JPH038062A - Document converting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the exchange and effective use of a document as shared resource and to improve general usefulness by converting a positive element such as a simplified program and a document constituting element such as graphic data, coupling the elements and converting them to the document in a common document form. CONSTITUTION:A document element read part 7 reads the document elements from document data, which are prepared and edited by a document editing device 1, and transfers the elements to a document element deciding part 8. It is decided whether the transferred document elements are cusp or not. When the elements are the cusp, the elements are transferred to a cusp converting part 6 and an identifier is added to the respective graphic elements and a leading part. Afterwards, the elements are transferred to a cusp data part 14. A document element coupling part 10 couples the data of the document elements, which are converted in a normal document converting part 9, and the data of the cusp, which is converted in a cusp converting part 6, to one set of the document data and the document data are outputted to a communication equipment 3.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a document that converts document data electronically created and edited by a document editing device into a document that conforms to a common document format with other devices. This invention relates to a conversion device.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Document editing devices such as workstations have been known as devices having document creation and editing functions.

There is a usage mode in which a document created and edited by this document editing device is sent to another workstation or host computer (hereinafter referred to as another document editing device) and utilized as a shared resource. In this case, if the format of the document created and edited on the sending side's document editing device is the same as the document format on the receiving side's other document editing device, documents can be exchanged by simply adding a communication means between them. It can be performed. However, if the document formats are different, either convert them into each other's document formats using the document conversion processing function of each document editing device, or define a common document format between them, and use the functions for this common document format. It is necessary to provide both document editing devices with the following.

Recently, a method of defining a common document format has been mainly used.

By the way, among the document information handled by the above-mentioned document editing device, CUSP (Customer
There is a document component called Program Language. Kasubu allows simple programs to be handled as document components, but in order to treat a simple program as a document component, the existence of the simple program must be confirmed in the document, and when multiple simple programs exist, , it is necessary to be able to identify them, and to be provided with a means to start a simple program.

For this reason, a Kasub is composed of a simple program in which a series of operations on a document are described in a simple language, and graphic data for the purpose of identifying and starting this simple program.

A simple program that allows you to post, move, delete document files,
This is a program for performing file operations such as printing, and document operations such as entering numerical values into tables within a document and performing calculations. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a simple Kasubu program. In this example, an operation for transferring a file named A to a folder named B is described.

The graphic data constitutes a graphic image that functions as a start switch for program operation, and is submitted (shared) to identify and start the simple program. Figure 3 shows the simple program shown in Figure 2. It is an explanatory diagram showing an example of graphic data corresponding to . Elements configuring the graphic data include a frame 21, text frames 22 to 24, and a curve 25. The frame 21 is a starting point (X coordinate, Y coordinate), The text frames 22 to 24 are composed of data such as size (width, height), shade, pattern, etc. Also, the text frames 22 to 24 are composed of data such as the position where characters are written, the size of the area where the character string is written, the type of character, and the size of the character. It is composed of data such as size, etc. The curve 25 is the starting point,
It consists of data such as end point, direction, line type (dotted line, solid line, double line), line thickness, bend, end point processing (arrow, etc.). These are used to identify multiple Kasbu or to start a program, but they have no direct relation to the contents of the program. The program is started by selecting the cusp frame 21 with the mouse.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of internal document data. Kasubu is treated in the same way as regular documents and graphs, but the Kasubu program itself usually does not appear on the surface of the document, only the graphics are displayed on the document. When this figure is selected with the mouse, a simple program that Kasbu has internally starts up. Note that the program and figure of the kasub can be edited as appropriate by other operations.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the document exchange system using the document editing device described above, documents created and edited by the document editing device can be freely exchanged and utilized as shared resources with other document editing devices. However, in the past, there was no conversion device that could convert simple programs and graphic data at the same time, so even if a document containing stubs was sent to another document editing device, the stubs could not be imported as one document element on the receiving side. This poses a problem in that documents that can be exchanged between document editing devices are restricted.

The present invention aims to provide a document conversion device that is capable of converting document components that include not only normal document elements but also active elements such as simple programs that describe operations on documents, and graphical elements. purpose.

[Means to be solved by the invention]

In order to solve the above problems, the document conversion device according to the present invention includes a document element reading means for reading out document elements element by element from document data manually input from a document editing device on the sending side; A document element determining means for determining whether or not a simple program is a kasub, which is graphic data for the purpose of identifying and starting a simple program, a data separation means for separating the contents of a kasub into each document element, and a character string of the simple program. graphic data converting means for converting the data into data in a format compatible with the common document format; data combining means for combining the converted data output from the simple program converting means and the graphic data converting means; A normal document conversion means converts all document elements into data in a format compatible with a common document format, and converts data of all document elements outputted from the data combination means and the normal document conversion means into a document in a common document format. and document element combining means for rearranging and combining into one document data.

[Effect]

Each element constituting the document data is read element by element by the document element reading means, and the address in the document file where each document element is stored is sent to the document element determining means. The document element determining means determines whether the element is a kasubu from the read address, and when the element is a kasubu, sends the address where the kasubu is stored to the data separation means. The data separating means takes out the address where the simple program is stored and the address of the data area where the graphic data is stored from the received address and sends them to the simple program converting means and the graphic data converting means, respectively. The simple program conversion means accesses a memory (not shown) in which the simple program is stored, based on the received address of the simple program, and extracts the character string of the program. An identifier or the like is added to the extracted character string in order to convert it into data in a format compatible with the common document format. Further, the graphic data conversion means accesses a memory (not shown) based on the address of the received graphic data, and extracts graphic elements constituting the graphic data. Regarding the extracted graphical elements,
To convert data into a format compatible with common document formats,
An identifier etc. is added. The data converted by the simple program conversion means and the graphic data conversion means are combined by the data combination means. On the other hand, in the document element discriminating means,
Document elements that are not determined to be kasubu are sent to a normal document conversion means and converted into data in a format compatible with the common document format. The data of all document elements converted by the data combining means and the normal document converting means are rearranged into documents in a common document format by the document element combining means and combined into one document data.

By the above operations, the document data including Kasbu is converted into a document conforming to the common document format. Therefore, other document editing devices on the receiving side can use the document data including the scabs as they are by converting the document data in the common document format into a document format compatible with its own model.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a document conversion system to which a document conversion device according to the present invention is applied. In FIG. 1, document data created and edited by a document editing device 1 is input to a document converting device 2, where it is converted into document data in a common document format that is compatible with the common document format. This document data 9 let is transmitted to another document editing device 4 via the communication device 3 .

In FIG. 1, the document conversion device 2 includes a document element reading section 7 as a document element reading means, a document element determining section 8 as a document element determining means, and a normal document converting section 9 as a normal document converting means. A document conversion unit 5 comprising a document element combination unit 10 which is a document element combination unit, a cusp data separation unit 11 which is a data separation unit, a simple program conversion unit 12 which is a simple program conversion unit, and a graphic data conversion unit. The cassette converting section 6 includes a graphic data converting section 13, which is a graphic data converting section 13, and a cassette data combining means 14, which is a data combining means.

Next, the functions of each part of the document conversion section 5 will be explained.

The document element reading unit 7 reads each document element from the document inputted from the document editing device 1, and extracts the address in the document where each element is stored. Here, the actual document data is not extracted, but only the address.

That is, the data of each document element is stored in a storage device (not shown) such as a hard disk, and data is exchanged using addresses.

The document element determining unit 8 determines whether the document element read out by the document element reading unit 7 is a cusp.

Here, if the document element is a cusp, the address where the cusp data is stored is transferred to the cusp data separation unit 11 of the cusp conversion unit 6. Furthermore, for all document elements other than the cusp, the address where the data of the document element is stored is transferred to the normal document conversion unit 9.

Based on the address transferred from the document element determination unit 8, the normal document conversion unit 9 reads data of the document element from a storage device (not shown). Then, an identifier is added to the beginning of the document element, the document element is surrounded by a normal document start symbol and a normal document end symbol, and then transferred to the document element combination unit 10.

The document element combination unit 10 rearranges the document element data converted by the normal document conversion unit 9 and the cassette data converted by the cassette conversion unit 6 (described later) into a document in a common document format to form one document data. Join. Then, after enclosing the entire combined document data with a common document start symbol and a common document end symbol, it is output to the communication device 3.

Next, the functions of each part of the Kasub conversion section 12 will be explained.

Based on the address transferred from the document element reading section 7, the cusp data separation section 11 extracts the addresses of the data areas in which the simple program and graphic data are stored, and transfers each address to the corresponding conversion section.

Note that the data of the simple program is stored in a specific order at the address indicating the data area where the simple program is stored. In addition, the address indicating the data area where the figure data is stored stores the figure elements (frames, curves, etc.) that make up the figure image of the cusp, and the storage location of each figure element contains the figure Element attributes (
(start point, end point, size, pattern, etc.) are stored in a specific order. No identifier is added to these stored data (data before conversion).

The simple program converter 12 is a kasub data separator 11.
A storage device (not shown) in which the simple program is stored is accessed from the address transferred from the address, and the character string of the program is extracted. Then, an identifier is added to the beginning of the character string, the character string is surrounded by a program start symbol and a program end symbol, and then transferred to the cusp data combination unit 14.

The graphic data conversion unit 13 accesses a storage device (not shown) in which graphic data is stored from the address transferred from the cusp data separation unit 11, and extracts each graphic element and its attributes. Then, an identifier is added to the beginning of each graphical element and its attribute.

Identifiers for graphical elements include frames, text frames, points, etc., and identifiers for their attributes include starting points,
There is something that identifies the end point, size, etc. After adding the identifier, the graphic element and attribute are surrounded by a graphic data start symbol and a graphic data end symbol, and transferred to the cusp data combining unit 14.

The cusp data combining section 14 is a simple program converting section 12.
and the converted data sent from the graphic data converter 13, and after surrounding the entire combined cusp with a cusp start symbol and a cusp end symbol, it is transferred to the document element combiner 10.

The cassettes transferred to the document element combining unit 10 are combined with normal document elements, as described above, and output as data in a common document format. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the structure of document data rearranged according to the common document format. In FIG. 5, a simple Kasub program 32 is arranged at the beginning of the Kasub data 31, and this program 32 is followed by graphic data 33 (Kasub configuration figures 1 to 5).
) are placed. As for the graphic data, the data of the cusp configuration graphics explained in FIG. 3 are arranged in order.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a converted document.

Note that only Kasubu data will be explained here, and normal documents will be omitted. Even for regular documents,
Sorted into documents in common document format.

In FIG. 6, [MDI] is the start symbol of the common document, and [ENDMD I] is the end symbol of the common document. Button is an identifier indicating the start of a cusp, followed by <(), which is the start symbol of the cusp, and what follows becomes the data of the cusp.

ButtonProgram is an identifier of a simple program, and the following is data of the program. In addition, in the following explanation, "(
” and “)” indicate the start and end symbols of each data.

Graphics is an identifier for graphic data, and the following <() to the final line ")" are graphic data. Here, the text frames 22 to 24 shown in FIG.
And songs! 25 four figure data are described, F
frame is an identifier indicating the start of the graphical element of each text frame, and FrameProps is an identifier indicating the attribute of the graphical element of each text frame. Here FrameProp
The data following S <( from 4 to ) is an identifier indicating the beginning of the graphic element.

Note that although the frame 21 shown in FIG. 3 is part of the graphic data, it is treated as data of a general concept, so it is not described here in the same way as other graphic data.

Next, the operation of the document converting device 22 described above will be explained in detail based on the flowchart of FIG. 7 showing the processing procedure when converting a document including a scum into a document in the common document format.

First, the document element reading unit 7 reads document elements element by element from the document data created and edited by the document editing device 1, and transfers them to the document element determination unit 8 (step 101).
. Note that here, instead of actual document data, the address of a storage means (not shown) in which each document element is stored is transferred. The document element determining unit 8 determines whether the transferred document element is a kasubu (step 1o2).

Whether a document element is a Kasubu or not is determined based on the address. Here, when the document element is a kasub, the address of the document element is transferred to the kasub data separation unit 11 (step 103). Based on the address, the cusp data separation section 11 extracts the address of the data area in which the simple program and graphic data are stored, and transfers each address to the corresponding conversion section (step 104).

In the simple program conversion section 12, the kasub data separation section 1
A storage device (not shown) in which the simple program is stored is accessed from the address transferred from 1, and the character string of the program is extracted (step 105). Then, an identifier is added to the beginning of the character string, the character string is surrounded by a program start symbol and a program end symbol, and then transferred to the Kasub data combination unit 14 (step 106). In addition, the graphic data conversion unit 13 accesses a storage device (not shown) in which graphic data is stored from the address transferred from the cusp data separation unit 11, and extracts each graphic element and its attributes (step 1.7). ). Then, after adding a stamp to the beginning of each graphic element and its attribute, surround the graphic element and attribute with a graphic data start symbol and a graphic data end symbol,
Transfer to Kasub data combining unit 14 (step 108)
.

The Kasub data combining section 14 is a simple program converting section 12.
and the converted data sent from the graphic data converter 13, surround the entire combined kasbu with a kasbu start symbol and a kasbu end symbol, and then transfer it to the document element combination unit 10 (
Step 109).

On the other hand, in step 102, if the document element is not Kasubu, the address of the document element is sent to the normal document conversion unit 9.
(step 110).

The normal document conversion section 9 accesses a storage device (not shown) in which document data is stored from the address transferred from the document element determination section 8, and reads out the data of the document element (step 111). Then, after adding an identifier to the beginning of the document element and surrounding the document element with a normal document start symbol and a normal document end symbol, the document element is transferred to document element combination #10 (step 112).

The document element combination unit 10 rearranges the document element data converted by the normal document conversion unit 9 and the Kasbu data converted by the Kasbu conversion unit 12 into documents in a common document format, and combines them into one document data ( Step 113). Then, the entire combined document is surrounded by a common document start symbol and a common document end symbol (step 114).

Next, the document conversion unit 5 determines whether conversion has been completed for all document elements (step 115). Here, if there are any remaining document elements, the process returns to step 101 and the above process is repeated until the conversion of all document elements is completed. Also, when all document elements have been converted,
Document data is output from the document element combination unit 10 to the communication device 3.

In the embodiment described above, the case where document data including scabs is transmitted from the document editing device 1 to another document editing device 4 has been explained. When transmitting to the editing device 1, a similar operation can be performed to convert the document into a document in the common document format.

Further, as the receiving side device, any other electronic information processing device may be used as long as it has a common document format storage function.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the document conversion device according to the present invention includes an active element such as a simple program that describes a series of operations on a document, and a graphic element such as graphic data for the purpose of identifying and starting this simple program. These document components are converted into data in a format compatible with a common document format, and these data are combined and converted into a document in a common document format. Documents containing cusp created and edited by a device can be handled by another editing device, and there are no restrictions on the documents that can be exchanged. Therefore, it is possible to provide a highly versatile document exchange system that allows these documents to be freely exchanged and utilized as shared resources.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the structure of a document exchange system to which the document conversion device according to the present invention is applied, Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of Kasbu's simple program, and Fig. 3 corresponds to the simple program of Fig. 2. An explanatory diagram showing an example of graphic data,
Figure 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of general document data, Figure 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the structure of document data rearranged according to the common document format, and Figure 6 is an example of a converted document. The explanatory diagram, FIG. 7, is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the document conversion device when converting a document containing scum into a document in a common document format. 1... document editing device, 2... document converting device, 3...
-Communication device, 4...Other document editing device, 5...Document converter, 6...Customer converter, 7...Document element reading unit, 8...Document element determining unit, 9... ... Normal document conversion unit, 10... Document element combination unit, 11... Cusb data separation unit, 12... Simple program conversion unit, 13.
...Graphic data conversion section, 14...Custom data combination section, 21...Frame, 22-24...Text frame, 25.
··curve. Figure 4 [MDI Co.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Disposed between a first device that creates and edits document data and a second device that receives document data from the first device, the document data received from the first device A document conversion device that converts a document into document data conforming to a document format of a second device, a document element reading means for reading out document elements element by element from document data input from the first device, The elements identify simple programs and simple programs,
A document element determining means for determining whether the graphic data is intended for activation; and a data separation means for identifying a simple program and a simple program and separating the contents of the graphic data for the purpose of activation into respective document elements. , a simple program conversion means for converting character strings of a simple program into data in a format compatible with a common document format, and graphic data for the purpose of identifying and starting a simple program into data in a format compatible with a common document format. Graphic data conversion means for converting; data combining means for combining the converted data outputted from the simple program conversion means and the graphic data conversion means; and graphic data for the purpose of identifying and starting simple programs. a normal document conversion means that converts all document elements other than the above into data in a format compatible with the common document format; document element combining means for rearranging the documents into one document data, and converting the document data received from the first device into document data conforming to a common document format and outputting it to the second device. A document conversion device characterized by: