JP2012088858A - Automatic document layout system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic document layout system that improves browsability and visibility of data of a document that a business system outputs.SOLUTION: The automatic document layout system includes a maximum digit number calculation processing part which calculates the maximum number of digits of data of each of items of the document to be output; a frame number calculation processing part which calculates the necessary number of frames as areas for displaying data of at least the items based upon the calculated maximum numbers of digits by the items; an item arrangement processing part which arranges items of one records in units of frames calculated by the frame number calculation processing part; and an output processing part which outputs data of the document at positions corresponding to the arranged items. The item arrangement processing part starts arranging the items in order from a first line according to the frames, and arranges items of second and succeeding lines by determining a position corresponding to a second or succeeding item of the first line, or a second or succeeding frame as a starting position of arrangement of items of the second and succeeding lines.

Description

The present invention relates to a form automatic layout system that improves the listability and visibility of form data output by a business system.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, enterprises and the like use various business systems that collect data in a company, analyze it from various angles, and support the execution of management strategies when performing the business activities. Even after such a business system is introduced, it is necessary to change the business system flexibly and in a timely manner according to the growth and strategy of the user company. Therefore, it is essential to modify and change the business system.

  However, in the case of a package system business system that is a finished product, these system corrections and changes need to be outsourced to the system developer, vendor, etc., which requires a lot of costs and man-hours.

  Therefore, in order to improve them, a customization system that can be customized in a business system is used. By using this customization system, it is possible to reduce the man-hours for programmers and the like accompanying the correction and change of the business system, so that the costs and man-hours required for system correction and change can be reduced.

  However, when a business system is modified or changed using a customization system and a form is output in the business system, it is designed so that the layout of each item can be arranged freely by the customization system. As a result, there are problems in terms of listability and visibility as compared with the standard form layout prepared in advance in the business system. In particular, in the case of a form in which one record is displayed over a plurality of lines, the listability and visibility are significantly lowered. An example of such a form is shown in FIG.

  In the case of FIG. 11, “Employee code”, “Employee name”, “Reading”, “Gender”, “Employee classification”, “Enrollment classification”, “Affiliation code”, “Affiliation name”, “Position code” are included in one record. , “Job title”, “Job title code”, “Job title”, “Personal outside line (other than representative)”, “Personal extension”, “Mobile phone TEL1”, “Mobile phone TEL2”, “Memo”, “Master search display classification "Each item is included. Therefore, it is displayed over 3 lines per record.

  In general, since each record is displayed in order, as shown in FIG. 11, the data is simply displayed over three lines per record. It is extremely difficult to understand the correspondence and how far a record is, and the listability and visibility are lacking.

  Therefore, in order to improve the listability and visibility of the form, the system described in Patent Document 1 discloses a system that automatically determines the form layout. Also, by using the software of Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2, the visibility of the form layout can be improved.

JP 2005-18332 A

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  The system of Patent Document 1 adopts a configuration in which the contents of data are discriminated and a form layout is automatically determined. However, since it only describes that a line in which no data exists is automatically determined and this line is deleted and displayed, data is included in the data item of each record as shown in FIG. If this is the case, we cannot respond.

  In the software of Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2, visibility is improved by allowing the user to manually change the ruled line width of each item of the form. Therefore, when one record extends over a plurality of lines, the listability and visibility are not automatically improved.

  Therefore, the present inventors have invented a form automatic layout system that improves the listability and visibility of form data output by a business system even in the case of a complicated form in which one record extends over a plurality of lines.

  1st invention is a form automatic layout system which performs the automatic layout of the form in which the item of 1 record is displayed over several lines, Comprising: The said form automatic layout system is each of each item of the form used as output object, Based on the maximum number of digits calculation processing unit that calculates the maximum number of digits of the data of the item and the calculated maximum number of digits for each item, the required number of frames that are at least an area for displaying the data of the item is calculated A frame number calculation processing unit, an item arrangement processing unit that arranges the items of the one record in units of frames calculated by the frame number calculation processing unit, and data of the form at a position corresponding to the arranged items. An output processing unit for outputting, wherein the item arrangement processing unit starts arranging the items in order from the first line according to a frame, and the arrangement of the items of one record extends over a plurality of lines As a starting position of the placement of the item position the second and subsequent rows corresponding to the first row 2 entry and subsequent or second frame subsequent performs placement of the second and subsequent lines item is a document automatic layout system.

