JP2001010148A - Data output controller and its program recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable an easy change into an output form with a supplementary item added at a free position on a format by referring to the contents of a supplementary information storing means and making a change into an output form including the supplementary item when each data item is outputted according to format information. SOLUTION: When an optional slip seed is assigned, in CPU 1, a slip format information file is searched, and a slip format corresponding to an assigned slip seed is read out and developed/displayed on a display 6. Next, when slip data for one item are inputted, concerned slip data are inputted/displayed at a corresponding item position and stored temporarily in the memory in RAM 4. The existence of an input assignment of a remarks column is investigated, when the input assignment exists. An area frame is displayed during the output of a slip, when remarks column information is stored/administrated. A change into an output form which passed through the remarks column is made.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data output control device for arranging and outputting item data in accordance with format information for defining an item area for each item, and a program recording medium therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when inputting slip data for each item in an office computer or the like in accordance with a previously set slip format, it is necessary to input noticeable matters such as notes and supplementary explanations. There is. In such a case, if a "remarks column" is set in advance on the slip format, a noteworthy item is entered in the "remarks column". In addition, if a comment text is input after arbitrarily setting the desired item or position in the form where the "Remarks" column is not set on the slip format, the input comment text is displayed to the right of the specified item or position. Is known.

[0003]

However, the fixed setting of the "remarks column" on the slip format means that if there is no need to enter any special items, the "remarks column" is left blank. Will remain. Securing an unnecessary area on the input screen in this way imposes restrictions on the layout and complicates the input screen. Also, in the case where the comment text is forcibly displayed and output in the vicinity of the specified item or position, if the comment text partially overlaps other display data, the display data is hidden, Cannot be read accurately. An object of the present invention is to input item data,
The purpose is to allow the user to change to an output form in which the supplementary item is added at an arbitrary position on the format simply by arbitrarily designating a new area as a supplementary item as needed.

[0004]

The means of the present invention are as follows. According to the first aspect of the present invention, when inputting desired data when inputting item data according to format information that defines an item area for each item, a new item not defined by the format information is input. Supplementary item designation means for arbitrarily designating an area as a supplementary item, supplementary information storage means for storing and managing information indicating the supplementary item designated by the supplementary item designation means, and arranging and outputting each item data according to the format information At this time, an output control means for referring to the contents of the supplementary information storage means and changing to an output form including the supplementary item if the supplementary item is stored.
The present invention may be as follows. (1) A supplementary object designating means for arbitrarily designating an item to be associated with the supplementary item as a supplementary item among the items defined by the format information,
The supplementary information storage means stores and manages the supplementary item designated by the supplementary area designation means and the supplementary target item designated by the supplementary target designation means, and the output control means stores the supplementary information of the supplementary information storage means. Refer to the contents,
If the correspondence between the supplementary item and the supplementary target item is stored, the output form is changed to the output form including the supplementary item, and is changed to the output form that clearly shows the correspondence relation between the supplementary item and the supplementary target item. (2) There is provided supplementary data input means for inputting data arranged in the supplementary item, and the supplementary information storage means comprises:
The input supplementary data corresponding to the supplementary item is stored and managed for each supplementary item, and when the output control means is changed to an output form including the supplementary item, the output control means stores the supplementary data corresponding to the supplementary item. Output. (3) Among the items defined by the format information, there is provided a supplementary item designation means for designating an item associated with the supplementary item as a supplementary item, and the supplementary item designated by the supplementary item designation means. When the output attribute is set corresponding to the item, the output control means inherits the output attribute of the supplement target item to the supplement item. (4) An output condition input means for inputting condition data defining an output condition for each of the supplementary items is provided, and the supplementary information storage means stores the supplementary items and the output condition data inputted corresponding thereto. Managing, the output control means controls the output of supplementary items according to the output condition data in the supplementary information storage means.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when inputting item data in accordance with format information such as a slip for defining an item area for each item, desired items such as notes and supplementary explanations are input. In this case, when a new area is designated as a supplementary item in a blank portion excluding each item area defined by the format information, information indicating the designated supplementary item is stored and managed in supplementary information storage means. I have. When arranging and outputting each item data according to the format information, the contents of the supplementary information storage means are referred to, and if the supplementary items are stored, the output form is changed to include the supplementary items. Therefore, when inputting the item data, it is possible to change to an output form in which the supplementary item is added at an arbitrary position on the format simply by arbitrarily designating a new area as a supplementary item as necessary.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a slip data processing device for inputting and outputting slip data. The CPU 1 is a central processing unit that controls the overall operation of the slip data processing apparatus according to various programs. The storage device 2 includes a storage medium 3 in which an operating system, various application programs, a database, character font data, and the like are stored in advance, and a drive system thereof. The storage medium 3 is fixedly provided or removably mountable, and includes a magnetic / optical storage medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, and a RAM card, and a semiconductor memory. Have been. In addition, the storage medium 3
The programs and data in are loaded into the RAM 4 under the control of the CPU 1 as needed. Further, the CPU 1 receives programs and data transmitted from other devices via a communication line or the like and stores them in the storage medium 3 or stored in a storage medium provided in other devices. Existing programs and data can be used via a communication line or the like. Further, an input device 5, a display device 6, and a printing device 7, which are input / output peripheral devices, are connected to the CPU 1 via a bus line, and the CPU 1 controls these operations according to an input / output program. The input device 5 has a pointing device such as a keyboard and a mouse for inputting character string data and the like and for inputting various commands. The display device 6 is a liquid crystal display device, a CRT display device, a plasma display device, or the like.
Is a non-impact printer such as thermal transfer or ink jet or a dot impact printer.

