JPH0286484A - Printing output form record-generating system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make printed data easier to see through giving printing positions of printed data in a regular form by providing an analyzing means, a setting means, a registering means, an output means, a dummy storage region, a printing form control region and an output form record storage region. CONSTITUTION:A setting means 20 reads dummy data stored in a dummy storage region 52 for each position of the number of lines to be printed, and obtain the size of an output form record based on the position of the last printing character string to be printed in a line. The sizes thus obtained are registered into a printing form control region 52, and an output form record storage region 51 is secured by using the maximum of the sizes of the registered output form records as a region size. A format for an input data is obtained by a registering means 30. Where the input data is a one-byte character code, it is converted into data corresponding to a half size code for a two-byte character. Where the input data is a two-byte character code, it is not converted. The input data is thus edited into a predetermined printing form, whereby output form records on a line basis are generated, and are stored into the storage region 51.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a printing output format record generation method, and in particular, the present invention relates to a printing output format record generation method, and particularly to a 1-byte character code (hereinafter referred to as a 1-byte character code) and a 2-byte character code (hereinafter referred to as a 1-byte character code). , 2-byte character codes) to an output device according to a plurality of pieces of print format information.

[Conventional technology]

When expressing Japanese characters inside a computer system, double-byte character codes are generally used. When handling double-byte character codes such as Japanese characters and single-byte character codes such as ordinary alphanumeric characters in a mixed manner, various considerations must be taken.

For example, when generating an output format record containing a mixture of character codes from both systems for each print format and outputting it to the output device, in order to switch between the two systems, the 2-byte character code string must be It is often necessary to insert control character codes before and after the data.

In addition, when controlling the print position of characters in each line on the output device directly from the storage position (byte position) of the output record, for 2-byte character codes, the 2-byte output record position corresponds to one character (1 The storage position of the output record may not match the position where it is printed or displayed due to the fact that the control character code does not occupy the print position, etc., and the storage of the output record for each print format Consideration must be given to the fact that the character string positions between lines may not match because the positions are different and the print character size and print character interval are different between the 1-byte character code and the 2-byte character code.

Conventionally, data printed on an output device has different print character size and print character spacing between 1-byte character code and 2-byte character code, so when setting the character string position, the user has to set the character string position of the output device. Either change the program to a print position that takes into account the print character size and print character spacing, or take measures to minimize the discrepancy in the print character string position between multiple print formats within the program (such as inserting blank data). ) to adjust the position.

For example, the print character size is 2.6 x 2.1 mm (16 x 13 dots) for a 1-byte character code, 3.5 x 3.5 mm (22 x 22 dots) for a 2-byte character code, and 1-byte characters for the print character spacing. When the code is 2.54 mm (7.2 points) and the double-byte character code is 3.81 mm (10.8 points), the printing results are as shown in FIG. 12. That is, the ratio of the printed data size of the 1-byte character code and the 2-byte character code is 1:1.5. For this reason, even if the starting position is the same 1-byte character code or 2-byte character code, the printing position will differ depending on the preceding and succeeding data, so the printing position may differ between printing formats in order to align the vertical position. Adjustments are made using blank data to minimize the In addition, in this adjustment, control character codes are inserted before and after data consisting of a 2-byte character code string in order to switch between a 1-byte character code and a 2-byte character code.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional printing output format record generation method described above,
When input data is edited for each print format and stored in the output format record storage area as an output format record to be printed or displayed, the print position is adjusted while taking into account the number of control character code settings and the number of double-byte character code settings. By finding the start and end points of the corresponding storage positions, or by asking the user to provide the print character size and print character spacing for the 1-byte character code and 2-byte character code of the output device, the deviation of the print position can be determined. However, this method requires adjustment to minimize the print position, and has drawbacks such as: ■ The processing for adjusting the print position HID is complicated; and ■ The print position of printed data may shift depending on multiple print formats.

In view of the above-mentioned points, an object of the present invention is to avoid the complexity of the process for adjusting the print position, and to provide the print position of the printed data in a regular manner so as to improve the print result data. An object of the present invention is to provide a printing output format record generation method that can be easily viewed.

