JPH01222372A - Device and method for slip preparation - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the number of processes, and to improve reliability by designating the entry position attribute and the identification code of an item to be entered in the respective columns of a slip form and the contents to be processed of the item itself in an interactive mode. CONSTITUTION:The slip frame of the slip to be intended to generate is displayed on the slip frame displaying part 2, and simultaneously, the entry position of the item to be entered in the respectively columns, the identification code such as a name, etc. for identifying the item and the attribute such as the form of a character, etc. of the item are designated by an item designating means 1 in the interactive mode as seeing the slip frame, and in addition, the designated contents are displayed. Next, the contents to be processed of item data to be entered in the respective columns designated by a contents to be processed designating means 4 in the interactive mode are displayed on the picture screen of a contents to be processed displaying part 5. An item editing means 6 performs editing such as in what column of the business form the respective item data is entered according to the contents to be processed designated by an operator in the interactive mode. Then, a printing means 3 print the slip according to the entry position, the identification code and the attribute designated by the item designating means 1 and the item data having been edited.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] It is necessary to perform depacking, etc. regarding a form creation device and method in which items are entered in each column of a form having columns for entering various items and the form is printed by a printer device. The purpose of this is to provide a form creation device and method that allows the creation of forms with simple operations without any hassle. a form frame display section that displays the corresponding form frame in the state in which it will be actually printed and also displays the relevant entry position etc. in conversation mode, and specifies the processing content for the item data to be entered in each column in conversation mode. a processing content display unit that displays the processing content in a conversation mode; an item editing unit that edits item data to be entered in each column based on the processing content; This configuration includes printing means for printing a form based on the entry position of each item specified by the means and the edited item data edited by the item editing means.

(Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a form creation method, and more particularly to a form creation method in which items are entered in each column of a form having columns for entering various items and printing is performed.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, there has been a form printing method in which items to be entered on a form such as an insurance certificate (for example, a sheet of paper having a B4 size) are printed and output using a printer device.

Conventionally, a form frame is created using a form design support tool (ICAD) as shown in Figure 4, while displaying the form on the display unit in step SBI, and the created form frame is stored in an image library in step SB2. Stored.

On the other hand, regarding printing on the form, as shown in the flowchart in Figure 4, the operator, while looking at the form printed in step SAI, determines the entry position of the item data in each column to be filled in the form, and Attribute data such as types are created by a program, and in step SA2 the program is edited and LKE
Perform D (Linkage Editor). Subsequently, in step SA3, each item to be entered in each column of the form and the frame of the form stored in the image library are combined and printed for debugging.

Here, the reason why printing for debugging is performed is that the frame of the form and the items to be entered in each column of the form are obtained separately, so that a misalignment may occur.

In step SA4, the operator performs debugging to correct any deviations based on the debugging form.

When debugging is thus completed, actual printing is performed in step SA5.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) By the way, in the conventional form creation method, as explained above, the form frame and the items in each column to be entered in the form are created separately, so the form Since there is a possibility that the frame and the position of the items in each column to be entered in the form may be misaligned, debugging must be performed.

Therefore, the conventional method has a problem in that the process becomes complicated due to the necessity of debugging.

Therefore, the present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned problems as a technical problem, and provides a form creation device and method that can create a form with a simple operation that does not require debugging or the like. It was done for the purpose of

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above technical problems, the first invention is to write items in each column of a form that has columns for entering various items as shown in FIG. In a form creation device that performs
Item specifying means 1 for specifying identification codes and attributes in a conversation mode; and a form frame display that displays the corresponding form frame in the state in which it is actually printed, and also displays the entry position, identification code, and attributes in a conversation mode. a processing content specifying unit 4 for specifying in a conversation mode the processing content for the item data to be entered in the field designated by the item specification unit 1, and a processing content display unit 5 for displaying the processing content in a conversation mode. , an item editing means 6 that edits the item data to be entered in each column based on the processing content, and at least the entry position, identification code, attribute, and entry position of each item data specified by the item specifying means 1. It has a printing means 3 that prints a form based on the edited item data edited by the item editing means 6.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, the second invention is a form creation method in which items are entered in each field of a form having fields for entering various items and then printed. a step of displaying a form frame to be displayed (S1), and a step of displaying the entry position, identification code, and attribute of item data to be filled in each field designated by the operator in the conversation mode on the screen together with the form frame in the conversation mode. (S2), a step (S3) of displaying in the conversation mode the processing contents of the item data to be filled in each field specified by the operator in the conversation mode; The step of editing the item data to be filled in each column corresponding to the identified identification code (S
4), and a step (S5) of printing a form based on at least the entry position, identification code, attribute, and edited item data specified by the operator.