FIG. 2A is a diagram showing a part of the storage device 2. In the storage device 2, a slip data file 2-1, a slip format information file 2-2, and a remarks information file 2-3 are stored. Have. The voucher data file 2-1 stores various voucher files in the form of one voucher and one file. The CPU 1 stores, for example, one voucher input for each item on a voucher input screen as shown in FIG. The item data is stored in the slip data file 2-1 as a slip file. The slip shown in FIG. 3 has a header area, a detail area, and a bottom area, and the slip format information file 2-2 stores the slip format. That is, the slip format information file 2-2
Stores the slip format information in association with various slips. This slip format includes layout information defining an item area for each item on the slip input screen, as well as “slip name”, “item name”. , Etc., and output attributes for each item, which are arbitrarily set and registered in advance. The slip format is not limited to the input format that defines the layout on the slip input screen, but defines the print format when printing the slip. The slip input format and the slip print format have basically the same configuration. I have. The output attributes defined for each item indicate character font, character size, color, shading, and the like.

The remarks information file 2-3 stores, for each remarks column arbitrarily specified on the slip input screen, area information for defining the remarks column, remarks data input in the remarks column, and the like. This remark information is the slip data file 2
-1, is stored and managed in a file format different from the slip format information file 2-2. In other words, when inputting slip data for each item in accordance with the slip format, if it is necessary to input a noteworthy matter such as a precautionary statement or supplementary explanation, a new area not defined by the slip format is created. When arbitrarily designated as a supplementary item “remarks column”, the CPU 1 detects the position of the area and stores it in the remarks information file 2-3. Here, FIG. 4 illustrates a case where the “remarks column” is arbitrarily specified on the slip input screen, and a blank portion excluding each item area (hereinafter referred to as a definition item) defined by the slip format. Then, a new area is designated as a "remarks column", and an item to be associated with the remarks column (hereinafter referred to as a parent item) among the definition items on the slip format is specified on the slip input screen. At this time, the association between the parent item and the remarks column is performed by drawing a “leader line” between the parent item and the remarks column.

