JP2020106926A - Information processing device, information processing system, and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing device, an information processing system, and an information processing method, which facilitate transition operation of a page.SOLUTION: The information processing method in a client device for displaying forms on display means controls the client device to receive a transition indication from a user for each group to which the form data belongs to, and to display the data while transiting for each group on the basis of association information in which information on the group to which the group of form data belongs to and information on a page number for displaying the data belonging to the group on the display means are associated with each other in response to receiving the transition indication by the receiving means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, an information processing system, an information processing method, a program, and a recording medium suitable for displaying a form on a display unit.

There are the following methods for creating forms. First, a form file, which is a template of a form, is created using a form file editing editor. Next, the field data file is overlaid on the form file. That is, the corresponding field data is poured into each field in the form file and applied. As a result, form document data (for example, a file in PDF format) is created, and the form document data is printed as necessary. For example, the server performs overlay to create form document data, and the client computer receives the form document data from the server and displays or prints the form document data.

In the past, forms were mostly printed in the end, but in recent years, when explaining forms to customers for the purpose of saving paper resources, the operation of displaying and explaining on forms such as tablet devices has spread. There is. Interactivity is required when explaining forms on a tablet device or the like.
In Patent Document 1, the setting for enlarging and displaying a part of the page is managed in association with the form file name, and when the page is displayed, the enlarging display setting is acquired from the form file name corresponding to the current page. A technique for easily performing an enlarged display operation is disclosed.

JP, 2018-73125, A

However, in Patent Document 1, there is a problem that a page transition operation is troublesome. Data may be grouped in a form, and one group may continue over a plurality of pages. For example, it is assumed that pages 1 to 5 are related to "Tokyo branch office" and pages 6 to 10 are related to "Osaka office". When displaying the page about "Tokyo branch office" on page 3, you may want to check the page of "Osaka branch office". In such a case, conventionally, it is necessary for the user to perform a transition operation for transitioning pages one page at a time while visually confirming whether the page is in the Osaka branch. In particular, in the case of a form in which only some of the variable data are different, it is difficult to visually confirm the difference between groups, and it often takes extra time for the transition operation.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to facilitate a page transition operation.

The present invention is an information processing apparatus for displaying a form on a display unit, which accepts a transition instruction from a user for each group to which the data of the form belongs, and a form in response to the transition instruction being accepted by the accepting unit. Based on the related information in which the information of the group to which the data belongs and the information of the page number when the data belonging to the group is displayed on the display unit are associated with each other, the data is displayed by transitioning for each group. And control means for controlling.

According to the present invention, page transition operations can be easily performed.

It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of an information processing system. It is a figure which shows an example of a hardware constitution. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of a software module. It is a figure for explaining an outline of overlay by a form generation server. It is a flow chart which shows an example of processing of an information processing system. It is a figure which shows an example of a field data file. It is a figure which shows an example of a form selection screen. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of overlay processing according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of output page information. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the transition process for every group. It is a figure which shows an example of the program of the transition process for every group. It is a figure which shows an example of a data group setting screen. It is a flow chart which shows an example of overlay processing of a 2nd embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a field data file. It is a figure which shows an example of output page information. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of processing for displaying a transition instruction UI. It is a figure showing an example of a program of processing which displays UI for change directions. It is a figure which shows an example of UI for transition directions. It is a flow chart which shows an example of transition processing for every summary line. It is a figure which shows an example of the program of the transition process for every summary line.

Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
Here, the terms used below will be described first.
-Form file A form file is a file that defines information that serves as a template for a form. Edit the form file with the dedicated form file design editor. The file contains fixed character strings such as company addresses and definitions (form objects) such as images of company logos.
-Field A field is an element that receives variable data (field data described later) defined in the form file. The field has a name and is associated with the field data by name.

-Field object The field object is the object defined in the form file for outputting the variable data that is poured into the field. Appearance such as font size is set in the field object instead of the field. Fields and field objects are internally associated in form files.
-Field data Field data is text format data that is flowed into the fields in the form file. The field data is, for example, individual raw data such as "Japan" and "Italy" that are flown into the field "Country".

-Field data file A field data file is a file that collects individual field data.
-Overlay Overlay is a method of pouring field data into the fields of the form file, performing layout processing in consideration of the font size etc. defined in the field object, superimposing the form file and the field data, and outputting the output page. .. It is also possible to output the overlay result as an electronic file instead of paper. In the following, it is used for both printing and document generation such as PDF.

-Data group When focusing on each field data in the field data file, each record including field data may be treated as a "group". For example, if the field data corresponding to the "branch office name" field is the same "Tokyo branch office" in the succeeding and succeeding records, the field data of the "branch office name" field is said to belong to the same data group. Details of the data group will be described later.
-Output page The output page is each page of a printed matter or a document output as a result of overlay. The output page has various formats such as PDF and SVG.

-Output data The output data is the data output to the output page as a result of overlay. This is the result data obtained by processing the field data poured into the field by setting the field object (font size, etc.).
-Output page information Output page information is information regarding an output page including output data. The output page information includes information for identifying the data group output on each output page. The output page information is information used when constructing a web form browsing screen described later.

Next, a general overlay will be described.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an outline of overlay by the form generation server 101.
A form file can be created using a dedicated form file design editor and saved as a file. Generally, the form file 401 is composed of a fixed object (form object) that does not depend on field data and an object (field object) that displays the received field data according to a specified output format. In order to create a field object, it is necessary to create an item (field) for receiving field data in advance. Fields can be created from the dedicated screen displayed in the form file design editor. When a field object is created, it is internally associated with the field that created it.

In the case of the tabular field object (table object) 402, it is necessary to create the record field 403 because it is necessary to receive the field data in record units. A field of a format in which field data is generated from a calculation result of data of another field is defined as a calculation column field (not shown). In addition, the field format for aggregating with the specified aggregating method to generate field data is defined as an aggregate field. In the case of the field object 404, it is necessary to create and set an aggregate field 405 in order to represent which field and what aggregate method are specified. The field object 404 can be output in data group units by arranging it in the total row object 408. The output timing of the summary row object and the like are set on a data group setting screen 1201 described later.

The form generation server 101 reads a form file 401 in which field objects are defined and a corresponding field data file 406. Then, the form generation server 101 executes overlay by superimposing the read form file 401 and field data file 406. The form generation server 101 pours each field data in the field data file 406 into corresponding fields in order and draws a field object associated with the field. FIG. 4 shows an overlay output result 407.

In the field data file 406, the data group is separated at the third record. That is, the first and second rows are the "Tokyo branch office" data group, and the third row is the "Osaka office" data group. The overlay output result 407 is output with a page break for each data group. If the number of records of the Tokyo branch office in the field data file 406 is large, the output page of the “Tokyo branch office” data group may continue over multiple pages.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of an information processing system.
The information processing system includes a form generation server 101 and a client device 102.
The form generation server 101 is a server device and is an example of an information processing device. The form generation server 101 is an example of an external device when viewed from the client device 102. The form generation server 101 executes overlay processing and generation processing of a web form browsing screen to generate an output page to be displayed on the client device 102. Specifically, the form generation server 101 overlaps a field data file 406, which is text data, with a predetermined form file 401 to generate an output page, and generates the generated output page as an electronic file via a printer driver. .. Further, the form generation server 101 uses the generated output page in the electronic file format to generate a web form browsing screen for browsing the form.

The web form browsing screen of the present embodiment is a web application that operates on a web browser that can be distributed via a network. In many cases, these web applications are applications that operate in a markup language (HTML) that expresses web pages and a programming language (Javascript) (registered trademark) that operates on a web browser. Note that the web form browsing screen may be an application executed on a computer system other than the web application running on the web browser. Further, the form generation server 101 may generate only a file storing an output page and output page information described later, and the client device 102 may use the generated file to configure a web form browsing screen described later.

The client device 102 is an example of an information processing device, and for example, a tablet device can be used. The client device 102 is an example of an external device when viewed from the form generation server 101. The client device 102 receives the data of the web form browsing screen from the form generation server 101 and displays the form. Specifically, the client device 102 receives the information necessary for drawing the graph from the form generation server 101 and draws the graph. Further, the client device 102 receives a user operation and updates the graph drawing when necessary.
The printer 103 receives a request from the client device 102 and prints a form file on paper.

Further, the form generation server 101, the client device 102, and the printer 103 are communicatively connected via a network 100. The network 100 may be, for example, a LAN such as the Internet, a WAN, a telephone line, a dedicated digital line, an ATM or a frame relay line, a cable TV line, a data broadcasting wireless line, or the like. The network 100 is a so-called communication network realized by combining the above-mentioned communication lines and the like. The network 100 is only required to be able to send and receive data, and the communication means from the client device 102 to the form generation server 101 and the communication means from the client device 102 to the printer 103 may be different.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the form generation server 101 and the client device 102.
The form generation server 101 and the client device 102 have a CPU 201, a ROM 202, a RAM 203, an HDD 204, an input device 205, an output device 206, an I/F 207, and the like.
The CPU 201 directly or indirectly controls each device connected by an internal bus to execute a program for realizing the processing of the flowchart described later.
The ROM 202 stores the BIOS.

The RAM 203 is a direct storage device used as a work area of the CPU 201 or temporarily stored for loading a software module for realizing the processing of the flowchart described later.
An HDD (hard disk drive) 204 is an indirect storage device that stores an OS that is basic software and a software module. The HDD 204 may be an SSD (solid state drive) or the like.

The input device 205 is a keyboard, a pointing device, or the like (not shown). When the client device 102 is a tablet device, the input device 205 of the client device 102 is a touch device configured integrally with a display.
A display is connected to the output device 206. The display connected to the output device 206 of the client device 102 corresponds to an example of display means. When the client device 102 is a tablet device, the output device 206 is integrally provided with a display.
The I/F 207 is an interface for connecting to the network 100.

In the hardware configuration shown in FIG. 2, after each device is activated, the CPU 201 executes the BIOS so that the OS is executably loaded from the HDD 204 to the RAM 203. The CPU 201 loads various software modules, which will be described later, from the HDD 204 to the RAM 203 in an executable manner at any time according to the operation of the OS. Various software modules are executed and operated by the CPU 201 in cooperation with each device. Further, the I/F 207 is connected to the network 100 and is controlled by the CPU 201 according to the operation of the OS to realize the communication network described above.

FIG. 3A is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a software module operating on the form generation server 101. Each software module is stored in the HDD 204 shown in FIG. 2, and is loaded into the RAM 203 and executed by the CPU 201 as described above.
The form generation server 101 has an access control unit 301, a web page generation unit 302, a data access unit 303, an output page generation unit 304, and databases 305 to 310.

The access control unit 301 performs user authentication in response to a request from the client device 102.
The web page generation unit 302 generates a web page returned as a response to the client device 102. The web page generation unit 302 also generates files such as HTML and Java Script necessary for the web application that displays the above-described web form browsing screen, and returns the files to the client device 102.
The data access unit 303 performs access processing to the databases 305 to 310.
The output page generation unit 304 generates print data by superimposing the form file 401 and the field data file 406 read via the data access unit 303. Further, the output page generation unit 304 generates the output page as an electronic file from the generated print data using software such as a printer driver. The output page generation unit 304 also performs conversion into another format such as SVG.

The database 305 is a database that stores form-related data. The form-related data is data that represents information related to the form such as the form name and the owner. Further, the database 305 manages the form, the form file, and the field data in association with each other. Further, the database 305 manages the form, the output page as a result of overlay, and output page information described later in association with each other. From the data managed by the database 305, for example, it is possible to determine from which form file a certain output page is generated.
The database 306 is a database that stores a form file.
The database 307 is a database that stores field data.
The database 308 is a database that stores the output page generated by the output page generation unit 304.
The database 309 is a database that stores output page information generated when overlay processing is executed.
The database 310 is a database that stores form component information. Note that the form component information is not used in this embodiment, and therefore its description is omitted.

FIG. 3B is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a software module operating on the client device 102. The software module is stored in the HDD 204 shown in FIG. 2, loaded into the RAM 203 by the CPU 201, and executes the Javascript program distributed from the form generation server 101.
The client device 102 has a control unit 311. The control unit 311 sends a request to the form generation server 101 and receives data returned as a response to the request. Further, the control unit 311 controls page transition.

(First embodiment)
Next, a process of generating the web form browsing screen in the first embodiment will be described.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of processing of the form generation server 101 and the client device 102.
In step S<b>501, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 transmits a login request to the form generation server 101 by the user instructing login on the login screen displayed on the web browser of the client apparatus 102. For example, the user inputs a user name and a password in the user name input text box and the password input text box of the login screen, respectively, and instructs the login by pressing the login button.
In step S502, the access control unit 301 of the form generation server 101 performs login processing based on the information included in the login request received from the client apparatus 102. Specifically, the access control unit 301 performs Basic authentication and determines whether the user name and password are valid. Note that the Basic authentication is a general authentication process, and a description thereof will be omitted.

In S503, the web page generation unit 302 of the form generation server 101 generates a form selection screen based on the information of the logged-in user.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the form selection screen 701.
The form selection screen 701 includes a user name display portion 702, a form list 703, a preview button 704, an editable preview button 705, a print button 706, a web form edit button 707, and a web form browse button 708.

