JP2010267020A - Form output system and form output method - Google Patents

Abstract

When printing a created form for confirmation, it is possible to reduce the number of print pages while maintaining the readability of the form.
A print information reading unit 4 that reads a form format 19 and form data 20, a layout adjustment unit 6 that sets the items in the form to a size suitable for input data, and reduces the distance between the items, The layout adjustment unit 6 includes a page reduction determination unit 7 that determines whether a print page has been reduced, a form output processing unit 8 that sets print information, and a print preview unit 9 that previews print information on a screen. The size and the distance between the items are adjusted for blank or blank items, thereby reducing the number of print pages while maintaining the readability of the form.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a form output system and a form output method, and more particularly to a form output system capable of reducing a print page and outputting a form for confirmation for printing and confirming a created form. It relates to a form output method.

  For example, a technique described in Patent Document 1 is known as a conventional technique that makes it possible to effectively use a space when printing and checking a created form. This prior art makes it possible to effectively use a space such as enlarging other items by omitting line breaks and blanks, and even when outputting a form, information on N pages on one sheet of paper. Techniques such as N-up printing for printing information and double-sided printing for printing information on both sides of a single sheet are known.

JP 2005-216175 A

  The above-described conventional technology can effectively use the space by omitting blank or blank areas in the form and enlarging other entry frames when printing for confirmation. However, although this conventional technique can omit blank areas and blank areas in the form in the form output, it is not possible to maintain the readability and reduce the number of print pages as a resource saving. Has a point.

  The object of the present invention has been made in view of the above-described points, and in the case of confirmation for printing and confirming a created form, the blank or blank area in the form is omitted, and the form An object of the present invention is to provide a form output system and a form output method capable of reducing the number of print pages and printing while maintaining readability.

  According to the present invention, the object is to provide a print information reading unit for reading a form format and form data, and an item in the form in a form output system for printing and outputting the created form for confirmation. A layout adjustment unit that reduces the number of pages to be printed by reducing the vertical distance between items, and a print preview unit that previews print information on a display screen. This is achieved by outputting print information in which the layout of the form format is adjusted as a form.

  According to the present invention, when a form used for confirmation is output, the print layout can be automatically adjusted according to the size of each item constituting the form and the input data, thereby maintaining readability. Print pages can be reduced and printed out.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the form output system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the detailed structure of a printing information reading part. It is a figure which shows the detailed structure of a grouping part. It is a figure which shows the detailed structure of a layout adjustment part. It is a figure which shows the detailed structural example of a form format. It is a figure which shows the detailed example of form data. It is a figure which shows the detailed example of the printing information table before a change. It is a figure which shows the detailed example of the printing information table after a change. It is a figure which shows the detailed example of a group relevant-information table. It is a figure which shows the detailed example of a line group information table. It is a figure which shows the detailed example of an area | region group information table. It is a figure which shows the detailed example of a link information table. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print setting dialog for setting an item or group display method to be omitted and a form to be printed. It is a flowchart explaining the processing operation in the case of performing test printing with the form output system by embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the processing operation of the layout adjustment part in step 1403 of the flow shown in FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the processing operation | movement of the character item adjustment in step 1501 of the flow shown in FIG. FIG. 17 is a flowchart for explaining a processing operation of [update link information] in steps 1603 and 1609 of the flow shown in FIG. 16. FIG. FIG. 17 is a flowchart for explaining a processing operation of [calculation of reduction distance] in step 1606 of the flow shown in FIG. 16. It is a figure which shows the example of the form as an input image in the process of the character item adjustment shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the form as an output image in the process of the character item adjustment shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the printing information table after a change as output data in the process of the character item adjustment shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the link information table as output data in the process of the character item adjustment shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the form as an output image in the process of the character item adjustment shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the printing information table after a change as output data in the process of the character item adjustment shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the link information table as output data in the process of the character item adjustment shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the whole form as an output image after performing the process of character item adjustment shown in FIG. 16 is a flowchart for explaining a processing operation of [group omission determination] in step 1503 of the flow shown in FIG. 15. 28 is a flowchart for explaining a processing operation of [area group display setting] in step 2706 of the flow shown in FIG. 27. It is a figure which shows the example of the form as an input image in the process of group omission determination shown in FIG. FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating an example of a post-change print information table as input data in the group omission determination process illustrated in FIG. 27. It is a figure which shows the example of the line group information table as input data in the process of group omission determination shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the area | region group information table as input data in the process of group omission determination shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the link information table as input data in the process of group omission determination shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a form format as an output image in the process of group omission determination shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the printing information table after a change as output data in the process of group omission determination shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the line group information table as output data in the process of group omission determination shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the area | region group information table as output data in the process of group omission determination shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the link information table as output data in the process of group omission determination shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the whole form as an output image after performing the process of group omission determination shown in FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the processing operation of [Line item adjustment] in Step 1504 of the flow shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the form as an input image in the process of the line item adjustment shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the form format as an output image after the process of the line item adjustment shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the printing information table after a change as output data in the process of the line item adjustment shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the line group information table as output data in the process of the line item adjustment shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the link information table as output data in the process of the line item adjustment shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the whole form as an output image after the process of the line item adjustment shown in FIG. 16 is a flowchart for explaining a processing operation of [Group Adjustment] in Step 1505 of the flow shown in FIG. 15. FIG. 48 is a diagram showing an example of a post-change print information table as input data in the group adjustment process shown in FIG. 47. 48 is a diagram showing an example of a line group information table as input data in the group adjustment processing shown in FIG. 47. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the link information table as input data in the process of group adjustment shown in FIG. FIG. 48 is a diagram illustrating an example of a form as an output image in the group adjustment processing illustrated in FIG. 47. FIG. 48 is a diagram showing an example of a post-change print information table as output data in the group adjustment process shown in FIG. 47. 48 is a diagram showing an example of a line group information table as output data in the group adjustment processing shown in FIG. 47. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the link information table as output data in the process of group adjustment shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a form as an input image for explaining a process when there is no check in deleting an unfilled item of display setting of an omitted portion of a trial print setting dialog. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a form as an output image in which the present invention is implemented when there is no check in deleting an unfilled item in the display setting of the omitted part of the print setting dialog.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a form output system and a form output method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

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

  The form output system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a form output machine 1, a storage device 24 connected to the form output machine 1, a display 21, and a printer 23. The form output machine 1 has a CPU 2 and a memory 3, is connected to a storage device 24 such as a hard disk drive via a disk interface 16, is connected to a display 21 via an interface 17, and is further connected to a communication interface 18. Is connected to a printer 23 connected to the network 22 via

  The memory 3 stores a print information reading unit 4, a grouping unit 5, a layout adjustment unit 6, a page reduction determination unit 7, a form output processing unit 8, and a print preview unit 9. These are configured by a program and executed by the CPU 2 to perform a form output process in the embodiment of the present invention. In addition, on the memory 3, the pre-change print information table 10, the post-change print information table 11, the group related information table 12, and the line group information table 13 that are used for the form output processing in the embodiment of the present invention. And an area group information table 14 and a link information table 15 are held.

  The print information reading unit 4 reads the form format 19 and form data 20 stored in the storage device 24, and changes the state in which the processing according to the present invention is not performed from the read form format 19 and form data 20 It is a processing unit that generates the pre-print information table 10 and the initial table of the post-change print information table 11 after the processing according to the present invention is performed.

  The grouping unit 5 performs group determination from the generated pre-change print information table 10 and generates a group related information table 12, a line group information table 13, an area group information table 14, and a link information table 15. Part.

  The layout adjustment unit 6 prints after the change from the information of the generated pre-change print information table 10, group related information table 12, line group information table 13, area group information table 14, and link information table 15. It is a processing unit that sets the properties of each item in the information table 11.

  The page reduction determination unit 7 calculates the number of printed pages from the information of the generated pre-change print information table 10 and the post-change print information table 11, and the number of print pages in the pre-change print information table 10 and the post-change It is a processing unit that compares the number of printed pages in the print information table 11 and determines whether the number of printed pages has been reduced.

  The form output processing unit 8 is a processing unit that sets information of the generated pre-change print information table 10 or the post-change print information table 11 as print information.

  The print preview unit 9 is a processing unit that displays information on the pre-change print information table 10 or the post-change print information table 11 set as print information by the form output processing unit 8 as a print preview on the display 21 and prints it. .

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of the print information reading unit 4. The print information reading unit 4 includes a form format reading unit 201, a form data reading unit 202, a pre-change print information table generation unit 203, and a post-change print information table generation unit 204.

  In the above description, the form format reading unit 201 is a processing unit that reads the form format 19 from the storage device 24, and the form data reading unit 202 is a processing unit that reads the form data 20 from the storage device 24.

  The pre-change print information table generation unit 203 includes information such as the position coordinates and item types of all items in the form format 19 read by the form format reading unit 201, and the form data 20 read by the form data reading unit 202. It is a processing unit that generates the pre-change print information table 10 that stores all the data in it. An item is an item placed in a form such as a character, ruled line, or rectangle. Details of the item will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The post-change print information table generation unit 204 is a processing unit that duplicates the pre-change print information table 10 generated by the pre-change print information table generation unit 203 and generates the post-change print information table 11.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of the grouping unit 5. The grouping unit 5 includes a group determination unit 301, a group related information table generation unit 302, a line group information table generation unit 303, an area group information table generation unit 304, and a link information table generation unit 305. .

  In the above description, the group determination unit 301 is a processing unit that classifies each item based on the ruled lines from the pre-change print information table 10 generated by the print information reading unit 4. As types of classification, there are a line group as a collection of items surrounded by ruled lines, and an area group as a collection of items included in an area delimited by horizontal ruled lines.

  The group related information table generation unit 302 is a processing unit that generates the group related information table 12 in which information on the line group to which the item belongs is set.

  The line group information table generating unit 303 is a processing unit that generates a line group information table 13 for setting information of a line group surrounded by ruled lines in a form.

  The area group information table generation unit 304 is a processing unit that generates an area group information table 14 that sets information of area groups that are separated by horizontal ruled lines in a form.

  The link information table generation unit 305 is a processing unit that generates a link information table 15 that calculates and sets vertical connections between items and line groups and their distances.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of the layout adjustment unit 6. The layout adjustment unit 6 includes a character item adjustment unit 401, a group omission determination unit 402, a line item adjustment unit 403, a group adjustment unit 404, a link information update unit 405, and a reduction distance calculation unit 406. Yes.

  The layout adjustment unit 6 uses the group-related information table 12, the line group information table 13, and the area group information table 14 generated by the grouping unit 5 for the pre-change print information table 10 generated by the print information reading unit 4. The character item adjustment unit 401, the group omission determination unit 402, the line item adjustment unit 403, and the group adjustment unit 404 are processed via the link information table 15, and each item in the post-change print information table 11 is processed. Change the properties of. The link information update unit 405 and the reduction distance calculation unit 406 are processing units used by the character item adjustment unit 401, the group omission determination unit 402, the line item adjustment unit 403, and the group adjustment unit 404. is there.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration example of the form format 19. The form format 19 shown in FIG. 5 includes a first page 501 and a second page 502. In the form format 19, characters, numerical values, and ruled lines arranged in the form format 19 such as the family structure list 503, Miyoko Yoshimura 504, the person 505, ruled lines 506, and ruled lines 507 are called items.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a detailed example of the form data 20. As shown in FIG. 6, the form data 20 includes an item name 601 on the first line and data 602 on the second and subsequent lines. The data in the form data 20 is separated by commas. Then, when the form format 19 is created, the data in the form data 20 is associated with the data in the placed form data 20 by dragging and dropping the data in the form data 20 to the form format 19. It is done.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a detailed example of the pre-change print information table 10. The pre-change print information table 10 includes an item ID 701 for storing an ID for identifying an item, an item type 702 for storing the item type, an X coordinate 703 for storing the start X coordinate position of the item, and a start Y coordinate of the item. Y coordinate 704 for storing a value obtained by adding the position and the vertical size of the sheet up to the previous page, a width 705 for storing the item width, a height 706 for storing the item height, and the item type When 702 is a character, the character width 707 for storing the character width of the character string displayed on the item, the character height 708 for storing the character height of the character string displayed on the item, and the character are fixed. And a fixed / variable 709 that stores whether the item is variable or variable, and an item name that associates the item in the form format 19 with the data in the form data 20 is stored. And item name 710, a character string 711 for storing data associated with the data in the items and form data 20 in the form format 19 as one record, and is configured to store a plurality of records.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a detailed example of the post-change print information table 11. The post-change print information table 10 includes an item ID 801 for storing an ID for identifying an item, an item type 802 for storing the item type, an X coordinate 803 for storing the start X coordinate position of the item, and a start Y coordinate of the item. Y coordinate 804 for storing a value obtained by adding the position and the vertical size of the sheet up to the previous page, a width 805 for storing the item width, a height 806 for storing the item height, and the item type When 802 is a character, the character width 807 for storing the character width of the character string displayed on the item, the character height 808 for storing the character height of the character string displayed on the item, and the character are fixed. Or a variable / variable 809 for storing whether the item is variable or variable, and the item name associated with the item in the form format 19 and the data in the form data 20 is stored. And item name 810, a character string 811 which store related Tsukeri out data with the data in the items and form data 20 in the form format 19 as one record, and is configured to store a plurality of records.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a detailed example of the group related information table 12. The group related information table 12 is configured by storing a plurality of records, with an item ID 901 storing an ID for identifying an item and a line group 902 storing an ID for identifying a line group to which the item belongs as one record. ing.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a detailed example of the line group information table 13. The line group information table 13 includes a line group ID 1001 for storing an ID for identifying a line group, a type 1002 for storing the type of the line group, a Y coordinate 1003 for storing the start Y coordinate of the line group, and a height of the line group. One record includes a height 1004 for storing the length, a page number 1005 for storing the page number on which the line group is printed, and an area group 1006 for storing an ID for identifying the area group to which the line group belongs. It is configured to store records. In the line group type 1002, the maximum group surrounded by ruled lines is set to “1”, and the minimum group surrounded by ruled lines is set to “2”.

  The group 1 of the line group type 1002 is, for example, a square portion surrounded by the outermost ruled line including the character string “person” 505 on the first page in the example of the form format 19 shown in FIG. is there. Therefore, there are two line groups 1 on the first page of the example shown in FIG. 5, and there are three line groups 1 on the second page of the example shown in FIG. become. The group 2 of the line group type 1002 is, for example, a square including the character string “name” of the line group 1 including the character string “principal” 505 of the first page in the example of the form format 19 shown in FIG. Part, square part including “Yasuko Yoshimura”. Therefore, the line group 1 including the character string “principal” 505 on the first page includes seven line groups 2.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a detailed example of the area group information table 14. The area group information table 14 includes an area group ID 1101 for storing an ID for identifying the area group, an X coordinate 1102 for storing the start X coordinate position of the area group, and a Y coordinate 1103 for storing the start Y coordinate position of the area group. A plurality of records are stored with the width 1104 for storing the width of the area group and the height 1105 for storing the height of the area group as one record.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a detailed example of the link information table 15. The link information table 15 includes a link ID 1201 for storing an ID for identifying link information, an upper item 1202 for storing an item or line group ID having a small Y coordinate in the link information, and a large Y coordinate in the link information. A lower item 1203 that stores an item or line group ID that is a value, a pre-change distance 1204 that stores a value obtained by calculating the distance between the upper item 1202 and the lower item 1203 from the pre-change print information table 10, and a change A post-change distance 1205 that stores a value obtained by calculating the distance between the upper item 1202 and the lower item 1203 from the post-print information table 10 is used as one record, and a plurality of records are stored.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a print setting dialog for setting a display method of items to be omitted or a form to be printed when trial printing is performed for confirmation of a form.

