JPH09245099A - Slip preparation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a recognition rate by partially performing the automatic recognition of a slip, synthesizing only optimally read results and assembling the entire slip. SOLUTION: In this device, a slip format printed on a blank slip 30 is scanned by a scanner 20 and read in a slip read part 11A as a slip image, the slip image read in the slip read part 11A is identified in a slip recognition part 11B and electronized slip data are obtained. In the case that the automatic recognition in the slip recognition part 11B is insufficient, an optional partial area within the slip is specified, the threshold of the scanner 20 for respective areas is changed and read is performed again. Images 31a-31c for the respective areas are attained and recognized in the slip recognition part 11B and partial electronized slips 32a-32c are prepared and synthesized with an electronized slip 40 recognized first in the slip recognition part 11B. The synthesized electronized slip 40 is printed by a printer 60 in a printing part 11D and the slip 70 is obtained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention reads a standard format form sheet containing characters, ruled lines, and figures in which no data is described by an image scanner, digitizes it, and then embeds the data to create a form. The present invention relates to a form creating device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When developing a business application that prints out a form used in an office, it is necessary to design and create an electronic form. The traditional method of creating a form is to enter letters and numbers on a special format paper, but in recent years, GUI (Graphi
Cal User Interface) has developed a dedicated editor that can interactively design forms with the same image as the real thing. However, even if a new form is to be designed, it requires a considerable number of man-hours.

However, in reality, there are many cases in which a form in which a standard format is printed is present. Therefore, the present applicant previously applied for the “form automatic recognition system” in Japanese Patent Application No. 7-147374.

In this automatic form recognition system, a standard format paper (blank form) containing characters, ruled lines, and figures in which no data is described is read by an image scanner, coded, vectorized, and an entry frame is extracted. This is a system in which the blank form can be easily digitized by embedding data and printing the form after it is digitized.

[0005]

However, the above "form automatic recognition system" still has the following problems. (1) [Repeat processing when automatic recognition is insufficient] In the automatic form recognition system, a blank form is imaged by a scanner, and it is divided into a character portion and a ruled line portion, which are coded and vectorized respectively. But in this case, there is always ambiguity. Even if it is obvious to humans, the current computer recognition technology cannot achieve 100% recognition rate.

The recognition rate also greatly varies depending on the threshold (degree of reading) when the blank form is imaged by the scanner. Therefore, when the recognition rate by the automatic recognition deviates from the expected range, the threshold and the like are set again and the automatic recognition is re-executed.

On the other hand, since the recognition rate varies depending on each part in one form, it is difficult and practically impossible to optimally recognize all parts, no matter how many times re-execution is performed. . (2) [Method for newly defining virtual frame] In the conventional form automatic recognition system, a virtual frame (that is,
It also includes a technology to automatically extract the (entry part of data) from ruled line information and character information, but if the ruled line information cannot be recognized correctly, of course, the generation of virtual frames will decrease accordingly. .

Even if the ruled line information and the character information are correctly recognized, the virtual frame automatically generated by the computer may not generate the virtual frame that is originally required,
The reverse case also occurs.

For this reason, even in the conventional form automatic recognition system, after automatic recognition, a human interactively modifies or defines a virtual frame while comparing it with the original form. The work required a considerable amount of work. (3) [Problem of aligning original form and printed form] In the automatic form recognition system, the original form is recognized by the image scanner and the digitized form is printed. Depending on the print position on the paper by the printer and the printer, the form position on both papers is misaligned. However, in conventional systems,
Those equipped with a means for adjusting this deviation have not yet been put to practical use.

This deviation is determined by the characteristics of the scanner and the printer, but the accuracy of the deviation that can be predicted in advance is within the range of the specifications of each device, and it is impossible to accurately predict this deviation in advance. Can not. On the other hand, if the actually used device is determined, the value of this deviation becomes constant. (4) [Method of associating data with virtual frame in form printing] In the conventional form recognition system, the generated virtual frame is
An integer (form frame number) starting from 1 was assigned. In the business application, the data to be written in the virtual frame is associated with the virtual frame by using the form frame number as a key.

This method imposes a burden on the creator of the business application, and requires new development to associate the data with the virtual frame when printing a form from a commercially available application already on the market. In this case, it suffices if the commercial application has a built-in function for customizing, but if the customizing function is not available, it is virtually impossible to associate the data of the commercial application software with the virtual frame of the form. Become.

As described above, the conventional form automatic recognition system has the problems shown in (1) to (4). The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and when automatic recognition of a form is insufficient, it is possible to re-read by changing the threshold of the scanner with respect to an arbitrary partial area in the form, which is very possible. An object of the present invention is to provide a form creation device that can obtain a high recognition rate.

Further, according to the present invention, when a person interactively modifies or defines a virtual frame, the work amount can be reduced by considering the existing ruled line information and character information. The purpose is to provide a device.

Further, according to the present invention, a parameter for adjusting the deviation between the original form and the printed form can be set according to the scanner and the printer actually used, and the parameter is read by the form recognizing unit so that the original form It is an object of the present invention to provide a form creation device capable of adjusting a deviation.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, information for uniquely identifying the type of data supply (program) associated with the virtual frame and the provided data is added, and what is added to the form and the data supply side. It is an object of the present invention to provide a form creation device that can be associated without the development of.

[0016]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

(1) According to the present invention, the form format preprinted on the form sheet is read by a scanner, and the form reading means for reading the read form format as a form image and the form image read by the form reading means are identified. Form recognition means for obtaining electronic form data by
If the printing means for printing the form image recognized by the form recognition means and the automatic recognition by the form recognition means are insufficient, change the threshold of the scanner for any partial area in the form and reload it. It is a form creation device comprising re-reading means for performing. (2) In the above-described form creating apparatus, the electronic form recognized by the form recognition means is re-read by the re-reading means, and the editing means is provided for synthesizing the electronic form data of the re-recognized partial area. It is characterized by being hit. (3) The editing means includes means for automatically connecting the data defined over the reread area when the form data recognized by the form recognition means are combined. To do. (4) The editing means is provided with a virtual frame creating means for creating a virtual frame in a region including the reference point from the ruled line / character information around the designated reference point in the form. (5) The editing means is provided with an adjusting means that automatically adjusts the size and position of a virtual frame related to the ruled lines and characters in the form as the ruled lines and characters move. (6) The editing means includes a character size determining means for automatically determining the character size of the data to be written in the virtual frame from the surrounding character information when creating the virtual frame. To do. (7) In the above-described form creation apparatus, parameters for correcting the positional deviation between the printed form and the original form are set as parameters of the form recognition means for each paper size and paper direction, and the form recognition is performed according to the set parameters. It is characterized in that it is corrected by a part. (8) The above-mentioned form creation apparatus is characterized by including a table with a label attached to the virtual frame in order to associate the virtual frame in the form with the data supply program and the data that they have. (9) In the above-described form creation apparatus, when the data generated by the data supply program is written in a virtual frame in the form and printed, the data extraction part for the data supply program is modularized. .

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a form creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 10 is an automatic form recognition system, which includes a form reading unit 11A, a form recognition unit 11B, an editing unit 11C, and a printing unit 11D. An input device 1 such as a keyboard and a mouse is connected to the form automatic recognition system 10 and a blank form (original form) 3
A scanner 20 for reading 0 is connected. A standard format including characters, ruled lines, figures, etc. is printed in advance on the blank form 30. Then, the data for the blank form 30 read by the scanner 20 is input to the form reading unit 11A in the form automatic recognition system 10.

The blank form image 31 read from the scanner 20 into the form reading unit 11A is the form recognition unit 1
1B. The form recognition unit 11B recognizes the blank form image 31 and creates an electronic form 40. The electronic form 40 is sent to the display unit 45 and displayed. Further, the form 40 displayed on the display unit 45 is edited by the editing unit 11C as necessary.

In other words, if there is an insufficient recognition region in the electronic form 40 as a result of the first recognition,
With respect to the area, the operator can specify the threshold (the degree of reading density) according to the characteristics of the form image, and the form reading unit 11A can perform partial scanning from the scanner 20. FIG. 1 shows a case where there are three areas, A, B, and C, which are insufficiently recognized.

