JP2010157051A - Information processor, method for controlling the same, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable display of the total number of pages in all business form files or a portion of business form files in a connected business form files obtained by connecting a plurality of business form files. <P>SOLUTION: This information processor is provided with: a first acquisition means for acquiring information for specifying designated business form files to be connected; a second acquisition means for acquiring a set file in which the page reassignment method of each business form file in the connected business form file is defined; and a page number creation means for, when it is defined that the total number of pages is displayed in the connected business form file in the setting file acquired by the second acquisition means, creating page numbers including the total page number according to the designation of display defined in the setting file in each of the business form files acquired by the first acquisition means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for displaying the total number of pages in a combined form file in an electronic form system.

  An electronic form system that creates a form file that can be viewed electronically by designing the form form in advance in order to directly reflect the data in various databases on the form form and inputting the data into the form form. Exists.

In this electronic form system, arbitrary form files can be combined from a plurality of created form files and output and saved as a linked form file. (For example, form A + form B + form C is combined to output / save one combined form file, etc.)
Further, in the combined form file, the page number of each form file is reassigned. (For example, if there are 10 pages of form A, the first page of form B to be combined immediately after that is 11 pages.) Note that page number reassignment is for placing page numbers in the form form. Since the field area is defined, this is realized by arranging the reassigned page number in this field area.

  However, at present, the page numbers are simply reassigned, and the total number of pages of the combined form file is not displayed anywhere.

  Therefore, for example, when you want to know the total number of cases per month, you need to open the estimate internal copy folder and check the last page number. Depending on the month, the data in the estimate internal copy form is very large, There was a problem that the confirmation work took time.

Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for providing a page numbering device that can easily add a page number including the total number of pages of a document or the title name of a document to each page of a document printed by a printer. Yes.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 04-227565

  However, the technique described in Patent Document 1 has an image buffer that holds document information as an image signal, a means for searching the image buffer to detect the total number of pages of document information, and a page number including the total number of pages. The page numbering unit for creating the page number and the means for converting the page number into an image signal and synthesizing the page number into the document information of the image buffer realizes display of the total number of pages. Different.

  That is, it is not intended to reassign page numbers in a combined form file obtained by combining a plurality of form files. Therefore, it is not possible to selectively use whether or not to display the total number of pages for each combined form file.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problem, and in a combined form file obtained by combining a plurality of form files, it is possible to display the total number of pages in all form files or a part of form files. .

  The present invention is an information processing apparatus for combining a plurality of form files and outputting a combined form file, the first acquisition means for acquiring information for specifying a specified combined form file, and the combined form file A second acquisition unit that acquires a setting file in which a page re-assignment method of each form file is defined, and that the setting file acquired by the second acquisition unit displays the total number of pages in the combined form file And a page number creating means for creating a page number including a total page number in accordance with a display specification defined in the setting file for each form file obtained by the first obtaining means. And

  In a combined form file obtained by combining a plurality of form files, the total number of pages can be displayed on all form files or a part of form files.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an electronic form system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Note that the connection configuration of various terminals on the network in FIG. 1 is merely an example, and it is needless to say that various configurations can be used according to applications and purposes.

  In the electronic form server 100 (or information processing apparatus), a form design file that defines the form of the form is registered in advance. According to the definition in the form design file, the actual form data (hereinafter referred to as the actual form data) from the database (not shown). By obtaining data, a form file that can be viewed electronically is generated. The actual data can be received not only from the host computer but also from the client PC 101 or the like in a data format such as CSV format.

  Further, the electronic form server 100 has a transmission / reception function capable of communicating with the client PCs 101 and 102 via the network 103.

  Further, the electronic form server 100 can be provided with a function as a web server so that the form file can be viewed by a general-purpose web browser such as the client PC 101. In this case, the electronic form server 100 has a function of generating display data using a markup language such as a combination of a hypertext markup language (HTML) or an extensible markup language (XML) with a style sheet. Prepare. And it transmits according to the Get request | requirement with respect to the display data from web browsers, such as client PC101.

  The client PC 101 and the client PC 102 are client terminals used by a person who views a form file and obtains a calculation result. The client PC 101 can send and receive data to and from the electronic form server 100 via the network 103.

  As described above, as an embodiment, the client PC 101 and the client PC 102 can communicate with the Web server function of the electronic form server 100 from the general-purpose web browser using the TCP / IP protocol or the HTTP protocol, for example. It is conceivable to configure.

