JP3022113B2 - Text data editing processing method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for editing text data to be processed by a computer according to a predefined format and output to a form or a screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an editing method for editing data created by a computer into a table format and outputting it to a form or the like, an editing program for separating an output table format and an editing program for performing an editing process is prepared. Mapping techniques that reduce man-hours and improve productivity are widely known.

In this mapping technique, a layout sheet is used to define data such as a position and the number of digits for each of a heading, a ruled line, and data to be embedded.

[0004] Further, since the designation of the ruled line differs depending on the machine, the OS, and the printer used, a technician having specialized knowledge for each of them defines a format.

[0005] Further, the format definition uses a parameter designating method in which the format is designated by a parameter for each page.

[0006]

However, since the layout sheet is used to define data such as the position and the number of digits for each of the headline, ruled line, and data to be embedded, when the format is changed, the layout is changed. There is a problem that the format must be defined again using a sheet, and there is a lack of flexibility in changing the format and an increase in the number of work steps.

[0007] In addition, since the definition method differs depending on the machine, OS, and printer to be used, and a parameter designation method is adopted, it is easy for a user without specialized knowledge to define and change the format. In addition to this, there is a problem that a format created once cannot be used as it is for editing other data, and there is a lot of waste economically.

Further, since the number of lines in one page is fixed, there is a problem that a plurality of formats cannot be freely arranged in one page.

Further, there is a problem in that the number of digits of each item is set in advance, and data exceeding the number is edited only for the set number of digits, so that part of the data cannot be output. In this case, the maximum number of digits that can be set may be set, but in this case, the number of items to be output on one line is reduced, and the number of pages is increased.

[0010] The object of the present invention is that even a person having no specialized knowledge can easily define or change the format,
It is another object of the present invention to provide a flexible text data editing method which can be easily applied to other data editing processing.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a text data editing method capable of coping with an increase in the number of digits of each item data without changing the format definition.

[0012]

To achieve the above object of the Invention The present invention form image data defining write equation identifier, the symbol for indicating the type in position for embedding the form image and the edited data row by row , format data file that contains the formatted data constituting the edited format for this format image data and a control data defined in row
Format that indicates the edit format of the text data to be edited
Editing with an identifier and an identifier indicating the type added in line units
Edit target data file that stores target text data
The text data to be edited is stored in the format data file.
Edit according to the format data predefined in the file
A text data editing processing method of output, edit pair
Read elephant text data from the data file to be edited.
Out to detect the added format identifier to the edited text data, it retrieves the format data having a format identifier corresponding to the format identifier from the format data files,
In accordance with the control data in the form data, the form image data to generate a defined form image in, and the edited text data corresponding to a symbol indicating the type of edit text data No. those該記defined By repeating the process of embedding at the position, the text data to be edited is edited according to the format data and output.

In order to achieve another object, it is determined whether or not the text data to be edited can be embedded in a format image generated in accordance with the format image data. Is expanded and embedded.

[0014]

According to the above means, at the time of editing processing of the data to be edited in accordance with the format data, a format identifier added to the data to be edited is detected, and the format data having a format identifier corresponding to the format identifier is converted into a format data file. And generates a format image defined in the format image data according to the control data in the format data. Then, the process of retrieving the edit target data corresponding to the symbol indicating the type of the edit target data from the edit target data file and embedding the edit target data at the position where the symbol is defined is repeated.

Thus, the data to be edited is edited according to the format data and output.

Further, it is determined whether or not the data to be edited can be embedded in the format image generated in accordance with the format image data. If the data cannot be embedded, a part of the format image is expanded and embedded.

Therefore, since the format data can be expressed in the text format as it is in the output image, the definition itself is simple, and it can be created very easily by the user with a word processor or the like. Can also.

Further, even if the number of digits of an item is changed, it is not necessary to change the format, and editing can be performed relatively easily even when there are a plurality of layouts in one page.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The processing apparatus 1 performs an editing process, data to be edited embedded in a format (hereinafter, replacement data in the embodiment). Input device 2 such as a keyboard, a format data file 3 for storing format data defining a format, a replacement data file 4 for storing replacement data to be embedded in the format, an output device 5 for outputting an edited result, It comprises a display device 6 for checking format data and the like, a main memory 9 having a format storage area 7 and an editing area 8.

FIG. 2 is a format diagram showing the structure of replacement data and format data. The replacement data 21 is composed of a format ID 210 and replacement instruction data 211.

The format ID 210 is used to extract the target format from the predefined format data, and the replacement instruction data 211 indicates the data to be replaced. This replacement instruction data 211
Is composed of a plurality of pieces of replacement line information 212 instructing editing of one logical line of detail editing.
Numeral 2 is composed of a plurality of pieces of replacement item information 213 that instructs editing of one logical item of specification editing.

The replacement item information 213 is the minimum unit of the replacement instruction data 211, and includes a replacement identifier and a replacement character string as shown in FIG. In this case, a delimiter ("#" is used in this embodiment) is inserted between the replacement identifier and the replacement character string to separate them, so that the replacement identifier and the replacement character string can be separated. I have.