Here, FIG. 5A shows the remarks information file 2
3 shows the data structure of the remarks information file 2-3.
As shown in FIG. 5 (B), each slip is stored and managed in association with the slip data file 2-1. For each remarks column, "leader line start position", "leader line end position",
The “area start position”, “area end position”, “parent item information”, “display / print condition”, and “text” are stored. The “leader line start position and end position” are XY coordinate values indicating the start point and end point positions of the leader line that associates the parent item with the remarks column. "Region start and end positions" are those where the upper left corner of the rectangular area is detected as the region start and the lower right corner as the region end position when the remarks column is designated, and the remarks column is defined by the two points.
The “parent item information” indicates the parent item associated with the remarks column. In addition to the “item name”, if the parent item is an item in the detail area, the “line number” is stored. The "display / print conditions" define whether or not to output the remarks column when outputting the slip. For example, if the "display / printable" condition is set, the display / print of the remarks column is set. Allow,
If the condition of “display only” is set, it means that printing of the remarks column is prohibited and only the display is performed. “Text” is character string data input in the remarks column, and is a note or supplementary explanation for the parent item. Note that FIG.
4B shows a part of the RAM 4. The input data memory 4-1 is an input buffer for temporarily storing input slip data, and the work memory 4-2 is a work area for temporarily storing intermediate results of processing. It is. The output buffer 4-3
Is a display / print buffer.

Next, the operation of the slip data processing apparatus will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS. Here, a program for realizing each function described in these flowcharts is stored in a storage medium 3 in the form of a readable program code, and the CPU 1 sequentially executes operations according to the program code. I do. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the slip input process. First, when an arbitrary slip type to be input is specified, the CPU 1 searches the slip format information file 2-2, reads out a slip format corresponding to the specified slip type, and expands and displays the slip format on the slip input screen. (Step A1). When one item of slip data is input on the slip input screen in accordance with this slip format, the input slip data is input and displayed at the corresponding item position on the slip input screen, and the input data memory 4 in the RAM 4 is displayed. -1 is temporarily stored (step A2). Each time a slip for one item is input, it is checked whether there is an input instruction in the remarks column by a specific key on the keyboard or a mouse operation (step A3). The process of inputting the slip data for each item is repeated until the end is instructed (steps A2 to A4).

Now, after inputting the slip data for one item, if there is an instruction to enter the remarks column, the input process for the remarks column is performed (steps A6 to A16). First,
An area indicating the remarks column is designated on the slip input screen (step A6). In this case, an arbitrary blank part except each item area defined by the slip format is specified as the remarks column area. At this time, two rectangular positions (upper left position and lower right position) are clicked with the mouse. I do. Then, the region frame is displayed on the slip input screen, and the two-point coordinate values “region start position” and “region end position” are obtained, and these are used as the region information in the remarks column as the work memory 4- 2 (Step A)
7). Next, when text data (remarks data) to be input is input in the remarks column (step A8), the input text data is displayed and output in the remarks column on the slip input screen, and the remarks column is displayed. Is temporarily stored in the work memory 4-2 (step A9). When a parent item for this remarks column is designated (step A10), a "lead line" is automatically drawn between the remarks column and the parent item (step A1).
1) Acquire the item name defined in the slip format corresponding to the parent item, and if the parent item is an item in the detail area, acquire its line number and use them as parent item information in the work memory 4. -2 (steps A12 and A13). In addition, "Display / print conditions" in the remarks column
Are designated (step A14), they are temporarily stored in the work memory 4-2 (step A15). When various kinds of information about the remarks column are prepared in this way, the contents of the work memory 4-2 are stored. Is stored in the remarks information file 2-3 (step A16).

