JP2009015717A - Form creation device, form creation method, program and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a form creation device, a form creation method, a program and a storage medium, capable of neatly arranging and inserting a plurality of field patterns based on a field pattern which is already input and created by an extremely simple operation. <P>SOLUTION: In the form creation device for creating a form by inserting field patterns into a form template creating area, when a field pattern is already present in a drop position when dropping fields dragged from a field list, field patterns having the dragged-and-dropped field attributes are inserted while being neatly arranged at predetermined spacings based on the existing field pattern. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a form creation device, a form creation method, a program, and a storage medium.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, form overlays and techniques have been used to create printed matter that is created by writing data in a certain format (form template) such as a form. In form overlay, form template data representing the form template part is created in advance, and non-fixed data (hereinafter referred to as back-end data) such as numerical values and character strings is superimposed on a predetermined part of the form template data (overlay). Print it or display it.

  In order to realize such a form overlay, software for creating a form template operating on a computer has been developed. In this form creation software, when the user creates a field figure that indicates the field at the position where overlay data is to be overlaid, for example, the menu command “Generate date field” and the field attribute (corresponding to the Western calendar, how many digits) Then, a field figure connected to the field is created by specifying a position on the form template using a pointing device such as a mouse.

  Conventionally, there has been a technique that allows a field and a field figure connected to the field to be simultaneously performed by one operation by drag and drop with a mouse. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

To create a field figure with the required number aligned, first create all the field figures in the form template creation area, and then, among the field figures that you want to align, Set sheath position and attributes. Thereafter, the size and attributes are set for each of the remaining field figures one by one, and moved and aligned at a desired interval with respect to the reference field figure. In addition, a function for arranging a plurality of currently designated field graphics and a function for setting attributes and sizes at a time are provided.
JP 2001-283140 A

  However, in the conventional form creation / editing program described above, when the necessary number of field figures are aligned and inserted in the form template creation area as described above, the field figure is dragged and dropped into the form template creation area. It is necessary to create a plurality of field figures, set the size and attribute of the field figure as many as the created number, and repeat the work of aligning the position of the field figure. Therefore, there is a problem that if the field figure to be created becomes complicated, the number of operations increases and the processing becomes complicated.

  In addition, there is a function to align a plurality of field figures that have already been created and a function to set the size and attributes of the field figure. In that case, create the necessary parts in the document creation area, After that, it is necessary to select and set a part to be set, which also has a problem that the processing becomes complicated.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and a plurality of field figures are arranged by a field figure that has already been input and created by a very simple operation. An object is to provide a form creation device, a form creation method, a program, and a storage medium that can be inserted.

  In order to achieve the above object, the form creation device of the present invention includes a position acquisition means for acquiring a designated position of a field in the form creation apparatus for creating a form by inserting a field figure in a form template creation area, Determining means for determining whether or not the designated position is in a predetermined area of the existing field graphic; and when the designated position is in a predetermined area in the existing field graphic, the specified position is aligned at a predetermined interval from the existing field graphic. And generating means for generating a field graphic.

  The form creation device may further include an interval setting unit that sets an alignment interval with the existing field graphic when the specified position in the position specifying unit is in a predetermined area in the existing field graphic.

  In the form creation device, when the specified position in the position specifying means is in a predetermined area in the existing field graphic, the size and attribute of the existing field graphic are applied to the new field graphic to be aligned / inserted. Means are provided.

The form creation method of the present invention is a form creation method for creating a form by inserting a field figure in a form template creation area, and acquiring a designated position of the field figure;
A step of determining whether or not the acquired designated position is in a predetermined area in an existing field graphic; and when the designated position is in a predetermined area in the existing field graphic, at a predetermined interval from the existing field graphic, And a generating step for generating aligned field graphics.

  Further, in the form creation method, when the designated position in the step of obtaining the designated position of the field graphic is in a predetermined area in the existing field graphic, there is provided a step of setting an alignment interval with the existing field graphic It is characterized by.