  Next, the hardware configuration of the electronic form server 100 of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of various terminals of the electronic form server according to the present embodiment.

  The CPU 201 comprehensively controls each device connected to the system bus 204. The ROM 203 or the external memory 211 stores an operating system (OS) that is a control program of the CPU 201 and programs for realizing various functions to be described later of each server or each client.

  The RAM 202 functions as a main memory, work area, temporary save area, and the like for the CPU 201.

  The input controller 205 controls input from the input unit 209. Examples of the input unit 209 include a pointing device such as a keyboard and a mouse in a terminal such as a server or a client. Moreover, in a printing apparatus etc., a touch panel, a button, a switch, etc. are mentioned.

  The display controller 206 controls display on the display unit 210. Examples of the display unit 210 include a CRT and a liquid crystal.

  An external memory controller (MC) 207 controls access to an external memory 211 that stores a boot program, various applications, font data, user files, edit files, printer drivers, and the like. In addition, various tables and parameters for realizing various functions of each server or each client are stored. Examples of the external memory 211 include a hard disk (HD), a flexible disk (FD), a compact flash (registered trademark) connected to a PCMCIA card slot via an adapter, and smart media.

  The communication I / F controller 208 executes communication control processing with an external device via the network 103.

  A program 212 for realizing the present invention is recorded in the external memory 211 and is executed by the CPU 201 by being loaded into the RAM 202 as necessary. Further, a form file 213 used by the program 212 according to the present invention is stored in the external memory 211.

  The form file 213 is a file for displaying the form image on the client PC 101 or the like, and contains one or a plurality of pages. As described above, the form file is a file that is generated by inputting data acquired from the database into a pre-designed form design file and performing overlay processing.

  FIG. 3 shows a specific example of the form design file. The form designer arranges an arbitrary field area on the form image (for example, 301 and 302), and sets attributes for the field area. When it is desired to input database data in 301, the database location and data location are designated. If it is desired to input the number of pages in the field area, a designation is made that the page number is arranged. 303 is an example in which data is input, and 304 is an example in which page numbers are arranged.

  The hardware configuration of the client PC 101 is the same as that of the electronic form server 100. However, the program 212 includes a client module for displaying a form file, and is different from that of the electronic form server 100. The form file 213 receives only the part necessary for display by communication with the electronic form server 100, and is different in that the client PC 101 does not originally hold it.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an overall flow in the embodiment of the present invention.

  First, in order to carry out the present invention, it is assumed that a form file is registered. The form file is generated by inputting database data into the form design file and performing overlay processing. The generation timing is arbitrary, and may be generated regularly or irregularly.

  In step S401, the electronic form server generates a form file by inputting the form design file and database data and performing overlay processing. The generated form file is stored in a predetermined folder or the like.

  In step S402, the electronic form server registers a print parameter file input by the administrator. In the print parameter file, an address indicating the location of the form file, a page of the form file (information for specifying the form file), and a logical printer that outputs the combined form file are defined.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print parameter file.

  In this example, the form file “preview-file = C: ¥ Fcw / save ¥ A ¥ A.rcl”, pages 1 to 3, and the form file “preview-file = C: ¥ Fcw \ save ¥ B ¥ B.rcl”. 1 to 2 pages, a combined form file is generated from one page of the form file “preview-file = C: \ Fcw \ save \ C \ C.rcl”, and the combined form file is generated by the logical printer “printer = ftp1, − , ReportLink, X ".

  In step S403, the electronic form server registers the page reassignment setting file. In the page reassignment setting file, a form file for displaying the total page of the combined form file and a form file not to be displayed are specified in the combined form file.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a page reassignment setting file.

  The following items are specified: “form name = page number field arrangement number, total page number output flag”. The form name is the name of the form file to be imported into the combined form file. The page number field arrangement number is a number that identifies a field area defined when a page number is to be arranged at the time of designing the form organization file. In this embodiment, it is assumed that all page number fields are unified with “1” (= all form design files are created so that the page number field becomes “1” when the form file is designed. .) Therefore, here, the form name = “1” indicates that the form is an object of page reassignment. The total page number output flag is a flag for determining whether or not to output the total page number. In the example of FIG. 6, among the combined form files, the form file A and the form file C display the total number of pages, and the form file B is set not to display the total number of pages.

