JPS63174171A - Slip forming system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily examine the item of a slip, to rapidly correct a document form and to completely use an experience for forming the slip by providing a slip item storing means, a slip item using hystory storing means, and a slip form storing means and forming the slip. CONSTITUTION:Initially, information such as the size of a slip item to be used and an item column to be used is inputted from a slip editing and forming means 1. The information of an existing slip item can be referred and quoted by a slip item retrieving means 4, the slip item storing means 3 and the means 1. How the slip was used in the past is recognized by the means 4 and the slip item using hystory storing means 5 and the slip form in which the slip item is defined to be a key can be retrieved by the means 5 and 6 and the slip form storing means 7. When the input of the slip item is completed, the means 1 delivers it to a ruled line forming means 2 through the means 3, herein, the ruled lines are formed and the result is delivered to the means 1 together with item information. Then, when it is visually recognized that the formed slip form is different from the intention of a user, the means is directly corrected. The completed slip form is stored in the means 7 and the means 5 is updated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a method of generating a form by searching and editing stored form items and form formats in a computer system.

(Prior art) Conventionally, when creating a form on a computer system, a general-purpose screen editor or the like is used, and the form creator first thinks about the layout of the form and then inputs the items and borders of the form directly into the computer. The format of the created form was to store the form items and the ruled lines of the form all at once as a single file. In this method, when creating a form, the user must consider the form items themselves and the layout of the form at the same time, placing a heavy burden on the user and requiring skill.

On the other hand, in order to reduce the burden on users, there is a method of automatically generating ruled lines in a form format. This stores information such as the size of a form field as attribute data of a form item when inputting a form item, and generates ruled lines for the form based on this information. This method allows users to consider the form items themselves and the item layout separately when creating a form, making it possible to create a form more efficiently.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, even in the above-mentioned method, if it is necessary to modify the form of the created form, it is difficult to edit the form. For example, to modify the ruled lines of a form, instead of modifying the directly generated ruled lines, go back to the form item input method and modify information such as the size of the form field, and then use this information to It is necessary to generate ruled lines again by the ruled line generation means.

Because of this indirect modification, there is a drawback in that the user must repeat many trial numbers with incorrect numbers in order to create the form that he or she envisions. Furthermore, since data is stored in units of form formats, it is difficult to search for form formats using form items as keys, which also has the disadvantage of posing a problem for users when examining form items. Furthermore, the generation of form formats was performed on an ad hoc basis, and the experience of creating form forms that had been carried out so far could not be utilized in the generation of new form formats.

The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate such conventional drawbacks, and to provide a form that allows users to easily examine form items, quickly edit and edit form formats, and that allows users to accumulate and utilize their experience in generating form formats. It provides a format generation method.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The form format generation method of the present invention provides a form item storage means for storing form items and a form item for storing the usage history of the form items when creating a form form on a computer system. A usage history storage means, a form item search means for searching the contents of the form item storage means and the form item usage history storage means, a form format storage means for storing the edited and created form format, and a form format storage means for storing the edited and created form format. A form format search means for searching contents, a ruled line generating means for generating ruled lines in the form form from searched form items and item usage history, and ruled lines generated by the searched form items or form formats or the ruled line generating means. and a form editing/creating means for editing.

(Operation) When creating a form, the user first inputs and edits the form items to be entered into the form using the form editing and creating means, and stores them in the form item storage means. During this input editing, the form item search means searches the form items that have already been stored and the form item usage history stored in the form item usage history storage means, and allows the user to refer to, quote, and modify past forms. You can utilize the accumulation of items. Furthermore, the content of the form item usage history storage means is searched by the form item search means using the searched and referenced form item as a key, and information on the searched form item usage history is passed to the form format search means;
You can search and refer to the form format that uses that form item. Next, the information on the form items created here is input to the ruled line generation means. Then, the ruled lines of the form are generated, and the results are passed along with the form items to the form compilation means. The user modifies and edits the form borders generated by the form editing and creating means to suit the purpose. Here, the completed form format is stored in the form format storage means. Also, if necessary, it is passed to external output hardware and the form is output on paper or the like. When storing the form format, the form item usage history regarding the used form item is updated, and the new form item usage history is stored in the form item usage history storage means. Further, when it becomes necessary to modify a form that has already been created and stored, the form is retrieved by the form search means and passed to the form editing and creating means. Then, the user edits the form items and ruled lines in the form format, and stores the form again in the form storage means.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. When generating a form, the user first uses form editing and creation means 1.
Enter information such as the form items to be used in form format and the size of the item fields. At this time, in order to examine the form items, the user uses the form item search means 4 to search for form items stored in the form item storage means 3 that were used when creating the form format in the past, and The editing/creating means 1 allows the information of existing form items to be referenced and quoted.

In addition, the search by the form item search means 4 not only searches for form items but also simultaneously searches the usage history of the form item stored in the form item usage history storage means 5, and the user can search for the searched form item. However, you can see how it has been used in the form up to the time of the search. Furthermore, if necessary, the information retrieved from the form item usage history storage means 5 is passed to the form format search means 6, and the form format using the form item can be searched from the form format storage means 7. I can do it. In other words, it is possible to search for form formats using form items as keys.

When the user finishes inputting the information of the form item into the form editing/creating means 1, the input information is temporarily stored in the form item storage means 3. Next, the stored form item information is passed to the ruled line generation means 2 to generate ruled lines, and the result is passed again to the form editing and creation means 1 together with the form item information.

Here, the user can view the generated form format. If the generated form format is different from the user's intention and it becomes necessary to make corrections, the user can directly edit the arrangement of form items, the size of item fields, borders, etc. using the form editing and creation means 1. You can. The form format completed here is stored in the form format storage means 7. At the same time as this storage, the form item usage history regarding the form item used in this form format is updated and stored in the form item usage history storage means 5.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained in detail above, according to the form generation method according to the present invention, consideration of form items,
The layout can be examined quickly and the creation period can be shortened. Furthermore, since experience in creating form formats is recorded as a history and can be easily utilized in creating form forms, it is expected that the quality of the form form itself will be improved through the use of accumulated know-how.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure 1...Method for editing and creating forms 2... Ruled line generation means 3... Form item storage means 4... Form item search means 5... Form item usage history storage means 6... Form format search means 7... Form format storage means

Claims (1)

[Claims] In form format generation, a form item storage means for storing form items, a form item usage history storage means for storing the use history of the form item, and a form for searching the contents of the form item storage means and the form item usage history storage means. an item search means, a form format storage means for storing edited/created form formats, a form format search means for searching the contents of said form format storage means, and a ruled line of the form format from the searched form items and item usage history. A form format generation method comprising: a ruled line generation means for generating a ruled line; and a form editing and creation means for editing a searched form item or form, or a ruled line generated by the ruled line generation means.