  Further, in the form creation method, when the designated position in the step of obtaining the designated position of the field graphic is in a predetermined area in the existing field graphic, the size and attribute of the existing field graphic are newly arranged and inserted. A step of applying to a field figure is provided.

  As described above, according to the present invention, when a field figure is inserted into the form template creation area in the work of creating a form by arranging the field figure in the form template creation area, a necessary number of field figures are created. In addition, since the alignment work is facilitated, the workload for creating the user's form is reduced, and the work efficiency is improved.

  Embodiments of a form creation apparatus, form creation method, program, and storage medium of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The form creation apparatus of this embodiment is applied to a form creation / editing system.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a form creation / editing system according to the first embodiment. This form creation / editing system comprises a computer system 1 and is connected to other computer systems via a network 21.

  In this computer system 1, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 10, a main storage device including a ROM 11 and a RAM 12, an external storage device such as an FD drive 13 and an HD drive 15, an input device including a pointing device such as a keyboard 17 and a mouse 19. A display device such as a display, a printing device including a printer 16 and a plotter, a network interface card (NIC) 18 and a system bus 21 connecting them constitute the main part.

  This form creation / editing system operates when the CPU 10 executes a basic I / O program, an OS (operating system), and a control program. The basic I / O program is written in the ROM 11. The OS is written in the HD drive 15. When the computer system 1 is turned on, the OS is read from the HD drive 15 into the RAM 12 by the IPL (Initial Program Loading) function in the basic I / O program, and the operation of the OS is started.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a field insertion processing procedure. The control program related to this field insertion processing is a program code based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 2, and in the present embodiment, the flexible disk (FD) 22 mounted on the FD drive 13 together with related data. It is recorded.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a memory map of information recorded in the FD 22. In the FD 22, volume information 31, directory information 32, a control program execution file 33, and a control program related data file 34 are recorded. The control program and related data recorded in the FD 22 are loaded into the computer system 1 through the FD drive 13. When the FD 22 is set in the FD drive 13, under the control of the OS and the basic I / O program, the control program and related data are read from the FD 22, loaded into the RAM 12, and can be executed.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a memory map in a state where the control program is loaded into the RAM 12 and becomes executable. In this state, the basic I / O program 41, the OS 42, and the control program 43 are recorded in the RAM 12, and a data area 44 and a work area 45 are allocated. In this embodiment, the control program and related data are directly loaded from the FD 22 into the RAM 12 and executed. However, in addition, the control program and related data are temporarily stored (installed) in the HD drive 15 from the FD 22. In addition, when this program is operated, it may be loaded from the HD drive 15 into the RAM 12.

  In addition to the FD, a CD-ROM, an IC memory card, or the like may be used as a storage medium for recording the control program. Furthermore, it is possible to record this control program in the ROM 11 and configure it to be a part of the memory map, and the CPU 10 can directly read and execute it.

  The form creation processing in the form creation / editing system having the above configuration will be described. FIG. 5 shows an example of a form document in which only one field figure 52 is input and created in the form template creation area 51. In this embodiment, it is possible to create and edit a form while previewing this field graphic on the screen.

  In the present embodiment, a field is dragged and dropped on the existing field graphic from the field list 53 displayed on the right side of FIG.

  A field is a field data reception port that is initially prepared when designing a form, and is a list of data generated from a database or the like. Each field has field attributes. The field attribute is composed of a field ID, a field name, etc. as shown in FIG.

  The field ID is a unique number that identifies the field within the program. By specifying “field ID = XXX” as the postfix data, the postfix data “XXX” can be overlaid on the specified field and output.

  When designing a form, by dragging and dropping these fields onto the form image on the design screen, data is generated and changed into a figure for receiving and printing, that is, a field figure. Therefore, it is considered that the form associates (maps) a certain field list with a field graphic group generated from the field list.

  Data values are received one by one via the database or text file from the fields associated in the field list, inserted into the form, and passed to the linked field figures. In the field graphic, the received data value is displayed and printed in a format that is adjusted as needed in accordance with the format such as the character attribute of the field graphic.