  The trial print setting dialog window 1301 includes a title bar 1302, an area 1303 for setting various information, an “OK” button 1304 for enabling various settings and closing the setting dialog, and a dialog for disabling various settings. The “Cancel” button 1305 for closing is configured.

  In the trial print setting dialog window 1301, a print page is also displayed by the omission portion display method 1306 for allowing the user to set the omissible item or group display method set by the layout adjustment portion 6 and the execution of the layout adjustment portion 6. When the number of pages cannot be reduced, a setting 1307 when the page cannot be reduced is displayed.

  The omission portion display method 1306 for setting the omission portion display method includes a check box 1308 that can perform setting for deleting all items including the item name with respect to an unfilled item. The setting 1307 when the page for selecting data to be printed cannot be reduced when the number of print pages cannot be reduced is a setting for printing the form before execution of the layout adjustment unit 6. A check box 1309 that can be printed, and a check box 1310 that can be set to print a form after the layout adjustment unit 6 executes it. Note that only one of the check boxes 1309 and 1310 can be selected.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation when test printing is performed in the form output system according to the embodiment of the present invention. Next, this will be explained.

(1) When the process is started, the form format 19 and form data 20 are read, and the print information reading process for generating the pre-change print information table 10 and the post-change print information table 11 is performed (step 1401). .

(2) A set of items enclosed by ruled lines in the form is set as a line group from the generated pre-change print information table 10, and a set of items included in an area delimited by horizontal ruled lines in the form is set as an area group. Grouping processing for generating the related information table 12, the line group information table 13, the area group information table 14, and the link information table 15 is performed (step 1402).

(3) Layout for setting values of each item in the post-change print information table 11 from the generated pre-change print information table 10, group related information table 12, line group information table 13, area group information table 14, and link information table 15 Perform the adjustment process. This process is a process performed by the layout adjustment unit 6, and details thereof will be described later with reference to the flow shown in FIG. 15 (step 1403).

(4) The number of print pages is calculated from each of the pre-change print information table 10 and the post-change print information table 11, and the print page number of the post-change print information table 11 and the print page number of the pre-change print information table 10 are calculated. In comparison, a page reduction determination process is performed to determine whether the print page has been reduced. In this determination, the number of printed pages in the pre-change print information table 10 and the post-change print information table 11 is obtained by dividing the value obtained by adding the Y coordinate and height of the item by the height of the paper and rounding up after the decimal point. The maximum value among the obtained values can be obtained as the number of printed pages. Further, the determination as to whether or not the print pages could be reduced can be made by determining that the print pages can be reduced when the following conditional expression shown in Expression (1) is satisfied.

{y1∈Si, y2∈Ti, i = 1,2,3 ... n | max (ceiling (y1 / h))-max (ceiling (y2 / h))> 0}
...... (1)
In the formula (1), Si is the i-th item information in the pre-change print information table, Ti is the i-th item information in the post-change print information table, n is the number of items in the form, and y1 is the item information Si. The Y coordinate, y2 is the Y coordinate of the item information Ti, and h is the height of the item information whose type in the print information table after change is “paper” (step 1404).

(5) It is determined whether or not the number of pages can be reduced in the determination in step 1404, and whether or not “Print omitted forms” is checked in the settings when the pages of the print setting dialog cannot be reduced. (Step 1405).

(6) In the determination in step 1405, it is determined that the page can be reduced by the page reduction determination in step 1404, and the setting in the case where the page of the print setting dialog shown in FIG. If the check box 1310 for printing the printed form is selected, the print data is acquired from the post-change print information table 11 and the print process is performed (step 1406).

(7) In the determination in step 1405, it is determined that the page cannot be reduced by the page reduction determination in step 1404, or the original setting in the case where the page of the trial print setting dialog cannot be reduced as shown in FIG. If the check box 1309 for printing the form is selected, print data is acquired from the pre-change print information table 10 and printing processing is performed (step 1407).

(8) After the process of step 1406 or step 1407 is completed, the form to be printed is previewed on the screen, the form to be printed is printed, and the process here is terminated (steps 1408 and 1409). .

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation of the layout adjustment unit 6 at step 1403 of the flow shown in FIG. 14, which will be described next.

(1) When layout adjustment processing is started, in order to display characters for the items in the form, the height necessary for displaying the characters is calculated and set, and the distance between the character items is determined. [Character Item Adjustment] processing is performed to calculate and set a value that maintains the layout. Details of the [character item adjustment] process will be described later with reference to the flow shown in FIG. 16 (step 1501).

(2) It is determined whether or not “Delete unfilled item” is checked in the display setting of the omitted portion of the trial print setting dialog shown in FIG. When there is a check, in order to delete an unfilled item, a [group omission determination] process for setting a value of a related item is executed. Details of this [group omission determination] process will be described later with reference to the flow shown in FIG. 27 (steps 1502 and 1503).

(3) Next, in the determination in step 1502, if “Delete unrecorded item” is not checked, or after the [Group omission determination] process in step 1503, the ruled lines in the line group are displayed. On the other hand, a [Line Item Adjustment] process is performed in which the height necessary for displaying the characters in the line group is calculated and set. Details of this [line item adjustment] processing will be described later with reference to the flow shown in FIG. 40 (step 1504).

(4) In the line group in the form, it is determined whether or not the line group can be moved to the previous page by reducing the distance between the line groups, and whether or not the line group can be moved to the previous page. After such determination, the processing of [Group adjustment] for setting the Y coordinates of all items included in the line group is executed, and the processing here is terminated. Details of this [group adjustment] processing will be described later with reference to the flow shown in FIG. 47 (step 1505).

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart for explaining the character item adjustment processing operation in step 1501 of the flow shown in FIG. 15. Next, this will be described.

  The character item adjustment process described here calculates and sets the height of the items required to display the character string for the character items in the form, and maintains the form layout for the distance between the character items. The height of the item can be calculated using the following equation (2).

{(n, w, b, l) ∈X | h = ceiling (n / floor (w / b)) * l} (2)
In the formula (2), X is the target item information, h is the height of the item information X, n is the number of characters in the character string of the item information X, w is the width of the item information X, and b is the character of the item information X. The width, l is the height of the characters of the item information X.

(1) When the character item adjustment process is started, one item whose “type” is “character” is acquired from the pre-change print information table, and “width”, “font size”, “ Calculate the height required to display “character string” from “Font Style”, set the calculated height in the print information table after change, and set [Update Link Information] for the acquired target item. Processing is executed (steps 1601 to 1603).

(2) Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the processing of steps 1601 to 1603 has been completed for all items whose “type” in the pre-change print information table is “character”. Returning to the process, the process is continued (step 1604).