  In step S404, the electronic form server outputs a combined form file in which the total number of pages is displayed in all form files or a part of form files. Detailed processing will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an overall flow in the embodiment of the present invention.

  The form combination module is a program executed on the electronic form server.

  First, in (1) and (2), a print parameter file and a page reassignment setting file are read.

  In this example, the print parameters are set to combine pages 1 to 3 of the form file A, pages 1 to 2 of the form file B, and 1 page of the form file C. Therefore, in (3), Read a form file. Note that the page number field 701 is specified for each read form file, and the field number is “1”.

  Next, the page reassignment setting file is set so that the total number of pages is displayed in the page number field of the form file A and the form file C, and the total number of pages is not displayed in the page number field of the form file B. Therefore, in (4), a combined form file reflecting the setting is output.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the page number field 702 displays “1/6”, the page in the combined form, and the total page.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a flow of outputting the combined form file in the embodiment of the present invention.

  This flowchart is a flowchart for explaining details of the process in step S404 in FIG.

  Further, this flowchart is processing performed by the form combination module executed in the electronic form server.

  In this flowchart, for example, the processing is started by accepting designation of a print parameter file from a command line or the like by a user operation. More specifically, an instruction such as “% RCExtractRcl-e print parameter file name” is accepted from the command line.

  In step S801, information on a form to be combined (form file, page extraction information) and a logical printer are acquired and stored in the RAM. Specifically, various information is acquired from the designated print parameters (S802) and stored in the RAM 1 (S803). In the example shown in FIG. 5, pages 1 to 3 of the form file A, pages 1 to 2 of the form file B, and 1 page of the form file C are form files to be combined, and the output destination logic of the combined form file The printer can acquire information that “printer = ftp1, −, ReportLink, X”.

  In step S804, the page reassignment setting (page number field arrangement number, total page number output flag) for each form file is acquired and stored in the RAM. Specifically, various information is acquired from a pre-registered page reassignment setting file (S805) and registered in the RAM 2 (S806). In the example shown in FIG. 6, the form file A and the form file C of the combined form file display the total number of pages, and the form file B is set not to display the total number of pages. In the present embodiment, since there is only one page reassignment setting file in the system, a selection instruction from a user operation is not accepted. However, when a plurality of pages are prepared, it is possible to accept an instruction to select one page reassignment setting file from the command line or the like.

  In step S807, it is determined whether to combine form files. When combining is to be performed, the process proceeds to step S808, and when not being combined, the process proceeds to step S809. Specifically, referring to the RAM 1 stored in step S803, if two or more form files are specified, it is determined that the combination is performed. If only one form file is specified, the combination is performed. It is determined not to be performed.

  In steps S808 to S812, referring to the RAM 2 (= contents of the page reassignment setting file) stored in step S806, a loop is started for the number of designated form files.

  In step S809, it is determined whether or not the total page number output flag is on. If it is on, the process proceeds to step S810. If it is not on, the process proceeds to step S812. In the example of FIG. 6, the “on” flag is set for the form file A, but the “on” flag is not set for the form file B.

  In step S810, true is substituted for a flag for determining whether the total number of pages needs to be given to the combined form file to be created and stored in the RAM 3 (S811). This flag is a flag having a property of “True” if an “on” flag is set in one form file among a plurality of form files.

  In step S813, processing for creating a combined form file is performed. Details of this processing will be described later with reference to FIGS.

  In step S814, the created combined form file is output to the logical printer. The output destination logical printer can be known by referring to the RAM 1 (step S815). Taking FIG. 5 as an example, it is understood that “printer = ftp1, −, ReportLink, X” is a logical printer. The process is terminated by outputting to the logical printer.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing for creating a combined form file.

  This flowchart is a flowchart for explaining details of the process in step S813 in FIG.

  Further, this flowchart is processing performed by the form combination module executed in the electronic form server.

  In step S901, it is determined whether the value of the RAM 3 stored in step S811 is True. If it is True, the process proceeds to step S902. If it is not True, the process proceeds to step S910.

  In steps S902 to S909, the RAM 1 stored in step S803 is referred to, and a loop is performed for the number of form files to be combined.

  In step S903, one form file is loaded (step S904) and stored in the RAM 4 (step 905).