When the remarks column setting process for securing the remarks column for one item on the slip input screen in this way is completed, the process returns to step A4, and the above-described operation is performed every time the remarks column is input. Repeated. Therefore, a plurality of remarks columns can be arbitrarily set on the slip input screen. Here, in the example of FIG. 4, in the first line of the detail area, a remarks column having the second item from the left (item name: product name) as a parent item is secured above the detail area, and 5 shows a case where “separate shipment” is input as text data, whereby the first line of the remarks information file 2-3 is shown in FIG.
The remark information as shown in FIG. Similarly, in the example of FIG. 4, a remarks column having an item indicating "slip number" in the header area as a parent item is secured below the detail area, and "delivery destination attention" is input as text data in the remarks column. In this case, the remark information as shown in FIG. 5A is stored in the second line of the remark information file 2-3.
The position and size of the remarks column to be newly set on the slip input screen are not limited to the example of FIG. 4 and can be specified arbitrarily. The position and size should not affect the position. When the input for one slip is completed in this way, the slip data in the input data memory 4-1 is stored in the slip data file 2-1 (step A5). At this time, the slip file and the remark information are stored. Files are stored and managed in a one-to-one correspondence.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a slip output process when the slip created and input as described above is arbitrarily called and output. First, when a slip to be output is specified (step B1), the slip data file 2-1 is searched based on the specified slip, and the corresponding slip data of one file is read out (step B1).
2), a slip format corresponding to the specified slip is read from the remarks information file 2-3, and one file of slip data is output to the output buffer 4 in accordance with the slip format.
-3 (step B3). Then, it is checked whether or not there is remarks information corresponding to the slip data of one file (step B4). If there is no remark information, the display / printing operation is performed in the same manner as usual according to the contents of the output buffer 4-3 (step B4). Step A11) If there is remark information, the remark information corresponding to the slip is read from the remark information file 2-3 (step B5). Then, the parent item is specified with reference to the parent item information in the remarks information, and it is checked whether or not to output the parent item (step B6). In other words, when displaying and outputting slip data and correcting the data,
Some items such as "Product Name" may be hidden, and some items may not be printed when printing a slip, but the parent item corresponds to such a non-output item It is determined whether or not the display / print condition is satisfied. If the item does not correspond to the non-output item, the process proceeds to step B7, where "display / print conditions" are extracted from the remarks information, and it is determined whether the conditions are satisfied (step B7).

If the output condition is satisfied, the output attribute of the parent item is obtained from the slip format (step B8), and a remarks column, a lead line, and text data are output based on the output attribute of the parent item. It is deployed and arranged in the buffer 4-3 (step B9). In this case, "area start and end positions" are extracted from the remarks information, and a rectangular area having the two points as the upper left coordinate point and the lower right coordinate point is automatically generated as the remarks column, and is output to the output buffer 4-3. And the text data extracted from the remark information is expanded and arranged in the remarks column. Further, “lead line start and end positions” are extracted from the remarks information, and a lead line is inserted between the parent item and the remarks column. At this time, if the output attribute of the parent item is character font or character size, the slip data in the parent item and the text data in the remarks column have the same character font and character size, and the display color and print color If
The remarks column and the leader line have the same color as the parent item, and the output attribute of the parent item is inherited by the remarks column as it is. When the process of outputting the remarks column for one item is completed in this way, the process proceeds to the next step B10, where it is checked whether there is other remarks information in the remarks information file 2-3, and if there is, the process returns to step B5. ,
The above operation is repeated. Here, if the parent item is a non-output item (step B6) or if the output condition of the remarks column is not satisfied even if the parent item is an output target item (step B7), the output of the remarks column is Skipped. If all the information in the remarks information file 2-3 has been read, the process proceeds to step B11, where the contents of the output buffer 4-3 are transferred to the display device 6 or the printing device 7, and the display / print operation is performed. .

As described above, in the slip data processing apparatus according to this embodiment, when inputting slip data for each item according to the slip format, a new area is used as a remarks column when desired items are input. If it is arbitrarily specified, the form is changed to the output form including the remarks column when the form is output, so that a form in which the remarks column is added at an arbitrary position can be obtained. In this case, if the parent item associated with the remarks column is specified, the correspondence between the remarks column and the parent item is clearly indicated by a leader line. Relationships do not break.

When text data to be arranged in the remarks column is input, the text data is stored and managed in the remarks information file 2-3 in association with the remarks column. The corresponding text data can be placed in the remarks column. Furthermore, since the output attribute of the parent item is inherited in the remarks column, the correspondence between the parent item and the remarks column can be specified by the output attribute. In this case, the correspondence between them is further clarified by shading, unifying the colors, and the like. Further, since the output condition of the remarks column is set in the remarks information file 2-3, the remarks column can be output only when the conditions are met.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the format information for the slip input screen and the format information for the slip printing have basically the same layout has been exemplified. It may be. Also, the slip data file 2-1 and the remark information file 2-3 are stored and managed in different file formats, but the remark information file 2 is stored in the slip data file 2-1.
-3 may be included. Further, the correspondence between the parent item and the remarks column is clearly indicated by a leader line, but it may be clearly indicated by blinking display, colored display, other symbol marks, or the like. Although the position and area size of the remarks column specified by the user are output as they are, the position and area size of the remarks column are automatically reduced in consideration of the layout of the entire slip and the distance between adjacent items. It may be adjusted. In this case, the number of digits of the text data arranged in the remarks column may be obtained, and the area size of the remarks column may be expanded or reduced according to the number of digits. Further, the data arranged in the remarks column is not limited to text data, but may be an image. Further, the data is not limited to a slip, and a remarks column may be provided in tabular data or the like.