(3) If it is determined in step 1604 that the processing in steps 1601 to 1603 has been completed for all items whose “type” in the pre-change print information table is “character”, the “character” One item whose “type” is “character” is acquired from the post-change print information table in which the item height is set, and the [reduction distance calculation] process is executed for the acquired target item. Details of this [reduction distance calculation] processing will be described later with reference to the flow shown in FIG. 18 (steps 1605 and 1606).

(4) Next, for the “Y coordinate” of the target item in the print information table after change, a value obtained by subtracting the “subtraction distance” calculated in the process of step 1606 is set. ] Is executed. Details of the [update link information] process will be described later with reference to the flow shown in FIG. 17 (steps 1607 and 1608).

(5) Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the processing in steps 1605 to 1608 has been completed for all items whose “type” in the changed print information table is “character”. If the processing is completed after returning to the above processing, the processing here ends (step 1609).

  In the processing in steps 1601 to 1604 described above, the processing for calculating and setting the height required to display the character string for the character item in the form is the pre-change print information table 10 and the link information table as input data. 15, an example of a form as shown in FIG. 19 as an input image, an example of a form as shown in FIG. 20 as an output image, and a print information table 2101 after change shown in FIG. 21 as output data and a link information table 2201 as shown in FIG. Will be described in detail. In the processing of steps 1601 to 1604, for items whose type 702 in the pre-change print information table 10 shown in FIG. 7 is “character”, the characters from the width 705, the character width 707, and the character height 708 are used. The height of the item necessary for displaying the column 711 is calculated and set to the height 2102 of the target item in the post-change print information table 2101 as shown in FIG.

  Now, assuming that the record 712 is acquired as information of an item whose type 702 of the pre-change print information table 10 is “character”, processing in that case will be described.

  When the item information record 712 is acquired as the target item (step 1601), the width 705 is “200”, the character width 707 is “10”, and the character width 707 from the item information record 712 of the pre-change print information table 10 The height 708 can be “10”, and the character string 711 can be acquired as “Kita-ku △ Δmachi 3-chome 1-6”. The number of characters can be acquired from the character string 711 as “11”. The number of characters that the target item can display in one line is “20”, which is obtained by dividing “200” having a width 705 by “10” having a character width 707 and rounding down the decimals. The number of lines necessary to display the character string 711 is a value obtained by dividing “11”, which is the number of characters of the character string 711, by “20”, which is the number of characters that the target item can be displayed on one line, and rounding up the decimals. “1”. The height of the item necessary for displaying the character string 707 is a value obtained by multiplying “1”, which is the number of lines necessary for displaying the character string 707, by “10”, which is the character height 708. “10”. This value is set to the height 2102 of the item information 2103 of the post-change print information table 2101 (FIG. 21) that holds the same item ID 701 as the item information 712 of the pre-change print information table 10 (step 1602).

  Then, the [link information update] process is performed on the item information 712, and the changed distance 2204 of the link information records 2205 and 2206 of the link information table 2201 shown in FIG. 22 is set (step 1603).

  If the above-described processing is not performed for all items whose type 702 of the pre-change printing information table 10 shown in FIG. 7 is “character” (step 1604), the processing of steps 1601 to 1603 is repeated.

  The height required to display the character string for the character item in the form is calculated and set, and the height of the item in the example of the form as an input image as shown in FIG. 19 is “30 mm”. 1901 and the link information distances “3 mm” 1902 and “3 mm” 1903 are the item height “10 mm” 2001 in the example of the form as an output image as shown in FIG. The distances “13 mm” 2002 and “23 mm” 2003 are set.

  As a result of performing the processing of steps 1601 to 1603 for calculating and setting the height necessary for displaying the character string for all the character items in the form as an input image as shown in FIG. The output image is as shown in FIG.

  In the processing in steps 1605 to 1609 described above, the processing for calculating and setting the value maintaining the layout of the form for the distance between the character items is set as input data in the post-change print information table 2101 and FIG. Link information table 2201 shown, as an input image, an example of a form as shown in FIG. 20, as output data, after-change print information table 2401 as shown in FIG. 24, link information table 2501 as shown in FIG. 25, output image A specific example will be described using an example of a form as shown in FIG. In the processing of steps 1605 to 1609, the reduction distance is calculated for an item whose type 2104 of the post-change print information table 2101 is “character”, and the value subtracted from the Y coordinate 2105 is the target of the post-change print information table 2401. The Y coordinate 2404 of the item is set.

  Now, assuming that the record 2103 is acquired as information of an item whose type 2104 of the post-change print information table 2101 is “character”, processing in that case will be described.

  When the item information record 2103 is acquired as the target item (step 1605), the item information record 2103 is subjected to the [reduction distance calculation] process to calculate "10" as the reduction distance (step 1606).

  Then, the post-change print information table with the value “248” obtained by subtracting the reduction distance “10” calculated above from the “258” of the Y coordinate 2105 of the item information record 2103 in the post-change print information table 2101 as input data. The Y-coordinate 2404 of the item information record 2407 of the post-change print information table 2401 shown in FIG. 24 that holds the same item ID 2106 as the item information record 2103 of 2101 is set (step 1607).

  Then, the [update link information] process is performed on the item information record 2103, and the post-change distance 2502 of the link information record 2503 of the link information table 2501 shown in FIG. 25 is set (step 1608).

  If the processing of steps 1605 to 1608 has not been performed for all items whose type 2104 in the post-change print information table 2101 as input is “character” (step 1609), the processing of steps 1605 to 1608 is repeated.

  By the process of calculating and setting a value that maintains the form layout for the distance between the character items described above, the link information distances “13 mm” 2002 and “23 mm” 2003 in FIG. It is set as “3 mm” 2301 and “3 mm” 2302 which are distances of link information. The output image of the entire form after the process of calculating and setting the value maintaining the form layout for the distance between the character items is as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart for explaining the [link information update] processing operation in steps 1603 and 1609 of the flow shown in FIG. 16. Next, this will be described.

  The link information update process described here is a process for calculating the distance between items or line groups in the changed print information table and setting it as the changed distance in the link information table. The distance between groups can be calculated using the following formula (3).

{(S, T) ∈Li, i = 1,2,3 ... n, (y1, h) ∈S, y2∈T | d = t2- (y1 + h1)} (3)
In the formula (3), d is the distance between items or line groups, Li is the item information for the upper item or lower item for the link information table, or the link information of the line group information, and n is the link information table The upper item or the lower item is the target item information or the number of the link information of the line group information, S is the item information or the line group information of the upper item of the link information L, and T is the item information of the lower item of the link information L or Line group information, y1 is the Y coordinate of the item information or line group information S in the changed print information table, h is the height of the item information or line group information S in the changed print information table, and y2 is the height of the changed print information table. Y coordinate of item information or line group information T.

(1) When link information update processing is started, a record of link information in which “upper item” or “lower item” is the target item or target group is acquired from the link information table, and the acquired link information For the “upper item” of the record, “Y coordinate” and “height” are acquired from the post-change print information table or the line group information table, and a value obtained by adding these is set as the upper coordinate (steps 1701 and 1702).

(2) For the “subordinate item” in the acquired link information record, obtain “Y coordinate” from the post-change print information table or line group information table, and set the obtained value as the subordinate coordinate. A value obtained by subtracting the value of the upper coordinate is set as “distance after change” in the link information table (steps 1703 and 1704).

(3) It is determined whether or not the processing of Steps 1701 to 1704 has been performed for all the records of link information in which “upper item” or “lower item” of the link information table is the target item or target group. If the processing has not been completed, the processing returns to the processing from Step 1701 to continue the processing, and if the processing has been completed for all, the processing here ends (Step 1705).

  The link information update processing operation in step 1603 of the flow shown in FIG. 16 described above will be specifically described in the case where the item information record 2103 of the post-change print information table 2101 shown in FIG. To do.