  By configuring as in the present invention, each item is arranged in a frame unit. Therefore, the arrangement positions in the vertical direction of the items are aligned, the correspondence between the item names and the data becomes easy to understand, which leads to improvement in listability and visibility. In addition, the start position of the arrangement of the items on and after the second line is provided with at least one blank space. For this reason, it is easy to recognize how far one record is, which leads to an improvement in the listability and visibility of the form data.

  In the above-described invention, the item arrangement processing unit starts arranging the items in order from the first line according to the frame, and when the arrangement of the items of one record extends over a plurality of lines, the output of the form to be output is performed. It is determined whether the exception condition corresponding to the condition is met. If the exception condition is not met, the position corresponding to the second item after the first line or the second frame is set to the arrangement of the items after the second line. As the start position, items on the second and subsequent lines are arranged, and if the exception condition is met, the second and subsequent lines from the start position based on a condition different from the condition for determining the start position when the exception condition is not met It can also be configured like a form automatic layout system that arranges the items.

  If the number of digits of data of items arranged at the left end or the left side is large, if the data is arranged as it is in accordance with preset conditions, the data listability and visibility are deteriorated. Therefore, as in the present invention, when items of one record are arranged over a plurality of lines, it is first determined whether or not an exception condition is met, and whether or not the items in the second and subsequent lines are arranged is determined according to whether or not the condition is met. It is advisable to distinguish the conditions of the start positions.

  In the above invention, the item arrangement processing unit starts arranging the items in order on the first line according to the frame, and when the arrangement of the item of one record extends over a plurality of lines, the output of the form to be output is output. It is determined whether the exception condition corresponding to the condition is met, and if the exception condition is not met, the position corresponding to the third item on the first line is set as the start position, and the items on the second and subsequent lines are arranged, When the exception condition is met, as in the form automatic layout system that arranges items in the second and subsequent lines, starting from the position of the frame on the left side of the position corresponding to the third item in the first line It can also be configured.

  As a condition of the start position of the arrangement of items in the second and subsequent lines, it may be distinguished according to two conditions as in the present invention.

  In the above-described invention, the item arrangement processing unit has a vertical ruled line that vertically separates the items from each other in one digit adjacent to the end frame of the item or one digit of the end of the frame of the item. Can be configured as a form automatic layout system that provides vertical ruled lines.

  Conventionally, a vertical ruled line separating items is provided between the digits. Therefore, the data and the vertical ruled lines are in close contact with each other, leading to deterioration of visibility. Therefore, as in the present invention, by using one digit as the vertical ruled line, a gap can be provided between the data and the vertical ruled line. As a result, the data and the vertical ruled lines are not in close contact with each other, leading to an improvement in visibility.

  In the above-described invention, the output condition of the form to be output can be configured as a form automatic layout system that is an output size.

  The exception condition preferably varies depending on the output size. This is because the output possible range varies depending on the output size.

  By using the form automatic layout system of the present invention, it is possible to output data with improved listability and visibility of complicated form data in which one record extends over a plurality of lines.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows typically an example of the system configuration | structure of the form automatic layout system of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process of this invention typically. It is a conceptual diagram which shows typically an example of the hardware configuration of a form automatic layout system and a business system. It is a figure which shows an example of a reference table typically. It is a figure which illustrates typically a vertical ruled line. It is a figure which shows typically the case where the item arrangement | positioning process part has arranged the item according to the exceptional condition in A4 horizontal size. It is a figure which shows typically the case where the item arrangement | positioning process part has arranged the item according to the exceptional condition in A4 vertical size. It is a figure which shows typically the case where an item arrangement | positioning part has performed arrangement | positioning when it does not correspond to an exceptional condition. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the employee information master file in Example 1. FIG. 6 is an example of a screen for selecting whether to perform automatic layout processing in the first embodiment. This is an example in which output processing is performed as usual without performing automatic layout processing. It is an example when an automatic layout process is performed and an output process is performed.

  An example of the system configuration of the form automatic layout system 1 of the present invention is schematically shown in the conceptual diagram of FIG.

  The form automatic layout system 1 according to the present invention is preferably used in conjunction with a business system, and is output to a business system (including printing output, screen display output, file output, etc.). It is preferably used when executing such processing. The form in this specification is a data format in which data is associated with each item set in the row direction and / or the column direction. An item with no data may be left blank (NULL).

  In this specification, item data includes item data (for example, “First Division Sales Section” in FIG. 12) and item name (for example, “Affiliation Name” in FIG. 12) in the item. It is.

  The business system is a computer system used for performing business activities of a company or the like. The business system corresponds to a backbone system and an information system that execute processing related to the business activity. Examples of these include sales management systems, purchasing management systems, financial management systems, personnel management systems, payroll management systems, production management systems, groupware systems, document management systems, workflow systems, scheduler systems, etc. It is not limited to these.

  The form automatic layout system 1 and the business system include a calculation device 20 such as a CPU that executes calculation processing of a program, a storage device 21 such as a RAM or a hard disk that stores information, a display device 22 such as a display (screen), An input device 23 such as a keyboard or a pointing device (such as a mouse or a numeric keypad) and a communication device 24 that transmits and receives processing results of the arithmetic device 20 and information stored in the storage device 21 via a network such as the Internet or a LAN. It is preferable. Each function (each unit) realized on the computer is executed when a unit (program, module, etc.) for executing the process is read into the arithmetic unit 20. When using the information stored in the storage device 21 in the processing, each function reads the corresponding information from the storage device 21 and uses the read information for processing in the arithmetic device 20 as appropriate. FIG. 3 schematically shows an example of the hardware configuration of the form automatic layout system 1 and the business system. The automatic form layout system 1 and the business system may have their functions distributed to a plurality of computer terminals or servers.

  Each means in the present invention is only logically distinguished in function, and may be physically or practically the same area.

  The form automatic layout system 1 and the business system may be configured integrally. That is, the form automatic layout system 1 may be incorporated as a function of the business system.

  The business system includes a form data storage unit that stores various form data and a business processing unit that executes processes related to business activities using the form data storage unit. The form data stored in the form data storage unit includes employee information master files, customer master files, supplier master files, product master files, etc. Master file (form data). These include data that is output in a form format when output.

  The business processing unit reads / stores data stored in the form data storage unit, and executes processing related to business activities according to the purpose.

  The business system may be an ordinary business system, and may be customized as in Japanese Patent No. 4486159, in particular, data output as form data may be customized.

  The form automatic layout system 1 includes a maximum digit number calculation processing unit 2, a frame number calculation processing unit 3, an item arrangement processing unit 4, and an output processing unit 5.

  The maximum number-of-digits calculation processing unit 2 calculates the maximum number of digits of data for each item in each item in the form data to be output among the form data stored in the form data storage unit of the business system. In addition, although a single-byte character is 1 digit here, it goes without saying that a single-byte character may be 1 digit. Further, the number of digits of data may be the maximum number of digits of actually input data, or the maximum number of digits secured as a data definition.

  That is, the maximum number of digits calculation processing unit 2 obtains the number of digits of each data (number of characters in half-width characters (or full-width characters)) in the form data to be output, and based on this, the maximum number of digits is calculated for each item. Calculate for each.

  The frame number calculation processing unit 3 calculates the required number of frames with a predetermined number of digits as one unit based on the maximum number of digits of each item calculated by the maximum digit number calculation processing unit 2. The frame is an area for displaying data of each item (or item data, vertical ruled line), and data of each item is displayed in this frame. In addition, how many digits are displayed in one frame can be arbitrarily set, and can be set to 10 digits or 16 digits, for example.

  The required number of frames can be calculated by referring to a reference table schematically shown in FIG. 4, for example. FIG. 4A is a reference table when 16 digits per frame and a maximum of 10 frames per line can be displayed. FIG. 4B shows the case where the data to be displayed in one frame is displayed at a predetermined reduction rate (80% in the case of FIG. 4B) while keeping the same as one frame in FIG. 4A. . That is, if it is a normal size, 16-digit data can fit in one frame, but if the maximum number of digits is 17 to 20 digits, the data of the corresponding part is reduced by a predetermined ratio such as 80%, This is a case where it fits within one frame. Therefore, in the case of FIG. 4B, data of 20 digits at the maximum fits in one frame.

  Data reduction may be dealt with by a character font size of a predetermined ratio, for example, a ratio of 80%. For items with a maximum number of digits of 17 to 20 digits, all data of the item may be displayed at the reduction ratio, and for data of 1 to 16 digits, it is displayed in a normal size. , 17-digit to 20-digit data may be reduced at the reduction rate.

  A vertical ruled line is a ruled line that divides a frame into a vertical direction. This process will be described later in the item arrangement processing unit 4.

