121. To do. The formatting tool 122 and the DB editing tool 121 operate simultaneously, and may issue requests to the WEB server 114 at the same time. The WEB server 114, the APP server 113, and the DB server 112 may request other requests for each request. And exclusive processing in a time-sharing manner. Therefore, the DTP data generation method and the DB editing method can be performed simultaneously.

  When the typesetting tool 122 is activated, the typesetting tool 122 displays a login screen 201 as shown in FIG. When the user inputs a user name and password on the login screen 201 and presses an “OK” button 202, the typesetting tool 122 displays a catalog selection screen 211 as shown in FIG. The catalog is, for example, the December issue of the magazine “ABC”. The catalog list is registered in the property DB 111, and the typesetting tool 122 obtains it via the WEB server 114, the APP server 113, and the DB server 112.

  When a catalog is selected in the combo box 212 on the catalog selection screen 211 and the “OK” button is pressed, an auxiliary screen (assigned data selection panel) 221 as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. In addition, a screen 231 showing the page of the catalog is also displayed on the screen by DTP software.

  Referring to FIG. 4, the combo box 222 is for selecting a filter. The filter table 303 in which the filter is described is associated with the property table 351 as described above. In the combo box 222, a necessary filter can be selected from one or more filters described in the filter table 303 associated with the property table 351.

  The tree view 223 displays folders under the filter selected in the combo box 222. In the example of FIG. 4, “Classify by dealer” is selected as a filter in the combo box 222, and “MAX Higashikawaguchi” and “K-to Shokai”, which are individual folders for classification by dealer, are displayed in the tree view 223. ”,“ Nakajima Oimachi Store ”and“ Auto Bank ”are displayed.

  As the folder, there are two types of folders: a folder associated with an SQL selection statement for extracting predetermined property data from the property DB 111 and a folder for accommodating any property data selected manually. Either type of folder can be a parent folder of another folder, and can be a lowermost folder. The “MAX Higashikawaguchi” folder, “K2 Shokai” folder, “Nakajima Oimachi branch” folder, and “Autobank” folder displayed in the tree view 223 in the example of FIG. 4 are folders associated with the SQL selection statement. is there. For example, “auto bank” is associated with an SQL selection sentence for extracting only property data sold in “auto bank” from the property DB 111. For example, when the filter is “categorized by sales area”, the folder is divided into two layers, the first layer includes a folder with a prefecture name, and the second layer includes a folder of a municipality. You may make it provide. In this case, the folder in the first hierarchy is a parent folder of another folder and is associated with an SQL selection statement for extracting property data of a predetermined prefecture, and the folder in the second hierarchy is the highest folder. It is a lower layer folder and a folder associated with an SQL selection statement for extracting property data of a specific municipality. Patent document 5 discloses in detail a method for creating an SQL selection sentence.

  The table view 224 is for displaying the data of all the properties included in the folder selected in the tree view 223, and individually selecting a small template to be applied to each property data as necessary. In the example of FIG. 4, the table view 224 displays the names of all the properties included in the “auto bank” folder selected in the combo box 223 as an example of property data. The combo box 227 of the table view 224 displays the name of the small template applied to each property data.

  When the folder associated with the SQL selection statement is selected in the tree view 223, the formatting tool 122 notifies the APP server 113 via the WEB server 114 of the category node ID, which is folder identification information. The APP server 113 causes the DB server 112 to execute the SQL selection statement, receives the execution result, and returns the execution result to the formatting tool 122 via the WEB server 114. The composition tool 122 displays the property name included in the execution result of the SQL selection statement on the table view 224.

  The auxiliary screen shown in FIG. 4 is in a state where the “template selection” radio button 225-1 in the “template setting” radio button group is selected. In this state, the combo box 227 can select any one of the small templates associated with the catalog selected on the catalog selection screen 211 shown in FIG. As described above, the property DB 111 holds the small template table 304, and after the catalog is selected, the composition tool 122 acquires records from the property DB 111 regarding all the small groups associated with the selected catalog. Then, a combo box 227 is displayed based on the record.

  The auxiliary screen shown in FIG. 5 is in a state in which the “no template (direct arrangement of material)” radio button 225-2 in the “template setting” radio button group is selected. In this state, the combo box 227 is blank, and the small template cannot be selected.

  The auxiliary screen shown in FIG. 6 is in a state where the radio button 225-3 of “condition selection” in the radio button group of “template setting” is selected. Even in this state, the combo box 227 is blank. However, in this state, the template selection condition can be selected in the template selection condition combo box 226. In this state, each property data is applied to the template selection condition selected in the combo box 226, and a small template to which each property data is assigned is selected. For example, when a template selection condition is selected such that if the property maker name is “Toyohashi”, the small template A is selected, and if the property manufacturer name is “Nissin”, the small template B is selected. If the maker name of the property 1 is “Toyohashi”, the small template A is selected, and if the maker name of the property 2 is “Nissin”, the small template B is selected.

  Returning to FIG. 4, when the user selects a folder in the tree view 223 and drags and drops the folder onto the screen 231 of the page or presses the “assign” button 228, the drop destination or current All the property data contained in the folder is displayed on the page in a state assigned to the small template at a predetermined position of the page. Further, when the user selects property data in the table view 224 and drags and drops the property data onto the screen 231 of the page or presses the “assign” button 228, the drop destination or the current page is determined. At the position, the property data is displayed on the page in a state assigned to the small template. In the case of FIG. 4, the small template to which each property data is assigned is the small template selected in the combo box 227. In the case of FIG. 6, the small set template to which each piece of property data is assigned is a small set template selected by applying the property data to the small set template selection condition. In the case of FIG. 5, the property data is not assigned to the small template, but is arranged on the page in a free layout.

  In Patent Documents 1 to 6, the assignment of the property data to the page is not performed on the DTP, but is performed on a pseudo screen that simulates the DTP screen. On the other hand, in this embodiment, the property data is displayed on the page in a state where the property data is allocated to the small template on the DTP.

  Referring to FIG. 5, when the user selects a folder in the tree view 223 and drags and drops the folder onto the screen 231 of the page, or presses the “assign” button 228, All the property data contained in the folder is displayed on the page in a state where it is assigned to the small template at a predetermined position on the current page. Further, when the user selects property data in the table view 224 and drags and drops the property data onto the screen 231 of the page or presses the “assign” button 228, the drop destination or the current page is determined. At the position, the property data is displayed on the page in a state assigned to the small template. The small group template to which each property data is assigned is a predetermined small group template. In the example of FIG. 5, the predetermined small template includes text boxes 241-1 to 241-4 and an image box 241-5. These boxes can be moved individually by drag and drop. Thereby, free layout is realized.

  Referring to FIG. 6, when the user selects a folder in the tree view 223 and drags and drops the folder onto the screen 231 of the page, or presses the “assign” button 228, the drop destination or All the property data contained in the folder is displayed on the page in a state where it is assigned to the small template at a predetermined position on the current page. Further, when the user selects property data in the table view 224 and drags and drops the property data onto the screen 231 of the page or presses the “assign” button 228, the drop destination or the current page is determined. At the position, the property data is displayed on the page in a state assigned to the small template. The small group template to which each property data is assigned is a small group template selected according to the selection condition.

  In the example of FIG. 6, a grid 261 is provided on the page screen. In such a case, the small template is arranged along the grid 261 as shown in FIG. 4 and 5, when a grid is provided on the screen of the page, the small template is arranged along the grid. The arrangement of the small template along the grid is performed by acquiring the coordinates of the grid and arranging the small sets of DTP data at the coordinates.

  Next, operations of the typesetting tool 122, the WEB server 114, the APP server 113, and the DB server 112 for enabling the above-described operations will be described.

  Referring to FIG. 7, first, the typesetting tool 122 connects to the WWW server 114 (step S401). In this connection, a login screen 201 shown in FIG. 3 is used.

  Next, the composition tool 122 performs auxiliary screen display processing (step S403). Details of step S403 will be described later.

  Next, when the user's operation (for example, drag and drop of the folder or the property data described above) is performed on the DTP software and the composition tool 122, the composition tool 122 sends the XSL to the WWW server 114. -Request transmission of the FO electronic document (step S405). In this request, the property identification information (property ID) for identifying the property that is the basis of the XSL-FO electronic document and the small template identification information (the small set) for identifying the small template that is the basis of the XSL-FO electronic document Template ID). In the auxiliary screen 221, when a property is not selected but a folder is specified, a category node ID that is identification information for identifying the folder is transmitted instead of property identification information. In the auxiliary screen, when the small group template is not selected but the radio button 225-3 is selected and the small group selection condition is selected in the combo box 226, the small group selection condition is identified instead of the small group template ID. A small template selection condition ID, which is identification information to be transmitted, is transmitted. When the small template is not selected on the auxiliary screen but the radio button 225-2 is selected, NULL is inserted at the position where the small template ID is to be inserted and transmitted.

  Next, the WEB server 114, the APP server 113, and the DB server 112 work together to generate an XSL-FO electronic document. If the image data is included in the specified property data, the image data is also stored. get. Then, the WEB server 114 transmits the generated XSL-FO electronic document and the image data acquired as necessary to the typesetting tool 122 (step S407). Details of step S407 will be described later.

  Next, the composition tool 122 acquires the XSL-FO electronic document transmitted from the WEB server 114 and the image data transmitted from the WEB server 114 as necessary (step S409).

  Next, the composition tool 122 determines whether a grid is set on the page currently displayed by the DTP software (step S411).

  If a grid is not set on the page currently displayed by the DTP software (NO in step S411), the composition tool 122 uses the XSL-FO electronic document (and image data) acquired in step S409 as a property. DTP data in a state obtained by assigning data to the small template is generated, and the DTP data is arranged at the drop position of the page (step S413). When the “assign” button 228 is pressed instead of dragging and dropping, the DTP data is arranged at a predetermined position on the page.