  When the item information record 2103 is the target item, the link information record 1206 in which the upper item 1202 of the link information table 15 shown in FIG. 12 is “IID — 040” of the item ID 2106 of the item information record 2103 is acquired ( Step 1701).

  Next, “258” of the Y coordinate 2105 of the record 2103 of the post-change print information table 2101 shown in FIG. 21 having the same information as “IID_040” of the upper item 1202 of the record 1206 of the link information, and “ A value “268” obtained by adding 10 ”is used as the upper coordinate (step 1702).

  Then, “291” of the Y coordinate 2105 of the record 2103 of the post-change print information table 2101 shown in FIG. 21 having the same information as the lower item 1203 “IID — 041” of the link information record 1206 is set as the lower coordinate (step 1703). ).

  The link information record 2206 of the link information table 2201 shown in FIG. 22 that holds the same link ID 1201 as the link information record 1206 of the link information table 1201 is acquired, and is the lower coordinate in the changed distance 2204 of the link information record 2206. “231”, which is a value obtained by subtracting “263”, which is the higher coordinate, from “291” is set (step 1704).

  For the upper item 1202 or the lower item 1203 of the link information table 15, the above processing has been completed for all the link information having the same item ID as the item information record 2103 of the post-change information print table 2101 shown in FIG. If the process is not completed (step 1705), the processes in steps 1701-1704 are repeated.

  It is determined whether or not the processing of steps 1701 to 1704 has been performed for all the records of link information whose “higher item” or “lower item” in the link information table is the target item or target group. If not completed, the process returns to the process from step 1701 to continue the process, and if the process is completed for all, the process here is terminated (step 1705).

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart for explaining the [reduction distance calculation] processing operation in step 1606 of the flow shown in FIG. 16. Next, this will be described.

  The reduction distance calculation process obtains the minimum values of the pre-change distance and the post-change distance in all link information whose lower items in the link information table are the target item or line group, and reduces the difference between them. The reduction distance can be calculated using the following equation (4).

{(r1, r2) ∈Xi, i = 1,2,3 ... n | d = min (r2) -min (r1)} (4)
In the above formula (4), d is the reduction distance, Xi is the link information in which the lower item is the target item or line group in the link information table, and n is the link in which the lower item is the target item or line group in the link information table The number of information, r1 is the distance before change of link information Xi for the link information table, and r2 is the distance after change of link information Xi for the link information table.

(1) When the deletion distance calculation process is started, a link information record in which the “lower item” is the target item or target group is acquired from the link information table, and the “pre-change distance” in the acquired link information record And “distance after change” are acquired (steps 1801 and 1802).

(2) It is determined whether “distance before change” in the acquired link information record is smaller than “shortest distance before change”. If “distance before change” is smaller than “shortest distance before change”, it is obtained. The “distance before change” in the link information record is set to “shortest distance before change” (steps 1803 and 1804).

(3) If it is determined in step 1803 that “distance before change” is not smaller than “shortest distance before change”, or after the processing in step 1804 is finished, “distance after change” in the acquired link information record. Is determined to be smaller than the “shortest distance after change”. If the “distance after change” is smaller than the “shortest distance after change”, the “distance after change” in the record of the acquired link information is set to “shortest after change”. “Distance” is set (steps 1805 and 1806).

(4) If the “changed distance” is not smaller than the “shortest distance after change” in the determination in step 1805, or after the processing in step 1806 is finished, the “lower item” in the link information table is the target item or It is determined whether or not the processing of Steps 1801 to 1806 has been completed for all the records of link information that are target groups. If there are any records that have not been processed, the processing returns to Step 1801 and repeats the processing. (Step 1807).

(5) If all records have been processed in the determination of step 1807, a value obtained by subtracting “shortest distance before change” from “shortest distance after change” is set as “reduction distance”. The process ends (step 1808).

  The deletion distance calculation processing operation in the processing of step 1606 of the flow shown in FIG. 16 described above is an example in which the item information record 2103 of the post-change print information table 2101 shown in FIG. The print information table 2101 after change and the link information table 2201 shown in FIG.

  When the item information record 2103 is the target item, the link information record 2205 in which the lower item 2202 of the link information table 2201 is the same as the item ID “IID_040” of the item information record 2103 is acquired and acquired. Then, “3”, which is the pre-change distance 2203, and “13”, which is the post-change distance 2204, of the record 2205 of the link information obtained.

  Since the link information record in which the lower item 2202 of the link information table 2201 is the same as the item ID “IID_040” of the item information record 2103 is only the record 2205, the shortest distance before change is set to “3”. "The shortest distance after change is set to" 13 "," 10 ", which is a value obtained by subtracting the shortest distance after change" 3 "from the shortest distance after change" 13 ", is set as the reduction distance, and the process is terminated.

  FIG. 27 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation of [group omission determination] in step 1503 of the flow shown in FIG. 15, which will be described next.

  The group omission determination process is a process for determining whether or not the area group can be omitted for the area group. If the area group can be omitted, perform [Area Group Display Setting] and omit the area group. .

  In the group omission determination, when the following conditional expression (5) is satisfied, it is determined that the target area group can be omitted.

{Si∈R, ∀Tj∈Si, h∈Tj, i = 1,2,3 ... n, j = 1,2,3 ... m | h = 0} (5)
In the above formula (5), R is the target area group information of the area group information table, Si is the i-th line group information whose area group is the area group information R for the line group information, and i is the area group for the line group information. Is the number of line group information that is the area group information R, Tj is the line group information Si for the line group related information table, and the j-th item information that is variable, j is the line group for the line group related information table Is the line group information Si, the number of variable item information, and h is the height of the item information Tj in the post-change print information table.

(1) When the group omission determination process is started, one area group information record is acquired from the area group information table, the type is “2” from the line group information table, and the area group acquired above A line group having the same area group ID as the area group ID of the information record is acquired (steps 2701 and 2702).

(2) An item in which the line group is the same as the line group acquired as described above and “fixed / variable” in the changed print information table is variable is acquired from the group-related information table. It is determined whether the “height” in the post-change print information table is “0” or whether an item has not been acquired (steps 2703 and 2704).

(3) If “Height” in the print information table after change of the acquired item is “0” in the determination in Step 2704, or if the item has not been acquired, the acquired line group is changed. It is determined whether or not the check in step 1704 described above has been completed for all items for which “fixed / variable” in the post-print information table is “variable”. The process returns to the process from (2705).

(4) If it is determined in step 2705 that all the items for which “fixed / variable” in the changed print information table is “variable” have been checked by the processing in step 1704 described above, [Region group display setting] processing is executed for the region group. Details of the processing operation of this [area group display setting] will be described later with reference to the flow shown in FIG. 28 (step 2706).

(5) If the “height” in the print information table after the change of the acquired item is not “0” in the determination in step 2704, or if the item has been acquired, or the processing of step 2706 After that, it is determined whether or not all the records of the area group information in the area group information table have been checked by the above process. If not, the process returns to the process from step 2701 to continue the process. If it has been completed, the processing here is terminated (step 2707).

  The group omission determination process described above is processed as input data after the change print information table 3001 shown in FIG. 30, the line group related information table 12 shown in FIG. 9, the line group information table 3101 shown in FIG. 31, and the area shown in FIG. The group information table 3201 and the link information table 3301 shown in FIG. 33 are used, the form format shown in FIG. 29 is used as the input image, the output data is the changed print information table 3501 shown in FIG. 35, and the line group shown in FIG. Using the information table 3601, the area group information table 3701 shown in FIG. 37 and the link information table 3801 shown in FIG. 38 as the output image, the form format shown in FIGS. 34 and 39 is used, and the area group information in the area group information table 3201 is used. Obtained record 3205 As the specifically described.