The user name display unit 702 is an area for displaying the name of the currently logged-in user.
The form list 703 is a drop-down list in which a form list owned by the currently logged-in user is selectably displayed. The web page generation unit 302 can acquire the information of the form owned by the user by accessing the database 305 via the data access unit 303.

A preview button 704, an editable preview button 705, a print button 706, a web form edit button 707, and a web form browsing button 708 are form operation buttons. The preview button 704 is a button for instructing a preview of the form corresponding to the form name selected in the form list 703. The editable preview button 705 is a button for instructing an editable preview. The print button 706 is a button for instructing a print operation. The web form edit button 707 is a button for instructing to edit a web form. The web form browsing button 708 is a button for instructing to browse the web form. It should be noted that description of the processing performed when a button other than the web form browsing button 708 is pressed is omitted.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 5, in S504, the access control unit 301 of the form generation server 101 returns the data of the form selection screen 701 generated in S503 to the client device 102 via the network 100.
In step S505, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 receives the data of the form selection screen 701, which is the response from the form generation server 101, and displays it on the web browser.
In S506, the user selects the form name of the form to be operated from the form list 703 in the form selection screen 701.

In step S507, the user presses the web form browsing button 708 or the preview button 704, the editable preview button 705, the print button 706, and the web form edit button 707 in the form selection screen 701. The control unit 311 of the client device 102 transmits a form processing request based on the pressed button to the form generation server 101. The form processing request includes information for identifying the selected form.
In step S508, the access control unit 301 of the form generation server 101 receives the form processing request transmitted from the client device 102. Then, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 acquires the form file and the field data file associated with the target form via the data access unit 303.

In S509, the access control unit 301 of the form generation server 101 determines whether the form processing request received in S508 is a web form browsing screen generation request. Specifically, the access control unit 301 analyzes the type parameter of the received request, and when the value is “webview”, determines that the request is a web form browsing screen generation request. If it is not a request to generate a web form browsing screen, the process proceeds to step S510. If it is a request to generate a web form browsing screen, the process proceeds to step S511.
In S510, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 performs overlay processing for generating a normal output page. Here, since it is a general process, the description of the process of S510 is omitted.

In step S511, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 uses the form file and field data file acquired in step S508 to perform overlay processing for generating an output page of the web form browsing screen.
Here, when the form generation server 101 performs overlay processing, the user sets data groups in advance on the data group setting screen so that field data can be recognized for each data group and output page information can be generated. The data group can be set for one form file by a dedicated form file design editor. The user selects the data group setting from the corresponding menu of the form file design editor to display the data group setting screen.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the data group setting screen 1201.
The data group setting screen 1201 has a data group list 1202, a data group addition button 1203, a data group deletion button 1204, an OK button 1208, and a cancel button 1209.
The data group list 1202 lists the settings relating to the data groups held in the form file being edited. The data group addition button 1203 and the data group deletion button 1204 are buttons for adding and deleting data groups. The OK button 1208 is a button for reflecting the setting content, and the cancel button 1209 is a button for canceling the setting content.

Three data groups are set in the data group list 1202 shown in FIG. The data group ID 1205 is an ID automatically assigned by the form file design editor for each data group. The key field 1206 is a field that serves as a key for recognizing a data group and is selected by the user.
The form generation server 101 recognizes that the contents of the field data to be flown into the field selected here are switched to one data group. For example, for the data group ID “data_group_1”, while the value of the read field data is “Tokyo branch office”, it is recognized as one data group. When the field data value is switched to "Osaka branch office", it is recognized as another data group.

The action 1207 is an operation performed when the data group is switched, and is selected by the user. As a specific action, "none", "switch pages", "display specific count line", etc. can be selected. The form generation server 101 performs the operation selected in action 1207 when different data groups are recognized during the overlay processing.
The data of the data group setting selected on the data group setting screen 1201 is transmitted to the form generation server 101 via the network 100. The form generation server 101 saves the received data group setting data in the farm file.

Next, the field data file 406 for overlay processing will be described.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the field data file 406.
In the field data file 406, the records 601 are arranged from top to bottom. The field data 602 and 603 included in each record 601 are separated by commas. The field data 602 is data that is filled in the “branch office name” field. The field data 603 is data that is poured into the “sales amount” field. Here, the “branch office name” field is selected as the key field of “data_group_1” on the data group setting screen 1201. Therefore, when the data flown into the "branch name" field is switched, the data group is switched to a data group different from the existing data group. In FIG. 6, 1 to 4 records are a data group of "Tokyo branch office", 5 and 6 records are a data group of "Osaka branch office", and 7 to 11 records are a data group of "Nagoya branch office".

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing an example of overlay processing by the form generation server 101 using a form file and field data. The flowchart of FIG. 8 shows the detailed processing of S511 shown in FIG.
In step S801, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 acquires the data group setting from the form file. Specifically, the output page generation unit 304 reads all the contents (data group ID, key field, action) of the data group list in the data group setting input from the data group setting screen 1201 into the RAM 203.

In S802, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 initializes the current key data area secured in the RAM 203. The current key data area is an area for temporarily storing field data (key data) that is flown into the key field 1206.
In step S803, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 reads and acquires data for one record from the field data file. This process corresponds to an example of the process performed by the acquisition unit.

In step S804, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 acquires key data from the read one record of data. One record is separated for each field data by a separator such as a comma. The output page generation unit 304 performs overlay processing while dividing the field data using the delimiters and sequentially filling the fields of the form file. The output page generation unit 304 recognizes the value of the field data that is flown into the key field 1206 acquired in S801 as "key data". Since there is one key field 1206 for each data group ID, there are a plurality of key fields 1206 when there are a plurality of data group IDs (three key fields 1206 exist in FIG. 12). .. When there are a plurality of key fields 1206, a plurality of key data are acquired. Also, when there are a plurality of key fields 1206, there are a plurality of current key data areas initialized in S802, and each current key data area is managed completely independently.

In S805, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 determines whether the key data acquired in S804 is different from the data in the current key data area. The data in the current key data area immediately after being initialized in S802 is ““” (empty character string). For example, when the key data read in S804 is “Tokyo branch office”, the output page generation unit 304 determines that the data are different. In order to make the fold data up to different key data one data group, the data group to which the field data substantially belongs is detected here. This process corresponds to an example of the process performed by the detection unit.
When it is determined that the data are different, the process proceeds to S806, and when it is determined that the data is the same, the process proceeds to S808.

In step S806, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 generates output page information. This process corresponds to an example of the process performed by the second generation unit. The output page information is information used when constructing the web form browsing screen. The output page information includes information that can be acquired only by overlay processing.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the output page information 901.
The case where the output page information 901 of this embodiment is a file format (JSON format) will be described, but the format is not limited. The output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 adds necessary information to the output page information 901 while performing overlay processing.

The output page information 901 includes data group information 902 and a page information list 909.
The data group information 902 includes a data group ID 903, a key field name 904, and a list 905 of output data group information. The data group information 902 is information corresponding to one data group ID, and may be plural.
The output data group information list 905 includes a plurality of output data group information 906. The output data group information 906 is composed of key data 907 of a data group and an output page list 908 of the data group, and is information for managing to which output page a data group of a certain key data is output. is there. Here, the output data group information 906 corresponds to an example of related information in which data group information and page number information when displaying field data belonging to the data group are associated with each other. In the example of the output data group information 906 shown in FIG. 9, it is output that the field data of the data group including “Tokyo branch office” as the key data is displayed as the output page on pages 1 to 4 of the page number. ..
The page information list 909 includes a plurality of page information 912 including a page number 910 and a data group ID 911, respectively. The page information list 909 is information for managing the page number of each output page and the data group ID in association with each other.

It returns to S806 of the flowchart of FIG. As described above, in S806, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 generates the output page information 901, but since all the information is not acquired, it is generated only with the information acquired at the present time. Specifically, the output page generation unit 304 outputs "data_group_1" as the value of the data group ID 903 of the data group information 902 and the "branch office name" as the value of the key field name 904 based on the data of the data group setting. Is output.
Also, the output page generation unit 304 outputs the first output data group information 906 of the output data group information list 905. Specifically, the output page generation unit 304 outputs “Tokyo branch office” as the value of the key data 907 of the first output data group information 906 based on the acquired key data. It should be noted that, since the output page construction processing has not been completed, it is not output to the output page list 908 at this time.

In step S807, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 overwrites and saves the key data acquired in step S804 in the current key data area. Specifically, the output page generation unit 304 deletes """ (empty character string) originally stored in the current key data area and stores the value of "Tokyo branch office".
In S808, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 determines whether one page of field data has been collected. As described above, the output page generation unit 304 reads one record from the field data file in S803, and if there is no table object 402, one page of data will be collected if one record is read. On the other hand, when there is the table object 402, the output page generation unit 304 needs to read a plurality of records in order to collect data for one page. If it is determined that the field data for one page is collected, the process proceeds to S809, and if it is determined that the data for one page is not collected, the process proceeds to S812.

In step S809, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 performs an output page generation process for one page. This process corresponds to an example of the process performed by the first generation unit. The output page generation unit 304 lays out the output page based on the contents of the form file and the field data file, and actually draws various objects such as character strings. Specifically, the output page generation unit 304 draws various objects using a function such as TextOut provided by GDI (Graphics Device Interface) of Windows. The output page generation unit 304 generates an output page in PDF format.
In S810, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 outputs the page information 912 to the page information list 909 of the output page information 901. The output page generation unit 304 outputs the information of the data group ID associated with the output page of the first page to the page information 912 by generating the output page of the first page in S809. Specifically, the output page generation unit 304 outputs “1” as the value of the page number 910 of the page information 912 and outputs “data_group_1” as the value of the data group ID 911. In the example of the page information 912 shown in FIG. 9, one page of the page number and the data group of the data group ID “data_group_1” are output in association with each other.

In S811, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 adds the page number of the output page to the output page list 908 of the first output data group information 906 of the output page information 901. Specifically, the output page generation unit 304 adds the page number “1” to the currently empty list.
In S812, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 determines whether the field data file has been read to the end. If it is determined that the last record has not been read, the process returns to S803 to read the next record. On the other hand, when it is determined that the data has been read to the end, the overlay processing ends.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 5, in S512, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 converts the PDF output page generated in S511 into an SVG (scalable vector graphics) output page. The PDF-format output page does not hold each drawing element such as a character string or a rectangle independently as an individual object, but is composed of a more basic set of drawing commands for lines and planes. For example, in the case of a rectangle, the rectangle is configured by an origin movement command and a line segment drawing command, and an object as a rectangle cannot be recognized. Therefore, in the PDF format, it is difficult to directly edit each drawing element on the web browser. Therefore, the output page generation unit 304 converts the output page into the SVG format which is a format that is easy to edit. Next, the output page generation unit 304 stores the generated SVG format output page in the output page database 308 in association with the page number via the data access unit 303. Further, the output page generation unit 304 adds information that can specify the generated SVG format output page to the corresponding record in the database 305 of the form-related data.

In S513, the access control unit 301 of the form generation server 101 returns the URL information of the web form browsing screen of the target form to the client device 102 in response to the form processing request of S507. The URL information includes information that can specify the output page in SVG format generated in S512. In this embodiment, the URL information includes the form name of the form related data related to the output page.
In S514, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 transmits a redirect request for redirecting to the web form browsing screen to the form generation server 101 using the URL information returned in S513.

In S515, the web page generation unit 302 of the form generation server 101 generates a web form browsing screen based on the content of the redirect request transmitted in S514. The web form browsing screen is composed of an output page in SVG format, a Javascript program for controlling the browsing and editing operations of the output page, and HTML constituting the screen. The web page generation unit 302 refers to the form name included in the redirect request, and acquires the output page related to the target form from the database 308 via the data access unit 303. When there are multiple output pages related to the target form, multiple output pages and page numbers are acquired. Note that the client device 102 manages a plurality of output pages and page numbers in association with each other using a Javascript program. The web page generation unit 302 generates a web form browsing screen from the acquired output page.

In step S516, the access control unit 301 of the form generation server 101 returns the generated web form browsing screen data and page number information to the client apparatus 102 in response to the redirect request in step S514.
In step S<b>517, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 receives the data of the web form browsing screen from the form generation server 101 and displays it on the web browser. If there are multiple output pages, the first page is displayed first. It should be noted that the control unit 311 draws the display item indicating loading on the web form browsing screen on the web browser in a superimposed manner until the acquisition processing of various information in S518 and thereafter is completed. Further, the processing from S518 is executed by the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 based on the Javascript program distributed from the form generation server 101. The Javascript program is loaded in the RAM 203 of the client device 102 together with the browser process, and operates the HTML read on the web browser and makes a request to the server.

In step S518, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 requests the form generation server 101 to acquire output page information. The request is made to the REST (Representative State Transfer) interface disclosed by the form generation server 101 by using Ajax from the Javascript program forming the screen. Here, Ajax refers to “Asynchronous Java Script + XML”. The control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 specifies a form name on the REST interface of the form generation server 101 and requests acquisition of various information.
In step S519, the access control unit 301 of the form generation server 101 acquires output page information related to the target form from the database 309 via the data access unit 303 based on the form name included in the received request.

In step S520, the access control unit 301 of the form generation server 101 transmits the acquired output page information to the client apparatus 102 in response to the acquisition request in step S518. This process corresponds to an example of the process performed by the first transmitting unit and the second transmitting unit.
In S521, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 receives the output page information. This process corresponds to an example of the process performed by the receiving unit. The control unit 311 stores the received output page information in the RAM 203 in association with the form name. Therefore, the control unit 311 can access the output page information associated with a specific form based on the form name.

