JPH05341931A - Form data storage system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the form data storage system where data of various forms are stored in one file and one output means is shared and data is inputted from an already prepared data file and individual items of data can be retrieved. CONSTITUTION:This system is provided with a data input means 11 which reads in data from a data file 2 and edits it to a form of a form data file to store it in a form data file 12, a format data input means 14 which stores format data edited to a form of a format data file in a format data file 15, and a form preparing means 13 which reads in form data from the form data file and analyzes read-in form data and reads in format data in accordance with its contents and performs editing to an output form of a form in accordance with contents of form data and contents of format data and outputs the form.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a form data storage system, and more particularly, to input data from an existing data file,
The present invention relates to a form data storage system in which one form data file is stored, one form output means is shared, and individual items in the data can be searched.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional form data storage methods are a method of diverting an existing data file and storing it in a file in a character format, and a method of inputting a form once output on a sheet from an image reading device and storing it as image data. Met.

[0003]

In the conventional form data storage method described above, when an existing data file is diverted, a separate file is required for each form and management becomes complicated. , It takes time and effort to create each form because output means is required for each form. In the case of the method of outputting on paper and inputting with an image reading device, an image reading device is required, and each form output once on paper There are drawbacks in that it is troublesome to read, and it is not possible to refer to individual items in the data because the data is in an image format.

[0004]

According to the form data storage method of the present invention, the data read from the data file is read by connecting to the data file that stores the original data for creating the form. Data in the form data file format, and the data input means for storing the edited form data in the form data file, the form data file storing the form data, and the format data edited in the format data file format Format data input means to store in the data file, format data file storing the format data, form data from the form data file is read, the read form data is analyzed,
Format data is read from the contents, the form data is edited from the contents of the form data and the contents of the format data into a form of a form to be output, and a form creating means for outputting the form is provided.

[0005]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a form data storage system of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a form data file in the form data storage system of this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a format data file in the form data storage system of this embodiment.

The form data storage method 1 of this embodiment is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, it comprises a data input means 11, a form data file 12, a form creating means 13, a format data input means and a format data file 15.

As shown in FIG. 2, the form data file 12 includes a record type 1211, a format identification name 1212, a page feed key 1213, and a form output control key 12.
14 and output items 1215.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the format data file 15 has a page size 1512 having a format identification name 1511 and information such as length, width, number of line feeds, etc.
And format data 151 including frame information 1513 having information such as headline and ruled line and data print information 1514 having information such as record type, input column, output column, and number of digits.

The functions of the respective units shown in FIG. 1 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

In the form data storage method 1 of the present invention, the data input means 11 reads data from the existing data file 2, edits it in the form of form data 121, and stores it in the form data file 12. The record type 1211 of the form data 121 determines whether the content of the record is report heading, page heading, detail, page footing, control heading, control footing, or report footing. Edit the code you can. In the form data 121,
The format data identification name 1212 edits the content of the format data identification name 1511 of the format data 151 used for editing in the format data file 15. The form feed key 121 in the form data 121
In 3, the information on the timing of page break is edited. In the form data 121, the form output control key 1214
Edit the information on the timing of line breaks. Form data 1
In 21, the contents of the item to be actually output are edited in the output item 1215. The edited form data 121 is stored in the form data file 12.

In the form data storage system 1 of the present invention, the form data file 12 centrally manages the form data 121 stored by the data input means 11 in one file. For the form data 12 for one case, the format data identification name 1212 and the page feed key 12 are included in the first record.
13, a form output key 1214, and a plurality of records having a record type 1211 and an output item 1215 after the second record.

In the form data storing method 1 of the present invention, the form creating means 13 reads the form data 121 from the form data file 12, sets the obtained format data identification name 1212 as a key, and the same from the format data file 15. The format data 151 having the format data identification name 1511 is read, and the record type 1211 and the page feed key 121 of the form data 121 are read.
3, the form output control key 1214 and the output item 1215
And the page size 1512 of the format data 151
And frame information 1513 and data print information 1514
According to the contents of and, the output form 3 is printed by editing the form to be actually output on the form. The output screen 4 is edited by using the same processing.

In the form data storage system 1 of the present invention, the format data input means 14 edits the format data identification name 1511 and inputs the information of the length, width, and line feed number to edit the page size 1512. Framework information 1 by inputting the information of the headline and ruled line
By editing 513 and inputting the record type, the input column, the output column, and the number of digits, the data print information 1
514 is edited and the edited format data 151 is stored in the format data file 15.

In the format data file 15 of the form data storage method 1 of the present invention, the format data 15 has the format data identification name 1511 as a key part.
This is a file that centrally manages 1.

[0016]

As described above, in the form data storage method of the present invention, since there is only one file for storing form data, management is easy and there is also one means for outputting forms.
Since there is no need for a special machine such as an image reading device, it is possible to input data from an existing data file. You can also search.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a form data storage system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of a form data file in the form data storage system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a format data file in the form data storage method of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Form Data Storage Method 11 Data Input Means 12 Form Data File 121 Form Data 1211 Record Type 1212 Format Data Identification Name 1213 Page Break Key 1214 Form Output Control Key 1215 Output Item 13 Form Forming Means 14 Format Data Input Means 15 Format Data File 151 Format data 1511 Format data identifier 1512 Page size 1513 Framework information 1514 Data print information

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A form that is connected to a data file that stores data that is the original data for creating a form, reads the data from the data file, edits the read data in the form of a form data file, and edits the form. Data input means for storing data in a form data file, form data file storing form data, format data input means for storing format data edited in the format of the format data file in the format data file, format data The form data file that stores the data and the form data file, read the form data, analyze the read form data, read the format data from the contents, and output the form from the contents of the form data and the contents of the format data. Format A form data storage method, comprising: a form creating unit that edits the form and outputs the form.