When the area group information record 3205 is acquired from the area group information table 3201 as the target group (step 2701), the type 3103 of the line group information table 3101 is “2”, and the area group information record 3205 of the area group 3106 is displayed. The line group information records 3107, 3108, and 3109 that include “AID_007” as the same ID as “AID_007” that is the area group ID 3202 of the file are acquired (step 2703).
Of the acquired line group information, the line group information record 3107 will be described. From the group related information table 12, the line group 902 of this table is the same group as “GID — 021” of the line group ID 3102 of the record 3107 of the line group information. A record 903 of related information is acquired.

  Since there is no item information that is the same as the item ID 901 of the group related information 903 and the fixed / variable 3005 is “variable” in the item ID 3002 of the post-change print information table 3001, the line group information record 3107 is omitted. Is possible.

  Next, the line group information record 3108 in the acquired line group information will be described. This line group 902 is the same as “GID — 023” of the line group ID 3102 of the line group information record 3108 from the group related information table 12. A group-related information record 904 is acquired.

  Since there is no item information that is the same as the item ID 901 of the group related information 904 and the fixed / variable 3005 is “variable” in the item ID 3002 of the post-change print information table 3001, the record 3108 of the line group information is omitted. Is possible.

  Next, the line group information record 3109 in the acquired line group information will be described. This line group 902 is the same as “GID — 025” of the line group ID 3102 of the line group information record 3109 from the group related information table 12. A group-related information record 905 is acquired.

  An item information record 3007 that is the same as the item ID 901 of the group-related information 905 and the fixed / variable 3005 is “variable” in the item ID 3002 of the post-change print information table 3001 is acquired. Since all the heights 3004 of the item information record 3007 are “0”, the line group information record 3109 can be omitted.

As described above, since each of the line group information records 3107, 3108, and 3109 can be omitted, the area group information record 3205 can be omitted. ] Is performed (step 2706).
When the check is completed for all the area group information records in the area group table 3201 (step 2708), the process ends. If all of the region group information records in the region group table 3201 have not been checked (step 2708), the processing of steps 2701 to 2707 is repeated.

  With the group omission determination process as described above, the height of the item in the dotted line frame 2901 in the form as the input image shown in FIG. 29 is set to “0”. As shown in the form as an output image shown in FIG. After the group omission determination process, the output image of the entire form is as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 28 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation of [area group display setting] in step 2706 of the flow shown in FIG. 27. Next, this will be described.

  The area group display setting process is a process of setting the Y coordinate and height of an item in the area group to hide or reduce the item.

(1) A line group whose “type” in the line group information table is “2” and the target area group is included in the “area group” is acquired, and the acquired line group is stored in the changed print information table. Items whose “type” is “character” are acquired (steps 2801 and 2802).

(2) For the acquired line group, it is determined whether the “area group” is only the target area group. If the “area group” is only the target area group, all the acquired items and lines “Height” is set to “0” for the group, and the Y coordinate of the changed print information table is set to the Y coordinate of the area group information (steps 2803 and 2804).

(3) If it is determined in step 2803 that the “area group” is not only the target area group, among the acquired items, the “Y coordinate” is the “Y coordinate” and “height” of the target area group. A value obtained by subtracting “height” from “Y coordinate” is set for items and line groups larger than the sum of the two (step 2805).

(4) After the processing of step 2804 or step 2805, for the acquired line group, an item whose “type” in the print information table after change is “vertical line” is acquired, and all the acquired items and their items are displayed. A value obtained by subtracting the “height” of the target area group from the “height” of the line group to be included is set (steps 2806 and 2807).

(5) Next, for the acquired line group, an item whose “type” in the changed print information table is “horizontal line” is acquired, and the “Y coordinate” of all the acquired items is set to “Y” of the target area group. The value of “coordinate” is set, and then the [update link information] process is performed on all the items in the line group and the glue part (steps 2808 to 2810).

(6) It is determined whether all the line groups whose target area group is included in the “area group” of the line group information table have been checked by the above processing, and checked for all the line groups. If not completed, the process returns to the process from step 2801 to continue the process. If the check for all the line groups has been completed, the process ends here (step 2811).

  The area group display setting process described above is shown as input data in the post-change print information table 3001 shown in FIG. 30, the group related information table 12 shown in FIG. 9, the line group information table 3101 shown in FIG. 31, and the FIG. Using the area group information table 3201 and the link information table 3301 shown in FIG. 33, as output data, the post-change print information table 3501 shown in FIG. 35, the line group information table 3601 shown in FIG. 36, and the area group information shown in FIG. The table 3701 and the link information table 3801 shown in FIG. Contains the same “AID_007” A process when it is assumed that the record 3109 of the existing line group information is acquired will be described.

  Since the line group information record 3109 has only “AID_007” in the area group 3106 (step 2803), the processing of step 2804 is performed. Then, the line group 902 of the group related information table 12 corresponds to the item ID 901 of the group related information record 905 having the same “GID — 025” as “GID — 025” indicated by the line group ID 3102 of the line group information record 3109. The Y coordinate 3502 of the post-change print information table 3501 is set to “479” in the Y coordinate 3203 of the record 3205 of the area group information, and the height 3503 is set to “0” (step 2804).

  For the line group information item in which the line group 902 of the group related information table 12 shown in FIG. 9 is the same as the line group ID 3102 of the line group information 3109, the type 3003 of the changed print information table 3001 is “vertical line”. The item information record 3006 is acquired (step 2806).

  A value obtained by subtracting the height 3204 of the area group information record 3205 from the height 3503 of the item information record 3504 of the post-change print information table 3501 that holds the same item ID 3002 as the acquired item information record 3006 is set.

In addition, for the line group “GID — 020” in the group related information record 908 in which the item ID 901 in the group related information table 12 is the same as the record 3006 in the post-change print information table 3001 item information, the line in the line group information table 3101 A value obtained by subtracting the height 3204 of the area group information record 3205 from the height 3105 of the line group information record 3110 that is the same as the group ID 3102 is set as the height 3602 of the line group information record 3603 of the line group information table 3601. (Step 2807).

  For an item of line group information in which the line group 902 of the group related information table 12 is the same as the line group ID 3202 of the record 3109 of the line group information, the item information in which the type 3003 of the post-change print information table 3001 is “horizontal line” A record 3008 is acquired (step 2808).

  The Y coordinate 3502 of the item information record 3505 of the post-change print information table 3501 that holds the same item ID 3002 as the acquired item information record 3008 is set as “479” in the Y coordinate 3203 of the area group information record 3205. (Step 2809).

  [Link information update] is performed for all items in the line group (step 2810), and then the above-described check is completed for all the line group information included in the area group of the area group information table 3201. If so (step 2811), the process ends. If all the line group information included in the area group of the area group information table 3201 has not been checked (step 2811), the processing of steps 2801 to 2810 is repeated.

  FIG. 40 is a flowchart for explaining the [Line Item Adjustment] processing operation in Step 1504 of the flow shown in FIG. 15, which will be described next.

  The line item adjustment process is a process for setting the Y coordinate for the horizontal line item in the form and setting the height for the vertical line item.

(1) When the line item adjustment process is started, an item whose “type” is “horizontal line” is acquired from the post-change print information table, and the [reduction distance calculation] process is executed for the acquired target item. “Reduction distance” is obtained (steps 4001 and 4002).