When the recognition is insufficient at the three areas A, B, and C as described above, for example, when the density of the line is low or there is a break, the position of each area A, B, and C Is specified by a parameter, and a threshold corresponding to the characteristics of the form image of the area is specified, and the document reading unit 11A causes the scanner 20 to perform partial scanning. Next, the images 31a to 31 of the respective areas A, B, and C
c is re-recognized by the form recognition unit 11B, and partially digitized forms 32a to 32c are obtained. Then, the editing unit 11C combines the partially digitized forms 32a to 32c with the corresponding regions of the entire form 40 initially created. At this time, there may be a case where the originally one ruled line is divided, but the editing unit 11C automatically connects the divided ruled lines because it crosses over the area.

Then, data is input to the edited electronic form 40 to create a form. In this case, when a data input area is designated for the digitized form 40, a virtual frame is set, and processing according to the data input is performed. In this data input, it is possible to specify the location of data necessary for creating a form from among various types of data created in advance by application software. Further, a table 50 is created in which each virtual frame is labeled.

Then, after the operator inputs a print instruction after inputting predetermined data to the electronic form 40, the printing unit 11D operates to read the form data by referring to the table 50 and digitize the form 40. And synthesize and print.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. (1) [Repeat Processing When Automatic Recognition is Insufficient] FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

When the operator gives an instruction to create a form, the following processing is executed. (A) The form reading unit 11A scans the blank form 30 with the scanner 20 and saves it as a file of the blank form image 31. (B) The form recognition unit 11B reads the blank form image 31 to generate ruled line vector information and character code information, and generates an electronic form 40 as a recognition result. The electronic form 40 is sent to the display unit 45 and displayed. (C) The editing unit 11C edits the electronic form 40 generated by the form recognition unit 11B and prints the form 70 using the printer 60 under the control of the printing unit 11D.

In the above processing, as a result of the first recognition, the operator has an insufficiently recognized region in the digitized form 40, for example, a region where the density of the line is thin or there is a break. Whether or not it is checked on the screen or on the print form 70. As shown in FIG. 1, assuming that there are three areas where recognition is insufficient, such as area A, area B, and area C, the operator is required to use each of areas A to C.
The position is designated by a parameter, and the threshold is designated in accordance with the characteristics of the form image of each of the areas A to C. Based on this instruction, the form reading unit 11A operates,
Each area A to C is partially scanned by the scanner 20 at a designated threshold, and an image 3 of the areas A to C is obtained.
1a to 31c are created.

Next, an image 31a of the areas A, B and C
.. to 31c are recognized again by the form recognition unit 11B, and partially digitized forms 32a to 32c are created. After that, the editing unit 11C causes the partially digitized form 32a.
.About.32c are combined with the corresponding areas of the entire form 40 initially created. At this time, there may be a case where the originally one ruled line is divided, but the editing unit 11C automatically connects the divided ruled lines because it crosses over the area. The automatic connection of the ruled lines is performed as follows.

For example, with respect to the form A, the rectangular frame belonging to the form is divided into four line segments, and all the line segments are L.
(A) i. The end point of L (A) i is EL (A) i.
When the partial form of the form A is B and the partial form B is combined with the form A,

[0028]

[Equation 1] (2) [Method for newly defining virtual frame] Data is input to the edited electronic form 40 to create a form. When defining a virtual frame, one point A (a, b) in the data input area for the electronic form 40 is used with the mouse of the input device 1 or the cursor key on the keyboard as shown in FIG. By thus designating one point A (a, b) in the data input area, the virtual frame k is set with this point as a reference.

FIG. 2 shows an algorithm for generating a virtual frame in a region including a designated point on a form as a reference point.
Shown in When one point A (a, b) in the data input area is specified, it is directly above the point (a, b) (that is, the straight line x =
object Mi which is on a and whose y coordinate is smaller than b)
Among them, find the M1 having the largest y coordinate of the intersection. Let the coordinates of the intersection be (a, b1). If M1 does not exist, b1 is the y coordinate of the upper edge of the sheet (step A).
1). The object Mi is a unit of ruled lines or character strings defined in the form.

Object M directly below point (a, b) (ie on straight line x = a and y coordinate larger than b)
Among i, find M2 having the smallest y coordinate of the intersection.
Let the coordinates of the intersection be (a, b2). If M2 does not exist, b2 is the y coordinate of the lower side of the paper (step A
2).

Object M to the left of line segment x = a (b1 <= y <= b2) (that is, in the region between straight line y = b1 and straight line y = b2, and the y coordinate of the intersection is smaller than a)
Among i, find the one M3 with the maximum x coordinate of the intersection.
Let the coordinates of the intersection be (a1, y1). If M3 does not exist, a1 is the x coordinate of the left side of the paper (step A
3).

Object M to the right of line segment x = a (b1 <= y <= b2) (that is, in the area between straight line y = b1 and straight line y = b2, and the y coordinate of the intersection is larger than a)
Among i, find the one M4 with the smallest x coordinate of the intersection.
The coordinates of the intersection are set to (a2, y2). If M4 does not exist, a2 is the x coordinate of the right side of the paper (step A
4).

The above four points (a1, b1), (a2, b
A rectangle having vertices 1), (a1, b2), and (a2, b2) is a virtual frame k whose reference point is (a, b) (step A5).

In the example shown in FIG. 3, the objects Mi (i = 1, 2, 3, 4) in the form are selected as follows. M1 → horizontal line of (3) M2 → horizontal line of (4) M3 → vertical line of (1) M4 → character of “circle” of (2) As a result, the virtual frame k indicated by a thick line is created. In this case, the character data read by the scanner 20 such as the above "circle" is treated in the same manner as the ruled line data, and the virtual frame k is created based on the character data. This virtual frame k is a data input area set corresponding to the ruled line frame of the form,
It is not displayed on the screen of the display unit 45.

By creating the virtual frame k using the algorithm shown in FIG. 2, as compared with the method of designating each of the four vertices of the rectangle of the virtual frame based on ruled lines and character information,
Since the coordinates of the four vertices of the virtual frame k are automatically determined by only designating one reference point, the definition of the virtual frame k becomes much easier.

Next, consideration will be given to the case of editing the ruled lines and characters in the form. As described above, the virtual frame k
, The virtual frame k has a relationship with a maximum of four objects Mi on the form, M1 to M4 in the above example. In the editing unit 11C, when the object Mi having the relationship with the virtual frame k moves, the size and position of the virtual frame k are also changed in association with each other. That is, for example, the entire ruled line frame may be moved during the creation of the form. Even in such a case, the virtual frame k is moved corresponding to the movement of the ruled line frame. This reduces the frequency of having to redefine the virtual frame when moving the object of the form.

Next, a method of determining the character size of the written character in the virtual frame k will be described. It is determined by selecting a character string that is as deeply related as the generated virtual frame k and averaging the character sizes of the character strings. The relationship between the virtual frame k and the form is represented by the distance between the two. In the example of FIG. 3, the character string that is closely related to the generated virtual frame k is the character string “yen”, and thus the character size of this character string is adopted as the character size of the entered character.

Further, the method of determining the character size of the virtual frame k will be described in detail below. 1. Objects on the form (rectangular frame, virtual frame, character string) are related according to the following rules, and family tree (family tre)
e) is created.

(A) If the rectangular frame completely contains other objects, it forms a parent-child relationship. In this case, the rectangular frame is a parent and the other objects are children.

(B) Objects with the same parent form siblings. In this case, the one located on the upper left of the form is the older brother, and the other is the younger brother. 2. Define the distance on the family tree above.

Distance d between _two objects θ ₁ and θ ₂
(Θ ₁ , θ ₂ ) is defined as follows. (A) When θ ₁ and θ ₂ have the same parent, the number of brother chains between θ ₁ and θ ₂ is d (θ ₁ , θ ₂ ).

[0042] d (θ _1, θ ₂₎ when the parent p ₁ and theta ₂ of (b) θ ₁ have the same parent _{= d (p 1, θ 2} ) is a × 10. (C) When the parents p ₁ and p _{2 of} θ ₁ and θ ₂ have the same parent, d (θ ₁ , θ ₂ ) = d (p ₁ , p ₂ ) × 10 ² .

(D) Similarly, the same family tree (family tre)
The distance d (θ ₁ , θ ₂ ) between _two θ ₁ and θ ₂ belonging to e)
Can be defined inductively. (E) The distance d (θ of θ ₁ and θ ₂ belonging to different family trees
₁ and θ ₂ ) = ∞. 3. The following character strings may exist for the virtual frame k.

That is, Smin is defined as the case of s _{0 such} that d (k, s ₀ ) ≦ d (k, s) for an arbitrary virtual frame s where d (k, s) <∞.

If Smin is not an empty set, the average value of the character size of s for this set is taken as the size of the character string in the virtual frame. 4. If a character string exists in the family tree for the virtual frame k,
Since Smin is an empty set, the character size of the virtual frame k is determined. 5. When the character string does not exist in the family tree for the virtual frame k, “-α” of the height of the virtual frame is the height of the character size, and “(height of the character size) / 2” is the width of the character size. To determine the character size.

The character size of the virtual frame is determined as described above. (3) [Problem of Aligning Original Form and Printed Form] With the original blank form 30 and the print form 70 first created using the form automatic recognition system 10, due to the characteristics of the scanner 20 and the printer 60, , There is a high possibility that a positional deviation will occur. When the original blank form 30 and the first created print form 70 are misaligned, adjustment is performed as follows.

As shown in FIG. 4, a test form 41 is prepared in advance using, for example, transparent or translucent paper. This test form 41 has a printable area 42 of paper.
Ruled line 4 parallel to the top, bottom, left, and right sides slightly inside
It is minus 3. Such forms are prepared for different paper sizes. Use this test form 41 for the scanner 2
After scanning by 0, the form is read into the form reading unit 11A, further recognized by the form recognition unit 11B, and then printed by the printing unit 11D to form the form 70. Then, the test form 41 is overlaid on the print form 70 to measure the difference between the two, and the deviation is registered as a parameter that can be recognized by the form recognition unit 11B. The parameters can be set for each paper size and each paper direction.

As described above, if the misalignment between the test form 41 and the print form 70 is adjusted first, then the print form 70 without any misalignment can be created thereafter. (4) [Method of associating virtual frame with data in form printing] Next, a method of associating the virtual frame k in the form with the data supply program and the data held by the virtual frame k will be described.

A concrete method is to label each virtual frame k. FIG. 5 shows an example of creating the table 50, that is, an example of labeling the virtual frame k. The part surrounded by [] is the label attached to the virtual frame k.

For example, [MS-WORD, NAME1]
Is a Japanese document editor "MS-WOR
"D" represents the data written in the paragraph "NAME1" of the managed file.

Further, the label [MS-EXCEL, A, 1] is data written in the cell in the "1" row of the "A" column of the file managed by the spreadsheet software "MS-EXCEL". Represents

The label attached to each virtual frame k in this way is
Indicates the program name of the data supply and the position of the data in the data file. Specify the data file managed by the data supply program when the actual form is printed.

When the data file is specified, the printing section 1
1D takes out data from a designated position of the data file, embeds it in the electronic form 40, and prints it.

Therefore, the form 70 can be created by arbitrarily specifying the data created in advance by a plurality of application software. The data may be retrieved from the data file by requesting the data supply program. MS-WORD and MS-EXCE
If L, OLE2 (Object Lingkingand Embeddin
There is a process cooperation method called g). The data extraction from the data file depends on the data supply program, so that it is necessary to create it for each data supply program. Therefore, in the present invention, the part for extracting the data from the data file is modularized (for example, DLL: “Dynamic Link Library” is set) and can be added later.

[0055]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. (1) When automatic recognition in the form recognition unit is insufficient, the threshold of the scanner can be changed and reread for any partial area in the form, so the optimum threshold for each part of the form can be obtained. Recognition can be performed with
The recognition rate in each area can be improved. (2) By combining the form data optimally recognized in each part of the form, a very high recognition rate can be obtained for the entire form. (3) When combining the respective form data of the plurality of areas recognized by the form recognition unit by the editing unit, since the data defined across the reread region is automatically connected, Even when synthesizing the form data recognized for each part,
The objects on the form are the same as those recognized collectively. (4) A virtual frame can be automatically created from the ruled line / character information around the specified reference point in the form in the area including the reference point, and the man-hours for creating the form can be significantly reduced. (5) The editorial department moves along with the movement of ruled lines and characters in the form.
Since the size and position of the virtual frame related thereto are automatically adjusted, the number of redefinition steps in the virtual frame can be significantly reduced during editing work. (6) When creating the virtual frame, the editing unit automatically determines the character size of the data to be written in the virtual frame from the character information around the virtual frame. It is possible to remarkably reduce the number of man-hours when a human interactively specifies the character size of. (7) A parameter for correcting the positional deviation between the printed form and the original form is set as a parameter of the form recognition unit for each paper size and paper direction, and is corrected by the form recognition unit according to the set parameter. Because
It becomes easy to print the electronic form created by the automatic form recognition system with the same paper margin as the original form. Therefore, although the sheet margin is usually influenced by the characteristics of the scanner or printer, it is not necessary to make the correction for each printing. (8) A virtual frame in the form is provided with a table for labeling the virtual frame and the data supply program and the data that they have, so that the virtual frame in the form can be created without any additional development. The data generated by the data supply program can be entered in the frame and printed. (9) When the data generated by the data supply program is written in the virtual frame in the form and printed, the data extraction part for the data supply program is modularized so that a new data supply program can be created. Even by developing a corresponding module without modifying the printing section, the data generated by the data supply program can be embedded in the entry frame of the form.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a form creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing operation when a virtual frame is created with the point (a, b) as a reference point in the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram when a virtual frame is created in an area A according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a test form used in the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of creating a table according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input device 10 Automatic form recognition system 11A Form reading unit 11B Form recognition unit 11C Editing unit 11D Printing unit 20 Scanner 30 Blank form 31 Blank form image 31a to 31c Region-specific image 32a to 32c Partially digitized form 40 Computerized form 41 Test form 42 Printable area 43 Ruled line 45 Display section 50 Table 60 Printer 70 Printed form

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A form reading means for reading a form format printed in advance on a form sheet with a scanner, and reading the read form format as a form image, and a form image read by the form reading means are identified to be electronic. Form recognition means for obtaining the converted form data, printing means for printing the form image recognized by this form recognition means, and if automatic recognition by the form recognition means is insufficient, for any partial area in the form A form creating apparatus comprising: a rereading unit that rereads by changing a threshold of the scanner. 2. The form creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
Form creation characterized in that the electronic form recognized by the form recognizing means is re-read by the re-reading means, and the edit means for synthesizing the electronic form data of the re-recognized partial area is provided. apparatus. 3. The form creation device according to claim 2,
The form creating device, wherein the editing unit includes a unit for automatically connecting the data defined over the reread area when the form data recognized by the form recognizing unit are combined. . 4. The form creation apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the editing means creates a virtual frame in a region including the reference point from ruled line / character information around a specified reference point in the form. A form creation apparatus comprising a virtual frame creation means for performing the above. 5. The form creation apparatus according to claim 4,
The form creating apparatus is characterized in that the editing unit includes an adjusting unit that automatically adjusts the size and position of a virtual frame related to a ruled line or a character in the form as the line moves. 6. The form creation apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the editing means automatically creates a character size of data to be entered in the virtual frame from character information around the virtual frame when creating the virtual frame. A form creation apparatus characterized in that it comprises a character size determining means for deciding automatically. 7. The form creation device according to claim 1, wherein
It is characterized in that a parameter for correcting the positional deviation between the printed form and the original form is set as a parameter of the form recognition means for each paper size and paper direction, and is corrected by the form recognition unit according to the set parameter. Form creation device. 8. The form creation apparatus according to claim 4,
A form creation apparatus comprising a table that labels the virtual frame in the form and a data supply program and the data that they have in order to associate the data with the program. 9. The form creation device according to claim 4,
A form creating apparatus characterized in that, when data generated by a data supply program is written in a virtual frame in a form and printed, a data extraction part for the data supply program is modularized.