JPH03235171A - Electronic cut-form system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten communication time between application programs (AP) by deleting the data of uninput item out of cut-form data in inter-AP communication. CONSTITUTION:A record header H and effective length L are inputted to the forefront of each record of the cut-form data 3-1, and the content D of each item is stored behind them, and a flag F representing whether the item is already inputted or not is attached before the content D of each item. A content D part exists in the cut-form data before edit in spite of the input of the item, however, no content D part exists in edited cut-form data transmitted from a work station side when the content of the item is not inputted. In such a way, the reception of data is performed from the work station in a form that the data except for the content is compressed when the item is not inputted, therefore, it is possible to prevent a time consumed wastefully for the transmission/reception of unrequired data.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to an electronic slip system.

[Conventional technology]

Various documents are used in the office, such as commuter pass purchase application forms, delivery notes, budget application forms, goods purchase application forms, and business trip request forms. For these slips, the billing department takes out blank slips, fills in data on the slips, and checks and corrects them.

It is reviewed, approved, and sent to the responsible department.

In addition, the supervising department handles document management by designing document formats for new introductions and placing orders for printing.

It is used for replenishment management, as well as for data processing of vouchers, such as sorting, posting, aggregation, and punch input.

An electronic slip system that digitizes such slips and their processing is a system located at the point of contact between EDP and OA.
It has been introduced and used in recent years.

In conventional electronic slip systems, when sending slip data from a workstation to an application program (hereinafter referred to as AP) on a host computer for processing, it is important to check whether valid data has been entered in each item of the slip. The system was to send all slip data, including unfilled default values, to the host computer without checking.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional electronic slip system described above includes not only the data (valid data) of inputted items, but also the default value data of uninputted items, such as the space for the size of the item, as is. Therefore, there was a drawback that the host computer actually spent time transmitting and receiving unnecessary data.

[Means to solve the problem]

The electronic bill system of the present invention includes a bill format storage file that stores format information for each bill, and a file for storing bill data received from a workstation in a compressed form without content if it is not input. A received slip storage file, a communication information setting area for storing attribute information of the received slip data, and when an application program requests input of slip data, the corresponding slip data and attribute information are stored in the slip. a document, a document data input device for inputting data from the communication information file, a document data input device for inputting data from the communication information file, document data obtained from the document data input device, and document data obtained from the document format storage file. The present invention is characterized by comprising a received slip data editing device that restores uninput slip data to the original form of slip data from corresponding format information.

〔Example〕

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

〔composition〕

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating one implementation of the invention, consisting of a host computer and a workstation.

The host computer has the form data receiving device 1-81 communication information setting area 1-9. Received slip storage file 1-1
0. Slip data input device 1-11, received slip data editing device 1-13. Slip buffer area 112. It has a slip format storage file 1-14 and API-15.

In addition, the workstation is an electronic slip system 1-1.
．． Display keyboard 1-2. Processing slip storage file 1-3. Transmission slip data editing device 1-4. Transmission data storage area 1-5. It has a slip data transmitting device 1-6 and a slip format storage file 1-7.

[Function of each part]

Next, the functions of each part will be explained.

The slip data receiving device can be edited from the workstation (
The compressed slip data is received, decomposed into communication control information and original slip data, and stored in the communication information setting area 1-9 and received slip storage file 1-10, respectively.

The communication information setting area 1-9 stores information regarding the attributes of the slip data sent from the worth station side (slip name, corresponding AP name, etc.), and the communication information setting area 1-9 stores information regarding the attributes of the slip data transmitted from the worth station side (slip name, corresponding AP name, etc.). -11. The received slip storage file 1-10 stores slip data transmitted from the worth station side, and is taken into the slip data input device 1-11 as necessary.

The slip data input device 1-11 refers to the information in the communication information setting area 1-9 in accordance with the request from the API-15, and if the necessary data has been received from the workstation side,
After reading the slip data from the received slip storage file 1-10 and storing it in the slip buffer area 1-12, a processing request is issued to the received slip data editing device 1-13.