  If a grid is set on the page currently displayed by the DTP software (YES in step S411), the composition tool 122 uses the XSL-FO electronic document (and image data) acquired in step S409 to DTP data in a state obtained by assigning the data to the small template is generated, and the DTP data is arranged at the grid position of the page (step S415).

  Next, the details of step S403 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, the composition tool 122 requests the WWW server 114 to transmit a list of catalogs registered in the property DB 111 (step S421).

  Next, the APP server 113 acquires a list of catalogs registered in the property DB 111 via the DB server 112, and the WWW server 114 transmits the catalog list to the typesetting tool 122 (step S423). The list to be transmitted includes identification information (catalog ID) and catalog name of each catalog.

  Next, the formatting tool 122 sets the catalog list received in step S423 in the list box 212 of the catalog selection screen 211 (step S425). Although only the catalog name is displayed in the list box, the typesetting tool 122 holds the correspondence between the catalog name and the catalog ID, so that the catalog ID corresponding to the catalog whose name is selected can be detected. .

  Next, if it is detected that the user has selected a desired catalog from the list box 212 and pressed the “OK” button 213, the typesetting tool 122 holds the ID of the selected catalog (step S427). Alternatively, a predetermined catalog (for example, the first catalog in the list) may be selected and the catalog ID may be held.

  Next, the composition tool 122 requests the WEB server 114 to transmit a list of filters registered in the property DB 111 (step S429). The “node classification” field of the category node table 302 takes a value of “route”, “folder”, “property”, or “handmade”. A record whose value of the “node classification” field is “root” is a record to be included in the filter list. Alternatively, the same result can be obtained even if it is determined that a record whose value of the “hierarchy number” field is zero is a record to be included in the filter list.

  Next, the APP server 113 searches the filter list via the DB server 112, and the WWW server 114 transmits the filter list to the typesetting tool 122 (step S431).

  Next, the composition tool 122 requests the WEB server 114 to transmit the small template selection condition list and the small template list associated with the catalog selected in step S427 (step S433). The subgroup template selection condition list is a list of subgroup template selection conditions. Each subgroup template selection condition includes which subgroup template if any field in the property table or the reference table satisfies what condition. It is described whether to use it. Whether or not the selection conditions described in other small template selection conditions are satisfied when the selection conditions described in a certain small template selection condition are not satisfied by combining a plurality of small template selection conditions If it is determined and satisfied, the small group template described in the small group template selection condition can be used. The small template selection condition list for which transmission is requested in step S433 may be a list of identification information for identifying each small template selection condition and the name of the small template selection condition. The small template list is a list of small templates, but may be a list of only small template IDs of records having the catalog ID selected as the catalog ID selected in step S427 among the records of the small template table 304. That's fine. The correspondence between the identification information of the small template selection condition and its name is held by the typesetting tool 122, and the correspondence between the identification information of the small template (small template ID) and its name is also held by the typesetting tool 122. (The name of the small template is used as the small template ID). When the name of the small template selection condition is selected on the auxiliary screen, the typesetting tool 122 can detect the identification information of the corresponding small template selection condition on the auxiliary screen, and the small template is selected on the auxiliary screen. Then, the identification information (small template ID) of the small template corresponding to it can be detected.

  Next, the APP server 113 acquires a list of small template selection conditions and a list of small templates associated with the catalog selected in step S427 via the DB server 112 from the property DB 111, and the WWW server 114 These lists are transmitted to the typesetting tool 122 (step S435).

  Next, the composition tool 122 sets the filter list received in step S431 in the filter selection combo box 222 (see FIG. 4). Further, the composition tool 122 sets the small template selection condition list received in step S435 in the small template selection condition selection combo box 226 (see FIG. 4), and the small template list received in step S435 is used for template selection. The combo box 227 (see FIG. 4) is set (step S437).

  Next, it is determined whether or not there is any manual input by the user on the auxiliary screen (step S441).

  If there is a manual input (YES in step S441), whether or not the user has selected a filter in the filter selection combo box 222, or the user selects a folder in the tree view 223. It is determined whether or not a selection has been made (steps S443 and S451).

  When the user selects a filter in the filter selection combo box 222 (YES in step S443), the formatting tool 122 stores the selected filter in the first layer folder of the selected filter in the category node table 302. The WEB server 114 is requested to transmit the corresponding record (child category list) (step S445).

  Next, the application server 113 acquires the records requested in step S445 from the property DB 111 via the DB server 112, and the WEB server 114 transmits these records to the typesetting tool 122 (step S447). Since the category node table 302 includes a “category node ID” field and a “parent node ID” field, a record having the ID of the filter detected in step S443 as the value of the “parent node ID” field is like this. Corresponds to record.

  Next, the composition tool 122 displays the first layer folder of the tree view 223 based on the record acquired in step S447 (step S449).

  When the user selects a folder in the tree view 223 (YES in step S451), the formatting tool 112 corresponds to a folder in the hierarchy one level lower than the selected folder in the records of the category node table 302. The WEB server 114 is requested to transmit a record (child category list) (step S453).

  Next, the application server 113 acquires the records requested in step S453 from the property DB 111 via the DB server 112, and the WEB server 114 transmits these records to the typesetting tool (step S455). Since the category node table 302 includes a “category node ID” field and a “parent node ID” field, a record having the ID of the folder detected in step S451 as the value of the “parent node ID” field is Corresponds to record.

  Next, the composition tool 122 determines whether or not the small category is a property by checking whether or not the value of the “node category” field of the record acquired in step S455 is “Property”. (Step S457).

  When the category of the small category is not a property (NO in step S457), since the category of the small category is a folder, the nth layer (n = 2, 3) of the tree view 223 is based on the record acquired in step S455. ,...) Are displayed (step S449).

  If the small category is a property (YES in step S457), the composition tool 122 displays the property data belonging to the folder detected in step S451 on the table view 224 (step S459).

  In order to perform the display in step S459, the following is performed. That is, the typesetting tool 122 transmits the filter ID corresponding to the folder detected in step S451 to the WEB server 114. The APP server 113 searches the record having the filter ID transmitted to the WEB server 114 from the filter table 303 via the DB server 112, and based on the extraction condition ID and the sort designation ID described in the record. Then, the extraction condition and the sort specification are searched from the property DB 111 via the DB server 112, the SQL selection sentence is generated according to the searched extraction condition and the sort specification, and the execution of the SQL selection sentence is requested to the DB server 112. To do. The APP server 113 supplies the execution result of the SQL selection statement to the WEB server 114, and the WEB server 114 transmits the execution result of the SQL selection statement to the typesetting tool 122. The composition tool 122 displays the transmitted execution result on the table view 224 as the property ID and property data.

  Steps S441 to S459 are repeatedly executed. By repeating this, data required by the user is displayed on the auxiliary screen without any shortage.

  Next, the details of step S407 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the data sent together with the request for the XSL-FO electronic document in step S405 is received (step S461). Specifically, the property ID and the category node ID are alternatively transmitted. Further, the small template ID, the small template selection condition ID, and NULL have been transmitted alternatively.

  Next, it is determined whether NULL has been transmitted instead of the small template ID or small template selection condition ID (step S463). If so (YES in step S463), the process proceeds to step S477, and if not, the process proceeds to step S465.

  In step S465, it is determined whether not a small template ID but a small template selection condition ID has been transmitted. If the small template selection condition ID has been transmitted (YES in step S465), the process proceeds to step S467. If the small template ID has been transmitted (NO in step S465), the process proceeds to step S469.

  In step S467, a small template that meets the selection condition is acquired. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the property data conforms to the small template selection condition identified by the small template selection condition ID, and if it matches, the small template corresponding to the selection condition is selected. select. If the category node ID is received in step S461, the small template is selected by the above-described method for each of all the property data obtained by executing the SQL selection statement corresponding to the category node ID. From step S467, the process proceeds to step S469.

  In step S469, the XSLT electronic document describing the small template specified by the small template ID received in step S461 or the small template acquired in step S467 is acquired from the property DB 111. If the category node ID is received in step S461, the XSLT electronic document describing the small template selected for each of all properties corresponding to the category node ID is acquired from the property DB 111.

  13 and 14 show examples of the XSLT electronic document acquired in step S469.

  Next, if the property ID has been received in step S461, the property data having the property ID received in step S461 is acquired from the property DB 111, and an XML electronic document representing the property data is generated (step 461). S471). If the category node ID has been received in step S461, an XML electronic document representing the data of all the properties acquired by executing the SQL selection statement corresponding to the category node ID is generated.

  FIG. 15 shows an example of the XML electronic document generated in step S471.

  Next, an XSL-FO electronic document is generated by applying the XSLT electronic document acquired in step S469 to the XML electronic document generated in step S471, and the XSL-FO electronic document is transmitted to the typesetting tool 122 (step S473). ).

  FIG. 16 shows an example of the XSL-FO electronic document generated in step S473.

  Next, when image data is included in the property data acquired in step S471, the image data is transmitted to the composition tool 122 (step S475).

  In step S477, similarly to step S471, when the property ID is received in step S461, the property data having the property ID received in step S461 is acquired from the property DB 111, and the XML representing the property data is obtained. Generate electronic documents. If a category node ID has been received in step S461, data of all properties acquired by executing the SQL selection statement corresponding to the category node ID is generated. The property data may be described in XML, for example, or may be described in CSV format or the like.

  Next, an XSL-FO electronic document is generated by adding a predetermined XSL-FO tag to the property data generated in step S477, and the XSL-FO electronic document is transmitted to the typesetting tool 122 (step S479).

  Further, the property table and the reference table have a configuration as shown in FIG. 12, and “classification by major classification” is provided as a filter, and a folder for each value of major classification is provided below (first layer). If a folder with a major category is dragged and dropped onto the page, the text of the major category is not provided for all the properties contained in the folder without providing a text box for the major category name. Only one box may be generated.

  Next, when the image data is included in the property data acquired in step S477, the image data is transmitted to the composition tool 122 (step S475).

[Embodiment 2]
In the first embodiment, when a small template is used, only items (fields in the property database table) set in the small template are used for each property. When not used (as shown in FIG. 5, when the “no template (direct arrangement of material)” radio button 225-2 in the “template setting” radio button group is selected) All items are used and a box 241 of those items is placed on the page.

  However, when the user selects no template, the user does not necessarily desire to arrange all items on the page, and may desire to arrange only some items. When it is desired that only some items are arranged, it is necessary to delete unnecessary items. In the second embodiment, only the items desired by the user are arranged on the page even when “no template” is selected in order to eliminate such work.

  For this purpose, an auxiliary screen 221B as shown in FIG. 17 is used instead of the auxiliary screen 221 as shown in FIGS. The user selects the radio button 501-1 of “Place material of selected field” in the “Set template for small group” radio button group, and selects the radio button group for “Set allocation position of small group”. After selecting the radio button 502-1 “assign to the position where the drag and drop” is performed, the “setting” button 501-2 is pressed. Then, a “field selection dialog” screen 591 as shown in FIG. 18 is displayed. In the tree view 591-1 on the left side, all fields of the property table and the reference table are displayed. The user selects a field to be arranged on the page from here and presses the right arrow button 591-2 to copy the field to be arranged on the page to the list view 591-3 on the right side. If the user wants to arrange all the fields on the page, the user may copy all the fields to the list view 591-3 on the right side by pressing the double right arrow button 591-4. When the user presses an “OK” button 591-5, the screen returns to the auxiliary screen 221B. Next, the user drags and drops a desired folder in the tree view 223 or a desired property in the table view 224 onto the page. Then, all the fields included in the dragged and dropped folder or only the field selected in the “field selection dialog” 591 among the fields of the dragged and dropped property are arranged on the page.

  Next, operations of the typesetting tool 122, the WEB server 114, the APP server 113, and the DB server 112 for enabling the above-described operations will be described.

  Referring to FIG. 19, first, the auxiliary screen 221 </ b> B shown in FIG. 17 is displayed. After selecting the button 501-1 and selecting the radio button 502-1 for "Assign to position dragged" in the radio button group for "Set assignment position for small group", "Set" button 501-2 It waits to press (step S601).

  Next, the “field selection dialog” screen 591 shown in FIG. 18 is displayed, and the user waits for the user to select a field and press the “OK” button 591-5 (step S603).

  Next, it waits for the user to drag and drop a folder from the tree view 223 to the page or to drag and drop property data from the table view 224 to the page (step S605).

  Next, the APP server 113 obtains the data of the field selected in step S603 out of the field of the property included in the folder dragged and dropped in step S605 or the property dragged and dropped in step S605. Then, an XSL-FO electronic document representing them is generated (step S607).

  Next, the typesetting tool 122 acquires the XSL-FO electronic document generated in step S607 (step S609). If the field data is image data, the image data is also acquired.

  Next, the composition tool 122 generates DTP data based on the XSL-FO electronic document acquired in step S609 and necessary image data, and arranges the DTP data at the drop position (step S611).

  Next, the details of step S603 will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the user presses the “Setting” button 501-2 on the auxiliary screen 221B shown in FIG. 17 (step S603-1), the composition tool 122 requests the WEB server 114 to transmit a list of fields of the property table and the reference table. (Step S603-3). Next, the “field list acquisition” service of the APP server 113 is called (step S603-5). Next, the WWW server 114 transmits the list of fields acquired by the “field list acquisition service” to the formatting tool 122, and the formatting tool 122 displays the tree view 591-1 of the “field selection dialog” screen 591 shown in FIG. A field list is set in (Step S603-7). Next, when the user copies the field to be acquired as described above to the list view 591-3 and presses the “OK” button (step S603-9), the formatting tool 122 stores the list of the selected field in the memory. Store (step S603-11).

  Next, the details of step S607 will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the user performs drag and drop, the typesetting tool 122 transmits a service request to the WEB server 114, and the WEB server 114 receives the request (step S613). Next, the WEB server 114 determines the type of service being requested (step S615). If it is the acquisition of data in the designated field (step S607-1), the APP server 113 determines the service request. The parameter included in is acquired (step S607-3). The parameters here are for identifying the arrangement of the field selected in the “field selection dialog 591” and the category node ID for identifying the dragged and dropped folder or the property that has been dragged and dropped. The property ID. Next, the APP server 113 acquires data of a necessary field of a necessary record from the property DB 111 via the DB server 112 (step S607-5). At this time, the DB server 112 executes the SQL selection statement generated based on the parameter acquired in step S607-3. Next, the APP server 113 generates an XSL-FO electronic document by adding a predetermined tag to the data acquired in step S607-5 (step S607-7), and uses the typographic tool via the WEB server 114. 122. Next, if the field data is image data, the APP server 113 also transmits the image data to the typesetting tool 122 via the WEB server 144 (step S607-9).

  Next, details of step S603-5 will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the formatting tool 122 transmits a field list acquisition request to the WEB server 114, the WEB server 114 receives the request (step S613). Next, the WEB server 114 determines the type of service being requested (step S615). If it is acquisition of a field list (step S603-5-1), the APP server 113 The parameter included in is acquired (step S603-5-3). The parameters here are a user name and a password. Next, the APP server 113 acquires a field list from the property DB 112 via the DB server 112 and transmits it to the typesetting tool 112 via the WEB server 114 (step S603-5-5).

[Embodiment 3]
In the first embodiment, the property data stored in the property DB 111 can be reflected in the page DTP data when the page DTP data is created. However, there are cases where it is desired to update the property data stored in the property DB 111 after creating the DTP data of the page and reflect this in the DTP data of the page. Therefore, when the page DTP data is created again, changes made to the DTP data between the time when the page DTP data is first created and the time when the page DTP data is created for the second time (for example, , Movement of small groups, movement of text boxes, etc.) will be restored. Therefore, in the third embodiment, the update made to the property DB 111 is reflected in the DTP data of the page while avoiding the change in the layout made to the DTP data from being restored.

  Further, the property data stored in the property DB 111 and the property data existing as the DTP data of the page can be updated separately. Therefore, even if the property data stored in the property DB 111 is changed, there is a case where it is not desired to reflect the update of the property data stored in the property DB 111 for a part of the property data existing as DTP data. . Moreover, even if the property data existing as DTP data is updated, the correspondence data stored in the property DB 111 may not be updated. In such a case, the property data stored in the property DB 111 is updated. When the process of reflecting the property data existing as DTP data at once is performed, there is a problem that the property data updated only on the DTP data side is restored. Therefore, in the third embodiment, only the property data specified by the user (the field specified by the user of the property specified by the user) is reflected in the property data existing as the DTP data of the page for the property DB 111. To do.

  For this purpose, an auxiliary screen 221C as shown in FIG. 22 is used instead of the auxiliary screen 221 as shown in FIGS.

  The user selects a radio button 501-1 of “Place material of selected field” in a radio button group of “Set template for small group”, and a check box 501 of “Replace character string or image on spread”. -3 is checked, the radio button 502-1 of "assign to the position where drag and drop" is selected in the radio button group of "setting position of subgroup", and the "set" button 501-2 is pressed To do. Then, as in the second embodiment, a “field selection dialog” screen 591 as shown in FIG. 18 is displayed. In the tree view 591-1 on the left side, all fields of the property table and the reference table are displayed. The user selects a field whose data is to be updated, and presses the right arrow button 591-2 to copy the field whose data is to be updated to the list view 591-3 on the right side. If the user wants to update all the fields, the user may copy all the fields to the list view 591-3 on the right side by pressing the double right arrow button 591-4. When the user presses an “OK” button 591-5, the screen returns to the auxiliary screen 221C. Next, the user drags and drops a desired folder in the tree view 223 or a desired property in the table view 224 onto the page. Then, all the properties included in the dragged and dropped folder or only the fields selected in the “field selection dialog” 591 among the fields of the dragged and dropped properties are stored in the current property DB 111. Data is reflected.

  For example, in the property DB 111, when the price of a property whose property ID is 7 is changed from 1 million yen to 950,000 yen, the property ID = 7 and the field before the update specifying the price according to this embodiment are performed. The contents displayed by the DTP data are as shown in FIG. 23A, and the contents displayed by the updated DTP data specifying the property ID = 7 and the field = price according to this embodiment are as follows. This is as shown in FIG.

  In addition, the fields set in the text box originally present in the subgroup are the manufacturer and the property name, and both the manufacturer and the property name can be inserted into the text box. At the stage, the property name field of the property whose property ID is 7 in the property DB 111 is blank. However, when the blank is later changed to “Edyssey S Genuine Leather” in the property DB 11, the property ID according to the present embodiment is changed. = 7 and field = content displayed by the DTP data before the update specifying the property name is as shown in FIG. 24A, and property ID = 7 and field = property name according to this embodiment. The contents displayed by the DTP data after the update designating “” is as shown in FIG. That is, after the update, “EDESSY S Genuine Leather” is added to the original text box.

  Further, when the text box in which the property name is set does not originally exist in the small group and the property name of the property whose property ID is 7 in the property DB 11 is “Edyssey S Genuine Leather”, the present embodiment The contents displayed by the DTP data before the update specifying the property ID = 7 and the field = the property name are as shown in FIG. 25A, and the property ID = 7 and the field = The content displayed by the updated DTP data specifying the property name is as shown in FIG. In other words, after the update, a text box in which the property name is to be inserted is added to the upper left of the small set, and “Edyssey S genuine leather” is added to the text box. Thereafter, the user adjusts the layout of the small group or the like.

  Next, operations of the typesetting tool 122, the WEB server 114, the APP server 113, and the DB server 112 for enabling the above-described operations will be described.