(2) Obtain the “Y coordinate” of the target item from the print information table after change, calculate the value obtained by subtracting the “reduction distance” obtained above from the “Y coordinate” value, and set it to the “Y coordinate” For the process and target item, the process of [update link information] is executed (steps 4003 and 4004).

(3) Next, from the group related information table, an item whose “line group” is the same as the “line group” of the target item and whose “type” in the changed print information table is “vertical line” is acquired and acquired. The value obtained by subtracting the “reduction distance” from the “height” of the item is set as the height of the item information of the post-change print information table that holds the same item ID as the item information of the post-change print information table (step 4005, 4006).

(4) For the target line group, the value obtained by subtracting the “reduction distance” from the “height” is set as the “height” of the target line group. Processing is executed (steps 4007 and 4008).

(5) Next, whether or not all the line groups of the target item have been checked by the above-described processing, and all the items whose “type” is “vertical line” for the line group are as described above. It is determined whether or not the check by the process has been completed. If the check has not been completed, the process returns to step 4005 to repeat the process (step 4009).

(6) In the determination in step 4009, all the line groups of the target item have been checked by the above processing, and all items whose “type” is “vertical line” for the line group are as described above. If the check by the process has been completed, it is determined whether the check by the above process has been completed for all items whose “type” in the print information table after change is “horizontal line”. Returning to the process from step 4001, the process is repeated. If the process has been completed, the process is terminated (step 4010).

  The above-described line item adjustment processing is performed by using the post-change print information table 2401 shown in FIG. 24, the line group related information table 12 shown in FIG. 9, the line group information table 13 shown in FIG. The information table 2501 is used, the format example of the form shown in FIG. 41 is used as the input image, and the post-change print information table 4301 shown in FIG. 43, the line group information table 4401 shown in FIG. The link information table 4501 shown in FIG. 4 is used, the form format shown in FIGS. 42 and 46 is used as an output image, and the item information record 2408 in which the type 2403 of the changed print information table 2401 is “horizontal line” is used. A process when it is assumed to be acquired will be described as an example.

  When the item information record 2408 in which the type 2403 of the print information table 2401 after change is “horizontal line” is acquired (step 4001), the item information record 2408 is subjected to [calculation of reduction distance], and the reduction distance is set to “30”. "Is calculated (step 4002).

  A value “274” obtained by subtracting “30” as the reduction distance from “304” as the Y coordinate 2404 of the item information record 2408 in the post-change print information table 2401 is used as the item information record 2408 in the post-change print information table 2401. Is set in the Y coordinate 4302 of the item information record 4305 in the post-change print information table 4301 that holds the same item ID 2402 (step 4003).

  [Update link information] is executed for the item information record 2408, and the changed distance 4502 of the link information record 4503 in the link information table 4501 is set (step 4004).

  “IID — 042”, which is the item ID 2402 of the item information record 2408, is acquired from the post-change print information table 2401. In the group-related information table 12, a group-related information record 907 that holds “GID — 016” of the same line group 902 as the group-related information record 906 that is the same as the “IID_042” of the item ID 2402 of the item information record 2408 is acquired. . For the item ID 901 of the group related information 907, the item information 2406 in which the type 2403 of the post-change print information table 2401 is “vertical line” is acquired (step 4005).

  A value “74” obtained by subtracting “30”, which is the reduction distance, from “104”, which is the height 2405 of the item information record 2406 in the post-change print information table 2401, is used as the item information record 2406 in the post-change print information table 2401. Is set to the height 4303 of the record 4304 of the item information in the post-change print information table 4301 that holds the same item ID 2402 (step 4006).

  For “GID — 016” stored in the line group 902 of the group related information record 906 in the group related information table 12, the height of the line group information record 1007 in which the line group ID 1001 in the line group information table 13 is “GID — 016”. A line group information table that holds a value “45” obtained by subtracting “30”, which is a reduction distance, from “75” stored in 1004 and the same line group ID as the line group information record 1007 of the line group information table 13. The height 4404 of the record 4405 of the line group information 4401 is set (step 4007).

  [Update link information] is performed on the line group information record 1007 of the line group information table 13 (step 4008). After that, when all the group related information holding “GID — 016” of the same line group 902 as the group related information record 906 of the group related information table 12 has not been checked (step 4009), the processing of steps 4005 to 4008 is repeated. .

  When all items information whose type 2403 in the post-change print information table 2401 is “horizontal line” have been checked (step 4010), the processing is terminated, and item information whose type 2403 in the post-change print information table 2401 is “horizontal line”. If all of the above have not been checked (step 4010), the processing of steps 4001 to 4009 is repeated.

  By the above-described line item adjustment processing, the ruled line 4101 in the example of the form format shown in FIG. 41 as the input image has the Y coordinate as the ruled line 4201 in the example of the form format shown in FIG. 42 as the output image. The reduction distance is set to be reduced by “30 mm”. The ruled line 4102 in FIG. 41 is set with the height reduced by “30 mm”, which is the reduction distance, like the ruled line 4202 in FIG. The link information 4103 in FIG. 41 is set by reducing each distance by “30 mm” which is a reduction distance. The output image of the entire form after the line item adjustment processing is as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 47 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation of [Group Adjustment] in step 1505 of the flow shown in FIG. 15, which will be described next.

  The group adjustment process is a process for determining whether or not the line group in the form can be moved to the previous page. Then, after determining whether or not the user can move to the previous page, Y coordinates are set for the line group and all the items included in the line group.

  Whether or not the line group in the form can be moved to the previous page is determined as being movable when the following conditional expression (6) is satisfied.

{(S, T) ∈X, (n, y1, h1) ∈S, (y2, h2) ∈T | (p * n-y1 + h1)-(y2 + h2-p * n) ≧ 0}… (6)
In the formula (6), X is the link information in which the target line group is set as the lower item for the link information table, and S is the upper item of the link information X in the link information table for the line group information table. Line group information, T is the line group information set in the lower item of the link information X of the link information table for the line group information table, p is the height of the item information whose type of the print information table after change is “paper” , N is the page number of the line group information S for the line group information table, y1 is the Y coordinate of the line group information S for the line group information table, h1 is the height of the line group information S for the line group information table, and y2 is the line group Y coordinate of line group information T for information table, h2 is line group It is the height of the line group information T about the broadcasting table.

(1) When the group adjustment process is started, a line group whose “type” is “1” is acquired from the line group information table, and the [reduction distance calculation] process is executed for the acquired target group (step 4701, 4702).

(2) Next, the “lower item” acquires link information of the target group from the link information table, and the “page number” of the line group information table in the “upper item” and “lower item” of the acquired link information It is determined whether or not they are different (steps 4703 and 4704).

(3) If the “page number” in the line group information table is different in the “upper item” and “lower item” of the acquired link information in the determination of step 4704, “reduction distance” and the acquired link information Re-calculate the “reduction distance” from the “distance after change” and the “height”, “Y coordinate”, and “page number” of the line group information table in the upper item, and the acquired “lower item” A value obtained by subtracting “1” from “page number” is paid (steps 4705 and 4706).

(4) If the “page number” of the line group information table is not different in the “upper item” and “lower item” of the acquired link information in the determination of step 4704, or after the processing of step 4706, "Line group" in the group related information table acquires the same item as the target group, and sets the value obtained by subtracting "reduction distance" from the "Y coordinate" in the print information table after change for all the acquired items (Steps 4707 and 4708).

(5) Next, a value obtained by subtracting the “reduction distance” from the “Y coordinate” of the target group in the line group information table is set, and the [update link information] process is executed. Then, for all the line groups whose “type” in the line group information table is “1”, it is determined whether or not the check by the above processing is completed. If not, the processing returns to step 4701. If the processing is repeated, the processing here ends (steps 4709 and 4710).

