JP2000293592A - Layout data conversion method, apparatus, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To convert an electronic form composed of a plurality of blocks having different attributes that are not in contact with each other into an HTML file in which a layout is strictly converted so that the form business can be performed from a WWW browser. Generate automatically. An entire form is divided into a matrix of HTML <TABLE> tags, and the arrangement of blocks, the size of blocks, and the space between a plurality of blocks are represented by the number of rows and the number of columns. The size of one section when divided into a matrix is represented by the width and height of the <TD> tag, and the size of the entire form is represented by the number of <TD> and <TR> tags arranged. The block defined in the form is converted into an HTML tag corresponding to the attribute, and is set in an area in <TABLE> secured by a plurality of matrix numbers, thereby realizing the HTML form.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a method for converting an electronic form (layout data) composed of a plurality of blocks having different attributes into an HTML file. The present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically generating an HTML file which is developed and displayed on the top and used to implement a form operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various forms of business using forms such as application forms, order forms, and request forms have been changed from a form in which necessary items are filled out on paper and sent to an electronic form using a computer. It is moving to. By using an electronic form, many operations such as filling out, sending, and storing a form can be processed by a computer, so that it is possible to improve work efficiency.

However, when using an electronic form, it is necessary to incorporate a program for operating the electronic form into the computer machines of all workers. When the number of workers is large, or when each worker is located at a remote place, this assembling work requires much labor. In addition, purchasing the program requires a lot of cost, and furthermore, it is necessary to educate all workers how to use the operation program.

In order to solve these problems, in recent years, W
The use of WW (World Wide Web) is increasing. Most computers have a browser program installed in advance. Therefore, in the case of WWW operated using a browser, there is no need to install or purchase an operation program, and if you only learn how to operate the screen, a special There is no need to provide education.

[0005] For this reason, if an electronic form can be converted into an HTML format that can be operated by a WWW browser, all workers can easily connect to the computer by simply setting the computer to connect to the WWW. In this way, a form operation can be performed, and a form operation can be performed efficiently.

[0006] The prior art aims at converting a document (document or image) into HTML so that the contents can be referenced on a browser. If it is a document, it is sufficient to be able to grasp the contents of the document.
When displayed with, exact alignment is not required for alignment between multiple blocks. Block A is Block B
If the relative arrangement relationship that block C is arranged to the right of block D can be converted, it can be sufficiently expressed as a document. is there. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-162003 is related to this type of apparatus.

[0007]

However, when a form is converted to HTML, a higher degree of accuracy is required. For example, in the case of a form in which a character string block describing (name) or (address) and an input area block corresponding to the right side of the block are defined,
It is necessary that the character string block described as (name) and the corresponding input area block can be converted without any deviation as if two blocks were a continuous one block. Become. In other words, if there is no block in the input area where the name is entered right next to the block (namely) (without shifting up or down), the name is inappropriate as an input box for the name. That is. If the (name) and (address) blocks and the corresponding input area blocks are arranged at a fixed interval, the (name)
It is required that the interval in the case of (1) and the interval in the case of (address) have the same size. In the related art, there is a problem that a layout such as a form cannot be accurately converted because strict positioning is not performed between a plurality of blocks. An object of the present invention is to convert an interval occurring between a plurality of blocks that are not in contact with each other into the same as an original form, and to correctly recognize a form, which is a collection of small blocks, by an operator who operates the form. It is to convert it so that you can get it.

[0008]

A layout data having a plurality of blocks that are not in contact with each other is stored in a horizontal / vertical size of each block and a horizontal / vertical interval of the plurality of blocks arranged. HTM precisely the size of the document and the horizontal and vertical size of the entire form
In order to achieve the purpose of converting to an L file, in the present invention, the entire form is represented by a matrix image of an HTML <TABLE> tag. HTM only the part where the block exists
By treating the entire form as a single table (TABLE) instead of expressing it with the L tag, the portion where blocks do not exist (the space between blocks) is also represented as a matrix of <TABLE> tags. Be able to express. For this reason, it is possible to appropriately convert the size of the space where no block exists.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present embodiment, a description will be given of layout conversion of a plurality of blocks on a form, but a block as used herein means a rectangular area having a certain width and height defined on an electronic form. are doing. The blocks do not touch or touch each other. However, the areas do not overlap. A plurality of blocks have different attributes, for example, a character string, a data input area, and a seal area, but regarding a rectangular area having a certain width and height. Is common to all blocks.

