JPH0239323A - Producing device for form design information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily produce the form design information with reuse of the existing information by resolving the form defining information and the fixed form defining information into the form constitution information and the form attribute information respectively and recomposing them. CONSTITUTION:The form defining information 11 described in a program language and the fixed form defining information 14 described in a parameter form are resolved into the form constitution information 12 and 15 and the form attribute information 13 and 16 by a form definition resolving means 1 and a fixed form definition resolving means 2 respectively. then the information 12 and 15 are composed and stored in a form constitution information memory 3. While the information 13 and 16 are composed and stored in a form attribute information memory 4. These stored form constitution information 17 and the form attribute information 18 are composed into the form design information 19 by a form information composing means 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention is utilized in a program development support device for an information processing device.

The present invention relates to a form design method in a program development support device, and more particularly to a form design information creation device that interactively creates a form based on information written in a programming language.

〔overview〕

The present invention provides a form design information creation device that inputs form definition information written in a programming language and fixed form definition information written in a parameter format to create predetermined form design information, comprising the steps of: Fixed form definition information is decomposed into form configuration information and form attribute information, respectively, the decomposed form configuration information and form attribute information are combined, and the combined form configuration information and form attribute information are combined. By making it possible to create form design information automatically, it is possible to reuse existing information and easily design the form structure.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, information regarding the structure of a form written in a programming language has not been converted into an actual form and used, but has only been used at the programming language level. In addition, instead of directly using information about the structure of a form written in a programming language that has already been created to support program development,
Users had to interpret and input data themselves into the form design support device.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

For this reason, information about the structure of an existing form written in a computer-processable programming language cannot be used as is in a form design support device (this has the disadvantage of requiring the same input procedure as for a new design). .

In addition, although information written in a programming language can be used when executing a program, it has the disadvantage that it cannot be easily applied to program development that involves reusing or combining multiple pieces of information. .

An object of the present invention is to automatically extract necessary information from information about the structure of a form written in a programming language and to synthesize it with information about other extracted forms by eliminating the above-mentioned drawbacks. An object of the present invention is to provide a form design information creation device that supports creation of new forms.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a form design information creation device comprising form design information creation means for inputting form definition information written in a programming language and fixed form definition information written in a parameter format to create predetermined form design information. The form design information creation means inputs the form definition information and decomposes it into first form configuration information and first form attribute information, and inputs the fixed form definition information, fixed form definition decomposition means for decomposing into second form configuration information and second form attribute information; form configuration information storage means for inputting, combining and storing the first and second form configuration information; Form attribute information storage means for inputting, combining and storing first and second form attribute information; combined form configuration information stored in the form configuration information storage unit; and composite form configuration information stored in the form attribute information storage unit; The present invention is characterized in that it includes a form information synthesizing means for reading and synthesizing form attribute information and outputting form design information.

[Effect]

When creating form design information using the apparatus of the present invention, when an existing program source is input, a form definition decomposition means that decomposes form definition information written in a programming language and fixed form definition information written in a parameter format are generated. Form configuration information and form attribute information are automatically generated by a fixed form definition decomposition means that decomposes the fixed form definition decomposition means.

The form configuration information storage means stores the generated form configuration information together. Further, the form attribute information storage means stores the generated form attribute information together. The form information synthesizing means synthesizes the synthesized form configuration information and the synthesized form attribute information to generate form design information.

Therefore, there is no need for the user to input new data by himself as in the past, and it becomes possible to automatically create predetermined form design information. Thereby, it is possible to easily design a form structure that reuses existing information.

〔Example〕

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

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

This embodiment is a form design information creation system that is equipped with a form design information creation means that inputs form definition information 11 written in a programming language and fixed form definition information 14 written in a parameter format to create predetermined form design information. In the apparatus, the form design information creation means includes a form definition decomposition means 1 that inputs form definition information 11 and decomposes it into first form configuration information 12 and first form attribute information 13, and fixed form definition information. 14
The fixed form definition decomposition means 2 inputs and decomposes into second form configuration information 15 and second form attribute information 16, and inputs and synthesizes first and second form configuration information 12 and 15. A form configuration information storage means 3 for storing, a form attribute information storage means 4 for inputting, combining and storing first and second form attribute information 13 and 16, and a composite form stored in the form configuration information storage means 3. It includes a form information synthesizing means 5 which reads and synthesizes the configuration information 17 and the synthetic form attribute information 18 stored in the form attribute information storage means 4 and outputs form design information 19.

6 is a form design information display means for displaying the form design information 19 input from the form information synthesis means 5 on a display device, and 7 is a form design information display means for displaying the form design information 19 input from the design information display means 6 into an external file or This is form design information output means for outputting to a printer device.

The form configuration information stored in the form configuration information storage means 3 includes a heading consisting of a fixed character string, a field consisting of a variable character string, and information regarding data input/output. The form attribute information stored in 4 includes ruled lines, attribute information for headings, attribute information for fields, and graphic information.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained based on the flowcharts showing the processing procedure in FIGS. 2 to 6.

