JPH06251039A - Form design system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the workability by discriminating whether the change of a sticking condition is necessary or not by a system based on the preliminarily set sticking condition of character strings to automatically set the sticking condition. CONSTITUTION:When design data of a form registered in a file 30 is read out, to display a form pattern on the screen of a display device 10 and character strings in the form are changed in accordance with the indication from an input device 20 and design data is stored in the file 30 again, a controller 50 discriminates whether the change of the preliminarily set sticking condition of character strings is necessary or not. When the controller 50 judges that this change is not necessary, the sticking condition is set based on the preliminarily set condition; but it judges that the change is necessary, elements to be changed, for example, the character width, the number of points, etc., are calculated again to set a new sticking condition, and characters are laid out on the screen based on this set sticking condition, and this design data is stored in the file 30.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a form design system for creating forms using a computer system, and more particularly to setting paste conditions when a character string in a form that has already been registered is changed. Is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Designing forms is complicated and requires precision work. Conventionally, these operations are performed manually, and a great deal of labor is required from the design process, the plate making process, the plate making process, the plate making process to the printing process. Therefore, the present applicant has previously proposed a form design system that can easily perform form design without requiring skill by using a computer system (see, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-21943).

This system includes a new design mode in which a new form is created and registered in a file, a modified design mode in which the contents of the form already registered in the file are changed, and the hardware of the form registered in the file. In the new design mode and the modified design mode, the cursor in the spacing chart displayed on the screen of the CRT display device is moved to a desired position by an input device such as a keyboard or a tablet. By moving to, the form is designed interactively.

[0004]

By the way, when the contents of the character string in the form are changed in the modified design mode, the designer has to change the pasting condition (pasting position, character height) of the changed character string to the form. , Character spacing, etc.) had to be set again.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, a character string "product name" having a character string length m and a character height a pasted at a predetermined position on a form is changed to a character string "product code". In the case of pasting at the same position on the form again, the designer has to re-set all pasting conditions including the pasting conditions that do not need to be changed, resulting in extremely poor workability.

In particular, when the number of characters increases as in this example, the set character string length m may not be met, in which case the character spacing, the character width, and the character length ratio (character width The ratio with the character height) must be set again, and if it still does not fit, it is necessary to change the character height to reduce the number of points and then recalculate the paste condition, which is a significant task. It was inferior in sex.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a form design system capable of automatically setting a pasting condition when a character string in a form is changed in the modified design mode.

[0008]

A form design system according to the present invention includes a display device, an input device for selecting a work menu and inputting required data, and a file in which data can be written or read. An output device that outputs a form based on the form design data, and a control device that combines and processes these devices are provided, and the control device follows the instruction from the input device and displays a graphic for designing the form on the screen of the display device. Generates character strings, etc., registers the data of the form designed on the screen in the file, reads the design data of the form registered in the file and displays it on the screen, and in accordance with the instruction from the input device, Change the character string in the form, and automatically paste the changed character string into the form based on the pasting condition of the character string before change. It is configured to set.

[0009]

In the structure of the present invention, the design data of the form registered in the file is read, the form pattern is displayed on the screen of the display device, and the character string in the form is changed according to the instruction from the input device. When performing again and storing again in the file, the control device judges whether or not it is necessary to change the pasted condition of the changed character string based on the pasted condition of pasted character string to the form. To do.

If the controller determines that it is not necessary to change the pasting conditions, it sets the pasting conditions based on the previous conditions, and if it determines that the pasting conditions need to be changed, it requires the changes. For example, the character width, the number of points, and the like are recalculated, new pasting conditions are set, and the layout is performed on the screen based on the set pasting conditions and stored in a file.

Therefore, the designer only needs to change the character string and does not need to input the pasting conditions again or recalculate, so that the workability of the form design is significantly improved.

[0012]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a form design system according to the present invention. This system
CR that displays a predetermined message or design pattern
T display device 10, input device 20 composed of a tablet, a keyboard, etc., file 30 composed of a magnetic disk or magnetic tape capable of writing and reading data, a laser drum plotter for outputting a plate-making film, a printing plate, etc. And the like, and a controller 50 having a computer configuration for connecting and controlling each of these devices.

A conversion system 41 is installed between the file 30 and the output device 40.
Form design data read from the conversion system 41
It is configured to convert the format in and send it to the output device 40. Note that these devices may be connected online.

The control device 50 operates by software, and its processing function is expressed in a block diagram as follows.
A spacing chart display routine 51 for displaying a spacing chart in which grid points are aligned on the CRT display device 10, an input controller 52 for controlling an input command from the input device 20, and an input controller 52 for sending an input command from the input device 20. A command analyzer 53 for analyzing incoming commands, a menu routine 54 for executing various menus according to commands from the command analyzer 53, and a CRT graphic generation for displaying graphics and data on the CRT display device 10 according to menu data from the menu routine 54. A routine 55, an input information table 56 for organizing and storing input information, a table controller 57 for controlling the input information table 56 according to the selection output of the menu routine 54, a file 30 and the input information table 56 are combined. And a file controller 58.

The work mode of this system is as follows.
A new design mode for newly designing a form, a correction design mode for changing a form design already registered in the file 30, and a form design registered in the file 30 to be output from the output device 40 There is a drawing mode.

In the new design mode, management information such as a file number, a product name, and a customer name is input from the input device 20 to initialize the control device 50, and the form design data to be created in the file 30 is recorded. The memory area is secured, and the spacing chart display routine 51 displays the spacing chart on the screen of the CRT display device 10. After that, the CR is performed in an interactive manner by the CRT display device 10 and the input device 20.
Design the form on the T screen. After the work is completed, the design data accumulated in the input information table 56 is registered in a predetermined memory area of the file 30 via the file controller 58.

