JPH05181864A - Data exchange method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily perform an update processing or the like by transmitting and receiving data through a data communication equipment to exchange data between a data base system and a document preparing device. CONSTITUTION:A document preparing device 1 constituted in a computer generates a document 3 by a document preparing application 2 and preserves the document 3 as a file in a file 4 of a floppy or the like. Data is exchanged between the document preparing device 1 and a data base system 5 by data transmission/reception passing a data communication equipment 6. This data exchange is performed through the communication equipment 6 is both of the case that the data base 5 is constituted in the same computer as the document preparing device 1 and the case that it is constituted in another computer. A normal network communication equipment is used as the data communication equipment 6. Thus, data exchange is performed more easily than data exchange dependent upon conventional document exchange software.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation system using a document creation application, and more particularly to a data exchange method for exchanging data between a document creation device and a database.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to use a computer as a document creating means, as shown in a word processor, an application program for creating a document is loaded into the computer, and it is possible to create a document including character input and also figures and graphs. .

In a conventional document preparation apparatus, in order to incorporate data from a database into a prepared document, a database management system (DBM) in its own machine or in another machine.
Data is exchanged with the database via S). This database management system is currently SGML (St
and Generalized Makeup
Language) and SPDL (Standard)
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Software for document exchange such as e) is used.

[0004]

Conventionally, data exchange software such as SGML and SPDL is required for data exchange between a database and a document creation device, and file management thereof is also required.

Further, data such as graphs, tables, and figures taken in a document needs to be updated on the side of the document creation application, and an update processing program and its operation on the side of the application are required.

An object of the present invention is to provide a data exchange method that facilitates data exchange between a database system and a document creation device.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides data between a document creating apparatus for creating a document by a document creating application and a database system having data necessary for creating the document. In the document creating system to be exchanged, data is exchanged between the database system and the document creating device by exchanging data via a data communication device.

[0008]

By exchanging data between the document creating device and the database system, data is sent and received between the database system and the data communication device, and data is sent and received between the data communication device and the document creating system. Also, the database system performs data transfer processing for the data communication device.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a data exchange mode diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. The document creation device 1 built in the computer creates a document 3 by the application 2 for creating a document, and saves the document 3 as a file in a file 4 such as a floppy disk.

In the data exchange between the document creating apparatus 1 and the database system 5, the data communication apparatus 6 exchanges data by communication. This data exchange is performed via the communication device 6 when the database 5 is built in the same computer as the document creation device 1 and when it is built in another computer. An ordinary network communication device is used as the data communication device.

In the present embodiment, in order to fetch data from the database system 5 to the document creating apparatus 1, unit data such as packets are sequentially transmitted from the user interface section 7 of the database system 5 to the communication apparatus 6, and the communication apparatus 7 Is transmitted from the document creating apparatus 1 to each unit data.

Therefore, the data to be exchanged is a data string communication with the communication device 6 as viewed from the document creation device 1 and the database system 5. Therefore, the document creation device 1
The received data can be directly fetched without any update operation within the document as in the normal data fetching.
Similarly, data exchange on the database 5 side can be executed without using conventional document exchange software.

Further, since there is no software for exchanging documents, the application does not need an update processing program, its operation is unnecessary, and file management is unnecessary.

Further, on the side of the document creating apparatus 1, it is easy to process the captured data.

In the embodiment, the document creation device 1
A case of exchanging data on a one-to-one basis between the database and the database system 5 is shown. However, when data is taken in from a plurality of databases and a document is created, the communication device 6 is used as a network communication device and data is exchanged with a plurality of databases. It can also be applied when constructing as groupware that exchanges information.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, the data exchange between the document preparation device and the database system is performed by the data communication through the data communication device. Therefore, the document preparation device and the database system exchange data for the data communication device. Data can be exchanged by giving and receiving, and it has an effect of facilitating the update process and the like as compared with the data exchange by the conventional document exchange software.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a data exchange mode diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 ... Document creation device, 2 ... Application, 3 ... Document,
4 ... File, 5 ... Database system, 6 ... Data communication device, 7 ... User interface section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A document creation system for exchanging data between a document creation device for creating a document by a document creation application and a database system having data required for the document creation, comprising: A data exchange method, characterized in that data exchange between the two is performed by exchanging data via a data communication device.