On the other hand, the format data 22 includes a control unit 220 and a format unit 221.
2201 and a row identifier 2202 indicating the type of each row are combined (in this embodiment, linked by “-”), and the format data 22 corresponding to the format ID 210 specified in the replacement data 21 is extracted. Used to indicate how to edit. In this embodiment, the line identifier 2202 is a header (“H”) indicating editing of a heading, a body header (“BH”) indicating editing of a heading of a specification, and a body body (“′” indicating a portion where a frame is expanded when editing a specification. BB ') and footer (' F ') indicating editing of the footer. The format unit 221 defines a format image itself as text.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the text data editing processing method.

First, the replacement data to be replaced is obtained from the replacement data file 4 by the replacement data obtaining process (step 31), and the format ID of the replacement data 21 to be edited is obtained.
Find 210.

Next, in the format data acquisition process, the format data file 3 is searched by the format ID 210, and the format I
The format data 22 having the format ID 2201 corresponding to D210 is extracted, and each row identifier 2202 is stored in the format storage area 7.
Each time is stored (step 32).

Next, in the header editing process, the heading portion is edited based on the format data 22 stored for each line identifier 2202 and output to the output area of the main memory 9 (step 33).

After the editing of the header, the replacement line information 212, which is data of one logical line, is cut out from the replacement instruction 211 of the replacement data 21. If the target replacement line information 212 exists, the specification editing process is performed. Is edited, the next replacement line information 212 is extracted, and the detail editing process is performed (steps 34 and 36). Then, if there is no more replacement line information to be processed, the process proceeds to the footer editing process via the detail editing completion determination process (step 35), edits the footer portion of the format data 22, and outputs it to the output area.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the details of the detail editing process 36. After the detail portion is developed from the format storage area 7 into the editing area 8 in the format body developing process (step 41), the replacement item information is extracted. Replacement line information 212 extracted as logical one-line data in the process
, The replacement item information 213 is cut out as a logical one item (step 42). Next, a line editing completion determination process is performed (step 43). If the target replacement item information 213 exists, the replacement identifier 214 and the replacement character string 215 are separated by a delimiter in the replacement item separation process (step 4).
4).

Thereafter, in the replacement identifier search process, the editing area 8 is searched with the separated replacement identifier 214, and it is checked whether or not the item to be replaced remains. The character string is replaced, and the process returns to the replacement item information extracting process to obtain the next item (steps 45, 46, 47).

However, if the processing for the item to be replaced has been completed, this means that the detail editing processing for that line has been completed, and the process returns to the processing in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the details of the replacement control process. The number of replaceable digits from the beginning of the replacement identifier 214 in the editing area 8 to the frame identifier (code such as a character ruled line) by the replaceable digit number calculation process. (Step 5
1).

That is, the number of digits of a character string that can be embedded in the item column in the format image defined in the format unit 221 is obtained.

Next, the number of digits is compared with the number of digits of the replacement character string (step 52), and the number of digits of the character string to be replaced is large, and is entered in the item field in the format image defined in the format unit 221. If the character string cannot be embedded, the replacement character string calculation processing (step 52) cuts out the character string of the number of replaceable digits previously obtained from the beginning of the replacement character string, and replaces the cut-out character string with the replacement processing (1). ) To embed (step 54), and thereafter, the item frame is expanded by frame expansion processing. And
Only the line identifier of the format storage area 7 whose line identifier is “BB” (body body) is developed in the editing area 9, and the process returns to the replaceability determination processing of step 52 to embed the remaining replacement character strings.

Such processing is repeated, and finally, all the replacement data is replaced in the replacement processing (2) (step 56).

In the replacement process (1), a part of the replacement character string is embedded based on the number of digits obtained by the replacement character string digit adjustment process in step 53, and the remaining unreplaced character itself is replaced with the replacement character string. I do. On the other hand, the replacement process (2) simply replaces a character string.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which a table is edited using the row identifier 2202 .
The data for the row is shown. That is, the first line shows data "? 1 # 01? #Red" and the second line shows data "? 1 # 02? #Blue".

Of these, "? 1" and "?" Are replacement identifiers, "01", "02", "red" and "blue" are replacement character strings, and "#" is a delimiter.

On the other hand, the format data 22 includes a format image having item fields of “ID” and “color”, a replacement identifier described at a position where the replacement target data is embedded, and a replacement identifier for recognizing the replacement target data to be embedded. Is defined. Also, in order to indicate the editing format for the format image, a format ID “XXX”
The control data 220 for a row is defined.

In the case of such replacement data 21 and format data 22, replacement identifiers "? 1" and "?"
Since the description is made over the lines, the body part of the format data 22 is edited twice. Thereby, the editing result 23 as shown in FIG. 6C is obtained.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which a frame is extended and edited. In the format image, the item of "ID" is defined by two digits, and the item of color is defined by four digits. Also, the replacement data 21
The item corresponding to “ID” on the first line has a maximum of three digits, and the item corresponding to “color” on the second line has a maximum of six digits.