Referring to FIG. 2, the processing procedure when the form definition data 11 is input to the form definition decomposition means 1 will be explained.

The form definition decomposition means 1 reads the input form definition information 11 data, and if the data is completed, the form definition decomposition process ends (step A1,
A2). If not, the input data is decomposed into form configuration information 12 and form attribute information 13, and each is output (step A3). The output form configuration information 12 is stored in the form configuration information storage means 3 (step A4). The form attribute information 13 outputted in the same manner is stored by the form attribute information means 4.
(Step A5).

Referring to FIG. 3, the processing procedure when the fixed form definition information 14 is input to the fixed form definition decomposition means 2 will be explained.

The fixed form definition decomposition means 2 reads the data of the input fixed form definition information 14, and if the data is complete, the fixed form definition decomposition process is ended (steps B1 and B2). If not, the input data is decomposed into form configuration information 15 and form attribute information 16, and each is output (step B3). The output form configuration information 15 is stored in the form configuration information storage means 3 (step B4). Similarly, the output form attribute information 16 is stored in the form attribute information storage means 4 (step B5).

Referring to FIG. 4, the processing procedure when the composite form configuration information 17 and the composite form attribute information 18 are input to the form information synthesizing means 5 will be described.

In the form information synthetic hair &5, the data of the synthetic form configuration information 17 input from the form configuration information storage means 3 is read, and when the data is completed, the data of the synthetic form attribute information 18 input from the form attribute information storage means 4 is read. The process moves on to processing (steps C1 and C2). If not, check whether form position information is defined for the input data (step C3).
. If there is undefined position information, processing for fixing the position is performed (step C4). Next, it is checked whether the position overlaps with the form design information that has already been set (step C5). If there are duplicates, processing is performed to select information to be discarded (step C6). The process of selecting this information will be explained with reference to FIG. Follow these steps to update the form design information 19 to be created (
Step C7).

After the processing regarding the synthesis form configuration information 17 is completed,
The input composite form attribute information 18 data is read, and if the data is complete, the process advances to the form design information display means 6 (steps D1 and D2). If not, it is checked whether position information is defined for the input data (step D3). If there is undefined location information, perform processing to fix the location (
Step D4). Next, it is checked whether the position overlaps with the form design information that has already been set (step D5). If there are duplicates, processing is performed to select information to be discarded (step D6). By following this procedure, the form design information 19 to be created is updated (step D7).

In Figure 5, if the input information overlaps the position of an already created form design, the user is asked to specify whether to select or discard the input information (
Step EL). If you want to select data entered later, delete the information that has already been registered (step E2).
). If the data input later is to be discarded, the input data is deleted (step E3). After executing this process, proceed to update process of the form design information itself that is being created.

Referring to FIG. 6, the processing procedure of the form design information display means 6 and the form design information output means 7 will be explained. The form design information display means 6 inputs the form design information 19 from the form information synthesis means 5 and displays it on the screen (
Step Fl). Next, the form design information output means T inquires of the user whether or not to output the form design information 19 to a printer device for use as a document, and if output is selected, executes printer output processing. (Steps F, 2, F3). Next, the user is asked whether or not to output the form design information 19 to an external file, and if output is selected, output processing to the external file is executed (steps F4 and F5).

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in the form design of the program development process, the present invention inputs information regarding the structure of a form that has already been developed and is described in program language, and automatically analyzes the information to create form design information. is possible,
This has the effect of easily designing a form structure that reuses existing information.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure when inputting the form definition information. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure when inputting the fixed form definition information. FIGS. 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing the processing procedure of the form information synthesis means. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure when displaying and outputting the form design information. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Form definition decomposition means, 2... Fixed form definition decomposition means, 3... Form configuration information storage means, 4
... Form attribute information storage means, 5. Form information synthesis means, 6. Form design information display means, 7.
... Form design information output means, 11... Form definition information, 12.15... Form configuration information, 13.1
6... Form attribute information, 14... Fixed form definition information, 17... Synthetic form configuration information, 18...
Synthetic form attribute information, 19... form design information,
A1-A5. 81-B5, C1-C7, D1-D7, E1-E3, 1-F5...step.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Form design information provided with form design information creation means for inputting form definition information written in a programming language and fixed form definition information written in a parameter format to create predetermined form design information. In the creation device, the form design information creation means includes: a form definition decomposition means (1) that inputs the form definition information and decomposes it into first form configuration information and first form attribute information; and the fixed form. fixed form definition decomposition means (2) that inputs definition information and decomposes it into second form configuration information and second form attribute information; and inputs and combines the first and second form configuration information. Form configuration information storage means (3) for storing the information; Form attribute information storage means (4) for inputting, combining and storing the first and second form attribute information; A form design information creation device comprising a form information synthesis means (5) for reading and synthesizing synthetic form configuration information and synthetic form attribute information stored in the form attribute information storage means and outputting form design information.