  A field insertion process in the form creation device of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, an arbitrary field is designated from a display area of a field list 53 displayed on the display device (display 14) by a cursor 54 using a pointing device such as a mouse, and dragging is started. Drop on the field shape. Then, the first dropped position is acquired, and it is determined whether or not it is on an existing field graphic. The field to be dropped is predicted to be generated later as a field graphic, and an initial value is generated in advance as field graphic data in the work area W1 of the main memory (RAM 12).

  That is, first, the coordinates of the dropped position are acquired (step S101). In order to determine which field graphic is dropped on the basis of the drop position coordinates, the field graphic is acquired from the data area M1 of the main memory (RAM 12) (step S102).

  It is determined whether or not the drop position coordinates are included in the acquired field graphic (step S103). If not included, it is determined whether or not the acquired field graphic is the last field graphic in the document. (Step S104). As a result of the determination, if it is the last field graphic, it is determined that it has not been dropped on the existing field graphic, and the process proceeds to another process (step S112). In this case, field graphic data in the work area W1 that is no longer needed is discarded. Then, this process ends. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S104 that it is not the last cell in the table, the process returns to step S102 again, the next cell field graphic is obtained from the data area M1 of the main memory (RAM 12), and the same processing is repeated. .

  If it is determined in step S103 that the drop position coordinates are included in a certain field graphic, the field ID of the dropped field is read from the data area M1 of the main memory (RAM 12) (step S105). Information on the existing field graphic is read from the data area M1 of the main memory (RAM 12) (step S106). Further, the interval value between the existing field graphic and the field graphic to be inserted is read from the data area M1 of the main memory (RAM 12) (step S107).

  Next, from the position and horizontal and vertical dimensions of the field graphic previously read into the work area W1, the position and horizontal and vertical dimensions of the field graphic to be inserted next, and the interval value of the field graphic, Next, it is determined as a temporary arrangement position of the field figure to be inserted (step S108).

  Then, in order to determine the position of the next field graphic to be inserted, the arrangement position of the new field graphic and the size in the horizontal and vertical directions determined previously are read out to the work area W1 (step S109).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the field figure whose insertion position has been determined is the last field figure to be inserted (step S110). As a result of the determination, if it is not the last field graphic, or if there is still a field graphic to be inserted, the process returns to step S107 and the same processing is repeated. If it is the last field graphic, it is considered that all positions of the field graphic to be inserted have been determined.

  After the insertion positions of all the field figures are determined, a dropped field figure is created and inserted according to the determined position (step S111). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the inserted field graphic is the last field graphic dropped (step S113). As a result of the determination, the step S111 is repeated until the last field figure is inserted, whereby the field figures are aligned and inserted.

  FIG. 8B shows the result when three field figures are aligned and inserted by drag and drop in the lower direction.

  In the second embodiment, in addition to the first embodiment, when a field is being dragged to an existing field graphic, the position where the inserted field graphic is inserted is indicated by changing the display state. Note that the configuration of the form creation / editing system in the second embodiment is the same as that in the first embodiment.

  FIG. 8A is an example in which the positions of all the field graphics are determined when three field graphics are inserted below the existing field graphics, and an area 55 indicated by a broken-line rectangle is shown in FIG. Indicates the temporary position of the field figure to be inserted.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, when a field is dragged and dropped, it is easy to visually recognize in which part of the form template creation area the field graphic is currently dropped, and operation mistakes are remarkably reduced.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the field figure is aligned below the existing field figure has been shown, but the direction of insertion is not particularly limited, and the degree of freedom in how the field figure is inserted is determined. You can design it. For example, FIG. 8, FIG. 9, FIG. 10, and FIG. 11 are examples of alignment insertion at the lower side, right side, upper side, and left side of the existing field graphic, respectively.

  As the method for determining the insertion direction, any instruction method may be used, such as an instruction for the insertion direction from the window, the positional relationship between the existing field graphic and the mouse pointer when dragging and dropping, and input using the keyboard.

  In the above-described embodiment, the insertion position of the field graphic to be inserted is determined using the default alignment interval value before dragging and dropping for the insertion of the field graphic. The alignment interval of field figures can be set arbitrarily.