The slip data restored by the slip data editing device 1-13 is finally stored in the slip buffer area 1-12.

The received slip data editing device 1-13 receives the processing request from the slip data input device 1-11, stores the slip format, reads necessary slip format information (length of each item, etc.) from the file 1-14, The voucher data stored in the voucher buffer area 1-12 is edited (restored) and stored in the voucher buffer area 1-12 again.

The slip format storage file 1-14 stores format information of each slip (length 2 display position of each item, etc.), and is imported into the received slip data editing device 1-13 as necessary.

The API-15 receives the slip data sent from the workstation and performs some processing.

〔motion〕

Consider the case where the electronic slip shown in FIG. 2 is received from the workstation side. The slip data receiving device 18 receives the edited (compressed) slip data sent from the workstation side, stores it in the received slip storage file 1-10, and at the same time stores necessary information ( Form number: A unique number given to each form of form, Target AP name: Name of the application program of the host computer that processes the form, etc.).

Here, the slip data 3-1 will be explained using FIG.

Each record of slip data (the unit in which data is actually handled) has a record header H, which contains information such as the type of record, and an effective length, which indicates how far the valid data in the record extends. The value is entered first. After that, the contents of each item are stored, but before the contents of each item there is always a flag F indicating whether the item has been input or not. In the slip data before editing, there are parts with content regardless of whether they have been entered or not. In the edited (compressed) slip data sent from the workstation side, if the contents of an item have not been entered, the contents section does not exist. This editing (compression) is performed by the transmission slip data editing device 1-4.

Now, the API 5 issues a request for inputting slip data to the slip data input device 1-11, and sends a slip data input request to the slip buffer area 1-11.
It waits for the slip data to be output at step 12 (step 4-1 in FIG. 4).

The slip data input device 1-11 that receives the input request refers to the communication information setting area 1-9, checks whether the necessary slip data has been sent from the workstation side, and if it has not been sent, Repeatedly refer to communication information setting area 1-9 (step 4-2.4-3)
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If necessary slip data has been transmitted from the workstation side, the slip data input device 1-11 inputs the slip data from the received slip storage file 1-10 and passes it to the received slip data editing device 1-13 (step 4). -4).

The received slip data editing device 1-13 restores the slip data based on the slip data received from the slip data input device 1l-11 and the slip format information read from the slip format storage file 1-14. Voucher format - information includes:
Contains information on the length of each item. Received slip data 3
-1, the flag F of the first item data (item A) is checked (step 4-5).

If the contents of the item have been input, the contents of the item following flag F in the received slip data are output as is to the slip buffer area 1-12 by the length of the item obtained from the format information ( Steps 4-7).

If the content of the item is not entered, add the default value (space, zero, etc.) according to the item type (alphanumeric/kana item, 1 Japanese item, numeric item, etc.) for the length of the item. Output to slip buffer area 1-12 (step 4-6)
.

These steps are repeated until there is no more received slip data (step 4-8). The edited slip data stored in the reception buffer area 1-12 is then taken into the API-15.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention has the effect of shortening the communication time between APs by deleting the data of uninputted items from the slip data in communication between APs and reducing the amount of transmitted and received data.

AP.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A slip format storage file that stores format information for each slip, and a received slip storage file that stores slip data received from a workstation in a compressed form without content if it is not input. A communication information setting area for storing attribute information of the received slip data; When input of slip data is requested from an application program, the corresponding slip data and attribute information are stored in the slip storage file and the above-mentioned. A slip data input device for inputting from a communication information file, a slip data input device for inputting from the communication information file, slip data obtained from the slip data input device, and a format corresponding to the slip data obtained from the slip format storage file. 1. An electronic slip system comprising: a received slip data editing device for restoring uninput slip data to its original form from the received slip data.