  Referring to FIG. 26, first, the auxiliary screen 221C shown in FIG. 22 is displayed, and as described above, the radio of “place material of selected field” in the radio button group of “small template setting” is displayed. Select the button 501-1, check the check box 501-3 of "Replace character string or image on spread", and select "Drag-dropped position" in the radio button group of "Set sub-position assignment position". After selecting the “assignment” radio button 502-1, it waits for the “setting” button 501-2 to be pressed (step S621).

  Next, the “field selection dialog” screen 591 shown in FIG. 18 is displayed, and the user waits for the user to select a field and press the “OK” button 591-5 (step S603).

  Next, it waits for the user to drag and drop a folder from the tree view 223 to the page or to drag and drop property data from the table view 224 to the page (step S605).

  Next, Steps S607, S609, and S633 are repeated for all the properties included in the dragged and dropped folder or for all the properties that are dragged and dropped (Step S627).

  In step S607, the APP server 113 acquires the data of the field selected in step S603 among the fields of the property included in the folder dragged and dropped in step S605 or the property dragged and dropped in step S605. Acquire and generate an XSL-FO electronic document representing them.

  In step S609, the typesetting tool 122 acquires the XSL-FO electronic document generated in step S607. If the field data is image data, the image data is also acquired.

  In step S633, the composition tool 122 selects the data of the field selected in step S603 from the fields included in the folder dragged and dropped in step S605 or the field dragged and dropped in step S605. In step S609, the data received is updated.

  The details of step S603 have been described with reference to FIG. 20 in the second embodiment, and thus redundant description will be omitted.

  The details of step S607 have been described with reference to FIG. 21 in the second embodiment, and thus redundant description will be omitted.

  Next, details of step S633 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, a small set on the spread is acquired (step S633-1). Here, the spread is 2 pages in the case of 2 spread pages, and 1 page in the case of 1 spread pages. By this acquisition, the number of small pairs on the spread can be grasped.

  Next, Steps S633-5 to S633-18 are repeated for all small groups on the spread (Step S633-3).

  In step S633-5, it is determined whether or not the ID of the small group currently being repeated in step S633-3 is equal to the ID of the small group currently being repeated in step S627 (step S633). 5). If the determination result of step S633-5 is negative, the next iteration of step S633-3 is entered. If the determination result of step S633-5 is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S633-6.

  In step S633-6, steps S633-7 to S633-18 are repeated for all the fields selected in step S603.

  In step S633-7, a box belonging to the small group that is the object of repetition in step S633-3 is acquired. By this acquisition, it is possible to grasp the number of boxes belonging to the small group that is currently the object of repetition in step S633-3.

  Next, steps S633-11 to S633-17 are repeated for all boxes belonging to the current small set (step S633-9).

  In step S633-11, it is determined whether or not the current box is a box into which data in the field designated in step S603 is to be inserted. Here, the field specified in step S603 is acquired by referring to the XSL-FO electronic document acquired in step S609. Also, whether or not the current box is a box into which the data of the field specified in step S603 should be poured is determined in step S603 in the flow item array which is one item of the text box object in the DTP object. This is done by determining whether the specified field is included.

  Here, a DTP object as shown in FIG. 28 is configured to correspond to the data structure of the XSL-FO electronic document. Each data in the data structure of the XSL-FO electronic document is assigned to the attribute of the corresponding DTP object. Referring to FIG. 28, zero or more text box objects and zero or more image boxes are arranged below the small set object. One or more character attribute objects are arranged below the text box object. A character data object is arranged below the character attribute object. One image attribute object is arranged below the image box object. An image data object is placed under the image attribute object. As an attribute of the small group object, for example, there is a property ID. As an attribute of the text box, for example, there is a flow item name array. Accordingly, data of a plurality of fields can be inserted into one text box. As attributes of the character attribute object, there are a flow item name in addition to the font and the number of points. A character data object is the text to be displayed. As an attribute of the image box, for example, there is a flow item name. As an attribute of the image attribute object, there is a flow item name in addition to a normal image attribute. An image data object is an image to be displayed.

  Returning to FIG. 27, if the determination result of step S633-11 is affirmative, steps S633-15 and S633-17 are repeated for all character attribute objects or image attribute objects under the box object (step S633-). 13).

  In step S633-15, it is determined whether the current item name of the character attribute object is equal to the field name acquired from the XSL-FO electronic document this time. Only when this determination is affirmative, step S633-17 is performed. In step S633-17, the text of the character data object under the current character attribute object is updated with the field data acquired this time from the XSL-FO electronic document. .

  If the repetition of step S633-9 is completed, box addition processing is performed (step S633-18).

  Referring to FIG. 29, in the box addition process (step S633-18), first, it is determined whether or not there is a box into which a field to be updated exists (step S633-18-1). For this determination, for example, a process for resetting the flag is added to step S633-7, a process for setting the flag is added to step S633-17, and this flag is set in step S633-18-1. Then, it can be determined that there is a box that can be filled with a field to be updated. If the determination result of step S633-18-1 is negative, it is determined via the dialog box whether the user is allowed to create a new box (step S633-18-3). If the determination result of step S633-18-3 is affirmative, a new box is created at the upper left of the current small set (step S633-18-5), and field data (text or image) is poured into the box. (Step S633-18-7).

[Embodiment 4]
In the first embodiment, small sets are sequentially arranged in an area covering the entire page. On the other hand, in the fourth embodiment, a plurality of areas 703 are provided on a page 701 as shown in FIG. 30, and a small set 705 is arranged in each area as shown in FIG.

  Next, a method for enabling the above will be described.

  Referring to FIG. 32, first, the user makes a predetermined setting on the auxiliary screen 221D shown in FIG. 33 (step S641).

  Referring to FIG. 34, in step S641, the user selects radio button 501-4 of “automatic selection based on conditions” or radio button 501-5 of “template selection” in the radio button group of “small template setting”. (Step S641-1).

  Next, when the “automatic selection based on condition” radio button 501-4 is selected (YES in step S641-2), the user selects a small group selection condition in the “condition selection” combo box 501-6 ( Step S641-5). When the “select template” radio button 501-5 is selected (NO in step S641-2, YES in step S641-7), the user uses the combo box 227 for the property to be formatted. Is designated (step S641-9).

  Next, the user selects the “assign according to page template” radio button 502-2 (step S641-11), and selects a page template to be used in the combo box 502-3 (step S641-13). Here, the page template is a page in which an area or the like is set.

  Returning to FIG. 32, the user performs an operation of dragging and dropping a folder from the tree view 223 to the page or an operation of dragging and dropping a property from the list view to the page (step S643).

  Next, when the “template selection” radio button 501-5 is selected in step S641-1 (YES in step S645), the APP server 113 is instructed to “page up XSL-FO data by designating a small template. The “acquisition” service is requested (step S647). On the other hand, if the radio button 501-4 “automatically selected by conditions” is selected in step S641-1 (NO in step S645, YES in S649), the APP server 113 is instructed by “specifying a small group selection condition”. A service of “page up XSL-FO data acquisition” is requested (step S651).

  Referring to FIG. 35, when the WEB server 114 receives a request for a service from the typesetting tool 122 (step S657), the WEB server 114 determines the type of the requested service (step S659).

  Corresponding to step S647, when the service of “acquisition of page set XSL-FO data by specifying a small template” is requested (step S647-1), the ID (category) of the dragged and dropped folder Node ID) or the ID of the property dragged and dropped, the ID of the small template selected in the combo box 227, and the ID of the page template selected in the combo box 502-3 are passed to the APP server 113 (step S647-). 3). Next, the APP server 113 acquires the property data, the small template and the page template specified by the ID via the DB server 112 from the property DB 111, creates an XSL-FO electronic document based on these, and creates the WEB server 114. Transmits the XSL-FO electronic document to the typesetting tool 122 (step S647-5). Next, when the image data is included in the property data, the APP server 113 acquires the image data from the property DB 111 via the DB server 112, and the WEB server 114 stores the image data in the typesetting tool 122. Transmit (step S647-7).

  Corresponding to step S647, if a service of “acquire page up XSL-FO data by specifying small group selection conditions” is requested (step S651-1), the ID (category) of the dragged and dropped folder (Node ID) or the dragged and dropped property ID, the small group selection condition ID selected in the combo box 501-6, and the page ID selected in the combo box 502-3 are passed to the APP server 113 (step S651). -3). Next, the APP server 113 acquires the property data, the small template selection condition and the page template specified by the ID via the DB server 112 from the property DB 111, and applies the small template selection condition to the property data. The ID of the small group to be allocated is acquired, the small group template specified by the ID is acquired from the property DB 111 via the DB server 112, the XSL-FO electronic document regarding the page is created based on these templates, and the WEB server 114 The XSL-FO electronic document is transmitted to the typesetting tool 122 (step S651-5). Next, when the image data is included in the property data, the APP server 113 acquires the image data from the property DB 111 via the DB server 112, and the WEB server 114 stores the image data in the typesetting tool 122. Transmit (step S651-7).

  A method for generating an XSL-FO electronic document based on a page template, a small template, and property data is described in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-345882. Briefly, the page template and the small template are described in the form of, for example, an XSLT electronic document, the property data is described in the form of an XML electronic document, and an XSLT processor generates an XSL-FO electronic document based on these. .

  Returning to FIG. 32, when the XSL-FO electronic document and necessary image data regarding the page are received from the WEB server 114 (step S653), the typesetting tool 122 generates DTP data using them (step S655).

[Embodiment 5]
In a property magazine, some attributes may be common and the remaining attributes may be different among a plurality of properties. For example, in a used car magazine, when a car of the same dealer is listed on the same page, the dealer is the same, and the attributes for each car are different. In such a case, in the small group that publishes the first car, not only information related to the car but also information related to the dealer is included, and in the small group that publishes the second and subsequent cars, only information related to the car is included. In addition, for properties with color variations, the first sub-group may include all information related to the property, and the second and subsequent sub-groups may include only photographs and product numbers with different colors. As described above, there are many requests that only the first sub-set is different from the second and subsequent sub-sets. The fifth embodiment meets such a demand.

  In the example shown in FIG. 36 (a), small sets are arranged in the vertical direction, and only the uppermost small set is different from the other small sets. In the example shown in FIG. 36 (b), the small sets are arranged in the horizontal direction, and only the leftmost small set is different from the other small sets.

  Next, a method for enabling the above will be described.

  Referring to FIG. 37, first, the user makes a predetermined setting on the auxiliary screen 221E shown in FIG. 38 (step S661).

  Referring to FIG. 39, in step S661, the user selects the “template selection” radio button 501-5 of the “small template setting” radio button group (step S661-1), and “for multiple properties”. The check box 501-7 for “Set” is checked (step S661-3), and the radio button 502-1 for “assign to dragged position” in the radio button group for “assignment position of small set” is selected (step S661). -5).

  Returning to FIG. 37, when the user presses the “setting” button 501-8 on the auxiliary screen 221E shown in FIG. 38, the “small template automatic selection condition setting dialog” screen 593 shown in FIG. 40 is displayed (step S663).

  Next, on the screen 593, the user checks the check box 593-3 of “Change the small template only for the first property”, selects the small template for assigning the first property with the combo box 593-5, and the second and subsequent items. A template of a small group to which the property is allocated is selected in the combo box 593-14, and a radio button 593-7 of “Arrange Down” or a radio button 593-9 of “Arrange Horizontally” is selected according to the desired layout direction of the small group. And “OK” button 593-11 is pressed (step S665).

  Next, the user performs an operation of dragging and dropping a folder from the tree view 223 to the page or an operation of dragging and dropping a property from the list view 224 to the page (step S667).

  Next, steps S671 to S675 are repeated for all the properties included in the dragged and dropped folder or for all the properties that are dragged and dropped (step S669).

  In step S <b> 671, the composition tool 122 calls the XSL-FO electronic document generation service by the APP server 113 to the WEB server 114.

  Referring to FIG. 41, in step S671, first, the composition tool 122, which is a client, calls a service by the APP server 113 to the WEB server 114 (step S671-1).

  Next, the WEB server 114 determines the type of the called service (step S671-3), and if it is a service for obtaining an XSL-FO electronic document by specifying a small template (step S671-5), the typesetting is performed. The small template ID and the property ID transmitted from the tool 122 are acquired (step S671-7). Here, the small group template ID is the ID of the first small group (a small group different from the second and subsequent small groups) in the case of the first repetition of step S669, and in the case of the second and subsequent repetitions of step S669. Is the ID of the second and subsequent small groups.

  Next, the APP server 113 acquires the small template and property data specified by the ID from the property DB 111 via the DB server 112, generates an XSL-FO electronic document related to the small set based on these, and the WEB server 114. Transmits the XSL-FO electronic document to the typesetting tool 122 (step S671-9). Next, when the image data is included in the property data, the APP server 113 acquires the image data from the property DB 111 via the DB server 112, and the WEB server 114 converts the image data into the composition tool 122. (Step S671-11).

  Returning to FIG. 37, when the XSL-FO electronic document and necessary image data relating to the small set are received from the WEB server 114 (step S673), the typesetting tool 122 generates DTP data relating to the small set, and transmits it to the radio button 593. It arranges according to the arrangement direction designated by 7 or 593-9 (step S675). In the case where small groups are arranged in the vertical direction, if the lower end is reached, the arrangement may be stopped, or it may be continued to the upper end of a new row. When the small set is arranged in the horizontal direction, if the right end is reached, the arrangement may be stopped, or the arrangement may be continued to the left end of a new row.

[Embodiment 6]
You may want to publish a table describing various items related to multiple properties in a property magazine. However, when a table is created using a small template, the number of columns and the number of rows are fixed, so that it is necessary to use a small template corresponding to the number of properties to be posted. Therefore, it is necessary to create several kinds of small group templates in advance. Further, when the number of properties to be posted is increased or decreased, it is necessary to select a small template again. Furthermore, if you want to add a property to a table once created, you must delete that table and recreate a new one. The sixth embodiment solves such problems, and creates a table without using a small template.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 42A, a table is created by using a table assembling function incorporated in the DTP software in the text box. Then, a table as shown in FIG. 42B can be created by adding a record to the table as shown in FIG. If the fields to be incorporated in the table of records to be added are different, a table of another format can be added as shown in FIG.

  Next, a method for enabling the above will be described.

  Referring to FIG. 43, first, the user makes a predetermined setting on the auxiliary screen 221F shown in FIG. 44 (step S681).

  Referring to FIG. 45, in step S681, the user selects a radio button 501-1 “place only the material of the selected field” in the “subgroup setting” radio button group (step S681-1). The check box 501-9 “place in tabular format” is checked (step S681-3), and the radio button 502-1 “assign to dragged position” in the radio button group “position placement of small group” is selected. (Step S681-5).

  Returning to FIG. 43, when the user presses the “setting” button 501-10 on the auxiliary screen 221F shown in FIG. 44, the “table setting” screen 594 shown in FIG. 46 is displayed. Check the “Add header” check box, select the radio button of “Arrange one property in a horizontal row” or the radio button of “Arrange one property in a vertical row”, and finally click the “OK” button 594 -7 is pressed (step S683). Here, the header is an area for printing or displaying a field name.

  Next, the user presses a “setting” button 501-2. Then, a “field selection dialog” screen 591 as shown in FIG. 18 is displayed. In the tree view 591-1 on the left side, all fields of the property table and the reference table are displayed. The user selects a field to be included in the table from here and presses the right arrow button 591-2 to copy the field desired to be included in the table to the list view 591-3 on the right side. If the user wants to incorporate all the fields into the table, the user may copy all the fields to the list view 591-3 on the right side by pressing the double right arrow button 591-4. When the user presses an “OK” button 591-5, the screen returns to the auxiliary screen 221F (step S685).

  Next, the typesetting tool 122 stores the number of fields selected in step S685 in the memory (step S687).

  Next, the user selects a text box into which a table is to be inserted among the text boxes arranged on the page (step S689). Here, the text box into which the table is inserted may be a text box in the small set, or may be a text box separate from the small set.

  Next, the user performs a process of dragging and dropping a folder from the tree view 223 to the page or a process of dragging and dropping a property from the list view 224 to the page (step S691).

  Next, it is determined whether or not one selected text box exists on the page (step S693). If so, the typesetting tool 122 uses the WEB server 114, the APP server 113, and the DB server 112. Then, the data of the field selected in step S685 of the property included in the dragged and dropped folder or the property dragged and dropped is acquired from the property DB 111 (step S695).

  Next, the composition tool 122 performs table insertion processing (step S697).

  Referring to FIG. 47, in the table insertion process (step S697), first, a table setting value is acquired (step S697-1). The set values to be acquired are the table direction set in step S683 and the presence / absence of a header. Next, it is determined whether or not a table already exists in the selected text box (step S697-3). If it does not exist (NO in step S697-3), the process proceeds to step S697-11. If it exists (YES in step S697-3), the group direction and the number of fields of the last table among the existing tables are acquired (step S697-5), and the number of fields stored in step S687. Is equal to the number of fields acquired in step S697-5 (step S697-7). If not equal (NO in step S697-7), the process proceeds to step S697-11. If they are equal (YES in step S697-7), it is determined whether or not the table grouping direction set in step S683 and the table grouping direction acquired in step S697-1 are equal (step S697-9). If not equal (NO in step S697-9), the process proceeds to step S697-11. If equal (YES in step S697-9), the process proceeds to step S697-13.

  In step S697-11, a new table is added to the selected text box. For this purpose, the table composition function of the DTP software is called from the composition tool 122. To this function, (1) the number of fields, (2) the field width obtained from the size of the text box and the number of fields, (3) field data, etc. are passed.

  In step S697-13, a row or a column is added to the last table existing in the text box. For this purpose, the table setting function of the DTP software is called from the type setting tool 122.

[Embodiment 7]
In the sixth embodiment, only data of a certain field of certain property data can be inserted into one cell of the table. On the other hand, in the seventh embodiment, one field of certain property data or two or more fields can be inserted into one cell of the table. For example, in the sixth embodiment, the property name and the manufacturer name must be inserted into separate cells as shown in FIG. 42 (a), but in the seventh embodiment, the property name and the manufacturer are shown in FIG. Names can be combined and inserted into one cell. This increases the degree of freedom of table layout.

  Correspondingly, the auxiliary screen is changed to that shown by reference numeral 221G in FIG. In the auxiliary screen 221F of FIG. 44 of the sixth embodiment, when the “setting” button 501-2 is pressed, a “field selection dialog” screen 591 as shown in FIG. 18 is displayed, and corresponding to each field of the table. , One field of property data was selected. On the other hand, in the seventh embodiment, a “table field” button 503-2 corresponding to only the radio button 503-1 for selecting “arrange in table format” is provided, and this button 503-2 is pressed. When selected, one or more fields of the property data corresponding to the individual fields of the table can be selected.

  When the button 503-2 is pressed, a “field setting dialog” indicated by reference numeral 271 in FIG. 50 is displayed. Each row of the list view 271-1 corresponds to each field of the table. In the example shown in FIG. 50, the price field data of the property data is assigned to the first field of the table, and the property name field data and the manufacturer name field data of the property data are assigned to the second field of the table. It is specified that the color field data of the property data is assigned to the third field of the assignment and table. This assignment corresponds to the example shown in FIG.

  Note that the table of FIG. 48 is horizontally arranged, the fields of the table are arranged horizontally, and the properties are arranged vertically. Each cell in the table (for example, cell in the nth row and mth column) is called a cell. Not only a horizontal table but also a vertical table can be generated.

