JPH022052A - Form paper preparing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily prepare form paper having a desired form and due form by providing a means for converting the picture data of a form paper frame displayed on a display means to form paper frame data and printing the form paper on the basis of the form paper frame data by a printing means. CONSTITUTION:A conversion part 5a converts the picture data of the form paper frame prepared on a display part 4a by an operator according to the definition rule of a program PSAM 1a supporting the input/output processing of form paper under the control of a form paper planning support program ICAD 8a to prepare the PSAM definition body source program of the form paper frame. A compiler 2a edits the source program of the form paper frame to prepare form paper frame (overlay) data. A printing part 3a executes printing processing on the basis of form paper frame data outputted by the compiler 2a, the item data recorded on the form paper and form control data such as the position, size and attribute of a character to print the form paper.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] A form creation method that allows easy creation of a form in a desired format and format, regarding a form creation method in which various item data is written and printed within a form frame that divides item columns. The purpose is to provide a method for creating a form based on item data to be entered in a form, format control information including the position, size, and attributes of characters in the item data, and form frame information configuring the form frame. In the printing system, a means for converting screen information of a form frame displayed on a display means into form frame information is provided, and the printing means is configured to print a form based on the form frame information converted by the converting means. do.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a form creation method in which various items are entered and printed within form frames that define item columns.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, form creation operations in which required data is entered and printed in each item field, along with a form frame that divides each item field, as seen in insurance certificates, etc., have been increasingly used in a wide range of fields. Therefore, there is a need for a form creation method that can efficiently create forms in a desired format and format.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a conventional example.

The same reference numerals indicate the same objects throughout the figures.

■The operator codes according to the program's coding rules.

■Create an embossing program that inputs coding data and controls the format of form printing.

■Compile the embossing program and create a load module (format control information).

■Next, the operator runs a program that supports form input/output processing (Presentation Service Ac
The format of the form frame is coded according to the definition rules of the cess method (hereinafter referred to as PSAM).

■Input coding data to create a source program for PSAM definitions.

■Compile the source program and create a load module (form frame information).

(2) Print a test form by inputting the test data for the item and executing the load module created in (2) and (3) above.

■If you want to change the form frame by checking the test form, go back to ■ and redo the coding. If you want to change the character position, size, attributes, etc., go back to ■, specify the format again, and try again. Create a test form by creating a load module and executing as described in ① above. Repeat the above steps until the desired form format is obtained. When the desired form is obtained, input the official item data. Print the form.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

As mentioned above, according to the conventional method, the form frame data is manually coded according to the PSAM definition rules, which not only takes time and effort, but also requires a lot of coding, test form printing, and checking to obtain the desired form format. There was a problem in that the process had to be repeated several times.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a form creation method that can easily create a form in a desired format and format.

[Means to solve the problem]

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the principle of the present invention.

In the figure, 3 is a printing means, 4 is a display means, and 5 is a means for converting the screen information of the form frame displayed on the display means 4 into form frame information.

Therefore, the printing means 3 prints item data, format control data,
It is configured to print a form based on the form frame information converted by the converting means 5.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, the converting means 5 converts the screen information of the form frame displayed on the display means 4 into form frame information, and converts the screen information of the form frame displayed on the display means 4 into form frame information.
Since the form frame is printed based on the form frame information G converted by the converting means 5, the form frame information is automatically created by creating the form frame on the display means 4, and the desired form format is created. be done.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The same reference numerals refer to the same objects throughout the design.

Components in FIG. 2 that correspond to those in FIG. 1 are surrounded by dashed lines.

In FIG. 2, a converting unit 5a is a main unit that realizes the present invention, and is a converting unit 5a that implements the form design support program (Integrated Comp).
uterAided Design: Hereinafter, ICA
The screen information of the form frame created on the display surface under the control of 8a (referred to as D) is converted in accordance with the definition rules of PSAMla to create a PSAM definition source program for the form frame.

Therefore, the conversion unit 5a converts the screen information of the form frame created on the display unit 4a by the operator under the control of the ICAD 8a according to the definition rules of PSAMla, and converts the screen information of the form frame created on the display unit 4a by the operator to
Create a SAM definition source program. The compiler 2a edits the source program for the form frame (
overlay) information. Is the printing section 3a run by the compiler 2a? By executing the printing process based on the form frame information outputted by Configured to print forms.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the conversion unit 5a converts the screen information of the form frame displayed on the display unit 4a and outputs the PSAM definition source program of the form frame, so that the operator can By simply creating a form frame in the desired format on section 4a, form frame information is automatically created, reducing the number of man-hours required for the operator to code on a desk (see flowchart ■ in Figure 3). , and because the form frame is printed with the displayed form frame image, there is no misalignment between the form frame and the entry of item data, the debugging time is greatly reduced, and the desired form can be easily created.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a conventional example. In the figure, 1a is PSAM. 2a is a compiler, 3 is a printing means, 4 is a display means, 5 is a conversion means, and 8a is an ICAD. 3a is the printing section, 4a is the display section, 5a is the conversion section, 10 pages of book/date/month, 1 unit

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A system for printing a form based on item data to be filled in the form, format control information including the position, size, and attributes of characters in the item data, and form frame information configuring the form frame. A means (5) for converting the screen information of the form frame displayed on the display means (4) into the form frame information is provided, and the printing means (3) converts the form frame information converted by the converting means (5). A form creation method characterized by printing forms based on.