[0018]

According to the present invention, when inputting item data, an output in which a supplementary item is added at a free position on a format simply by arbitrarily designating a new area as a supplementary item as necessary. Since it can be changed to a form,
It is not necessary to set supplementary items fixedly on the layout as in the past, the addition of supplementary items does not hide other output data, and the listability of supplementary items and other items is also improved. It is possible to secure.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a slip data processing device.

FIG. 2A is a diagram showing a part of a storage device 2, FIG.
4 is a diagram showing a part of the RAM 4.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a slip input screen.

FIG. 4 is a view for explaining a method of specifying a remarks column on a slip input screen.

5A is a diagram showing the data structure of a remarks information file 2-3, and FIG. 5B is a diagram in which a slip data file 2-1 and a remarks information file 2-3 are stored and managed in association with each other. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of inputting a slip.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation when outputting a slip.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 2 Storage device 2-1 Slip data file 2-2 Slip format information file 2-3 Remarks information file 3 Storage medium 4 RAM 4-1 Input data memory 4-3 Output buffer 5 Input device 6 Display device 7 Printing device

Claims (6)

[Claims] When inputting desired items when inputting item data in accordance with format information defining an item area for each item, a new area not defined by the format information is supplemented. A supplementary item designating means arbitrarily designated as an item; a supplementary information storage means for storing and managing information indicating the supplementary item designated by the supplementary item designating means; , Referring to the contents of the supplementary information storage means,
A data output control device that, if the supplementary item is stored, changes the output mode to an output form including the supplementary item. 2. A supplementary object designating means for arbitrarily designating an item to be associated with the supplementary item as a supplementary item among the items defined by the format information, and the supplementary information storage means comprises a supplementary area designation unit. Storing and managing the supplementary item specified by the means and the supplementary target item specified by the supplementary target specifying means,
The output control unit refers to the content of the supplementary information storage unit, and if the correspondence between the supplementary item and the supplementary target item is stored, changes to an output form including the supplementary item,
2. The data output control device according to claim 1, wherein the output form is changed to an output form that clearly indicates the correspondence between the supplementary item and the supplementary target item. 3. A supplementary data input means for inputting data arranged in the supplementary item, wherein the supplementary information storage means stores and manages the inputted supplementary data corresponding to the supplementary item for each supplementary item. 2. The data output device according to claim 1, wherein said output control means arranges and outputs the supplementary data corresponding to the supplementary item when the output form is changed to an output form including the supplementary item. Control device. 4. A supplementary item designation means for designating, as a supplementary item, an item to be associated with the supplementary item among the items defined by the format information, wherein the supplementary item designated by the supplementary item designation means is provided. 2. The output control unit according to claim 1, wherein when the output attribute is set corresponding to the target item, the output control means inherits the output attribute of the supplementary target item to the supplementary item.
A data output control device as described. 5. An output condition input means for inputting condition data defining an output condition for each of the supplementary items, wherein the supplementary information storage means stores the supplementary items together with the output condition data inputted corresponding thereto. 2. The data output control device according to claim 1, wherein the output is controlled by the output control unit in accordance with the output condition data in the auxiliary information storage unit. 6. A recording medium having a program code read by a computer, wherein when inputting item data according to format information defining an item area for each item, a desired item is input. A function of arbitrarily designating a new area not defined by the format information as a supplementary item, storing and managing information indicating the designated supplementary item, and arranging and outputting each item data according to the format information. A function of referring to the supplementary information and, if the supplementary item is stored, changing to an output form including the supplementary item, and a program code for realizing the following.