(effect) Next, the first and second inventions will be explained in detail.

When printing a form according to the present invention, FIGS.
As shown in the figure, the form frame of the form to be created in step S1 is displayed on the form frame display section 2, and in step 82'''r! the operator displays at least each column of the form while looking at the form frame. The specifying means 2 specifies the entry position of the item to be filled in, an identification code such as a name for identifying the item, and attributes such as the font of the item in a conversation mode, and displays the specified contents.

Next, in step S3, the operator uses the processing content specifying means 4 to display on the screen of the processing content display section 5 the processing content for the item data to be entered in each column specified in the conversation mode.

In step S6, the item editing means 6 performs editing, such as in which column of the form each item data should be entered, based on the processing content specified by the operator in the conversation mode.

Then, in step S5, the printing means 3 prints the form based on the entry position, identification code and attribute specified by the item specifying means 1, and the edited item data.

(Example) Next, examples of the present invention will be described.

As shown in FIG. 3, this embodiment uses a computer in online conversation mode (the computer and a person perform calculations, data processing, etc. while conversing with each other), and displays graphical information on the display. CAD (co) that interacts with people
Terminal device 10 with a word processing function that is equipped with functions such as text storage, input/output, and processing of text arrangement, and is used to store texts and automate the creation of documents such as editing and revision. It consists of 20.

As shown in FIG. 3, the CAD terminal device 10 has an item specifying means for specifying attributes such as the entry position, identification code, data type, accuracy, structure, etc. of item data to be entered in each column in the form in conversation mode. 11 and.

The form frame of the form to be printed created by ICAD (form design support tool), and the entry position, identification code, and attributes of the items in each column specified by the operator using the item specifying means 11 are displayed in a conversation mode. The form overlay file 17 includes a form frame display section 12, a form overlay file 17 that is displayed on the form frame display section 12 and stores a form image whose entry position, etc. is specified by the specifying means 11, and a printing means 13. There is.

As shown in the figure, the printing means 13 is a printing program creator that automatically creates a printing program based on the entry position, identification code, and attributes of the items to be filled in each column stored in the file 17. means 13a, a model mask file 13b for storing a printing program created by the creating means 13a and edited item data to be described later, and a printing program stored in the model mask file 13b and a printing program to be described later. A print control unit 13c that controls printing by the printer device 13d based on edited item data, and an NLP (Non-impac
Printer device 13 such as t Line Printer)
and has.

Further, as shown in the figure, the terminal device 20 equipped with a word processing function includes a processing content specifying means 14 for specifying processing details for the items in each column specified by the item specifying means 11 in a conversation mode; A processing content display unit 15 that displays specified processing content in a conversation mode, and the display unit 15
a dictionary 18 that stores the contents displayed in the dictionary 18; an item editing means 16 that edits the transaction order data based on the processing contents stored in the dictionary 18; and item data to be entered in the form. It has a transaction data file 19.

The item editing means 16 includes an editing program creating means 16a that automatically creates an editing program based on the processing contents stored in the dictionary 18, and an editing program creating means 16a that automatically creates an editing program based on the processing contents stored in the dictionary 18, and Edit the transaction data as item data stored in the transaction data file 19 and apply the edited item data to the model mask.
It has an item editing section 16b that sends out to the file 13b.

The present embodiment also includes a document output section 29 that outputs an automatically created program document.

As shown in FIG. 4, in this embodiment, a CAD terminal device 10 and a terminal device 20 having a word processing function are connected via a bus.

The CAD terminal device 10 includes a keyboard 31a as an item specifying means 11, a tablet 31b, and a light bezel 31c.
, the form frame display section 12, the file 17, the model mask file 13b, and the printer device 13d are connected to the CPU 32 via a bus, and the printing program creation means 13a and the print control section 13c are connected to the CPU 32 via a bus. CPU
12 and its programs.

Further, the terminal device 20 having a word processing function has a processing content display section 14, a dictionary 18, and a processing content specifying means 14.
A keyboard 34 and a transaction data file 19 are connected to the CPU 33 via a bus, and the editing program creation means 16a and item editing section 16b are constituted by the CPU 33 and its programs.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

When printing a form according to this embodiment, the form frame stored in the form overlay file 17 is displayed on the form display section 12.