  When any one of the “collective insertion” button 271-3, the “insertion” button 271-5, and the “edit” button 271-7 is pressed, a “field selection dialog” screen 591 as shown in FIG. 18 is displayed. .

  However, when the “batch insertion” button 271-3 is pressed, each of the one or more fields copied to the list view 591-3 on the right side is one of the property data to be assigned to each field of the table. One field. This is the same as in the sixth embodiment.

  When the “insert” button 271-5 is pressed, one or more fields copied to the right list view 591-3 (FIG. 18) (usually, the “insert” button 271-5 is pressed. Is used with the intention of copying a plurality of fields here) is all the fields to be assigned to one field of the table among all the fields of the property data. Accordingly, when “Property name” and “Manufacturer ID / Manufacturer name” are copied to the list view 591-3 on the right side, the data in the “Property name” field of the property data and “Manufacturer name” are displayed in the corresponding fields of the table. Field data will be allocated. “Manufacturer ID” in “Manufacturer ID / Manufacturer name” is a field name that associates the property table with the reference table, and does not appear in the DTP data.

  When the “edit” button 271-7 is pressed, one or more fields copied to the list view 591-3 on the right side are assigned to one field of the table among all the fields of the property data. All fields that should be.

  The “Up” button 271-9 is a button for moving the focused line up in the list view 271-1. The “Down” button 271-11 is in the list view 271-1. The “Delete” button 271-13 is a button for deleting a focused line in the list view 271-1. As a result, the order of the fields in the table can be changed, and the fields provided once in the table can be deleted.

  When the user freely sets the field of the property data to be assigned to each field of the table to be created using these buttons and the “field selection dialog” screen 591 and presses the “OK” button 271-15, Return to the auxiliary screen 221G.

  After that, when the user selects a folder in the tree view 223 and drags and drops the folder onto the screen 231 of the page or presses an “assign” button (not shown), the drop destination ( If the drop destination is a text box, the text box, or if there is no text box at the drop destination, a new text box) or at a certain position on the current page (for example, the text box with the current focus) A table is placed. In the table, the data of the field to which the assignment is specified among all the property data included in the folder is assigned to the assignment destination field of the table. When the user selects property data in the table view 224 and drags and drops the property data onto the screen 231 of the page or presses an “assign” button (not shown), the drop destination (drop If the destination is a text box, the text box, or a new text box if there is no text box at the drop destination) or a table at a given position on the current page (for example, the text box with the current focus) Is placed. In the table, the data of the field to which the assignment is specified among the dragged property data is assigned to the field of the assignment destination of the table.

  Next, the operation of the DTP data generation device for realizing the above will be described.

  The overall flow is the same as that of the sixth embodiment shown in FIG. However, step S685 is replaced with step S685B, and in step S685B, field group selection processing is performed instead of field selection processing. The details of the composition data acquisition (step S695) and the table insertion process (step S697) change, which will be described later.

  Referring to FIG. 51, in step S685B, when the user presses “table field” 503-2 (FIG. 49) (step S685B-1), “field setting dialog” 271 (FIG. 50) is displayed. The user is allowed to designate a field group to be assigned to each field of the table (step S685B-3). The allocation method using the “field setting dialog” 271 (FIG. 50) and the “field selection dialog” screen 591 called from here is described above from the viewpoint of the user interface, but the internal operation corresponding to this is well known. This description is omitted. The method of setting all the fields of the property table and the reference table in the tree view 591-1 on the left side of the “field selection dialog” screen 591 has already been described with reference to FIG. Further, the processing performed on the server side at this time is step 603-5 shown in FIG. 21, which has already been described.

  Next, if the user presses the “OK” button 271-15 (FIG. 50) (step S685B-5), the field list reflecting the contents displayed in the list view 271-1 is stored in the memory (step S685B-5). Step S685B-7). The field list referred to here is a list of field data identification information assigned to each field of the table.

  In the format data acquisition (step S695), a field list (represented by an array of fields) obtained by collecting the field lists stored in the memory in step S685B-7 for all the fields of the table to be arranged and inserted into the table. The identification information of all the property data to be performed or the category node ID corresponding to the dragged folder is sent from the typesetting tool 122 to the WEB server 114. Correspondingly, the WEB server 114, the APP server 114, and the DB server 112 work together to read property data necessary for creating a table from the property DB 111 and send XSL-FO data representing it to the composition tool 122. . If the image data is included in the property data, it is added and sent to the typesetting tool 122.

  Details of the table insertion processing (step S697) performed next are shown in FIG. 47, but in the seventh embodiment, step S697-7 is changed to S697-7B. In step S697-7, it is determined whether the number of fields to be inserted into the property data table matches. In step S697-7B, the number of fields in the table is compared instead of the number of fields in the property data. In order to know the number of fields in the table, the number of field lists equal to this may be examined. In the sixth embodiment, the number of fields to be inserted into the property data table is equal to the number of fields in the table. Accordingly, step S697-7 is substantially the same as step S697-7B in that the number of fields in the table is compared.

  In step S697-11 and step S697-13, “one or more of the property data” assigned to the “table field” corresponding to the column among the data of the property corresponding to the column is assigned to each column of the table. Field "data is inserted.

[Embodiment 8]
In step S695, an XSL-FO electronic document composed of character data in the property data field data to be assigned to the table and image data in the property data field data to be assigned to the table are stored on the WEB server. The data is sent from 114 to the typesetting tool 122. Correspondingly, as shown in FIG. 52, the typesetting tool 122 inserts character data into the table when the data to be inserted into the table is character data. If it is data, the image data is inserted into the table. When inserting image data, a frame for inserting image data may be provided in a table cell. Also, when an image data field and character data field are assigned to one cell, they are mixed and inserted into the cell.

  The present invention can be used to generate DTP data in a state where property data is assigned to a small template or the like.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the database publishing system by a prior art example. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the database publishing system by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the login screen and catalog selection screen by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a 1st figure which shows the auxiliary | assistant screen and page image which are displayed in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a 2nd figure which shows the auxiliary | assistant screen and page image which are displayed in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a 3rd figure which shows the auxiliary | assistant screen and page image which are displayed in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the whole database publishing method performed by the database publishing system by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart (1/2) which shows the detail of step S403 shown in FIG. It is a flowchart (2/2) which shows the detail of step S403 shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of step S407 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows a part of table of the tables stored in property DB shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the other one part table of the tables stored in property DB shown in FIG. It is a figure (1/2) which shows the example of the XSLT electronic document produced | generated by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure (2/2) which shows the example of the XSLT electronic document produced | generated by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the XML electronic document produced | generated by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the XSL-FO electronic document produced | generated by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the auxiliary | assistant screen displayed in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the field selection dialog screen displayed in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the whole database publishing method performed by the database publishing system by Embodiment 2 of this invention. 20 is a flowchart showing details of step S603 shown in FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing details of step S607 shown in FIG. 19 and details of step S603-5 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the auxiliary | assistant screen displayed in Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the small group before and behind the field data updated by Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the small group before and after a field data is added by Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the small group before and after a text box is added by Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the whole database publishing method performed by the database publishing system by Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of step S633 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the DTP object which the database publishing system by embodiment of this invention produces | generates, and those relationship. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of step S633-18 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the page template which Embodiment 4 of this invention handles. It is a figure which shows the state which has arrange | positioned the small set template to the page template shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the whole database publishing method performed by the database publishing system by Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the auxiliary | assistant screen displayed in Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of step S641 shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of step S647 shown in FIG. 32, and the detail of step S651. (A) is a figure which shows two types of small sets arrange | positioned by the vertical direction by Embodiment 5 of this invention, (b) is two types of small sets arranged by the horizontal direction by Embodiment 5 of this invention. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the whole database publishing method performed by the database publishing system by Embodiment 5 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the auxiliary | assistant screen displayed in Embodiment 5 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of step S661 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the small template automatic selection condition setting dialog screen displayed in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of step S671 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the table | surface arrange | positioned by Embodiment 6 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the whole database publishing method performed by the database publishing system by Embodiment 6 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the auxiliary | assistant screen displayed in Embodiment 6 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of step S681 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the screen of the table setting displayed in Embodiment 6 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of step S697 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the table | surface arrange | positioned by Embodiment 7 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the auxiliary | assistant screen displayed in Embodiment 7 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the field setting dialog displayed in Embodiment 7 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of step S685B shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the table | surface arrange | positioned by Embodiment 8 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

101 Server side 102 Client side 111 Property database (Property DB)
112 Database server (DB server)
113 Application server (APP server)
114 WEB server 121 Database editing tool (DB editing tool)
122 Typesetting tool 132 Firewall

Claims (64)

A property identification information detection step for detecting property identification information for identifying the property associated with the page displayed by the DTP software;
A small set template identification information detecting step for detecting small set template identification information for identifying a small set template to which data of the property identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detecting step is to be allocated;
Based on the property data identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step and the small template identification information detected in the small template identification information detection step, the small template and the assigned to the small template An electronic document generating step for generating a typesetting electronic document representing the property data;
A DTP data generation step for generating DTP data representing a state in which the small template and the property data allocated thereto are arranged on the page based on the typesetting electronic document;
A method for generating DTP data, comprising: The DTP data generation method according to claim 1,
The step of generating an electronic document for composition includes
A property data electronic document generation step for generating a property data electronic document representing data of the property identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step;
A small template electronic document generation step for generating a small template electronic document representing a small template identified by the small template identification information detected in the small template identification information detection step;
An application step of generating the typesetting electronic document by applying the small template electronic document generated in the small template electronic document generation step to the property data electronic document generated in the property data electronic document generation step;
A method for generating DTP data, comprising: The DTP data generation method according to claim 1,
The typesetting electronic document generation step is performed on the server side, and the property identification information detection step, the small template identification information detection step, and the DTP data generation step are performed on the client side, and the server side and the client side Is a DTP data generation method characterized by performing communication on a network. The DTP data generation method according to claim 3,
There is one server side, a plurality of client sides, and different client sides perform the property identification information detection step, the small template identification information detection step, and the DTP data generation step for different pages. A characteristic DTP data generation method. The DTP data generation method according to claim 1,
The association of the property to the page is performed by dragging and dropping the property data displayed on the auxiliary screen onto the page,
The property identification information detecting step detects property identification information for identifying a property whose data is dragged and dropped onto the page. The DTP data generation method according to claim 1,
The association of the property to the page is performed by pressing the selection button after selecting the property data on the auxiliary screen,
The property identification information detecting step detects property identification information for identifying the property whose data is selected on the auxiliary screen. In the DTP data generation method according to claim 5 or 6,
Further comprising a display step of displaying filter, folder and property data on the auxiliary screen,
The display step includes
Retrieving one or more filters currently associated with the property table from a database and displaying them on the auxiliary screen;
Searching one or more folders currently included in the filter selected by the user among the displayed one or more filters from the database and displaying them on the auxiliary screen;
Searching the database for current property data currently contained in a folder selected by the user from among the one or more displayed folders, and displaying it on the auxiliary screen;
A method for generating DTP data, comprising: The DTP data generation method according to claim 7,
The search for the filter, the search for the folder, and the search for the property data are performed on the server side, and the display of the auxiliary screen including the display of the filter, the display of the folder, and the display of the property data is performed on the client side. The DTP data generation method is characterized in that the server side and the client side communicate on a network. The DTP data generation method according to claim 1,
The association of the property to the page is performed by dragging and dropping the folder displayed on the auxiliary screen onto the page,
The property identification information detection step detects property identification information for identifying one or more properties included in a folder dragged and dropped on the page,
The DTP data generation method, wherein the typesetting electronic document generation step and the DTP data generation step are performed for one or more properties included in the folder. The DTP data generation method according to claim 1,
The association of the property with the page is performed by selecting a folder on the auxiliary screen and pressing a selection button.
The property identification information detection step detects property identification information for identifying one or more properties included in the selected folder,
The DTP data generation method, wherein the typesetting electronic document generation step and the DTP data generation step are performed for one or more properties included in the folder. In the DTP data generation method according to claim 9 or 10,
A display step of displaying a filter and a folder on the auxiliary screen;
The display step includes
Retrieving one or more filters currently associated with the property table from a database and displaying them on the auxiliary screen;
Searching one or more folders currently included in the filter selected by the user among the displayed one or more filters from the database and displaying them on the auxiliary screen;
A method for generating DTP data, comprising: The DTP data generation method according to claim 11,
The search for the filter and the search for the folder are performed on the server side, the display of the auxiliary screen including the display of the filter and the display of the folder is performed on the client side, and the server side and the client side are networked. A DTP data generation method characterized by performing communication above. The DTP data generation method according to claim 1,
The small template identification information detection step detects small template identification information for identifying the designated small template when a small template to which the property data is to be assigned is designated for each property. A DTP data generation method characterized by the above. The DTP data generation method according to claim 1,
In the small template identification information detection step, when it is designated to select a small template to which the property data should be assigned for each property according to a predetermined conditional expression according to the content of the data, A DTP data generation method characterized by detecting small template identification information for identifying a small template by applying data contents to the predetermined conditional expression. The DTP data generation method according to claim 1,
When a grid is set on the page, the DTP data generation step generates DTP data representing a state in which the small template and property data allocated thereto are arranged on the page according to the grid. A characteristic DTP data generation method. The DTP data generation method according to claim 2,
The property data electronic document generation step searches the database for property data identified by the property identification information, and generates the property data electronic document based on the data retrieved from the database. Data generation method. The DTP data generation method according to claim 2,
The small template identification information detection step is performed only when a small template to which the data of the property identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step is to be assigned is designated,
When the small template to which the data of the property identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step is not specified, the application step is generated in the property data electronic document generation step. A DTP data generation method characterized in that the electronic document for typesetting is generated by adding a predetermined tag to the property data electronic document. The DTP data generation method according to claim 2,
The small template identification information detection step is performed only when a small template to which the data of the property identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step is to be assigned is designated,
When a small template to which the data of the property identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step is to be assigned is not designated,
A field selection input step for inputting a selection of fields to be arranged on the page among the fields of the property associated with the page displayed by the DTP software;
The property data electronic document generating step is a property data electronic document representing data of the field selected in the field selection input step among the data of the property identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detecting step. Produces
The application step generates the electronic document for composition by adding a predetermined tag to the property data electronic document data generated in the property data electronic document generation step. The DTP data generation method according to claim 1,
A method for generating DTP data, further comprising the step of updating the data included in the DTP data with the data stored in the property database for the specified field of the specified property. The DTP data generation method according to claim 19,
The DTP data generation method, wherein the designated field of the designated property is a designated field of the designated property on the auxiliary screen created based on data stored in the property database. The DTP data generation method according to claim 20,
If the DTP data does not include a box in which the specified field of the specified property is to be inserted, a box to insert the specified field of the specified property is newly generated, A method of generating DTP data, further comprising the step of adding DTP data in a state where data of a designated field of the designated property is inserted into a new box. The DTP data generation method according to claim 1,
A page template identification information detecting step for detecting page template identification information for identifying a page template to which a small template identified by the small template identification information detected in the small template identification information detecting step is to be allocated;
The composition-type electronic document generation step includes property data identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step, the small template identification information detected in the small template identification information detection step, and the page template. Based on the page template identification information detected in the identification information detection step, generate a typesetting electronic document that represents the page template, the small template assigned to the page template, and the property data assigned to the template.
The DTP data generation step generates DTP data representing the page template, the small template assigned to the page template, and the property data assigned to the page template, based on the electronic document for typesetting. Data generation method. The DTP data generation method according to claim 1,
In the small template identification information detection step, a first small template identification for identifying a first small template to which data of the first property identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step is to be assigned. Detecting second subgroup template identification information for identifying the second subgroup template to which the data of the second and subsequent properties identified by the information and the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step is to be assigned A DTP data generation method characterized by the above. The DTP data generation method according to claim 1,
A field selection input step for inputting selection of one or more fields to be assigned to each field of the table to be arranged on the page among the fields of the property associated with the page displayed by the DTP software;
The second typesetting electronic document that generates the typesetting electronic document representing the data of the field selected in the field selection input step among the property data identified by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step Generation step;
Based on the assignment input in the field selection input step and the typesetting electronic document generated in the second typesetting electronic document generation step, the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step is identified. Data of one or more fields selected for each field of the table in the field selection and input step of the property data to be generated generates table DTP data representing a table assigned to the corresponding field. Table DTP data generation step;
A DTP data generation method, further comprising: The DTP data generation method according to claim 24,
In the table DTP data generation step, the number of rows and columns of the table DTP data is allocated in the field selection input step, the number of properties represented by the property identification information detected in the property identification information detection step. A method for generating DTP data, characterized in that adjustment is performed according to the number of fields in a table specified to be first and the direction of a set. The DTP data generation method according to claim 24,
The field data selected in the field selection input step is character data or image data,
In the table DTP data generation step, for each field data selected in the field selection input step, if the data is character data, the character data is inserted into the corresponding cell of the table, When the data is image data, the DTP data generation method is characterized in that the image data is inserted into the corresponding cell of the table. The DTP data generation method according to claim 24,
If another table has already been placed in the box where the new table is to be created,
The number of fields in the table specified to be the assignment destination in the field selection input step is the same as the number of fields in the other table, and the set direction of the table to be newly created When the other table has the same set direction, the table DTP data generation step replaces the generation of the DTP data of the new table with the line including the property data to be included in the new table. Alternatively, a method for generating DTP data, wherein a column is added to the other table. Property identification information detection means for detecting property identification information for identifying the property associated with the page displayed by the DTP software;
A small set template identification information detecting unit for detecting small set template identification information for identifying a small set template to which data of the property identified by the property identification information detected by the property identification information detecting unit is to be allocated;
Based on the property data identified by the property identification information detected by the property identification information detection means and the small template identification information detected by the small template identification information detection means, the small template and the assigned to the small template A typesetting electronic document generating means for generating a typesetting electronic document representing the property data;
DTP data generating means for generating DTP data representing a state in which the small template and the property data allocated thereto are arranged on the page based on the electronic document for typesetting;
A DTP data generation system comprising: The DTP data generation system according to claim 28,
The typesetting electronic document generation means includes:
A property data electronic document generating means for generating a property data electronic document representing data of a property identified by the property identification information detected by the property identification information detecting means;
A small template electronic document generating means for generating a small template electronic document representing a small template identified by the small template identification information detected by the small template identification information detecting means;
Applying means for generating the typesetting electronic document by applying the small template electronic document generated by the small template electronic document generating means to the property data electronic document generated by the property data electronic document generating means;
A DTP data generation system comprising: The DTP data generation system according to claim 28,
The typesetting electronic document generation means is provided on the server side, the property identification information detection means, the small set template identification information detection means and the DTP data generation means are provided on the client side, and the server side and the client side are networked. A DTP data generation system characterized by performing communication above. The DTP data generation system according to claim 30, wherein
The server side is one, the client side is plural, and the property identification information detection means, the small template identification information detection means, and the DTP data generation means operate for different pages on different client sides. A DTP data generation system characterized by the above. The DTP data generation system according to claim 28,
The association of the property to the page is performed by dragging and dropping the property data displayed on the auxiliary screen onto the page,
The property identification information detecting means detects property identification information for identifying a property whose data is dragged and dropped onto the page. The DTP data generation system according to claim 28,
The association of the property to the page is performed by pressing the selection button after selecting the property data on the auxiliary screen,
The said property identification information detection means detects the property identification information for the property to identify the property selected on the said auxiliary | assistant screen, The DTP data generation system characterized by the above-mentioned. The DTP data generation system according to claim 32 or 33,
The auxiliary screen further comprises display means for displaying the filter, folder and property data,
The display means includes
Means for retrieving from the database one or more filters currently associated with the property table and displaying them on the auxiliary screen;
Means for searching one or more folders currently included in the filter selected by the user among the one or more displayed filters from the database and displaying the folders on the auxiliary screen;
Means for retrieving the current property data currently contained in the folder selected by the user from among the one or more displayed folders from the database and displaying it on the auxiliary screen;
A DTP data generation system comprising: The DTP data generation system according to claim 34,
The search for the filter, the search for the folder, and the search for the property data are performed on the server side, and the display of the auxiliary screen including the display of the filter, the display of the folder, and the display of the property data is performed on the client side. The DTP data generation system is characterized in that the server side and the client side communicate on a network. The DTP data generation system according to claim 28,
The association of the property to the page is performed by dragging and dropping the folder displayed on the auxiliary screen onto the page,
The property identification information detecting means detects property identification information for identifying one or more properties included in a folder dragged and dropped onto the page,
The DTP data generation system, wherein the typesetting electronic document generation unit and the DTP data generation unit operate on one or more properties included in the folder. The DTP data generation system according to claim 28,
The association of the property with the page is performed by selecting a folder on the auxiliary screen and pressing a selection button.
The property identification information detecting means detects property identification information for identifying one or more properties included in the selected folder,
The DTP data generation system, wherein the typesetting electronic document generation unit and the DTP data generation unit operate on one or more properties included in the folder. The DTP data generation system according to claim 36 or 37,
Further comprising display means for displaying filters and folders on the auxiliary screen,
The display means includes
Means for retrieving from the database one or more filters currently associated with the property table and displaying them on the auxiliary screen;
Means for searching one or more folders currently included in the filter selected by the user among the one or more displayed filters from the database and displaying the folders on the auxiliary screen;
A DTP data generation system comprising: The DTP data generation system according to claim 38,
The search for the filter and the search for the folder are performed on the server side, the display of the auxiliary screen including the display of the filter and the display of the folder is performed on the client side, and the server side and the client side are networked. A DTP data generation system characterized by performing communication above. The DTP data generation system according to claim 28,
The small template identification information detecting means detects small template identification information for identifying the designated small template when a small template to which the property data is to be assigned is designated for each property. A DTP data generation system characterized by the above. The DTP data generation system according to claim 28,
If the small template identification information detecting means is designated to select a small template to which the property data should be assigned for each property according to a predetermined conditional expression according to the content of the data, A DTP data generation system for detecting a small template identification information for identifying a small template by applying data contents to the predetermined conditional expression. The DTP data generation system according to claim 28,
When a grid is set on the page, the DTP data generation unit generates DTP data representing a state in which the small template and property data allocated thereto are arranged on the page according to the grid. Characteristic DTP data generation system. The DTP data generation system according to claim 29,
The property data electronic document generation means searches the database for property data identified by the property identification information, and generates the property data electronic document based on the data retrieved from the database. Data generation system. The DTP data generation system according to claim 29,
The small template identification information detection means operates only when a small template to which the data of the property identified by the property identification information detected by the property identification information detection means is to be assigned is designated,
When a small template to which the data of the property identified by the property identification information detected by the property identification information detection unit is not specified, the application unit is generated by the property data electronic document generation unit A DTP data generation system, characterized in that the composition type electronic document is generated by adding a predetermined tag to the property data electronic document. The DTP data generation system according to claim 29,
The small template identification information detection means operates only when a small template to which the data of the property identified by the property identification information detected by the property identification information detection means is to be assigned is designated,
When a small template to which the data of the property identified by the property identification information detected by the property identification information detection means is not specified is designated,
A field selection input means for inputting selection of a field to be arranged on the page among the fields of the property associated with the page displayed by the DTP software;
The property data electronic document generating means is a property data electronic document representing the data of the field selected by the field selection input means among the data of the property identified by the property identification information detected by the property identification information detecting means. Produces
The DTP data generation system, wherein the application unit generates the electronic document for typesetting by adding a predetermined tag to the property data electronic document data generated by the property data electronic document generation unit. The DTP data generation system according to claim 28,
The DTP data generation system further comprising means for updating the data included in the DTP data with the data stored in the property database for the specified field of the specified property. The DTP data generation system according to claim 46,
The DTP data generation system, wherein the designated field of the designated property is a designated field of the designated property on the auxiliary screen created based on data stored in the property database. The DTP data generation system according to claim 47,
If the DTP data does not include a box in which the specified field of the specified property is to be inserted, a box to insert the specified field of the specified property is newly generated, A DTP data generation system further comprising means for adding DTP data in a state where data of a designated field of the designated property is inserted into a new box. The DTP data generation system according to claim 28,
A page template identification information detecting means for detecting page template identification information for identifying a page template to which a small template identified by the small template identification information detected by the small template identification information detecting means is to be assigned;
The composition type electronic document generation means includes property data identified by the property identification information detected by the property identification information detection means, the small template identification information detected by the small template identification information detection means, and the page template. Based on the page template identification information detected by the identification information detecting means, generate a typesetting electronic document representing the page template, the small template assigned to the page template, and the property data assigned to the template.
The DTP data generation means generates DTP data representing the page template, the small template assigned to the page template, and the property data assigned to the page template based on the typesetting electronic document. Data generation system. The DTP data generation system according to claim 28,
In the small template identification information detection means, a first small template identification for identifying a first small template to which data of the first property identified by the property identification information detected by the property identification information detection means is to be assigned. Detecting second subset template identification information for identifying the second subset template to which the data of the second and subsequent properties identified by the information and the property identification information detected by the property identification information detecting means is to be assigned A DTP data generation system characterized by the above. The DTP data generation system according to claim 28,
A field selection input means for inputting selection of one or more fields to be assigned to each field of a table to be arranged on the page among the fields of the property associated with the page displayed by the DTP software;
A second typesetting electronic document for generating a typesetting electronic document representing the data of the field selected by the field selection input unit out of the property data identified by the property identification information detected by the property identification information detection unit Generating means;
Based on the assignment input by the field selection input means and the typesetting electronic document generated by the second typesetting electronic document generation means, the property identification information detected by the property identification information detection means is identified. Data of one or more fields selected for each field of the table by the field selection input means in the property data to generate table DTP data representing a table assigned to the corresponding field Table DTP data generating means;
A DTP data generation system further comprising: The DTP data generation system according to claim 51,
In the table DTP data generation means, the number of rows and the number of columns of the table DTP data are allocated by the field selection input means, the number of properties represented by the property identification information detected by the property identification information detection means. A DTP data generation system that adjusts according to the number of fields in a table specified to be a destination and the direction of a set. The DTP data generation system according to claim 51,
The data of the field selected by the field selection input means is character data or image data,
In the table DTP data generating means, for each field data selected by the field selection input means, if the data is character data, the character data is inserted into the corresponding cell of the table, When the data is image data, the DTP data generation system is characterized in that the image data is inserted into the corresponding cell of the table. The DTP data generation system according to claim 51,
If another table has already been placed in the box where the new table is to be created,
The number of fields in the table designated to be an assignment destination by the field selection input means is the same as the number of fields in the other table, and the set direction of the table to be newly created When the other table has the same set direction, the table DTP data generation means replaces the generation of the DTP data of the new table with the line including the property data to be included in the new table. Alternatively, a DTP data generation system, wherein a column is added to the other table.   A program for causing a computer to perform the DTP data generation method according to any one of claims 1 to 27.   The computer-readable recording medium which recorded the program of Claim 55.   It is detected that the representative data of the property displayed on the auxiliary screen is dragged and dropped on the screen of the page displayed by the DTP software, and the data of the property on which the representative data is dragged and dropped is detected. A DTP data generation method characterized by generating DTP data obtained from a database and assigning the acquired property data to a small template associated with the property on the auxiliary screen.   It is detected that the representative data of the property displayed on the auxiliary screen is dragged and dropped on the screen of the page displayed by the DTP software, and the data of the property on which the representative data is dragged and dropped is detected. By applying the acquired property data to the small template selection condition selected on the auxiliary screen, the small template to be used is determined, and the acquired property data is allocated to the determined small template. A DTP data generation method, characterized in that DTP data in a state of being generated is generated.   It is detected that the representative data of the property displayed on the auxiliary screen is dragged and dropped on the screen of the page displayed by the DTP software, and the data of the property on which the representative data is dragged and dropped is detected. A DTP data generation method characterized by generating DTP data that is acquired from a database and representing data of the acquired property.   It is detected that the representative data of the property displayed on the auxiliary screen is dragged and dropped on the screen of the page displayed by the DTP software, and the data of the property on which the representative data is dragged and dropped is detected. A DTP data generation system, wherein the DTP data is acquired from a database, and DTP data in a state in which the acquired property data is allocated to the small template associated with the property on the auxiliary screen is generated.   It is detected that the representative data of the property displayed on the auxiliary screen is dragged and dropped on the screen of the page displayed by the DTP software, and the data of the property on which the representative data is dragged and dropped is detected. By applying the acquired property data to the small template selection condition selected on the auxiliary screen, the small template to be used is determined, and the acquired property data is allocated to the determined small template. A DTP data generation system characterized by generating DTP data in a state in which it is in a state.   It is detected that the representative data of the property displayed on the auxiliary screen is dragged and dropped on the screen of the page displayed by the DTP software, and the data of the property on which the representative data is dragged and dropped is detected. A DTP data generation system characterized by generating DTP data that is acquired from a database and representing data of the acquired property.   60. A DTP data generation program for causing a computer to perform the DTP data generation method according to any one of claims 57 to 59.   64. A computer-readable recording medium on which the DTP data generation program according to claim 63 is recorded.

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