In step S522, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 identifies the page number currently displayed on the web form browsing screen and stores it in the RAM 203. Usually, the page number displayed first is the first page. The control unit 311 can receive an operation from the user while the web form browsing screen is being loaded. When the control unit 311 receives a page transition instruction from the user, the control unit 311 updates the page number information currently stored in the RAM 203 and displayed.
In S523, the control unit 311 of the client device 102 waits for an operation from the user and accepts an instruction. When the user operates the touch device or the like, an event is issued from the web browser to the control unit 311. The event includes information such as the content of the operation and the operated object (tag element in SVG or HTML).

In S524, the control unit 311 of the client device 102 performs processing according to an instruction from the user.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of transition processing in response to a page transition instruction from the user for each data group. The flowchart of FIG. 10 is realized by the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 executing the Javascript program distributed from the form generation server 101 as necessary. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a Javascript program that realizes the processing of the flowchart of FIG.

In step S1001, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 acquires the output page information 901 stored in the RAM 203 and associated with the form name. S1001 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1101.
In step S1002, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 determines whether a page transition instruction for each data group has been received from the user. This process corresponds to an example of the process performed by the accepting unit. For example, when the event issued from the web browser includes information related to the operation of “three-finger swipe”, the control unit 311 determines that there is a page transition instruction for each data group. However, the page transition instruction for each data group is not limited to the operation of “three-finger swipe”, and any operation may be associated and may be changed by user setting or the like. If a page transition instruction for each data group is received, the process advances to step S1003, and if another instruction is received, the process ends.

In step S1003, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 acquires the page number information of the output page currently displayed. Specifically, the control unit 311 acquires information on the page number currently displayed and stored in the RAM 203. S1003 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1103.
In S1004, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 determines whether or not there is a data group ID associated with the page number currently displayed. Specifically, the control unit 311 refers to the page information list 909 of the output page information 901 acquired in S1001, and determines whether there is page information 912 in which the page number 910 matches the page number currently displayed. Determine whether or not. When the matching page information 912 exists, the control unit 311 acquires the information of the data group ID 911 of the matching page information 912. S1004 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1104.
When the information of the data group ID 911 can be acquired, it is determined that there is a data group ID associated with the page number, and the process proceeds to S1005. On the other hand, when the information of the data group ID cannot be acquired, it is determined that there is no data group ID associated with the page number, and the process ends.

In S1005, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 identifies the information of the data group to which the field data displayed with the current page number belongs. This process corresponds to an example of the process performed by the specifying unit. Specifically, the control unit 311 uses the data group ID 911 acquired in S1004 as a search key to search the data group information 902 for a matching data group ID 903. Next, the control unit 311 identifies the output data group information 906 in which the page number currently displayed is included in the output page list 908 from the output data group information list 905 of the retrieved data group information 902. For example, in the example of the output data group information list 905 shown in FIG. 9, if the currently displayed page number is one page, “1” is included in the output page list 908 and the key data 907 is “Tokyo branch office”. The output data group information 906 that is “. S1005 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1105.

In S1006, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 determines whether or not it is a transition instruction to the next data group. Note that in S1002, it is determined that the instruction is a page transition instruction for each data group, but it is not determined whether the transition is to the next data group or the subsequent data group. For example, when the event issued from the web browser includes information related to the operation of “swipe right with three fingers”, the control unit 311 determines that the event is a transition to the next data group. S1006 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1106.
If it is a transition instruction to the next data group, the process proceeds to S1007, and if it is another transition instruction, the process proceeds to S1009.

In S1007, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 determines whether or not the next data group exists. For example, the control unit 311 searches the output data group information 906 corresponding to the next order of the output data group information 906 including “Tokyo branch office” in the key data 907 identified in S1005. In the data group information list 905, output data group information 906 is arranged in the order of page numbers. Therefore, the control unit 311 can determine from the list 905 of data group information that the output data group information 906 including “Osaka branch office” exists in the key data 907. S1007 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1107.
If it is determined that the next data group exists, the process proceeds to S1008, and if it is determined that the next data group does not exist, the process ends.

In step S1008, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 acquires information on the top page number of the next output data group information 906 searched in step S1007. For example, when the output data group information 906 including “Osaka branch” is searched for in the key data 907, the control unit 311 can obtain the information of the first page number “5” from the output page list 908. .. S1008 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1108.

On the other hand, in step S1009, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 determines whether the instruction is a transition instruction to the previous data group. For example, the control unit 311 determines that the transition to the previous data group is made when the event issued from the web browser includes the information on the operation of “left swipe with three fingers”. S1009 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1109.
If it is a transition instruction to the previous data group, the process proceeds to S1010, and if it is another transition instruction, the process ends.

In S1010, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 determines whether or not the previous data group exists. For example, the control unit 311 searches the output data group information 906 corresponding to the previous order of the output data group information 906 including “Tokyo branch” in the key data 907 identified in S1005. Here, since the output data group information 906 does not exist before the output data group information 906 including “Tokyo branch office”, the control unit 311 can determine that the previous data group does not exist. S1010 is implemented by the control unit 311 executing the program 1110.
If it is determined that the previous data group exists, the process proceeds to step S1011. If it is determined that the previous data group does not exist, the process ends.

In step S1011, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 acquires information about the leading page number of the output data group information 906 that was searched in step S1010. For example, when the output data group information 906 including “Osaka branch” is searched for in the key data 907, the control unit 311 can obtain the information of the first page number “5” from the output page list 908. .. S1011 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1111.

In step S1012, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 performs page transition processing based on the information of the first page number of the next data group or the previous data group acquired in step S1008 or S1011. This processing corresponds to an example of processing by the control means. Specifically, the control unit 311 displays the web form browsing screen associated with the page number information. S1012 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1112.

As described above, the client apparatus 102 makes a transition for each data group based on the related information in which the data group to which the form data belongs and the page number information when displaying the data belonging to the data group are associated with each other. Control to display the data. Therefore, the client device 102 can realize the transition for each data group according to the transition instruction for each data group from the user.
For example, if you are currently looking at the page where the "Tokyo branch" data group is displayed and you want to see the page where the "Osaka branch" data group is displayed, you can use the transition instructions for each data group You can move to the first page of "Osaka branch". Therefore, unlike the related art, it is not necessary to visually check until the target page is displayed, and the page transition operation can be easily performed.