FIG. 1 shows a computer 100 of this embodiment and WWW
It is a functional block diagram of a server machine. Computer 100
An electronic form layout definition processing unit 101 for defining an electronic form layout, an electronic form layout file 102 for storing electronic form layout data, an HTML conversion 103 for converting an electronic form into an HTML form, and a block of an electronic form in an HTML form. It is composed of electronic form HTML block data 104 for storing data when the data is converted to a format, a sort order table 112 for storing the arrangement order of the blocks, and an electronic form HTML file 105 for storing a file obtained by converting the electronic form into the HTML format.

The HTML conversion 103 comprises a display format conversion processing unit 106 for the entire form, a display format conversion processing unit 107 for blocks, a block sort processing unit 108, and an arrangement processing unit 109. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the data structure of the electronic form layout file 102, which is obtained by converting the form shown in FIG. 2 into electronic data. Electronic form data is roughly divided into data attributes in block units set on the form and data attributes of the entire form. The data in block units include an item name 301, a block attribute 302,
There are a color 303, a data arrangement 304, a coordinate position 305, a data input attribute 306, the number of characters 307, a font 308, and the like.

The attributes of the entire form include a background color 309, a sheet size 310, and a section size 31 of the entire form.
1, a title 312, and the number of blocks 313. Also,
The color 303 includes a character color 3031, a background color 3032, and a surrounding ruled line color 3033, the data arrangement 304 includes a vertical data arrangement 3041 and a horizontal data arrangement 3042, and the coordinate position 305 is a rectangular block. Upper left coordinate position 3051, lower right coordinate position 30
52.

The computer 100 defines a form layout as shown in FIG. 2 by an electronic form layout definition processing unit 101, and stores the result in an electronic form layout file 102.
To be stored. Next, the HTML conversion 103 generates the electronic form HTML block data 104 and the sort order table 112 based on the data of the electronic form layout file 102, and finally converts the electronic form data into the electronic form HTML file 105. .

Thus, the electronic form can be converted into an HTML file that can be processed by a WWW browser. Convert HTML file created by conversion program to W
By registering with the WWW server, the electronic form HTML file 110 is placed on the WWW server machine 111, and a computer connectable to the WWW server can refer to the electronic form in which the positional relationship between the blocks is maintained. .

[HTML Conversion Flow] The HTML conversion 103 shown in FIG. The overall processing flow will be briefly described. First, a conversion process for the entire form is executed at 106. In developing the entire form on one large table, the width and height of one section of a matrix constituting the table are set, and the paper size, background color, and title of the form are set.

Next, at step 107, a process relating to a block defined on the form is executed. Here, an HTML tag corresponding to each attribute is generated for each block.

Finally, the processing related to the layout conversion is described as 1
Execute at 08 and 109. At 108, the order in which the plurality of blocks are developed on the table is determined. In 109,
Blocks and spaces are arranged on an HTML table. The order of the processes 106 to 109 may be changed as necessary, and all or some of the components included in the computer 100 in FIG. 1 may be realized on the WWW server machine 111.

[Process of Converting Display Format of Entire Form] The process of the display format conversion processing unit 106 of the entire form will be described in detail.
In order to develop a form on one large table, it is necessary to determine the number of rows and columns to be set in the table. If rows and columns are set in a table, blocks defined in a form can be arranged using the number of rows and the number of columns. If they are arranged in the same row, they can be aligned in the horizontal direction, and if they are arranged in the same column, they can be aligned in the vertical direction. FIG. 4 shows a form in which the size of one section is set finely, and FIG. 5 shows a form in which the size of one section is set large.