  When the maximum number of digits of a certain item is 15 digits, the frame number calculation processing unit 3 sets the necessary number of frames as the item as one frame, and when the maximum number of digits is 18 digits, When the number of frames is 1 and the maximum number of digits is 27 digits, the required number of frames as the item is calculated as 2 frames. When the maximum number of digits is 100 digits, the required number of frames is calculated as 5 frames. The required number of frames varies depending on the number of digits per frame, the reduction rate, and the like. In that case, the number of frames can be calculated by using a reference table corresponding to them.

  In addition to using the reference table as shown in FIG. 4, the necessary number of frames may be calculated by a predetermined conversion formula.

  The item arrangement processing unit 4 arranges items displayed in frame units calculated by the frame number calculation processing unit 3 in order from the left side of the first line. However, if all the items of the form data cannot be arranged on one line, the items are arranged on the second and subsequent lines.

  Whether it fits in one line can be calculated by dividing the size of one line by the size of the number of frames, but it depends on the output size (eg, “A4 horizontal”, “A4 vertical”, etc.) The number of frames per line may be set in advance.

  When the item arrangement processing unit 4 arranges items over two or more lines, the item arrangement processing unit 4 first determines whether an exception condition is met. Here, the exceptional conditions are paper, display device 22, output conditions when outputting to a file, for example, output size (for example, “A4 horizontal”, “A4 vertical”, etc.), color printing, output method (paper, It is preferable to set according to display, file, etc.

  For example, as an exception condition when outputting in the A4 horizontal size, if the end position of the second item on the first line or the end position of the first item is not within the 3 frame, The predetermined number of frames (for example, 3 frames) is left blank on the left side, and the next frame (the 4th frame in the above example) is set as the starting position of item arrangement for the second and subsequent lines. This is schematically shown in FIG.

  When the original form data is as shown in FIG. 6A, since the end position of the second item in the first row is the fourth frame, the item arrangement processing unit 4 determines that the exception condition is applied. To do. Therefore, for the second and subsequent lines, the item arrangement processing unit 4 leaves the predetermined number of frames on the left side (for example, three frames) as blank, and sets the next frame (fourth frame) as the start position of item arrangement for the second and subsequent lines. And set the data of each item to correspond to them. This is schematically shown in FIG. 6 (b).

  Also, as an exception condition when outputting in A4 vertical size, if the end position of the second item on the first line or the end position of the first item is not within the two frames, the second and subsequent lines Sets a predetermined number of frames (for example, 2 frames) on the left side as a blank, and sets the next frame (the 3rd frame in the above example) as the start position of the item arrangement for the second and subsequent lines. This is schematically shown in FIG.

  When the original form data is as shown in FIG. 7A, since the end position of the second item in the first row is the third frame, the item arrangement processing unit 4 determines that the exception condition is applied. To do. Therefore, for the second and subsequent lines, the item arrangement processing unit 4 leaves the predetermined number of frames on the left side (for example, two frames) blank, and the next frame (third frame) is the starting position of item arrangement for the second and subsequent lines. And set the data of each item to correspond to them. This is schematically shown in FIG. 7 (b).

  In addition, when the item arrangement processing unit 4 determines that a predetermined exception condition is not met, the items corresponding to the preset items (for example, the three items on the first line) are determined for the second and subsequent lines. Although it is an example, it is not limited to this, and the layout is performed from the position of a frame having at least one blank on the left side. For example, the number of frames corresponding to two items in the first row is blank, and the layout is performed from the next (position corresponding to the three items in the first row).

  If the original form data is as shown in FIG. 8A (assuming that the output size is A4 horizontal), the end position of the second item on the first line is the third frame, so the exception condition applies The item arrangement processing unit 4 determines that it is not performed. Accordingly, for the second and subsequent lines, the item arrangement processing unit 4 sets the position corresponding to the three items in the first line as the start position, and arranges the data of each item in the second line so as to correspond to them. . This is schematically shown in FIG. 8 (b).

  6 to 8, since the number of frames is shown for explanation, the number of frames may not actually be displayed.

  In addition, the item arrangement processing unit 4 executes processing related to vertical ruled lines (draws vertical ruled lines). A vertical ruled line is a vertical ruled line displayed to divide a frame. Usually, a ruled line is drawn between digits, but in the form automatic layout system 1 of the present invention, one digit is used for a vertical ruled line and a vertical line is drawn there. Preferably, one digit adjacent to the frame at the end of each item (for example, one digit adjacent to the frame when the item is one frame, one digit adjacent to the left frame when the item is two frames, etc. 1 digit adjacent to the right frame, 1 digit adjacent to the leftmost frame and 1 digit adjacent to the rightmost frame if the item has 3 frames), and a vertical line near the center of the 1 digit It is better to draw. As a result, even when the data has the maximum number of digits in one frame, a gap of half digits is formed, so that the data visibility is improved. A description of the vertical ruled lines is shown in FIG. Although FIG. 5 shows the case where one frame has 16 digits, the number of digits in one frame can be arbitrarily set as described above. Further, the frames and the digits are merely shown for explanation, and may not be actually displayed.

  Although the above description and FIG. 5 show the case where the digit for drawing the vertical ruled line is adjacent to the frame, the vertical ruled line may be drawn at one digit of the end frame of the item. In this case, when an item and an item are adjacent to each other, a vertical ruled line is drawn at one digit of the end frame of one of the items, and a vertical ruled line is drawn at the end frame of the other adjacent item. You don't have to. This is to prevent double vertical ruled lines from being drawn.

  FIG. 5A shows a case where one digit is used for the vertical ruled line as in the present invention. FIG. 5B is a diagram showing a case where a vertical ruled line is drawn by a conventional method. In the case of FIG. 5B, since the vertical ruled line is drawn as a separating line between the digits, when data enters before and after that, the data and the vertical ruled line are brought into close contact with each other, and the visibility is deteriorated. On the other hand, in the case of FIG. 5A of the present invention, since one digit is used for the vertical ruled line, even if data enters before and after that, the data and the vertical ruled line are not in close contact with each other. A half-digit gap is generated. Therefore, visibility can be maintained.

  The output processing unit 5 refers to the form data stored in the form data storage unit, displays the corresponding data in each frame according to the items arranged by the item arrangement processing unit 4, and executes the output process. As the output processing, printing is performed on a paper medium from a predetermined printing device (not shown) used by the user, output is displayed on the predetermined display device 22 used by the user, and output as a file to a computer terminal used by the user. There is.

  Next, the processing process of the form automatic layout system 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this embodiment, a case will be described in which data of an employee information master file, which is form data stored in the form data storage unit, is output. Further, FIG. 9 shows a part of the data contents of each item.

  When a user using a business system desires to output form data of an employee information master file, a predetermined operation is performed on a computer terminal (hereinafter referred to as “user terminal”) used by the user. Then, a screen for selecting whether or not to perform automatic layout as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed on the user terminal.

  On this screen, if the user makes a selection that means performing automatic layout, such as “align columns when there are more than two rows”, the user terminal performs automatic layout on the business system. The output instruction at is sent. On the other hand, on this screen, if the user does not make a selection meaning that automatic layout is performed, such as “align columns when there are more than two rows”, the user terminal performs a normal operation on the business system. An output instruction is sent. At this time, it is preferable to specify an output size (for example, “A4 horizontal”, “A4 vertical”, etc., but not limited thereto).

  When automatic layout is not performed (S100), the business processing unit of the business system receives a normal output instruction sent from the user terminal, and is normally output from the employee information master file. Data is extracted and output processing is executed. In the case of a normal output instruction, the contents of the data in FIG. 9 are output in order from the left side. An example of the output in this case is shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, when performing automatic layout (S100), the business processing unit of the business system receives an output instruction sent from the user terminal after performing automatic layout. Then, the business processing unit transfers to the form automatic layout system 1 that the output processing is performed after performing the automatic layout. At this time, information for specifying data to be output (for example, target form data, output range, number of copies, output size, etc.) may be passed together.

  When receiving an output instruction from the business processing unit after the automatic layout system 1 performs automatic layout, the maximum digit number calculation processing unit 2 refers to the employee information master file which is the form data to be output. The maximum number of digits in the data of each item is calculated (S110).

  That is, each item "employee code", "employee name", "phonetic", "gender", "employee classification", "enrollment classification", "affiliation code", "affiliation name", "title code", "title" ”,“ Occupation code ”,“ Occupation name ”,“ Personal outside line (other than affiliation representative) ”,“ Personal extension ”,“ Mobile TEL1 ”,“ Mobile TEL2 ”,“ Memo ”,“ Master search display category ” Calculate the number of digits of data, and calculate the maximum number of digits for each item.

