JPS63163575A - Document designing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve an efficiency in designing a document by using a means for managing a document definition or information between the documents. CONSTITUTION:At the time of designing the documents filed in plural, the definition of one document is executed by a designing means (document designing device 3). Then, the number of the documents is designated by number designating means 2, the documents filed in plural are generated by a document generating means (document generating device 4), at that time, an information between documents managing means (information between documents managing device 5) defines a definition relating to a new document generated according to the definition of an initially designed document to the information of the generated document. It is not required to execute similar definitions to the relating document many times and the definition deficient in the definition of the document after the second document after this processing can be added in the designing means 3. Thereby, the documents filed in plural to be issued in an office actually can be efficiently designed on an electronic computer by the minimum entry of a user.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Objective of the Invention] Industrial Field of Application) This invention relates to a form design device for processing electronic forms. It is now possible to use a computer to handle forms such as friend slips and requests. An electronic form processing device is a device that displays form formats on a display and allows users to easily enter, change, search, and tabulate data, even without specialized computer knowledge. 0 again. Recently, research has been conducted in which this device is connected to a computer network and the generated form data is transferred to another location for processing. ◎ However, in actual business, multiple sheets such as triple sheets are grouped together. 5. A form with multiple pages will be issued if the form is 1. Filled out by the requester at the request source.

During the process of issuing corrections, etc., the three sheets are treated as one group, and each sheet is sent to a different destination, so after a certain processing stage, the three sheets will be separated.However, the requester's name and request details will be Since both pages are the same, the three-page form at the issuing stage has some items in common (@Figure 8).

Therefore, in the actual form, the value entered on the first page is directly
Copies are made from the first sheet onwards. However, depending on the item, there may be contents that must not be made known to the recipient.

Goods t-! l# When making a detailed purchase request, there is a field where you can specify the business partner of the item and enter the reason for the designation.This field is filled in by the requester on the first form.

In the 0 and stamp fields that are not copied on the third document sent to the business partner, the same stamp 'f': Even if you stamp all three sheets, turn over one sheet at a time and stamp. 0 In this way, in an actual form with multiple sheets, there is information that defines one sheet and information that spans between sheets.0 It is necessary to design a form with multiple sheets on a computer.

It is necessary to efficiently handle the form information that spans between these forms.
However, in the past, a form was defined for each sheet and the form definition was manipulated, resulting in very poor design efficiency.0 (Problem that the invention aims to solve) In order to realize the design of multi-sheet forms on a computer, in conventional form design, form definition information and information that spans between forms are stored in one page.
Even if it is possible to obtain the definition of another form from the definition of one form, it is necessary for one person to redefine the definition, which is inefficient in terms of design efficiency.

The present invention is based on the above problem.

When designing multi-page forms, by using a means to manage form definitions and form volume information, efficiency during form design can be increased, and by eliminating the number of times users have to manipulate form definitions and form volume information, The purpose is to provide a highly reliable form design device.

[Structure of the invention]

c) In order to solve the problems mentioned above, consider different form definitions depending on the type of form, such as a purchase request form or a request for quotation form. Definition about monkeys and fields? Is going. Also, consider information that spans between multiple forms. This refers to information that spans between forms, such as all values entered in a field of a certain form that can be used as is in fields of other @ forms. 0 This invention provides a design means for manipulating the above form information at the design stage, a number designation means for specifying how many sheets of the form to be generated, and a number of sheets specified based on the designed form definition. A form generation means that generates form definitions, and when designing multi-sheet forms, manages form definitions and form amount information,
(Operation) If you use the above means, you can design a form with multiple sheets. 1 Define one form using the design means described in the previous section. Specify the number of sheets using the number of sheets specification method described in the previous section,
The form generation means described in the previous section generates a multi-sheet form, but at this time, the inter-form information management means described in the previous section,
First, in the definition of the form that is designed, are there any rules related to the new form that will be generated? It may be used as information on the generated form. Similar definitions over and over again for related documents? There is no need to do so.

Also, after the above process, if there is insufficient t in the form definition for the second and subsequent sheets.
Definitions can be added using the design method described in the previous section.

(Example) Figure iJc1 shows a schematic diagram of an example of the present invention. 1 is
Design information? Input scoop, design in progress or design result? Output input/output device #, 2 is a number specification means for specifying the number of newly generated forms, 3 is a form design device that defines a form by operating the form definition, fit%4 is a number specification means for 2. A form generating device 5 which generates a specified number of forms by the means, manages the form definitions designed by the form designing device 3 and newly generated neat form definitions, and f? When a blank form occurs, O is a form volume information management device that uses information that spans between forms to define a new form.
An example will be explained in which a user designs a purchase price ill for three sheets as shown in FIG. 8.

In this embodiment, the form A shown in Figure 2 is designed using the form design device shown in Figure 3. The form definition shown in FIG. 3, including the display position # of each field and field name, is designed. Next, how many ntv forms should be created using the number specifying means shown in FIG. 1 and 2? input.

In this example, "3" is input. Then, 9.2 sheets of documents are generated in the document generating device shown in FIG. 4. At this time h 3rd
Two forms B and C are created which have the original form definition and the destination form definition designed by the user as shown in the figure. 14
Figure 4 (a) (1: +1141) In the inter-form information management device shown in Figure 5, the same form definition is created, and the value of each field is filled in between the two created forms B. , O.Create form volume information that is input sequentially into fields with the same item name.C Figure 5) 0 However, as shown in Figure 8 (0), the customer and reason are entered in the 0 vote. Field does not exist. Therefore, it is necessary to correct the form amount information shown in FIG. Item 3 and item 4 of Form C in Figure 4 are deleted using the form design device shown in Figure 1 and 3. Inter-form information management device.

This is shown in Figure 5. Find the item name (client and reason) in the form volume information. These form volume information is in Copy (ABC) format, and by deleting the item from the 0 vote, !
Opy (A B ) f is newly added, and the business partner and reason are added to CopyrAB) of the form amount information.

t Mcs diagram]. The marks in step 1 described above are shown in Figure 7. By repeating this process over and over again, the number of operations required by the user will be reduced and the design of multi-page forms will be performed more efficiently.1 The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but the gist thereof is as follows. [Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, by using the method described in the previous section, the user can actually issue documents at the office with minimal input. It becomes possible to efficiently design a multi-page form on a computer.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, showing the first page of 14*Nenrai Ao, and Figure 3 is a diagram showing form definitions such as the display position M of the items that make up form A. , Figure 4 is a diagram showing the form definition money for Form B and Form C generated based on Form A in Figure 43, and Figure 5.
The figure shows the form information, the original form created by the management device, the newly generated next form 4Ii, and the figure 46 shows the form amount information changed by modifying the generated form. Figure 7 is a flowchart showing the procedure for creating a multi-page form, and Figure 8 is a diagram showing a three-page purchase request form, which is normally required when purchasing goods at an office, etc.◎ 1 ... input/output device, 2... means for specifying the number of sheets, 3...
Form design device, 4... Form generation device, 5... Inter-form information management device. Agent Patent Attorney Yudo Noriyuki Takehana Kikuo 1st floor:! 4 Figure 7 Figure 2 Figure 8 Kyocera No. 5 Figure 6 (a) (b) Figure 8

Claims (1)

[Claims] An input means for inputting form design information, a form design means for designing a form based on information from this input means, an output means for outputting a form designed by this form design means, a number specifying means for specifying the number of forms; a form generating means for generating the number of forms specified by the number specifying means based on the form designed by the form designing means; and an original form. definition information and inter-form information management means for managing information spanning between this and the form definitions to be generated, and the form generation means is characterized in that it generates a plurality of associated forms. Form design device.