In the modified design mode, the form design registered in the file 30 is selected by the input device 20 and the spacing chart display routine 51 executes C
After displaying the spacing chart on the screen of the RT display device 10, reading the design data of the form from the file 30 via the file controller 58 and storing it in the input information table 56, the table controller 57 and the CRT figure generation routine 55 are executed. After that, CRT display device 10
Displayed on the screen of. After that, the design of the form is changed interactively by the CRT display device 10 and the input device 20 as in the new design mode, and after the work is completed, the design data accumulated in the input information table 56 is transferred to the file 30 via the file controller 58. Stored in a predetermined memory area of.

In the drawing mode, a form design already registered in the file 30 is selected by the input device 20, and a hard copy of the selected form design is output via the conversion system 41 and the output device 40.

Next, referring to the flow chart shown in FIG. 2, the procedure for changing the character string in the form in the modified design mode will be described. It is assumed that the system has already been set to the modified design mode, and the spacing chart and the form design pattern to be changed are displayed on the screen of the CRT display device 10.

First, a character string to be changed is specified from the form design pattern displayed on the CRT screen (step S1). The character string is specified by selecting the character mode with the input device 20 and moving the cursor on the screen to the position of the character string to be changed. In this example, the character string "product name" is specified.

Next, the data of the paste condition of the character string designated from the data read from the file 30 and stored in the input information table 56 is stored in a predetermined work area (step S2). There are the following five data as the pasting conditions to be stored.

(1) Coordinate position on the form; (x ₁ , y ₁ ) (2) Character string length; m (3) Character height; a (4) Character width; a (5) Number of characters; p

Next, the character string is changed by the input device 20 (step S3). In this example, the character "name" is deleted, and after the remaining character string "product", the character string "code" is added with the keyboard using the Japanese input method such as Kana-Kanji conversion method, and the character string "product code" is added. To create.

Next, the number of characters of the changed character string is counted, and the number of characters p among the stored pasting conditions is changed to the number of characters q (step S4). Next, based on the new number of characters q and the stored character width a, a new character string length M (=
q * a) is calculated (step S5).

Next, the character string length m before the change and the character string length M after the change are compared (step S6) to determine whether the character width needs to be changed. As a result of the comparison, if the character string length m is larger than or equal to the character string length M, it is not necessary to change the character width, so the character interval s is calculated from the following equation (step S7). s = (m−q × a) / (q−1)

Then, the character string "product code" is laid out on the CRT screen under the new pasting condition in which the number of characters and the character spacing are changed, and the data of the character string "product code" and the changed pasting condition data are set. Is stored in the input information table 56 (step S8). After that, when the end of the correction work is instructed by the input device 20, the data accumulated in the input information table 56 is stored in a predetermined area in the file 30 via the file controller 58.

As a result of the comparison in step S6, the character string length m
If it is determined that is smaller than the character string length M, it is necessary to change the character width. Therefore, first, the maximum character width b per character b
(= M ÷ q) is calculated (step S9). As a result, each character has a layout in which the character height is a and the character width is b (b <a).

Next, the length ratio TY is calculated from the following equation (step S10). TY = (b / a) × 100

Next, it is determined whether the length ratio TY is less than 70% (step S11). This is because if the long body ratio TY is too small, there is a problem in character design, and it is necessary to set the character width b so that the long body ratio TY exceeds 70%.

If it is determined in step S11 that the long body ratio TY exceeds 70%, the character spacing s is calculated from the following equation (step S12). s = (m−q × b) / (q−1)

Then, the process of step S8 described above is executed. In this case, the character string "commodity code" is laid out on the CRT screen according to new pasting conditions of the number of characters q and the character width b. Then, the data of the character string “product code” and the data of the pasting condition are input into the input information table 56.
To store. After that, when the end of the correction work is instructed by the input device 20, the data accumulated in the input information table 56 is stored in a predetermined area in the file 30 via the file controller 58.

When it is determined in step S11 that the long body ratio TY is less than 70%, the character height a stored in step S2 is set so that the long body ratio TY exceeds 70%.
And character width a are each reduced by "0.5" to "a = a
-0.5 "(step S13), the number of points of the character is reduced, and then the processing from step S5 is executed. Then, the condition of step S6 or step S6
If the condition of 11 is satisfied, the character string “product code” is laid out on the CRT screen with the changed new paste condition, and the data of the character string “product code” and the data of the paste condition are input information table. The data is stored in 56 (step S8). After that, when the end of the correction work is commanded by the input device 20, the data accumulated in the input information table 56 is stored in a predetermined area in the file 30 via the file controller 58.

[0033]

According to the present invention, when the character string of the form registered in the file is changed, the system sets the pasting condition based on the previously set pasting condition of the character string. Judging whether or not it needs to be changed and automatically setting the paste conditions, the designer does not need to enter the paste conditions or recalculate, which improves the workability of the form design. It is remarkably improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a form design system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the form design system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of changing a character string.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 CRT display device 20 input device 30 file 40 output device 41 conversion system 50 control device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A display device, an input device for selecting a work menu and inputting required data, a file in which data can be written or read, and an output device for outputting a form based on created form design data. And a control device that couples and processes each of these devices, the control device generates graphics and character strings for form design on the screen of the display device according to an instruction from the input device, and displays the screen. The data of the form designed above is registered in the file, the design data of the form registered in the file is read out and displayed on the screen, and the characters in the form are instructed according to the instruction from the input device. The feature is that the column is changed and the paste condition of the changed character string to the form is automatically set based on the paste condition of the old character string. Form design system that.