  When the maximum number of digits calculation processing unit 2 calculates the maximum number of digits for each item in the data of each item in FIG. 9, for example, “Employee code” is 6 digits, “Employee name” is 30 digits, and “Reading” is 30 digits, “Gender” 8 digits, “Employee category” 8 digits, “Enrollment category” 8 digits, “Affiliation code” 6 digits, “Affiliation name” 20 digits, “Job title code” 6 digits, "Job title" is 10 digits, "Job code" is 6 digits, "Job name" is 10 digits, "Personal outside line (other than affiliation representative)" is 24 digits, "Personal extension" is 10 digits, "Mobile TEL1" is Assume that 13 digits, “mobile TEL2” is 13 digits, “memo” is 100 digits, and “master search display category” is 16 digits.

  Next, the frame number calculation processing unit 3 is necessary for each item by referring to the reference table shown in FIG. 4 based on the maximum number of digits for each item calculated by the maximum digit number calculation processing unit 2. The number of frames is calculated (S120).

  In the case of the above example, referring to the reference table of FIG. 4B based on the maximum number of digits of each item, “employee code” is 1 frame, “employee name” is 2 frames, “frigana” is 2 frames, “Gender” is 1 frame, “Employee category” is 1 frame, “Enrollment category” is 1 frame, “Affiliation code” is 1 frame, “Affiliation name” is 1 frame, “Job title code” is 1 frame, “Job title” "1", "Occupation code" is 1 frame, "Occupation name" is 1 frame, "Personal outside line (other than affiliation representative)" is 2 frames, "Individual extension" is 1 frame, "Mobile TEL1" is 1 frame, The required number of frames can be calculated assuming that “mobile TEL2” is 1 frame, “memo” is 5 frames, and “master search display category” is 1 frame.

  Then, the item arrangement processing unit 4 arranges each item in order from the first line according to the required number of frames (S130). For example, in the present embodiment, when the output instruction is in the size of “A4 horizontal” and it is set that 10 frames can be output in one line, the item arrangement processing unit 4 displays items for 10 frames. Arrange in order. Then, in the first row, from the left, “Employee code” (1 frame), “Employee name” (2 frames), “Reading” (2 frames), “Gender” (1 frame), “Employee classification” (1 frame), “Enrollment classification” (1 frame), “Affiliation code” (1 frame), “Affiliation name” (1 frame) are arranged in this order.

  Since items cannot be arranged in one line, the item arrangement processing unit 4 arranges items in the second and subsequent lines (S140). At this time, the item arrangement processing unit 4 determines whether a predetermined exception condition is met (S150).

  In this embodiment, since the output size is “A4 horizontal”, an exception condition is “whether the end position of the second item on the first line or the end position of the first item is within three frames”. The arrangement processing unit 4 determines. Then, the item arrangement processing unit 4 determines that the end position of the second item in the first row is within the three frames, and therefore determines that the exceptional condition is not applied.

  When the exceptional condition is not applied, the item arrangement processing unit 4 arranges the items in the second and subsequent lines from a preset item (here, the position corresponding to the third item in the first line) ( S160).

  Therefore, the “position code” (one frame) starts to be arranged from the position of “the reading” that is the third item in the first row. Therefore, in the second line, “Position Code” (1 frame), “Position Name” (1 frame), “Occupation Code” (1 frame), “Occupation Name” (1 frame), “Personal Outside Line (Representative Representative) Other than) ”(2 frames) and“ personal extension ”(1 frame).

  Similarly, for the third line, “mobile TEL1” (one frame), “mobile TEL2” (one frame), and “memo” (five frames) are the positions of the “first” in the third line. It is arranged from. Similarly, in the fourth row, the “master search display category” (one frame) is arranged from the position of “the reading” that is the third item in the first row.

  As described above, the item arrangement processing unit 4 arranges the items in FIG. 9 in order over a plurality of lines. At that time, the item arrangement processing unit 4 draws a vertical ruled line using one digit between each item.

  Then, after the arrangement processing of each item is completed, the output processing unit 5 outputs the data of each item of the employee information master file to each corresponding position (S180). FIG. 12 shows the output process in this way.

  Then, the business processing unit sends the output data (FIG. 12) generated by the output processing unit 5 to the user terminal, and executes the output process at the user terminal.

  As described above, when the items of one record extend over two or more lines, the arrangement of the items after the second line is changed to the predetermined item (here, the third item) or the predetermined frame (exception condition is applied) on the first line. ), The blank on the left side is automatically generated for the items in the second and subsequent lines. Therefore, it can be easily recognized that it is a series of data. Even when the output according to the present invention (FIG. 12) and the conventional output (FIG. 11) are compared, the data listability and visibility are clear.

  In the above-described S140, if the item of one record does not extend over two lines, the corresponding data is displayed in the respective frames according to the items arranged by the item arrangement processing unit 4, and output processing is performed. Should be executed. When an item of one record does not extend over two lines, the output is displayed in the same manner as in the past.

  In the above example, the exception condition is not met in S150. However, if the exception condition is met, the second and subsequent items are arranged according to the exception condition (S170). That is, in the case of “A4 horizontal” size, for the second and subsequent lines, a predetermined number of frames (for example, three frames) is left blank, and the next frame (the fourth frame in the above example) is the second line. Set as the starting position for subsequent item placement.

  When a large number of frames are used for the first item and the second item in the first row (when the maximum number of digits of the first item and the second item is large), the items after the second row are directly subjected to S160. If it arranges from the position of the 3rd item of the 1st line (according to the usual item arrangement condition instead of the exception condition), the visibility will be deteriorated. Therefore, it is determined whether it is an exceptional condition according to the number of frames of the predetermined item (preferably, the first item and the second item) on the first line, and the start position of the second and subsequent items is determined according to the result. By setting, it is possible to always output with good listability and visibility.

  By using the form automatic layout system 1 of the present invention, it is possible to output data with improved listability and visibility of complicated form data in which one record covers a plurality of lines.

1: form automatic layout system 2: maximum digit number calculation processing unit 3: frame number calculation processing unit 4: item arrangement processing unit 5: output processing unit 20: arithmetic unit 21: storage unit 22: display unit 23: input unit 24: Communication device

1st invention is a form automatic layout system which performs the automatic layout of the form in which the item of 1 record is displayed over several lines, Comprising: The said form automatic layout system is each of each item of the form used as output object, A reference that shows the correspondence between the number of display digits and the required number of frames using the maximum number of digits calculation processing unit that calculates the maximum number of digits of data input to the item , and the calculated maximum number of digits for each item . By referring to the table or substituting it into a predetermined conversion formula, a frame number calculation processing unit that calculates at least the necessary number of frames, which is an area for displaying the data of the item, and the item of the one record as the frame An item arrangement processing unit arranged in frame units calculated by the number calculation processing unit, and an output processing unit for outputting the form data at a position corresponding to the arranged item. The section starts arranging the items in order from the first line according to the frame, and when the arrangement of the items of the one record extends over a plurality of lines, the position corresponding to the second item or later on the first line or the second frame or later as the start position of arrangement of items 2 and subsequent lines, it has row arrangement of items 2 and subsequent lines, the vertical lines separating the said items and items longitudinally, adjacent to the frame end in the item 1 This is a form automatic layout system in which a vertical ruled line is provided by drawing a vertical line at a digit or one digit at the end of the frame in the item .

By configuring as in the present invention, each item is arranged in a frame unit. Therefore, the arrangement positions in the vertical direction of the items are aligned, the correspondence between the item names and the data becomes easy to understand, which leads to improvement in listability and visibility. In addition, the start position of the arrangement of the items on and after the second line is provided with at least one blank space. For this reason, it is easy to recognize how far one record is, which leads to an improvement in the listability and visibility of the form data.
Conventionally, a vertical ruled line that separates items is provided between the digits. Therefore, the data and the vertical ruled lines are in close contact with each other, leading to deterioration of visibility. Therefore, as in the present invention, by using one digit as the vertical ruled line, a gap can be provided between the data and the vertical ruled line. As a result, the data and the vertical ruled lines are not in close contact with each other, leading to an improvement in visibility.

In the above-described invention, the item arrangement processing unit starts arranging the items in order from the first line according to the frame, and when the arrangement of the items of one record extends over a plurality of lines, the output of the form to be output is performed. It is determined whether the exception condition corresponding to the condition is met. If the exception condition is not met, the position corresponding to the second item after the first line or the second frame is set to the arrangement of the items after the second line. As the start position, items on the second and subsequent lines are arranged, and if the exception condition is met, the second and subsequent lines from the start position based on a condition different from the condition for determining the start position when the exception condition is not met For the vertical ruled line that vertically separates the items from each other, the vertical line is drawn at one digit adjacent to the end frame of the item or one digit at the end of the frame of the item. , providing a vertical line, It may be configured as a vote automatic layout system.

If the number of digits of data of items arranged at the left end or the left side is large, if the data is arranged as it is in accordance with preset conditions, the data listability and visibility are deteriorated. Therefore, as in the present invention, when items of one record are arranged over a plurality of lines, it is first determined whether or not an exception condition is met, and whether or not the items in the second and subsequent lines are arranged is determined according to whether or not the condition is met. It is advisable to distinguish the conditions of the start positions.
Conventionally, a vertical ruled line that separates items is provided between the digits. Therefore, the data and the vertical ruled lines are in close contact with each other, leading to deterioration of visibility. Therefore, as in the present invention, by using one digit as the vertical ruled line, a gap can be provided between the data and the vertical ruled line. As a result, the data and the vertical ruled lines are not in close contact with each other, leading to an improvement in visibility.

It can also be configured as in the following invention. An automatic form layout system for automatically laying out a form in which items of one record are displayed over a plurality of lines. The automatic form layout system is input to each item among the items of the form to be output. Refer to a reference table that indicates the correspondence between the number of display digits and the number of required frames using the maximum number of digits calculation processing unit that calculates the maximum number of digits of data and the calculated maximum number of digits for each item. By substituting into the conversion formula, at least the frame number calculation processing unit for calculating the necessary number of frames, which is an area for displaying the data of the item, and the item for one record are calculated by the frame number calculation processing unit. and the item arrangement processing unit to place a frame basis and, in a position corresponding to the item above are arranged, and and an output processing unit that outputs data of the form, the item arrangement processing unit may follow the frame The arrangement of the items on the first line is started in order, and if the arrangement of the item of one record extends over a plurality of lines, it is determined whether the exception condition corresponding to the output condition of the form to be output is satisfied. If the exception condition is not met, the position corresponding to the third item on the first line is set as the start position, and the second and subsequent items are arranged. If the exception condition is met, the first line starting at the left position of the frame than the position corresponding to the three items th have line arrangement of items 2 and subsequent lines, the vertical lines separating the said items and items longitudinally end in the item by drawing a vertical line in the order of magnitude of the edge of the frame in one order or the item adjacent to the frame, providing the vertical ruled lines, a book form automatic layout system.

In the above-described invention, the output condition of the form to be output can be configured as a form automatic layout system which is the output size of paper, display or file .

Claims (5)

A form automatic layout system that performs automatic layout of forms in which items of one record are displayed over a plurality of lines,
The form automatic layout system
Among the items of the form to be output, the maximum number of digits calculation processing unit that calculates the maximum number of digits of the data of each item,
Based on the calculated maximum number of digits for each item, at least a frame number calculation processing unit that calculates a necessary number of frames that are areas for displaying data of the item;
An item arrangement processing unit that arranges the items of one record in units of frames calculated by the frame number calculation processing unit;
An output processing unit for outputting the data of the form at a position corresponding to the arranged item;
With
The item arrangement processing unit
Start placing the items in order from the first line according to the frame,
When the arrangement of the items of one record extends over a plurality of lines, the position corresponding to the second item or later in the first line or the second frame or later is used as the start position of the arrangement of items in the second line or later. To arrange items of
A form automatic layout system characterized by that. The item arrangement processing unit
Start placing the items in order from the first line according to the frame,
When the arrangement of the item of one record extends over a plurality of lines, it is determined whether an exception condition corresponding to the output condition of the form to be output is satisfied,
If the exception condition is not met, the second and subsequent items are placed using the position corresponding to the second and subsequent items on the first row as well as the second and subsequent frames as the start position of the second and subsequent items. ,
When the exception condition is met, the items in the second and subsequent lines are arranged from the start position based on a condition different from the condition for determining the start position when the exception condition is not met.
The form automatic layout system according to claim 1. The item arrangement processing unit
Start placing the items in order on the first line according to the frame,
When the arrangement of the item of one record extends over a plurality of lines, it is determined whether an exception condition corresponding to the output condition of the form to be output is satisfied,
When the exception condition is not met, the position corresponding to the third item on the first line is set as the start position, and the items on the second and subsequent lines are arranged.
If the exception condition is met, the second and subsequent items are arranged starting from the position on the left side of the position corresponding to the third item on the first row,
3. The form automatic layout system according to claim 1, wherein the form is automatically laid out. The item arrangement processing unit
For vertical ruled lines that vertically separate the items from each other, a vertical ruled line is provided by drawing a vertical line in one digit adjacent to the frame at the end of the item or one digit at the end of the frame in the item.
The form automatic layout system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. As an output condition of the form to be output, the output size,
The form automatic layout system according to claim 2 or claim 3, wherein

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