JPH064529A - Electronic editing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the editing efficiency by providing a method which can automatically edit and print the necessary data stored in a data base, etc., in a designated form. CONSTITUTION:An electronic editing method consists of a CAD process 11 and an editing/printing process 12. A document form is inputted in the process 11 together with the original point data that designated the output position of the dynamic data in the document form. These input form and data are stored in a file. Meanwhile, a print program is produced in the process 12 and the type is designated for the dynamic data printed in the selected document form. Thus, the dynamic data and the original point data are correlated with each other. A CPU reads the document form (static and original point data) and the dynamic data ands replaces the original point data with the dynamic data. Then, the dynamic data is fused into the static data and outputted to a printer.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic editing method, and more particularly to an electronic editing method for automatically editing data to be printed in an arbitrary form.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In desktop publishing,
The work of updating a part of the already created document form to create a new document or the like is routinely performed.
In this case, the created form is read from the file stored in the auxiliary storage device or the like, the data is inserted or deleted to create a new form, and the new form is output to the printer.

[0003]

For example, for a management report or the like, it is necessary to edit dynamic data such as equipment operation data into a fixed form such as a table each time it is printed. However, there is no means to handle the static data of the existing form and different types of data at the same time and fuse them as one print data, and it is troublesome to input dynamic data to static data and create new print data. Therefore, there is a problem in work efficiency.

Therefore, by improving the functionality of electronic editing printing,
There is a technical problem to be solved in order to improve work efficiency, and the present invention aims to solve this problem.

[0005]

The present invention is proposed in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, and a first process for generating static data and a first process for integrating static data and dynamic data are provided. An electronic editing method according to the process 2
The first process creates static data of an arbitrary form and origin data that specifies the output position of dynamic data on the form, and the second process creates a printing program to output dynamic data. Is specified, the origin data is replaced by the specified dynamic data by the second process, and static data and dynamic data are fused and output.

[0006]

The first process such as the CAD process creates an arbitrary document form. Enter the origin data in this document form and specify the position where the dynamic data should be output. The second process for editing and printing reads the static data and origin data designated by the designated printing program, and the dynamic data stored in the database or the like. The origin data is replaced with dynamic data, and the dynamic data and static data are combined and output to the printer. The static data such as the document form is printed, and the dynamic data is printed at the position specified by the origin data in the static data.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the electronic editing apparatus 1, which comprises a computer apparatus 4 including a CPU 2 and a RAM 3, a CRT 5, a printer 6, an input device 7 such as a keyboard and a mouse, and an auxiliary storage device 8.

As shown in FIG. 2, a program for the CPU 2 to perform electronic editing processing is roughly divided into a first CAD process 11 for generating static data and origin data, and static data and dynamic data generated by the CAD process. It is composed of two processes, that is, a second edit printing process 12 for fusing and printing data. In CAD process 11,
An arbitrary document form (static data) is created on the screen of the CRT 5 by using various document creation tools, and origin data that specifies the output position of another dynamic data (for example, numerical data) is created on this form. The created form and origin data can be printed out as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, the edit print process 12 is composed of four processes, a program description process 13, a preprocessor process 14, a description rule examination process 15 and a print process 16. First, a language program according to the rules and procedures determined by the program description process 13 is described. At this time, a function prepared so that the edit printing process 12 can judge can be used. These functions include those that simply output dynamic data, those that obtain the maximum value, minimum value, and average value of dynamic data.

The described print program is decomposed by the preprocessor of the preprocessor process 14, the description rule is examined by the description examination process 15,
As a result, if there is no error in the print program, the origin data created by the CAD process 11 is replaced with the dynamic data read from the database stored in the auxiliary storage device 8 according to the described print program. The replaced dynamic data and the static data of the document form are merged and notified to the printing process 16 and output to the printer 6.

When there is an error in the description of the print program, the error line is displayed by a symbol or a character on the program edit screen, the error point is corrected or changed by the input device 7, and the description rule examination 15 is performed again. be able to. If no error is found and the result passes the examination, it is output to the printer 6. The static data and origin data of the form created in this way are stored in the auxiliary storage device 8 as one file. As shown in FIG. 5, these forms can be taken out as printed matter by calling up the print screen and setting the origin information printing state. Figure 6
Is an example of actually outputting and printing. This allows you to check information such as output position before merging dynamic data.
This is effective for preventing erroneous printing and debugging.

Next, the editing procedure by the electronic editing apparatus 1 will be described. First, when the electronic editing device 1 is activated and the CAD process 11 in the memory of the auxiliary storage device 8 or the CPU 2 is activated, a CAD screen is displayed on the CRT 5. Here, the input device 7 is used to create an arbitrary form using various document creation tools on the CAD screen. For example, in FIG.
The frame of the air conditioning equipment operation record table of the building management system shown in FIG. 6 is created, and then the origin data M-1, M-2, M for designating the output position of the dynamic data shown in FIG. -3
Is inputted and stored in the auxiliary storage device 8 as a file.

Next, when the edit print process 12 is activated, an edit print screen is displayed on the CRT 5. A print program is created on the edit print screen as shown in FIG. 8, and the data to be output in the table and the designation of the display position thereof are described by the input device 7 in accordance with predetermined rules and procedures.
The described printing program is C of the computer device 4.
Preprocessor process 1 shown in FIG. 4 by PU2
4. After the verification process 15 has been confirmed,
The static data and origin data of the designated form are read from the file stored in the auxiliary storage device 8.

Further, the dynamic data designated by the print program is read from a database recorded in the auxiliary storage device 8 or external data. In FIG. 9, the operation record data of the day before of the equipment of the air conditioning system is read, and the origin data is replaced with the operation record data which is the dynamic data
It shows the actual output to the printer 6 of a combination of the static data of the document form and the operation record data. By setting the standard print program in advance, it is possible to easily operate the previous day. The operation record table can be printed.

The present invention should not be limited to the present embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and it goes without saying that the present invention extends to those modifications. is there.

[0016]

As described in detail in the above one embodiment, the present invention can handle static data and dynamic data at the same time, so that not only can various documents and drawings be created on the screen, but they can be created in advance. You can automatically edit and print arbitrary data from the database etc. for the created form. Therefore, the operation of inputting the dynamic data to the form from the input device to create one file is omitted, and the processing efficiency such as daily report printing work for frequently updating the dynamic data in the fixed form can be remarkably improved. it can. It is also possible to simultaneously output a plurality of static data and overwrite them by setting the print program, which can contribute to the improvement of document processing performance by diversifying the editing function.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic editing apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of a CAD process and an edit printing process.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a CAD process.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an edit printing process.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an information input screen for printing origin information.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a printed matter on which origin information printing is executed.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a form creation screen by a CAD process.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a print program creation screen in the edit print process.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a final print result.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Electronic Editing Device 2 CPU 3 RAM 4 Computer Device 5 CRT 6 Printer 7 Input Device 8 Auxiliary Storage Device 11 CAD Process 12 Editing Printing Process

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An electronic editing method comprising a first process for generating static data and a second process for fusing static data and dynamic data, the method comprising: Create static data and origin data that specifies the output position of dynamic data on the form,
A print program is created by the second process to specify dynamic data to be output, the origin data is replaced by the specified dynamic data by the second process, and static data and dynamic data are replaced. An electronic editing method that fuses and outputs.