  In step S906, the number of pages of the currently selected form file is acquired and added to the total page number counter in the RAM 5 (step S908). Taking FIG. 5 as an example, since the form file A has 1 to 3 pages, 3 is added to the total page number counter. Since the form file B has 1 to 2 pages, 2 is added to the total page number counter. Since the form file C has one page, 1 is added to the total page number counter. Finally, the total page number counter becomes 6 pages.

  In steps S910 to S915, the RAM 1 stored in step S803 is referred to, and a loop is performed for the number of form files to be combined.

  In step S911, with reference to the RAM 2, it is determined whether or not the page reassignment setting has been made for the currently selected form file. If it has been set, the process proceeds to step S912. If it has not been set, the process proceeds to step S913.

  In step S912, page reassignment processing is performed. Details of this processing will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In step S913, the number of pages of the selected form file is acquired, added to the current last page, and stored in the RAM 6 (step S914).

  In step S916, the form files that have undergone the page reassignment process are combined to create a combined form file, and the process proceeds to step S814 in FIG.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of page reassignment processing.

  This flowchart is a flowchart for explaining details of the processing in step S912 in FIG.

  Further, this flowchart is processing performed by the form combination module executed in the electronic form server.

  In steps S1001 to S1012, a loop is performed until the arrangement number of the field data arranged in the form file exceeds the page number field arrangement number. Specifically, a loop is performed until the value of “page number field arrangement number” specified in the page reassignment setting file is exceeded. However, in the example of FIG. 6, “1” is specified. One time only. On the other hand, when “10” is designated, 10 loops are made. In this case, when a plurality of fields are arranged in the form file, the subsequent processing is performed for the field data arrangement numbers up to the tenth. The number of loops is counted up and used in the process of step S1005.

  In step S1002, the data attribute of the selected form file is acquired and stored in the RAM 7 (S1003). Here, the attribute information of the field data of the arrangement number corresponding to the current number of soups is acquired from the form file.

  In step S1004, it is determined whether or not the data attribute stored in the RAM 7 in step S1003 is a page number field. If it is the page number field, the process proceeds to step S1006. If it is not the page number field, the process proceeds to S1012.

  In step S1005, it is determined whether the arrangement number of the field data arranged in the form file is equal to the page number field arrangement number. If equal, the process proceeds to step S1006, and if not equal, the process proceeds to S1012. Since the loop is performed in the order of the field data arrangement numbers, for example, in the case of the first loop, the arrangement number of the field data arranged in the current form file is “1”. In the case of the tenth loop, the arrangement number is “10”. Next, the page number field arrangement number is a number specified in the page reassignment setting file. In the example of FIG.

  In step S1006, it is determined whether or not the total page number output flag is True. If it is True, the process proceeds to step S1009, and if it is not True, the process proceeds to step S1010. Specifically, the RAM 2 is referred to, and the determination is made based on whether or not the “on” flag is set for the currently targeted form file. In the example of FIG. 6, a flag is set for the form files A and C, and a flag is not set for the form file B.

  In step S1009, a character string formatted with the number of pages and the total number of pages is created (page number creation). Specifically, a character string is created by reading the current final page number stored in the RAM 6 (step S1007) and the total page number counter value (step S1008) stored in the RAM 5. For example, if the current last page is 0 (initial value), the number of pages is one page. If the total number of pages is 6, a character string “1/6” is created here.

  In step S1010, a character string formatted using only the number of pages is created. Specifically, a character string is created by reading the current final page number (step S1007) stored in the RAM 6. For example, if the current last page is 2, the number of pages is 3, and a character string “3” is created.

  In step S1011, the page number field is overwritten with the formatted character string. Specifically, it is overwritten with a character string such as “1/6” or “3” created in step S1009 or step S101.

  After exiting the loop of step S1012, the process proceeds to step S913 in FIG.

  Through the processing described above, the total number of pages can be displayed in all or some form files in a combined form file obtained by combining a plurality of form files.

  Next, a specific example in which the combined form file created according to the embodiment of the present invention can be effectively used will be shown.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of sorting combined form files into a plurality of folders.
The form file A1 plays a role like a cover of a combined form file (for example, an estimate for October 2008). The form files B1 and B2 are a copy of the estimate of the Tokyo branch, and the number of pages is necessary for management in the Tokyo branch. The form files C1 and C2 are quotations from the Tokyo branch, but do not require page numbers because they are submitted to customers.

  In this way, in the task of sorting the combined form file and registering it in each folder, it is possible to easily distinguish between those that require display of the total number of pages and those that do not require display.

  In addition, by restricting access to the Tokyo branch folder from the viewpoint of security policy, it is possible to prevent employees who do not have access rights from notifying the total number of cases.

  It should be noted that the configuration and contents of the various data described above are not limited to this, and it goes without saying that the various data and configurations are configured according to the application and purpose.

  Although one embodiment has been described above, the present invention can take an embodiment as, for example, a system, apparatus, method, program, or recording medium, and specifically includes a plurality of devices. The present invention may be applied to a system including a single device.

  Further, the program according to the present invention is a program that can execute the processing method of FIGS. 8 to 10, and the storage medium of the present invention stores a program that can execute the processing method of FIGS. 8 to 10. ing. The program according to the present invention may be a program for each processing method of each apparatus shown in FIGS.

  As described above, a recording medium that records a program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the program stored in the recording medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by executing the reading.

  In this case, the program itself read from the recording medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the recording medium storing the program constitutes the present invention.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program, for example, a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD-ROM, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, EEPROM, silicon A disk or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) operating on the computer based on an instruction of the program is actually It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the processing and the processing is included.

  Furthermore, after the program read from the recording medium is written to the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board is based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that the case where the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  Further, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or apparatus. In this case, by reading a recording medium storing a program for achieving the present invention into the system or apparatus, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  Furthermore, by downloading and reading a program for achieving the present invention from a server, database, etc. on a network by a communication program, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  In addition, all the structures which combined each embodiment mentioned above and its modification are also included in this invention.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the electronic form system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the various terminals of the electronic form server which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a form design file. It is a flowchart which shows the whole flow in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a printing parameter file. It is a figure which shows an example of a page reallocation setting file. It is a figure which shows the whole flow in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the output of the combined form file in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process which produces a combined form file. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process of page reassignment. It is a figure which shows an example which sorts a combined form file and sorts into a some folder.

Explanation of symbols

100 Form server 101 Client PC
102 Client PC
103 Network 201 CPU
202 RAM
203 ROM
204 System bus 205 Input controller 206 Display controller 207 External memory controller 208 Communication I / F controller 209 Input unit 210 Display unit 211 External memory 212 Program 213 Form file

Claims (7)

An information processing apparatus that combines a plurality of form files and outputs a combined form file,
First acquisition means for acquiring information for specifying a specified form file to be combined;
Second acquisition means for acquiring a setting file in which a page re-assignment method of each form file in the combined form file is defined;
When the setting file acquired by the second acquisition unit is defined to display the total number of pages in the combined form file, it is defined in the setting file for each form file acquired by the first acquisition unit. An information processing apparatus comprising page number creating means for creating a page number including a total page number in accordance with display designation.   The page number creating means creates a total page number and a page number in a combined form for a form file designated to display a total page in the setting file, and displays a total page in a form file not designated. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein only the page number in the combined form is created.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the page number creating unit writes the created page number in a field area in which the page number of the form file is arranged.   2. The information specifying a form file acquired by the first acquisition unit includes at least address information indicating a location of the form file and page information to be combined in the form file. 4. The information processing apparatus according to any one of items 1 to 3. A control method in an information processing apparatus that combines a plurality of form files and outputs a combined form file,
A first acquisition step of acquiring information specifying a specified form file to be combined;
A second acquisition step of acquiring a setting file in which a page re-assignment method of each form file in the combined form file is defined;
If the setting file acquired by the second acquisition step is defined to display the total number of pages in the combined form file, the setting file is defined for each form file acquired by the first acquisition unit. And a page number creating step of creating a page number including the total page number in accordance with display designation. A program that can be executed in an information processing apparatus that combines a plurality of form files and outputs a combined form file,
First acquisition means for acquiring information for specifying a specified form file to be combined;
Second acquisition means for acquiring a setting file in which a page re-assignment method of each form file in the combined form file is defined;
When the setting file acquired by the second acquisition unit is defined to display the total number of pages in the combined form file, it is defined in the setting file for each form file acquired by the first acquisition unit. A program for causing the information processing apparatus to function as page number creating means for creating a page number including a total page number in accordance with display designation.   The recording medium which recorded the program of Claim 6 so that computer reading was possible.

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