The client device 102 also identifies the data group to which the field data displayed at the current page number belongs, and sets the page number at which the next data group or the previous data group different from the identified data group is displayed. Transition. Therefore, the client device 102 can transit to a page number in which a different data group is displayed according to a transition instruction for each data group from the user.
Further, the form generation server 101 generates the related information in which the information of the data group and the information of the page number when the output page is displayed are associated with each other, so that the client apparatus 102 can generate the related information for each data group based on the associated information. Data can be displayed by transitioning.

In addition, in this embodiment, the case of transitioning to the first page of the next database or the previous data group has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this case, and the page may be transited to the last page. The transition to the tail page is realized by acquiring the tail page number instead of acquiring the head page number in S1008 or S1011.
Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the client apparatus 102 acquires the output page information from the form generation server 101 in S518 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this case. For example, the form generation server 101 may extract the necessary information from the output page information in response to a request from the client device 102 and transmit it to the client device 102 while holding the output page information.

(Second embodiment)
Next, in the second embodiment, a case where a page is transitioned for each data of a predetermined type will be described. The predetermined type of data in the present embodiment is data derived from the field data belonging to each data group, and is a totaling row in which the field data belonging to the data group is totaled. In the first embodiment, it is possible to transit to the page at the beginning or the end, but it is not possible to transit to the page with the aggregation line, for example, when the aggregation line is located in the middle page.

First, the user sets the output of the total row in advance on the data group setting screen.
In the data group setting screen 1201 shown in FIG. 12, there are two data group IDs 1205, “data_group_2” and “data_group_3”.
The data group ID “data_group_2” has a key field 1206 of “sales month”, and is set to display an aggregate line as shown in action 1207 when the value of the field data flown into the “sales month” field is switched. Has become.
The data group ID “data_group_3” has a key field 1206 of “sale date”, and when the value of the field data that is flown into the “sale date” field is switched, the summary line is displayed as shown in action 1207. Has become.
It should be noted that the total row is inserted in the middle of the table because any setting does not involve page breaks.

Next, the field data file 406 for overlay processing will be described.
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the field data file 406.
In the field data file 406, the records 601 are arranged from top to bottom. The field data 1401, 1402 and 1403 included in each record 601 are separated by commas. The field data 1401 is data that is put into the “sales month” field. The field data 1402 is data that is flown into the “sales date” field. The field data 1403 is data that is put into the “sales” field. Here, the “sales month” field is selected as the key field of “data_group_2” on the data group setting screen 1201. Therefore, when the data flown into the “sales month” field is switched, the data group is switched to a data group different from the existing data group, and the summary line [1] is displayed as shown in the action. Further, the “sale date” field is selected in the key field of “data_group_3”, and when switching to a different data group, the summary line [2] is similarly displayed.

FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing an example of overlay processing by the form generation server 101 using a form file and field data. The flowchart of FIG. 13 shows the detailed processing of S511 shown in FIG. It should be noted that the same processes as those in FIG.
In S1301, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 determines whether or not the action 1207 is set to display a total row based on the contents of the data group list among the data group settings acquired in S801. .. If it is set to display the summary line, the process proceeds to S1302. If it is not set to display the summary line, the process proceeds to S802.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of output page information 1501 generated by the overlay processing.
The output page information 1501 includes a total line information list 1502 composed of a plurality of total line information 1509 and a page information list 1510.
The totalized row information 1509 includes a totalized row ID 1503, a data group ID 1504, and a list 1505 of output totalized row information. The output summary line information list 1505 includes a plurality of output summary line information 1506. The output total row information 1506 is composed of an output position 1507 of the total row and an aggregate row page number 1508, and is information for managing to which position and on what page a certain aggregate row is output. The output total line information 1506 is arranged in the output total line information list 1505 in ascending order of the total line page number 1508.
The page information list 1510 is composed of a plurality of page information 1511 each including a page number 1512 and a data group ID list 1513. The page information list 1510 is information for managing the page number of each output page and the data group ID in association with each other.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 13, in S1302, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 adds the count line information 1509 to the count line information list 1502 of the output page information 1501. It is assumed that the output page information 1501 is prepared at the time of initialization with the totalized row information list 1502 being empty. Specifically, the output page generation unit 304 adds two totalization row information 1509 in which the data group ID 1504 is “data_group_2” and “data_group_3” based on the content of the data group list in the data group settings acquired in S801. .. The output page generation unit 304 automatically numbers the totalization row ID 1503 so that it is unique. Note that both are added to the output summary line information list 1505 in an empty state.

In step S<b>1303, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 creates and adds a total row in which field data is totalized based on the action 1207 of the data group list in the data group setting. This process corresponds to an example of the process performed by the creating unit. Further, the output page generation unit 304 adds the output total line information 1506 to the output page information 1501. The output page generation unit 304 identifies the data group ID 1205 of the key field whose key data has been switched based on the content of the data group list acquired in S801. Next, the output page generation unit 304 specifies the total row information 1509 of the data group ID 1504 having the same value as the specified data group ID 1205. After that, the output page generation unit 304 newly adds the output total row information 1506 to the end of the output total row information list 1505 of the specified total row information 1509. Further, the output page generation unit 304 outputs the coordinate position (upper left X, Y coordinates) and size (vertical/horizontal) of the totalized row to the output position 1507 of the added output totalized row information 1506, and the totalized row page number. The page number of the total row is output to 1508. This processing corresponds to an example of processing by the output means. Therefore, the page number and the display position of the summary line displayed for each key data are output to the output summary line information 1506.

In S1304, the output page generation unit 304 of the form generation server 101 adds new page information 1511 to the end of the page information list 1510. Subsequently, the output page generation unit 304 outputs the page number of the output page generated in S809 to the page number 1512 of the added page information 1511, and the data associated with the page number output to the data group ID list 1513. Output the group ID. The data group ID is the one specified in S1303. When a plurality of total rows are output to the same page, a plurality of data group IDs are output to the data group ID list 1513.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an example of the process corresponding to the various processes of S524, which receives a transition instruction for each total row from the user and displays the page transition instruction UI. The flowchart of FIG. 16 is realized by the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 executing the Javascript program distributed from the form generation server 101 as necessary. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a Javascript program that realizes the processing of the flowchart of FIG.

In step S1601, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 acquires the output page information 1501 stored in the RAM 203 and associated with the form name. This process corresponds to an example of the process performed by the acquisition unit. S1601 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1701.
In step S1602, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 acquires the page number information of the output page currently displayed. Specifically, the control unit 311 acquires the information of the page number currently displayed which is held in the RAM 203. S1602 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1702.

In step S1603, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 identifies the data group ID associated with the page number currently displayed. Specifically, the control unit 311 refers to the page information list 1510 of the output page information 1501 and identifies the data group ID associated with the page number 1512 that matches the page number currently displayed. S1603 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1703.
In S1604, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 performs the processes from S1605 to S1614 for each of the identified plurality of data group IDs. S1604 is implemented by the control unit 311 executing the program 1704.

In step S1605, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 acquires the total row information associated with the data group ID. Specifically, the control unit 311 uses the data group ID as a search key to search the totalized row information list 1502 for matching totalized row information 1509. Step S1605 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1705.
In 1606, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 acquires the output total line information 1506 including the page number currently displayed, from the output total line information list 1505 of the searched total line information 1509. In addition, when a plurality of summary lines are output on the same page, a plurality of output summary line information 1506 is acquired. S1606 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1706.

In step S1607, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 performs the processes from step S1608 to step S1614 for each acquired output tabulation line information 1506. Step S1607 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1707.
In step S1608, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 acquires the output position information of the totalized row based on the output position 1507 of the acquired output totalized row information 1506. S1608 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1708.

In step S1609, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 determines whether or not there is a page for which the total row is output before the page currently displayed. Specifically, the control unit 311 determines whether or not there is another output tabulation line information 1506 before the output tabulation line information 1506 acquired in S1606. Here, the total row before the page currently displayed corresponds to an example of the second data having the same type as the first data of the predetermined type but different data. S1609 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1709. If there is a page for which the totalized row has been output before, the process proceeds to S1610, and if not, the process proceeds to S1612.
In step S1610, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 acquires the totalized page number 1508 of the output totalized line information 1506 prior to the currently displayed page determined in step S1609. S1610 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1710.

In S1611, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 displays the display item as the page transition instruction UI based on the total row. Specifically, the control unit 311 displays the display item at a position distant from the output position 1507 at a constant interval based on the output position 1507 of the output summary line information 1506 acquired in S1608. S1611 is implemented by the control unit 311 executing the program 1711. Further, the control unit 311 embeds the information of the total row page number 1508 acquired in S1610 in the display item.

On the other hand, in step S1612, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 determines whether or not there is a page for which a total row is output after the page currently displayed. Specifically, the control unit 311 determines whether or not there is another output tabulation line information 1506 after the output tabulation line information 1506 acquired in S1606. S1612 is implemented by the control unit 311 executing the program 1712. If there is a page for which the totalized row is output later, the process proceeds to S1613, and if not, the process ends.
In S1613, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 acquires the totalized page number 1508 of the output totalized line information 1506 after the page currently displayed which is determined in S1612. S1613 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1713.

In S1614, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 displays the display item as the page transition instruction UI based on the total row. Specifically, the control unit 311 displays the display item at a position distant from the output position 1507 at a constant interval based on the output position 1507 of the output tabulation line information 1506 acquired in S1613. S1614 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 1714. The control unit 311 also embeds the information of the total row page number 1508 acquired in S1613 in the display item.

FIG. 18A is a diagram showing an example of a page transition instruction UI displayed on the basis of a total row.
On the web form browsing screen 1801, an output page of a form including a total row 1802 is displayed. Here, it is assumed that the total row 1802 is displayed according to the setting of the data group ID “data_group_2”.
The display item 1803 is the page transition instruction UI displayed in S1611. By pressing the display item 1803, the user can make a transition instruction to the output page in which the totalized line immediately preceding the totalized line 1802 exists.
The display item 1804 is the page transition instruction UI displayed in S1614. By pressing the display item 1804, the user can give a transition instruction to an output page in which there is an aggregate line that is one behind the aggregate line 1802.

FIG. 18B is a diagram showing an example for realizing display of the display items 1803 and 1804. The display items 1803 and 1804 are realized by the SVG 1805.
The SVG 1805 is roughly divided into an SVG tag 1806 that represents the entire SVG and a polygon tag 1807 that represents an arrow polygon figure. Meta information can be embedded in each tag in the SVG. The metadata tag 1808 has operation instruction information 1809 as metadata. The operation instruction information 1809 has an instruction of “page transition” as an operation instruction and a page number of a transition destination as related data. The metadata tag 1808 is embedded by the control unit 311 based on the Javascript program in S1611 and S1614. Further, the operation instruction information 1809 and the transition destination page number that is the related data are set by the control unit 311 based on the Javascript program in S1611 and S1614.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing an example of transition processing in response to a transition instruction from the user for each total row. The flowchart of FIG. 19 is realized by the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 executing the Javascript program distributed from the form generation server 101 as necessary. 20 is a diagram showing an example of a Javascript program that realizes the processing of the flowchart of FIG.
In step S1901, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 determines whether a transition instruction for each total row has been received from the user. This process corresponds to an example of the process performed by the accepting unit. Specifically, the control unit 311 determines whether the display items 1803 and 1304 are tapped. When the display items 1803 and 1804 are tapped, an event is issued from the web browser. The control unit 311 is tapped by acquiring the information indicating the type of operation included in the event and the information regarding the operation target (which element has been operated in SVG or HTML), and confirming the information indicating the type of operation. It is determined whether or not. Further, the control unit 311 determines whether the operation target is the display item 1803 or 1804 depending on whether the ID attribute of the SVG polygon tag 1807 that can be acquired from the event as the operation target information is “allow”. If it is a tap and the operation target is the display items 1803 and 1804, the process proceeds to S1902, and if not, the process ends. Note that S<b>1901 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 2001.

In step S1902, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 acquires the operation instruction information 1809 from the meta information included in the SVG polygon tag 1807. S1902 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 2002.
In step S1903, the control unit 311 of the client device 102 acquires information on the page number to be transitioned. Specifically, the control unit 311 acquires the transition destination page number from the operation instruction information 1809. S1903 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 2003.
In step S1904, the control unit 311 of the client apparatus 102 performs page transition processing based on the page number information acquired in step S1903. This processing corresponds to an example of processing by the control means. Specifically, the control unit 311 displays the web form browsing screen associated with the page number information. S1904 is realized by the control unit 311 executing the program 2004.

As described above, the client apparatus 102 according to the present exemplary embodiment acquires the page number information when displaying the data of the predetermined type included in the group. Therefore, the client device 102 can realize the transition for each predetermined type of data in response to receiving the transition instruction for each predetermined type of data.
For example, even if you want to see the total amount of the data group of "June" while looking at the page where the total amount of the data group of "May" is currently displayed, transition for each data of the predetermined type In response to the instruction, it is possible to transit to a page where the total amount of "June" is displayed.
In addition, the form generation server 101 of the present embodiment outputs the page number at the time of displaying the data of the predetermined type, and thus the client device 102, for each data of the predetermined type, based on the information of the output page number. Data can be displayed by transitioning.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention is also realized by executing the following processing. In other words, the program that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus via a network or various recording media, and the computer (CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or apparatus reads and executes the program code. is there. In this case, the program and the recording medium recording the program form the present invention.

Although the present invention has been described above together with various embodiments, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, modifications and the like are possible within the scope of the present invention, and the above-described embodiments are combined in a timely manner. May be.
Further, the case where the client device 102 of the above-described embodiment is applied to the tablet device has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this case, and any device that displays a form on the display unit can be applied.

100: Form generation server (information processing device) 102: Client device (information processing device) 301: Access control unit 302: Web page generation unit 304: Output page generation unit 311: Control unit

Claims (24)

An information processing device for displaying a form on a display means,
Accepting means for accepting a transition instruction from the user for each group to which the form data belongs,
In response to receiving the transition instruction by the receiving unit, based on the related information in which the information of the group to which the data of the form belongs and the information of the page number when displaying the data belonging to the group on the display unit are associated with each other. And control means for controlling to display data by transitioning for each group,
An information processing device comprising: And a specifying unit that specifies information of a group to which the data displayed by the display unit belongs,
The control means is
In response to receiving the transition instruction for each group by the receiving unit, information of a page number associated with information of a group different from the information of the group specified by the specifying unit is acquired from the related information, and the acquisition is performed. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus controls to display the data by transitioning to the displayed page number. A receiving unit for receiving the related information from an external device,
The control means is
In response to receiving the transition instruction for each group by the receiving unit, control is performed such that transition is made for each group and data is displayed based on the related information received by the receiving unit. Or the information processing device according to 2. The control means is
When the information of one group to which the data of the form belongs and the information of a plurality of page numbers are associated with the related information, the plurality of the plurality of page numbers are received in response to receiving the transition instruction for each group by the receiving unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is controlled so as to display the data by transitioning to a page number of a head or a tail among page numbers. The control means is
Even when the transition instruction for each group is received by the receiving unit, if there is no group to which the data displayed by the display unit belongs, control is performed so that the transition does not occur for each group. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4. And an acquisition unit that acquires information about a page number when displaying the predetermined type of data included in the group on the display unit,
The control means is
In response to receiving the transition instruction for each data of the predetermined type by the receiving unit, the data is displayed by transitioning for each data of the predetermined type based on the information of the page number acquired by the acquisition unit. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which is controlled. The acquisition means is
Acquiring information of a page number at the time of displaying the second data of the same type as the first data of the predetermined type displayed by the display means but different in data on the display means,
The control means is
When the first data of the predetermined type displayed by the display unit is displayed, the reception unit acquires the transition instruction for each data of the predetermined type, and the acquisition unit acquires the transition instruction. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the information processing apparatus is controlled so as to transition to a page number when the second data is displayed on the display unit. The acquisition means is
Acquiring information on a display position in addition to information on a page number when the data of a predetermined type included in the group is displayed on the display means,
The control means is
The display item for receiving a transition instruction for each data of a predetermined type from a user is controlled so as to be displayed based on the display position acquired by the acquisition means. Information processing equipment. The control means is
Whether the page number when displaying the second data acquired by the acquisition unit on the display unit is before or after the page number displaying the first data at the present time The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the information processing apparatus controls to display a display item for receiving a transition instruction for each data of a predetermined type based on the user. An information processing device for generating an output page for displaying a form on a display means,
An acquisition means for acquiring the data of the form,
A first generation unit that generates an output page for each page displayed on the display unit based on the data of the form acquired by the acquisition unit;
Detection means for detecting the group to which the form data belongs,
A second information generating unit that associates the information of the group detected by the detecting unit with the information of the page number when the output page generated by the first generating unit is displayed on the display unit. Generating means,
An information processing device comprising: The detection means is
11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein data having the same key data among the data of the form acquired by the acquisition unit is detected as one group. First transmitting means for transmitting the related information to the external device so that the external device can display data by transiting for each group based on the related information generated by the second generating means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 or 11, further comprising: Creating means for creating a predetermined type of data from the data belonging to the group detected by the detecting means;
13. An output unit that outputs a page number when the data of a predetermined type created by the creating unit is displayed on the display unit, and the output unit outputs the page number. Information processing device. The page number output by the output device to the external device so that the external device can display the data by transitioning for each predetermined type of data based on the page number information output by the output device. 14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising a second transmitting unit that transmits the information of. The output means is
15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the display position is output in addition to the page number when the predetermined type of data created by the creating unit is displayed on the display unit. The second transmitting means is
By the output device, the external device can display a display item for receiving a transition instruction for each data of a predetermined type based on the information on the display position output by the output device. The information processing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the output display position information is transmitted. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 6 to 9 and 13 to 16, wherein the predetermined type of data is data derived from data belonging to the group. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 6 to 9 and 13 to 17, wherein the predetermined type of data is data obtained by aggregating data belonging to the group. An information processing system comprising: a server device that generates an output page of a form; and a client device that displays the output page of the form generated by the server device on a display means.
The server device is
An acquisition means for acquiring the data of the form,
A first generation unit that generates an output page for each page displayed on the display unit based on the data of the form acquired by the acquisition unit;
Detection means for detecting the group to which the form data belongs,
A second information generating unit that associates the information of the group detected by the detecting unit with the information of the page number when the output page generated by the first generating unit is displayed on the display unit. Generating means, and
The client device is
Accepting means for accepting a transition instruction from the user for each group to which the form data belongs,
Control means for controlling to display data by transitioning for each group based on the related information generated by the second generating means in response to receiving the transition instruction by the receiving means,
An information processing system comprising: An information processing method for displaying a form on a display means,
An acceptance step for accepting a transition instruction from the user for each group to which the form data belongs,
In response to accepting the transition instruction in the accepting step, based on the related information in which the information of the group to which the data of the form belongs and the information of the page number when displaying the data belonging to the group on the display unit are associated. , A control step for controlling to display data by transitioning for each group,
An information processing method comprising: An information processing method for generating an output page for displaying a form on a display means,
An acquisition step to acquire the data of the form,
A first generation step of generating an output page for each page displayed on the display means based on the data of the form acquired by the acquisition step;
A detection step of detecting a group to which the data of the form belongs,
A second related information generating unit that associates the group information detected by the detecting step with the page number information when the output page generated by the first generating step is displayed on the display means. A generation step,
An information processing method comprising: An information processing method for an information processing system, comprising: a server device that generates an output page of a form; and a client device that displays the output page of the form generated by the server device on a display means.
The server device is
An acquisition step to acquire the data of the form,
A first generation step of generating an output page for each page displayed on the display means based on the data of the form acquired by the acquisition step;
A detection step of detecting a group to which the data of the form belongs,
A second related information generating unit that associates the group information detected by the detecting step with the page number information when the output page generated by the first generating step is displayed on the display means. A generation step, and
The client device is
An acceptance step for accepting a transition instruction from the user for each group to which the form data belongs,
In response to receiving the transition instruction by the receiving step, based on the related information generated by the second generating step, a control step of controlling to perform transition for each group and display data,
An information processing method comprising: A program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 18. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 18.

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