  The above-described group adjustment processing uses as input data the post-change print information table 4301 shown in FIG. 43, the line group information table 4401 shown in FIG. 44, and the link information table 4501 shown in FIG. 46 is used as output data, the post-change print information table 5201 shown in FIG. 52, the line group information table 5301 shown in FIG. 53, the link information table 5401 shown in FIG. 54, and the output image shown in FIG. The processing when the line group information record 4406 whose type 4403 of the line group information table 4401 is “1” is acquired will be specifically described using the form example shown in FIG. As input data when the line group information record 4406 is acquired, the post-change print information table 4801 shown in FIG. 48, the line group information table 4901 shown in FIG. 49, and the link information table 5001 shown in FIG. 50 are used. .

  A line group information record 4908 whose type 4903 of the line group information table 4901 shown in FIG. 49 is “1” is acquired (step 4701), and [reduction distance calculation] is performed on the line group information record 4908 to obtain the reduction distance. “30” is calculated (step 4702).

  A link information record 5004 in which the lower item 5003 of the link information table 5001 is the same as “GID — 020” stored in the line item ID 4902 of the line group information table 4901 is acquired (step 4703), and the link information record 5004 is acquired. “1” of the page number 4906 of the line group information table 4901 that is the same as “GID — 011” stored in the upper item 5002 is acquired. “2” of the page number 4906 of the line group information table 4901 which is the same as “GID — 020” stored in the lower item 5003 of the link information record 5004 is acquired. As a result, for the link information record 5004, the page numbers of the upper item and the lower item are different (step 4704), so the processing of steps 4705 and 4706 is performed to determine whether or not the lower item can move to the upper item page. judge.

  The line group information record 4907 of the upper item 5002 of the link information record 5004 is acquired. The item information record 4806 whose type 4803 of the post-change print information table 4801 is “paper” is acquired, and the page of the line group information record 4907 is stored in “400” stored in the height 4805 of the item information record 4806. A value “400” obtained by multiplying “1” stored in the number 4906 is set as the paper size.

  A value “196” obtained by subtracting “130” stored in the Y coordinate 4904 of the line group information record 4907 and “74” stored in the height 4905 from the paper size “400” is calculated. The remaining size. The value “79” obtained by subtracting the paper size “400” from the value “479” obtained by adding “450” stored in the Y coordinate 4904 of the line group information record 4908 and “29” stored in the height 4905. Is calculated as the required size.

  If the value obtained by subtracting the necessary size from the remaining size is “0” or more, the remaining size is set as the reduction distance. If the value obtained by subtracting the necessary size from the remaining size is less than “0”, “0” is set as the reduction distance.

  Since the value “117” obtained by subtracting the necessary size “79” from the remaining size “196” is “0” or more, the reduction distance is set to “196” (step 4705).

  Line group information table that holds “1” of page number 4906 of the line group information record 4907 that is the upper item 5002 of the link information record 5004 and the same line group ID as the line group information record 4908 that is the lower item 5003 The page number 5303 of the record 5304 of the line group information 5301 is set (step 4706).

  A line group related information record 908 in which the line group 902 of the group related information table 12 is the same as the line group ID 4902 of the line group information record 4908 is acquired (step 4707).

  The item information record 4807 of the post-change print information table 4801 that retains the same item ID 901 as the line group related information record 908 is acquired. A value obtained by subtracting “196”, which is a reduction distance, from the value stored in the Y coordinate 4804 of the item information record 4807, and the item ID 4802 that holds the same item ID 4802 as the item information record 4807 of the changed print information table 4801 The Y coordinate 5202 of the item information record 5203 in the print information table 5201 is set (step 4708).

  The value “254” obtained by subtracting “196” as the reduction distance from “450” stored in the Y coordinate 4904 of the target line group information record 4908 is used as the value 5254 of the line group information record 5304 of the line group information table 5301. Set to Y coordinate 5302. [Update link information] is performed on the line group information record 4908, and the changed distance 5402 of the link information table 5401 is set (step 4709).

  When the check is completed for all the line group information whose type 4403 in the line group information table 4401 is “1” (step 4710), the processing is ended. If all the line group information whose type 4403 is “1” in the line group information table 4401 has not been checked (step 4710), the processing of steps 4701 to 4709 is repeatedly executed.

  FIG. 55 is a diagram showing an example of an input image form in the case where there is no check in 1308 for deleting an unfilled item in the display setting 1306 of the omitted portion of the trial print setting dialog shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of an output image form in which the present invention is implemented when there is no check in 1308 for deleting an unfilled item in the display setting 1306 of the omitted part of the print setting dialog shown in FIG.

  In the display setting 1306 of the omitted portion of the trial print setting dialog shown in FIG. 13, when the item 1308 for deleting an unfilled item is not checked, the unfilled item 5501 in FIG. The item name is set and displayed at the minimum size that can be displayed, such as 56 items 5601.

  Each process in the above-described embodiment of the present invention is configured by a program and can be executed by a CPU included in the present invention. These programs are stored in a recording medium such as an FD, CDROM, or DVD. It can be provided and can be provided by digital information via a network.

1 Form output machine 2 CPU
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 Memory 4 Print information reading part 5 Grouping part 6 Layout adjustment part 7 Page reduction determination part 8 Form output process part 9 Print preview part 10 Print information table before change 11 Print information table after change 12 Group related information table 13 Line group information Table 14 Area group information table 15 Link information table 16 Disk interface 17 Interface 18 Communication interface 19 Form format 20 Form data 21 Display 22 Network 23 Printer 24 Storage device

Claims (8)

In the form output system that prints out the created form and outputs it for confirmation.
A print information reading section for reading a form format and form data;
A layout adjustment unit that sets the items in the form to a size suitable for the entered form data and reduces the number of printed pages by reducing the vertical distance between the items,
A print preview section for previewing print information on the display screen;
A form output system that outputs print information with a layout format adjusted as a form. In the form output system according to claim 1,
The layout adjustment unit has an item adjustment unit that sets an appropriate size for the character and displays an item adjustment unit that shortens the distance between characters in order to display input data for the characters constituting the document. system. In the form output system according to claim 1,
The layout adjusting unit includes a line item adjusting unit that shortens a distance between a character and a ruled line and a distance between the ruled line and the ruled line with respect to a ruled line constituting the form. In the form output system according to claim 1,
The layout adjustment unit determines whether an unfilled item can be omitted, and if it can be omitted, the group can be omitted by setting the size of the characters and ruled lines that form the form. A form output system comprising a group omission determination unit that determines whether or not it is possible. In the form output system according to claim 1,
The layout adjustment unit has a group adjustment unit that determines whether or not an item can be moved to the previous page for an item that is a collection of characters and ruled lines constituting a form, and reduces a distance between the items. Report output system. In the form output system according to claim 1,
A page reduction determination unit that determines whether the layout adjustment unit has been able to reduce print pages;
The form output system, wherein the layout adjustment unit sets a display method and print processing of an unfilled item instructed by the user from the screen when the print page cannot be reduced. In the form output system according to claim 6,
The form output system, wherein the print preview unit displays print information, which is a print process set by a user, on a user's display as a preview screen. In the form output method that prints out the created form and outputs it for confirmation.
A print information reading section;
A layout adjustment unit;
A print preview section,
The print information reading unit reads a form format and form data,
The layout adjustment unit sets the items in the form to a size suitable for the input form data, and shortens the vertical distance between the items to reduce the number of printed pages.
A form output method, wherein a print preview section previews the print information after layout adjustment on a display screen to output print information adjusted in form format layout as a form.

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