As described above, some forms set the size of one section to be small and others set the size to be large. When the size of one section is set to be small, it is possible to express finely, and when it is set to be large, it is not possible to express finely, but it is possible to create a form which is easy to see.
Also, the form size of the form is determined according to the purpose of each business. The size is A4
There may be a fixed format such as horizontal or B5 vertical, or a user-defined format in which the vertical and horizontal sizes are freely set.

A specific method for converting to HTML will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, step 6
In step 01, the background color 309 of the entire form and the title 312 of the form are acquired as attributes of the entire form from the electronic form data shown in FIG. In the next step 602, the acquired information is converted into an HTML tag, and the electronic form H
Output to TML file. The title of the form is converted as <TITLE> Item order form </ TITLE>, and the background color of the entire form is converted as <BODY BGCOLOR = # ffd5ff>. The HTML tag output in step 602 is the first one described in the HTML file. In the next step 603, FIG.
The width and height of the section size 311 and the width and height of the sheet size 310 are acquired from the electronic form data shown in FIG.

In the next steps 604 and 605, the obtained information is processed into numerical values necessary for conversion to HTML. First, in 604, the number of partitions in the horizontal direction (width) and the number of partitions in the vertical direction (height) are obtained by dividing the paper size by the partition size for each of the width and height. In 605, the unit of the size acquired as electronic form data is millimeters, and HTML
Since the unit of the size in the above is a pixel, the millimeter size is converted to the pixel size. The conversion is calculated with 1 pixel = 3.5 mm.

The numerical values processed in 604 and 605 are as follows:
The electronic form HTM used by the next step 606
Output to L file. Step 606 is a <TABLE>
This is the step of outputting the tag. Title information already output to the HTML file and form information excluding the background color of the entire form are set between this <TABLE> tag and ending with </ TABLE>, and the entire form is one <TABLE>. W existing in <TABLE> tag
IDTH = indicates the entire width of <TABLE>. This corresponds to the width of the paper size of the electronic form. The value calculated by the following equation is set here.

The width size of one section n (pixels) * the number of sections in the horizontal direction Following the <TABLE> tag, <TR> is set and positioned on the first line. In the first line, <TD></TD> is set, and then <TD WIDTH = n></TD> is repeatedly set for the number of partitions in the horizontal direction. First <T
D></TD> is set because the first row of the table is a dummy column for adjusting the height of the section, and the dummy column is not displayed on the form because the width is not set at WIDTH = n. That's why. The width of the section size is converted by WIDTH = in the <TD> tag, and the width of the paper size is converted by repeating this for the number of sections. <TD>
If the processing for setting the width of the section size by WIDTH = in the tag is set in the first row (top row) of the table, it is not necessary to set the processing in the second and subsequent rows.

That is, WIDTH = is set for the <TD> tag only in the first line, and in the second and subsequent lines, only <TD></
By simply writing TD>, the width of one section set in the first line becomes valid for the entire form. Since the contents of the first line are dummy lines for adjusting the width of the block, which are not related to the contents of the form defined by the user, it is necessary to make this line invisible when the form is displayed. is there. Therefore, HEIGHT = is not set in this <TD> tag. By not setting HEIGHT =, the height is set to 0 and no dummy line is displayed.

In the next step 607, setting of the section size height and the sheet size height is processed. However, the setting of the height is processed in the arrangement processing unit 109. Detailed processing will be described when describing the arrangement processing unit 109, and the processing will be briefly described here.

In the <TD> tag in the first column of the second and subsequent rows,
Set HEIGHT = m. If you set the height in the first column,
There is no need to set the height for the second and subsequent rows. In the second and subsequent columns, simply writing <TD></TD> enables the height of the first section set in the first column. By setting the height (HEIGHT =) in the first column for all rows after the second row, the setting of the height of one section becomes effective for the entire form. Columns including HEIGHT = set in the first column of all rows are also dummy columns for adjusting the height of the section.
Also, the line size is expressed by <TR></TR> by the number of sections in the vertical direction to express the height of the paper size.

[Block Display Format Conversion Processing] Next, the processing of the block display format conversion processing unit 107 will be described in detail. In the block display format conversion process, an attribute conversion process for each block is executed. This will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In step 701, the number of blocks 313 is acquired as an attribute of the entire form from the electronic form data shown in FIG. The number of blocks 313 indicates the number of blocks set on the form. Step 7
In step 02, it is determined whether the number of blocks set in the counter is not 0. If not, in step 703, the attribute of the block is obtained from the electronic form data.
In step 4, an HTML tag corresponding to the attribute is generated and output as electronic form HTML block data 104.

As for the HTML generation processing in step 704, a detailed generation example will be described later. Next, step 70
At 5, the counter is counted down by one and the process returns to step 702. The electronic form HTML block data 104 is output for all blocks set on the form, the counter becomes 0, and the processing is completed. The data stored in the electronic form HTML block data 104 in block units is used at the time of arrangement processing. Step 7
Regarding the generation example of the HTML tag generated in 04,
This will be described in detail according to the data structure described in FIG.

(1) Item Name The item name 301 is set as follows as the NAME = parameter of the HTML tag corresponding to the block attribute 302. (For example, in the case of the <INPUT> tag) <INPUT NAME = "Item01"······> By setting the item name with NAME =, the item name will be displayed when data is input from the browser. To obtain the value of the data.

(2) Block Attribute Regarding the block attribute 302, FIG. 8 shows a conversion example of the block attribute and the corresponding HTML tag. By using such an HTML tag, blocks having different attributes can be expressed in HTML. In FIG.
An example of conversion in the case of block attributes of “radio button” and “table” is shown. The “radio button” is composed of a <FONT> tag for setting the color, size, and font of the character string and an <INPUT> tag for setting the radio button.

In the case of "table", a <TABLE> tag is used to express a table format. The entire form is one <TABLE>
Although the tag is set as a tag, the <TABLE> tag here is for expressing a “table” as one block. For this reason, if a "table" block is defined on a form, the "table"
The structure includes <TABLE> indicating a block.

(3) Color The color 303 is expressed as follows.

Character color 3031: <FONT COLOR = # 00FF00> Background color 3032: <TD BGCOLOR = # ffff80> Surrounding rule line color 3033: <TD BORDERCOLOR = # FF0000> (4) Data arrangement Regarding the data arrangement 304, Express as follows.

[0034] (5) Coordinate Position The coordinate position 305 is used in layout conversion processing (block sorting processing and arrangement processing).

(6) Data input attribute The data input attribute 306 is expressed as follows.

Input: <INPUT TYPE = TEXT> Display: Handled as a character string Non-display: <INPUT TYPE = HIDDEN> Non-display input: <INPUT TYPE = PASSWARD> (7) Number of characters The number of characters 307 is expressed as follows. .

<INPUT MAXLENGTH = 22> (8) Font The font 308 is expressed as follows.

<FONT FACE = 'MS Mincho'> [Block sort processing] Next, the block sort processing unit 108
Will be described in detail. When the attribute conversion processing in block units is completed and the HTML tags in block units are created, the order in which the HTML tags are expanded on the HTML file is determined. The block sorting method will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, a pre-process (step 901) of setting the total number of blocks to the number of target blocks to be sorted is executed.

Next, as the information necessary for determining the order, the upper left coordinate position 3051 is acquired in block units from the electronic form data shown in FIG. 3 (step 90).
2). This coordinate position indicates where the upper left corner of the block is located. Using the upper left coordinate position, the uppermost block on the form is detected from the plurality of blocks (step 903). When a plurality of corresponding blocks are detected, the leftmost block is selected using the upper left coordinate position (step 904). If only one is detected,
The block is selected (step 905). As for the selected block, the item name 301 is registered in the sort order table as shown in FIG. 10 so that the previously selected block is first, and is excluded from the blocks to be sorted (step 906).

Next, the number of target blocks is counted down by one (step 907), and it is determined whether or not the number of target blocks is 0 (step 908).
The same processing is performed in order from. When the number of target blocks becomes 0, the sorting process is completed, and the arrangement order is determined.

[Arrangement Processing] Next, the processing of the arrangement processing unit 109 will be described in detail. Once the order of arranging the blocks is determined, HTML composed of <TABLE> tags is used in the order.
Executes processing for arranging blocks in appropriate positions in the file. This will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In step 1001, the starting coordinate position is set to (0,0). This is the <TABLE> in FIG.
In the example of the form arranged by the tag, the coordinate position of 1203 is meant. In the next step 1102, the block number 31 is set as the attribute of the entire form from the electronic form data shown in FIG.
3 is obtained and set to the number of arranged blocks. Next, in step 1103, the number of arranged blocks is determined, and if not 0, step 1104 is executed. In step 1104, data is input from the sort order table (FIG. 10) created by the block sort processing unit, and the item names are obtained in order from the first block in the sorted order.

When the step 1104 is executed for the first time, the first sorted item name is obtained, and when the step 1104 is executed for the second time, the second item name is obtained. <T in FIG.
In the example of a form placed with the ABLE> tag, the first block is 1
201, the second block is shown as 1206. Next, in step 1105, the upper left coordinate position 3051 and the upper right coordinate position 3052 are acquired from the electronic form data shown in FIG. 3 for the block of the item name acquired in step 1104.

In the next step 1106, a distance necessary for positioning from the starting point coordinate position and expressing the size of the block itself is obtained based on these information, and step 1 is executed.
At step 107, an HTML tag to be arranged is generated and output to an electronic form HTML file.

In the following, using a form example arranged with a <TABLE> tag in FIG. 12 and an HTML code development diagram in FIG.
The processing of steps 1106 and 1107 relating to the first block 1201 will be described in detail. First, the upper left coordinate position 1202 of the block 1201 to be processed is obtained, and how many partitions are separated in the horizontal and vertical directions from the starting coordinate position 1203 is calculated. In the case of block 1201, one section is set vertically and two sections are set horizontally.
You will be separated from each other. After outputting the dummy row for adjusting the partition size shown in 1204 to the first row, an HTML as shown in FIG. 13 is generated.

First, a line feed for one line is performed according to the instruction 1301, and the line is positioned on the second line. The state of being separated by one section in the vertical direction was realized by this instruction. Next, in accordance with the instruction 1302, the height of one section is adjusted in the first column of the second row. This is for creating a dummy row for height adjustment shown at 1205 in FIG. In the next instruction at 1303,
Nothing is set in the first column (the first column excluding the dummy column), and the next column is positioned without setting anything in the instruction 1304. The state of being separated by two sections in the horizontal direction was also realized by these instructions.

Thus, by the processing so far, the block 1201 is positioned at the position indicated by the upper left coordinate position 1202. The processing so far can be said to be processing for arranging a portion where no block exists, that is, space arranging processing. The next process is block 1202
This is a process of arranging itself. This processing is realized by the instruction of 1305. A block 1201 is a block having a size of 4 sections in the horizontal direction and 3 sections in the vertical direction. This size is obtained by acquiring the upper left coordinate position 3051 and the lower right coordinate position 3052 in block units from the electronic form data shown in FIG.

The horizontal size is the lower right coordinate position 305
X-axis value of 2−determined by X-axis value of upper left coordinate position 3051. The number of partitions in the horizontal direction is 1
It can be obtained by dividing by the size of the section width. Also,
The size in the vertical direction is the Y-axis value of the upper left coordinate position 3051-
It is obtained from the Y-axis value of the lower right coordinate position 3052.

The size of the vertical section is as follows.
It can be obtained by dividing by the size of the height of one section. In the instruction of 1305, this size is set to COLSPAN = of the <TD> tag.
4 (allocate four columns) and ROWSPAN = 3 (allocate three rows). In the <TD> tag, in addition to the above, parameters for the background color of the block, the color of the surrounding ruled line, the vertical data arrangement, and the horizontal data arrangement are output. The <TD> tag is closed by the </ TD> of 1307. In the meantime, an HTML tag for each block generated in the process of the block display format conversion processing unit 107 is stored in a portion 1306 between the tags. Become.

Finally, 1TR </ TR> and 1301 <TR>
And step 1 for the first block 1201
The processing of 106 and step 1107 is completed. When the processing up to step 1107 is completed with respect to the first block, in the next step 1108, the starting coordinate position currently set to (0, 0) is replaced with the block being processed (the first block when the first block is processed). Block) to the upper left coordinate position. Further, after the arrangement block number is counted down by one in step 1109, the process returns to step 1103. When the arrangement processing is completed for all the blocks, the number of arranged blocks becomes zero, and all the arrangement processing is completed.

Hereinafter, using a form example arranged with the <TABLE> tag in FIG. 12 and an HTML code development diagram in FIG.
A detailed processing method when the starting coordinate position is updated and the second block arrangement processing is executed will be described. When the processing of the first block is completed, the processing of the next block whose order is determined is executed by the block sort processing unit. Taking the second block 1207 as an example, the next block arrangement processing will be described.

When the first block 1201 is arranged, the starting position is the upper left 1203 of the entire form. However, when the second block 1206 is arranged, the starting position is the block processed immediately before. (Here, the first block 1201) is the upper left 1202. Therefore, in the case of the second block, it is separated from the starting point by two sections in the vertical direction and six sections in the horizontal direction. HTML for the placement of the second block 1206 is shown in FIG. The HTML in FIG. 14 is output immediately after the HTML in FIG. Hereinafter, the arrangement processing of the block 1206 will be described with reference to FIG.

1401 <TR> starts a new line by one line, 1402
<TR> to add another line feed. A state where two blocks are separated in the vertical direction is realized by this instruction. <TD HEIGHT set immediately after <TR> in 1401 and 1402
= 13></TD> are dummy columns for height adjustment set in the first column of each row. In the next instruction of 1403, <TD></TD>
Is executed four times, and is positioned to the right by four columns.

When the first block 1201 is arranged, <TD> has already been set for one time by the instruction of 1305 in FIG. 13, so that it has been positioned to the right by a total of five columns. Further, since <TD> for one time is executed by the instruction of 1404, a state of being separated by 6 sections in the horizontal direction was also realized by these instructions. Thus, the processing up to this point means that the second block 1206 has been positioned at the position indicated by the upper left coordinate position 1207. The size of the block 1206 is obtained by the same processing method as the processing of the first block 1201. The size of the block 1206 is 5 in the vertical direction.
Since there are five sections in the horizontal direction, in 1404,
ROWSPAN = 5 COLSPAN = 5 is set. Finally, 1404 <
</ TD> to close TD> at 1406, and 1402
</ TR> to close <TR> of 1407
The positioning processing of the th block is completed.

In the field 1405, similarly to the first block, an HTML tag for each block generated in the step of the block display format conversion processing unit 107 is stored. This processing is repeated, and if the processing of the last block is completed, the HTML conversion processing of the form is completed. FIG. 16 is an example of an HTML file when a simple form is subjected to HTML conversion processing.

[Plural Table Form] FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a multi-table form according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the multi-table form will be described with reference to FIG. In the first embodiment, the method of expanding one form on one large table has been described. In FIG. 15, the form 1500
The upper part 1501 and the lower part 1502 are respectively developed on separate tables.

The table in the upper part 1501 has a large section size, and the table in the lower part 1502 has a small section size. HTM
In order to realize this by using an L file, two tables having different section sizes are developed on a form, and blocks are arranged in each of the tables. This embodiment is characterized in that HTML files can be generated for forms having different block sizes. In addition, only the part where the positional relationship between the blocks must be accurately displayed can be converted into a single logical block and displayed.

[0058]

As described above, according to the present invention, the layout of an electronic form is converted into an HTML file, and the contents of the form can be read by a worker who uses the form using a browser. There is an effect that can be correctly recognized and operated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a computer and a WWW server machine of the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a layout of an electronic form.

FIG. 3 is a data structure diagram of an electronic form layout file 102.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a layout when one section of an electronic form is small.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a layout when one section of an electronic form is large.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a process of a display format conversion processing unit 106 for the entire form.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing of a block display format conversion processing unit 107;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of converting a block of an electronic form into an HTML tag based on a block attribute.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a block sort processing unit.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a data structure of a sort order table.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a process of an arrangement processing unit 109;

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a layout when a block of an electronic form is expanded into an HTML file using a <TABLE> tag.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing code expansion of HTML generated to arrange the first block 1201.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing code expansion of HTML generated to arrange a second block 1206;

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a layout of a multi-table form 1500;

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of an electronic form HTML file.

[Explanation of symbols]

100: Computer to which HTML conversion processing is applied 101: Processing for defining layout of electronic form 102: Electronic form layout file 103: HTML conversion processing 104: Electronic form HTML block data 105: Electronic form HTML file 106 ... Display format conversion processing of the entire form 107. Block display format conversion processing 108. Block sorting processing 109. Block and space arrangement processing 110. Electronic form H registered in WWW server machine H
TML file, 111: WWW server machine, 112: sort order table, 301: item name, 302: block attribute, 303: color, 3031: character color, 3031: background color, 3031: surrounding ruled line color, 304: data arrangement, 3041 ... data arrangement in the vertical direction, 3042 ... data arrangement in the horizontal direction, 305 ... coordinate position, 3051 ... upper left coordinate position, 3052 ... upper right coordinate position, 306 ... data input attribute, 307 ... number of characters, 308 ... font, 309 ... report 310: paper size, 311: block size, 312: title, 313: number of blocks, 601-607: processing steps for converting the display form of the entire form into HTML, 701-705: block display form Processing steps for converting to HTML, 901-908 ... multiple blocks , 1101-1109... HTM the blocks and spaces
Processing steps to be arranged on L; 1201, upper left coordinate position of the entire form; 1202, first processing block; 1203, upper left coordinate position of the first processing block; 1204, dummy line for adjusting the width of the section size; 1205: dummy row for adjusting the height of the section size; 1206: second processing block; 1207: upper left coordinate position of the second processing block; 1500: a form example in which a plurality of tables are applied to one form; 1501: Form part arranged on a table with a large section size; 1502 ... Form part arranged on a table with a small section size.

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A layout data conversion method for converting layout data having a plurality of blocks that are not in contact with each other into a display format, the method comprising: converting layout data of each of the plurality of blocks into a display format; Developing each layout data into a single logical block. 2. The layout data conversion method according to claim 1, wherein the layout data to be converted is layout data of an electronic form. 3. The layout data conversion method according to claim 2, wherein said display format is an HTML format. 4. The layout data conversion method according to claim 3, wherein the logical block including the plurality of blocks is TA
A layout data conversion method characterized by being a BLE tag. 5. The layout data conversion method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of rearranging the layout data of each of the plurality of blocks in a display order. 6. A layout data conversion device for converting layout data having a plurality of blocks that are not in contact with each other into a display format, wherein a storage means for storing the layout data and each layout data of the plurality of blocks are converted into a display format. A layout data conversion apparatus, comprising: a display format conversion processing unit for a block to be converted; and an arrangement processing unit for expanding layout data of each of the plurality of blocks into a single logical block. 7. The layout data conversion device according to claim 6, wherein the layout data converted in response to a request from another computer is sent to said another computer. 8. The layout data conversion device according to claim 6, wherein the layout data is layout data of an electronic form. 9. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for realizing the method according to claim 1. 10. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a program for realizing the method according to claim 2.