JP2834032B2 - Individual output method of the same attribute form - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an individual output method of the same attribute form, and in particular, when an output device on an operating system is used, a plurality of forms having the same attribute to be output are individually changed by changing the attribute. The present invention relates to a form output method capable of outputting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a form is output using an output device on an operating system, since all forms created by the same job have the same output attribute, a command is issued according to the output attribute to limit an object. In the conventional method of outputting the same attribute, the same attribute form is output collectively. Further, when the attributes are the same, it is impossible to output individually, so that the output selection cannot be made to the individual form at the stage when the list is displayed on the screen.

[0003]

In the form output method using the output device as described above, even if there are a plurality of forms having the same attribute, the form corresponding to the designated attribute is not used. Since all of them are output collectively, even if it is desired to select and output only a form that is truly required from a plurality of forms, an unnecessary form must be output together.
The more forms with the same attribute, the more time and paper is required when printing only one form. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to realize an economical form output method capable of selectively outputting only a form that is truly desired to be output.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided an individual attribute form output method for retrieving report data created on an operating system and report discrimination information data which is information for discriminating the report. A discrimination information search unit for storing necessary report information, a screen editing processing unit for editing and displaying report discrimination information on the screen of the terminal device, and only report data selected on the screen are processed. An output attribute changing unit for temporarily changing an output attribute so as to provide a command control unit for issuing an output start command, and an output device for outputting data to an externally connected printer by issuing the command. And

[0005]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a discrimination information search unit 4 that acquires necessary report discrimination information from a report discrimination information data file 2 allocated on a hard disk and stores it in a discrimination information storage table 5, and edits data from the discrimination information storage table 5. Screen editing processing unit 6 to be displayed on the screen of operation console 7
And an output attribute changing unit 8 for changing the content of the report discrimination information in accordance with the output request input from the console 7, and a command control unit 9 for issuing a command prompting the output request. When activated, data is printed through the printer 11.

FIG. 2 is an information configuration diagram of a discrimination information storage table 14 and a screen editing table 13 storing information corresponding to a list currently displayed on the screen of the terminal device based on the discrimination information storage table 14 or a correlation between the two tables. It is a representation of The discrimination information storage table 14 has the output attribute content of each discrimination information and the address on the magnetic disk where the discrimination information data is stored, and the screen editing table 13 stores the currently displayed information data in the discrimination information data storage. It has a pointer indicating where in the table 14 it is.

Next, the operation of the form output system according to the embodiment configured as described above will be described.

First, the execution control unit 1 searches all the report discrimination information data created on the operating system 1 and stores necessary report discrimination information of data related to the terminal user in the discrimination information storage table 5. The data to be displayed on the screen as a list is acquired from the discrimination information storage table 14, edited for display, stored in the screen editing table 13, and displayed on the screen. The terminal user selects and inputs a report that requires print output from the list display screen of the console 7. The execution control unit 12 extracts the discrimination information data of the report for which the output was requested from the screen editing table and the output information storage table. The tables 13 and 14 are related by pointers as shown in FIG.

The execution control unit 12 issues an output instruction command by designating an output attribute for a report for which output has been requested, and determines whether data having the same attribute (output class) exists before the command. The information storage table 5 is searched. When there is information of the same attribute (output class), the execution control unit 12 stores the current output class in another table, and temporarily changes the output class to a different output class from the request report. The execution control unit 12 then issues an output instruction command to the output device 10. The output device 10 reads out report data of the requested report from the report data file 2 and outputs it to the printer 11.

After starting the output device, the execution control unit 12 writes the information back to the original class based on the table storing the output class of the information temporarily rewritten earlier.

[0012]

As described above, according to the present invention, for a plurality of reports having the same output attribute which can normally be output only simultaneously, the output attribute of another report other than the request is changed. Allows only necessary reports to be output individually. Thereby, work efficiency, paper cost reduction, and throughput can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the embodiment of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Operating system 2 Report data file 3 Report discrimination information data file 4 Discrimination information search part 5 Discrimination information storage table 6 Screen edit processing part 7 Operation console 8 Output attribute change part 9 Command control part 10 Output device 11 Printer 12 Execution control part 13 Screen edit table 14 Discrimination information storage table

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A discrimination information retrieval unit for retrieving report data created on an operating system and report discrimination information data for discriminating the report, and storing necessary report information. And a screen editing processing unit for editing and displaying report discrimination information on the screen of the terminal device, and an output attribute changing unit for temporarily changing the output attribute so that only the report data selected on the screen is processed. A command control unit for issuing an output start command, and an output device for outputting data to a printer connected to the outside by issuing the command.