As shown in the screen of the form display section 12 in FIG. 5, the operator fills in each column in conversation mode using the keyboard 12a or the like as the item specifying means 11 while looking at the form frame displayed on the screen of the display section 12. Specify the entry position, attributes, and identification code of the item data to be displayed. In other words, if the item to be filled in is an address, attributes such as the type of characters, font, number of bytes, etc., and an identification code for identifying the item are written in the entry position of the field where the item should be written. JUSY
O"" is specified in the conversation mode, and at the same time it is displayed as a figure on the representation section 12.

The designated entry position, identification code and attributes are displayed on the display section 1.
2 and stored in the file 17.

Then, the printing program creation means 13a creates a printing program based on the information regarding the designated item stored in the file 17.

The created printing program will be stored in the model mask file 13b.

On the other hand, the keyboard 3 as the processing content designation means 14
4 specifies the processing content for each item to be entered in each column of the form using the keyboard 34 as the processing content specifying means 14 in a conversation mode. Then, the processing contents are displayed on the screen of the processing contents display section 14 in the form of a table, as shown in FIG. 6, for example. That is, on the screen of the display unit 14, identification codes AI, A2, .
In the column of the table corresponding to 00 (for example, when there are 100 items to be filled in), the processing content to be performed for the item will be displayed. Here, the processing content is, for example, A' of the transaction data file.
Transaction data as item data stored in the item data is moved as the item with identification code A1, and somewhat special processing such as paragraph editing and date editing are performed.

In this way, the processing contents specified by the processing contents specifying means 14 are displayed on the processing contents display section 15 and are stored in the dictionary 18.

Then, the editing program creation means 16a creates an editing program based on the processing contents stored in the dictionary 18.

The editing program is sent to the item editing section 16b, and the program and the transaction data are sent to the item editing section 16b.
Item editing is performed based on the item data stored in the file 19, and the edited item data is sent to the model mask file 13b described above.

Based on the printing program and edited item data thus obtained, the print control unit 13c controls the printer device 13d to print a form.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the document output section 29 can output the automatically created program specifications and can be used for management purposes.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, the present invention can automatically generate a program by specifying the entry position attribute and identification code of an item to be entered in each column of a form in conversation mode, as well as the processing content of the item itself. Unlike in the past, there is no need to perform debugging such as checking the entry position between each column of the form frame and each item to be filled in, so it is possible to reduce the number of steps and create reliable forms. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the first invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the principle of the second invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram according to the embodiment, FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the equipment configuration according to the embodiment, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the screen of the form frame display section according to the embodiment, and FIG. The figure is a diagram showing a screen of a processing content display section according to an embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart according to a conventional example. 1.11...Item specification means 2.12...Form frame display section 3.13...Printing means 4.14...Process content specification means 5.15...Process content display section 6.16・・・Item editing means Figure 1 Flute 2 1st month of the year, Ten T-Yomarare Figure 2 [Reference 1: Screen of the related beast frame display section t Homa Figure 5 m Laughing Naka Sen; You → Show the screen for each table and page in the J-ri area 1st ward No. 6 Fig. 7

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] [1] In a form creation device that performs printing by filling in each column of a form having columns for entering various items, at least the entry position of item data to be entered in each of the columns; Item specifying means (1) for specifying identification codes and attributes in a conversation mode; Displaying the corresponding form frame in the state in which it is actually printed; and the corresponding entry position specified by the item specifying means (1); a form frame display section (2) that displays identification codes and attributes in a conversation mode; and a processing content designation section (2) that designates, in a conversation mode, the processing content for the item to be entered in the column designated by the item designation means (1). 4), a processing content display unit (5) that displays the processing content specified by the processing content specification means (4) in a conversation mode, and editing of item data to be entered in each of the columns based on the processing content. an item editing means (6) for performing the above-mentioned item editing means (6); and an entry position, identification code, and attribute of each item specified by the item specifying means (1), and the item editing means (6).
1. A form creation device comprising: printing means (3) for printing a form based on edited item data edited by the user. [2] In a form creation method in which items are entered in each column of a form having columns for entering various items and then printed, the step (S1) of displaying the corresponding form frame in the state in which it will be actually printed; a step (S2) of displaying the entry position, identification code, and attribute of the item data to be filled in each field specified by the operator in the conversation mode along with the form frame on the screen in the conversation mode; a step (S3) of displaying in a conversation mode the processing details of the item data to be filled in each field specified by the operator; A form characterized by comprising a step of editing item data (S4), and a step of printing the form based on the entry position, identification code and attribute specified by the operator, and the edited item data (S5). How to make.