In such an example, "light blue" on the first line has a frame size of two digits short, and "101" on the second line has a frame size of one digit short. Therefore, by the processing of steps 53, 54, and 55 in FIG. 5, the frame of the previously defined format image is expanded as shown in the editing result 23 of FIG. 7C, and the target frame is included in the expanded frame. The character string is embedded.

More specifically, the case of “light blue” will be described. Since “light blue” has six digits and the number of replaceable digits is two, steps 52 to 53
Proceeding to step 54, "rai" is embedded in step 54, and "toe blue" is set as an unsubstituted character string. Next, in step 55, the frame is expanded, and the process returns to step 52.

In this case, since "toe blue" has four digits, the process proceeds to steps 53 and 54 again, where "toe" of "toe blue" is embedded, and "ru" is an unreplaced character string. Next, in step 55, the frame is expanded, and in step 5
Returning to step 2, this time, since "ru" has two digits, the process proceeds to step 56, where "ru" is embedded.

FIGS. 8 and 9 are explanatory diagrams showing an example of editing a plurality of formats in one page. As format data 22, a plurality of format images 221a, 221b,
221c and 221d are defined, and the format image 221
A control unit 220 having a format ID of “HED” for a and 221b, “FILE” for 221c, and “INF” for 221d is defined.

On the other hand, as the replacement data 21, "HE
D, "FILE", "INF" format ID 210
Separately, the character string to be replaced is defined for each line.

Also in such an example, the replacement data 21 is edited according to the format data by the same editing processing as in the above example, and an editing result 23 as shown in FIG. 9 is obtained.

That is, by defining a partial format in one page as a part, a plurality of formats can be arranged in one page. Therefore, it becomes very convenient when a part of the table is changed.

[0050]

As described above, according to the present invention, format data for defining a format is converted into format image data in which a format designator, a format image, and a symbol designating the type of the data to be edited are defined in units of lines. An edit format for the format image data is composed of control data defined on a line-by-line basis, stored in a format data file, a format identifier indicating the edit format is attached to the edit target data, and a type of the edit target data is provided. Is stored in the data file to be edited by attaching the identifier indicating the format of the data to be edited, and in the editing process of the data to be edited according to the format data, the format identifier added to the data to be edited is detected and corresponding to the format identifier Search for format data having a format identifier to be performed from the format data file, and according to the control data in the format data. A format image defined in the format image data is generated, and edit target data corresponding to a symbol indicating the type of the edit target data is searched from the edit target data file, and the edit target data is defined by the symbol. By repeating the process of embedding at the position,
Since the data to be edited is edited and output according to the format data, the format data can be expressed in a text format as an output image. As a result, the definition of the format itself is simple, and it can be created very easily by a user using a word processor or the like, and even a person without specialized knowledge can easily define and change the format. It is possible to perform flexible text data editing processing that can be easily applied to other data editing processing.

Also, when a plurality of layouts are provided in one page, editing can be performed relatively easily.

Further, it is determined whether or not the data to be edited can be embedded in the format image generated in accordance with the format image data. If the data cannot be embedded, a part of the format image is expanded and embedded. Therefore, it is possible to cope with the increase in the number of digits of each item data without changing the format definition.

As a result, it is not necessary to create an editing program for each format, and it is possible to reduce a user's economic burden such as a reduction in work steps.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a format diagram showing a configuration of replacement data and format data in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a text data processing method according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing details of a detail editing process in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating details of a replacement control process in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of replacement data and format data, and an example of an editing result thereof.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of replacement data and format data and an example of an editing result thereof.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing still another example of replacement data and format data.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an editing result for the replacement data and format data in FIG. 8;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Processing device, 2 ... Input device, 3 ... Format data file, 4 ... Replacement data file, 5 ... Output device, 21 ... Replacement data, 22 ... Format data, 210 ... Format ID, 21
1 ... format instruction data, 212 ... replacement line information, 213 ... replacement item information, 214 ... replacement identifier, 220 ... control unit, 2
21. Form part.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A document type identifier, form image and form image data defining the symbols in a row unit for instructing that type in position for embedding edited data, control data defining the edit format for this format image data line by line format data storing format data composed of a file
Format that indicates the edit format of the text data to be edited
Editing with an identifier and an identifier indicating the type added in line units
Edit target data file that stores target text data
The text data to be edited is stored in the format data file.
Edit according to the format data predefined in the file
What is claimed is: 1. A text data editing processing method for outputting, comprising:
Detecting read, the added format identifier to the edited text data from, retrieves the format data having a format identifier corresponding to the format identifier from the format data file, in accordance with the control data in the form data, the by repeating the process of generating a form image defined in the format image data, and embeds the edited text data corresponding to a symbol indicating the type of edit text data at a position No. skilled該記it is defined, edited Te
Editing method of processing text data, characterized in that the editing and outputting the text data according to the format data. 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not the text data to be edited can be embedded in the format image generated in accordance with the format image data. 2. The method for editing text data according to claim 1, wherein: