JPS6042489B2 - Data output method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a data output method capable of outputting online data in an online system to a center side.

In an online system, online data is output in the form of a form to a printer such as a terminal, but on the other hand, batch processing data is also output to a line printer on the center side.

Normally, with online data, the form format is registered in the system in advance, so the print format is fixed. On the other hand, when batch data is output from a line printer, a printing method is generally adopted in which the print line and the required number of character digits are specified, so there are no restrictions on the print format. Since the online and batch printing methods are different in this way, the print control methods are also different. The method of outputting the above online data and batch data will be explained with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 is an explanatory diagram of the online data output method, Figure 2 is an explanatory diagram of the batch data output method, 1 is an edit record area, 2 is an edit definition area, 3 and 7 are print outputs, 4 is a print record area, 5 is a row designation part, 6 is a data part, A and B are address symbols, and d, dl, and d2 are data. When outputting online data, print data and definition data are first stored in the edit record area 1 and edit definition area 2 as shown in FIG. 1a. The example in Figure 1a is data d at address A, or data d at address B.
2 is stored, and the print format is specified in the edit definition area 2. In other words, data d of address A is printed from the 5th character of the 3rd line, and data d of address B is printed.
. This specifies that the following is to be printed starting from the 7th character of the mth line. In this state, for example, in COBOL language, ・MOVE
When you issue the command, the printout shown in Figure 1 will be 3.
Data d is output in the row, and a data pile is output in the m-th row. On the other hand, in the batch data output method, as shown in FIG.
If a printer command is issued after storing the data d in the data section 6, the data d in the data section 6 will be printed out at the line position specified by the line specifying section 5, as shown in FIG. 2b. .

As described above, since the data output methods are different between online and batch, there is a drawback that even if you try to output online data to a line printer on the center side, it cannot be output. The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and aims to provide a data output method that allows online data to be output at a center.

The present invention provides a data processing section that outputs data to a first storage means having a record area where data to be edited and output is stored and a definition area that defines a position where the data is to be output; It has a second storage means having a print record area consisting of a line specifying section that specifies the line position of print data for each line and a data section that stores the print data, and the line specified by the line specifying section. A data output processing system comprising: a print control section for printing data in a data section; and a printer; and a conversion means for converting the defined state,
This data output method is characterized in that the online data stored in the first storage means is stored in the second storage means by the conversion means, and then the online data is outputted to the printer.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram explaining one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart explaining one embodiment of the present invention! 8 is an online processing unit, 9 is an online control unit, 10 is a conversion unit, 11 and 15 are print control units, 12 is a file device, 13 is a printer, 14 is a batch control unit, and 16
is a batch processing unit, and d is data. The conversion unit 10 in FIG. 3 is conversion control means added for the fourth invention. In FIG. 3, when a processing program (not shown) outputs data d to the printer 13, it specifies the print line position and data area, and then prints the command (
(not shown) is issued to the batch control unit 14. Therefore, the print control section 15 activated by the batch control section 14 takes out one line (136 columns) of data d in the file device 12 into the data section 6 of the print record area 4 shown in FIG. Thereafter, the print record area 4 (line designation section 5 and data section 6) shown in FIG. 2 is sent to the printer 13. The printer 13 prints and outputs the data in the data 6 at the line position specified by the line specifying data of the line specifying section 5.
In the online processing section 8 of FIG. 3, an online processing program (not shown) transfers data to the printer 13.
When outputting to the online control section 9, a print command (not shown) is issued to the online control section 9. The print control section 11 activated by the online control section 9 passes required data, for example, the data shown in FIG. 1a, to the conversion section 10. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the control means of the converting section 10.
The operation of the converter 10 will be explained using this flowchart. First, the converter 10 converts the definition data (corresponding to 2 in FIG. 1a) received from the print controller 11 to define a print format to be created (step 1).

That is, the converter 10 defines the print format shown in FIG. 2a, and sets a storage area for the defined format in a memory (not shown) or the like. Next, the conversion unit 10 converts the print line specification data into the line specification section (second
(corresponding to 5 in Figure a) (step 2). When the transfer of the print line designation data is completed, the conversion unit 10 searches the file device 12 for data to be printed on the line specified by the print line designation data (step 3).

That is, print data is searched based on the print data storage address (corresponding to addresses A and B in FIG. 1a) defined by the definition data received from the print control section 11. After searching for print data, the conversion unit 10 transfers the searched print data to the data area (corresponding to the data section 6 in FIG. 2a) of the print format definition area that stores the print line designation data ( Step 4).

If there is print data spanning multiple lines, the conversion unit 10 repeats steps 2 to 4 above to convert the print data for each line into the defined print format.

Based on the special code in the definition data received from the print control unit 11, the conversion unit 10 detects the last line of data (
Step 5).

Upon detection of the last row data, the conversion unit 10 sends a WRITE command (not shown) to the online control unit 9 (step 6).

In response to the WRITE command from the converter 10, the online controller 9 sends the data in the print format definition area created by the converter 10 to the batch controller 14 of the batch processor 16.

As a result, the print control unit 15 operates in the same manner as in the case of batch data described above, and prints and outputs the online data to the printer 13. Although the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 is an example in which online data is output on the batch processing section 16 side, it is also possible to provide a printer on the online processing section 8 side and have the online data output directly to this printer. As described above, the present invention makes it possible to output online data in the form of a form even at a batch processing center, and also enables
This method has the advantage that it is only necessary to register the various form formats in the system, and that the form output control means can be created with the same specifications both online and batch.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an online data output method, Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a batch data output method, Fig. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. This is a flowchart for explaining, and the symbols used in the figure are as follows. 1 is an edit record area, 2 is an edit definition area, 3 and 7 are print outputs, 4 is a print record area, 5 is a line specification section, 6
is a data section, 8 is an online processing section, 9 is an online control section, 10 is a conversion section, 11 and 15 are print control sections, 12 is a file device, 13 is a printer, 14 is a batch control section,
16 is a batch processing unit, and d is data.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A data processing unit that outputs data to a first storage means having a record area where data to be edited and output is stored and a definition area that defines the position where the data is to be output; It has a second storage means having a print record area consisting of a designation part for designating the line position of the print data and a data part for storing the print data, and the data part is stored in the line designated by the line designation part. A data output processing system comprising a print control section for printing data and a printer, the data output processing system transferring data stored in the first storage means to the second storage means based on the definition of the definition area. , a conversion means for converting a definition state, and after the online data stored in the first storage means is stored in the second storage means by the conversion means, the online data is outputted to the printer. A data output method featuring