  The process of setting the alignment interval of field figures is shown by the flowchart of FIG. Since steps other than step S208 are the same as those in FIG. After performing step S207 (reading the field graphic insertion interval value), the field graphic insertion interval value is set (step S208). An arbitrary alignment interval can be set by displaying the alignment interval setting window 60 shown in FIG. 14 and setting an interval value in the input field 61. In addition, an interval value may be set by dragging with a pointing device such as a mouse. At that time, the display position may be changed in accordance with the setting / change of the interval value in the display of the insertion position of the temporarily determined field graphic in the second embodiment. The setting of the field graphic insertion interval value is not limited to the position of step S208, and may be performed at any timing, for example, before dragging and dropping.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the reference value is set with respect to attributes such as the size of the field figure to be inserted and the output format has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to setting the reference value, and the field figure to be inserted is not limited thereto. The attribute of the existing field graphic may be applied to the attribute of. FIG. 7 shows an example of field graphic attributes of the field graphic.

  The flowchart of FIG. 13 shows the setting process of the field graphic alignment interval.

  Description of the same steps as those in FIG. 2 is omitted.

  After performing step S307 (reading the field graphic insertion interval value), whether or not to apply the attribute of the existing field graphic to the inserted field graphic by the check boxes 71 and 72 in the attribute application setting window 70 as shown in FIG. Is set (step S308).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the application setting of the attribute of the existing field graphic is set (step S309), and if it is set, the attribute information of the existing field graphic is applied and set to the attribute of the newly inserted field graphic (step S310). If there is no setting, an appropriate attribute serving as a reference is set for the new field graphic (step S311).

  Next, from the position and horizontal and vertical dimensions of the field graphic previously read into the work area W1, the position and horizontal and vertical dimensions of the field graphic to be inserted next, and the interval value of the field graphic, Next, it is determined as a temporary arrangement position of the field figure to be inserted (step S312).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the field graphic whose insertion position has been determined is the last field graphic to be inserted (step S313). As a result of the determination, if it is not the last field graphic, or if there is still a field graphic to be inserted, the process returns to step S309 and the same processing is repeated. If it is the last field graphic, it is considered that all positions of the field graphic to be inserted have been determined.

  In this embodiment, the case where the attribute application setting of the existing field figure is set by the display by the window and the check box by the mouse is shown. However, the application setting of the attribute of the existing field figure by the input with the keyboard or the like is also performed. Also good. At that time, the display position may be changed in accordance with the setting / change of the interval value in the display of the insertion position of the temporarily determined field graphic in the second embodiment. Further, the application setting of the attribute of the existing field graphic is not limited to the processing position, and may be performed at any timing, for example, before dragging and dropping.

  The above is the description of the embodiments of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to the configurations of these embodiments, and the functions shown in the claims or the functions of the configurations of the embodiments can be achieved. Any configuration is applicable.

  For example, in the second embodiment, the area of the temporarily determined insertion position of the newly inserted field figure is displayed in a rectangle so that the insertion position can be easily seen. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be displayed in an arbitrary color, or may be displayed in characters, symbols, or the like.

  In the above-described embodiment, the field figure aligned with the existing field figure is inserted by dragging and dropping the field with a pointing device or the like. Needless to say, it is also possible to select the field to be inserted into the field from the choices.

  Furthermore, it goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or apparatus using a recording medium storing software program codes for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments. Absent. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the new function of the present invention, and the program itself and the storage medium storing the program constitute the present invention.

  In the above embodiment, the program code shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 2, 12, and 13 is stored in the flexible disk 22 that is a storage medium. The storage medium for supplying the program code is not limited to this, and for example, a ROM, a hard disk, a CD-ROM, a CD-R, a DVD, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, or the like can be used.

It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a form creation edit system. It is a flowchart which shows a field figure insertion process procedure. It is a figure which shows the memory map of the information currently recorded on FD22. It is a figure which shows the memory map of the state which was loaded into RAM12 and became the executable state. It is a figure which shows an example of a field figure. It is a figure which shows an example of the field attribute which a field has. It is a figure which shows an example of the field figure attribute which a field figure has. It is a figure explaining the document produced by the form production method by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the document produced by the form production method by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the document produced by the form production method by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the document produced by the form production method by embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the form creation process procedure of one Example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the form creation process procedure of one Example of this invention. It is a figure explaining the example of the alignment space | interval setting window in the form preparation method by embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the example of the attribute application setting window in the form creation method by embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 CPU
11 ROM
12 RAM
22 Flexible disk (FD)
51 Form template creation area 53 Field list 54 Cursor 60 Alignment interval setting window 61 Input field 70 Attribute application setting window 71, 72 Check box

Claims (12)

In the form creation device that creates the form by placing the field figure for receiving the data for printing on the form and printing it in the designated position in the form template creation area,
In the form creation device for creating a form by inserting a field figure in the form template creation area, position acquisition means for acquiring a designated position of the field;
Determining means for determining whether or not the acquired designated position is in a predetermined area of the existing field graphic;
A form creation apparatus comprising: a generation unit configured to generate a new field graphic arranged at a predetermined interval from the existing field graphic when the designated position is in a predetermined area in the existing field graphic.   2. The form creation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising direction setting means for setting an alignment direction with the existing field graphic when the specified position in the position specifying means is in a predetermined area in the existing field graphic. A form creation device.   2. The form creation device according to claim 1, further comprising interval setting means for setting an alignment interval with the existing field graphic when the specified position in the position specifying means is in a predetermined area in the existing field graphic. A form creation device.   2. The form creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the designated position in the position designation means is in a predetermined area in the existing field graphic, the size and attribute of the existing field graphic are applied to the new field graphic to be aligned / inserted. A form creation device comprising an attribute application means for performing In the form creation method for creating a form by receiving the data for printing on the form and placing a field figure for printing at the specified position in the form template creation area,
Acquiring a specified position of the field figure;
Determining whether the acquired designated position is in a predetermined area in an existing field graphic;
A form creation method comprising: a creation step of creating, when the designated position is in a predetermined area in the existing field graphic, an aligned new field graphic at a predetermined interval from the existing field graphic.   6. The form creation method according to claim 5, wherein, when the designated position in the step of obtaining the designated position of the field graphic is in a predetermined area in the existing field graphic, the step of setting the alignment direction with the existing field graphic. A form creation method characterized by comprising.   6. The form creation method according to claim 5, wherein when the designated position in the step of obtaining the designated position of the field graphic is in a predetermined area in the existing field graphic, the step of setting an alignment interval with the existing field graphic is performed. A form creation method characterized by comprising.   6. The form creation method according to claim 5, wherein when the designated position in the step of acquiring the designated position of the field graphic is in a predetermined area in the existing field graphic, the size and attribute of the existing field graphic are arranged, A form creation method comprising a step of applying to a new field figure to be inserted. A storage medium that stores a form creation program for creating a form by receiving a field figure for receiving data for printing on a form and placing it in a form template creation area.
Acquiring a specified position of the field figure;
Determining whether the acquired designated position is in a predetermined area in an existing field graphic;
A computer-readable form comprising: a generating step for generating, when the specified position is in a predetermined area in the existing field graphic, an aligned new field graphic at a predetermined interval from the existing field graphic; A storage medium that stores a creation program.   10. The storage medium according to claim 9, further comprising a step of setting an alignment direction with the existing field graphic when the specified position in the step of acquiring the specified position of the field graphic is in a predetermined area in the existing field graphic. A storage medium characterized by that.   10. The storage medium according to claim 9, further comprising a step of setting an alignment interval with the existing field graphic when the specified position in the step of acquiring the specified position of the field graphic is in a predetermined area in the existing field graphic. A storage medium characterized by that.   10. The storage medium according to claim 9, wherein when the designated position in the step of obtaining the designated position of the field graphic is in a predetermined area in the existing field graphic, the size and attribute of the existing field graphic are arranged and inserted. A storage medium comprising a step of applying to a new field figure.

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