[Means to solve the problem]

The printing output format record generation method of the present invention stores output format records in a computer system that edits and prints input data including 1-byte character codes and 2-byte character codes into a required print format. An output format record storage area, a temporary storage area where temporary data for determining the area size of this output format record storage area is temporarily stored, and a print format management that manages the length of the output format record for each print format. Obtain the area and format of the input data, and for 1-byte character codes, create temporary data for the number of characters to be printed using half-width codes for 2-byte character codes,
For 2-byte character codes, an analysis means stores temporary data for the number of printed characters in full-width codes of 2-byte character codes in the temporary storage area in association with the character string position to be printed on the output device; The size of the output format record is calculated from the position of the final print string to be printed within the read line for each position of the number of lines to print the temporary data stored in the area, and is registered in the print format management area, and the registered output is performed. a setting means for securing the output format record storage area by setting the maximum value among the format record sizes as an area size;
In the case of a byte character code, it is converted to data corresponding to the half-width code of the 2-byte character code, and in the case of a 2-byte character code, it is not converted and edited to the specified print format to create an output format record for each line. and an output means for outputting the output format records registered in the output format record storage area by the registration means line by line or page by page.

[Effect]

In the printing output format record generation method of the present invention, an output format record is stored in an output format record storage area, temporary data for determining the area size of the output format record storage area is temporarily stored in a temporary storage area, The print format management area manages the length of the output format record for each print format, and the analysis means obtains the format of the manual data and, for 1-byte character codes, uses half-width codes for 2-byte character codes to temporarily calculate the number of characters to be printed. For 2-byte character codes, temporary data for the number of characters to be printed in full-width codes of 2-byte character codes is stored in a temporary storage area in association with the character string position to be printed on the output device, and the setting means temporarily stores the data in a temporary storage area. The size of the output format record is calculated from the position of the final print character string to be printed in the reading line for each position of the number of lines to print the temporary data stored in the storage area, and is registered in the print format management area.The registered output format is The storage area for the output format record is secured using the maximum value among the record sizes as the area size, and the registration means obtains the format of the input data, and if the input data is a 1-byte character code, it is set to a 2-byte character code. Convert the data to data corresponding to the half-width code, and if it is a double-byte character code, edit it to the specified print format without converting it, generate an output format record for each line, and register it in the output format record storage area, The output means outputs the output format records registered in the output format record storage area by the registration means line by line or page by page.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a computer system to which a printing output format record generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. This computer system includes an analysis means 10, a setting means 20, a registration means 30, an output means 40, a storage device 50, an output program 60, input definition information 70, output definition information 80, and input data. 90
and an output device 100.

The storage device 50 has an output format record storage area 51 in which printable data (output format records) obtained by editing the input data 90 for each print format is stored, and an optimal length of the output format record storage area 51. A temporary storage area 52 where temporary data is temporarily stored, and a print format management area 53 that manages the length of the output format record for each print format.
Contains.

In order to print input data 90 that does not include a control character code on output device 100, output program 60 includes input definition information WI 70 that defines the format (data position, attributes, and length) of input data 90, and input data 90 that does not include a control character code. Print format information 81 for printing each item in definition information 70 and characteristics of output device 100 (maximum number of lines for one sheet or one screen,
Output definition information 80 consisting of output medium information 82 defining the maximum number of character strings and control character code is declared.

The analysis means 10 obtains the format of the input data 90 based on the input definition information 70 and the output definition information 80, and for the 1-byte character code, provisional data for the number of printed characters in the half-width code of the 2-byte character code. For 2-byte character codes, temporary data for the number of characters printed in full-width codes of 2-byte character codes is stored in the temporary storage area 52, and when storing in the temporary storage area 52, the storage location is Temporary data is stored in association with the character string position to be printed on the output device 100.

Referring to FIG. 2, the processing in the analysis means 10 includes a step 201 of registering the number of printable character strings, a step 202 of reading print format information, a step 203 of acquiring items,
Attribute acquisition step 204 and temporary data registration step 20
It consists of 5.

The setting means 20 reads temporary data in the temporary storage area 52 stored corresponding to print positions based on a plurality of print formats for each position of the number of lines to be printed, and selects the rightmost position (last position) to be printed within the line. Find the area size required to store the output format record from the print character string position), register the area size found in the print format management area 53, and select the largest area size (output character length) among the registered area sizes (output character length). The output format record storage area 51 is secured with a value as the area size.

Referring to FIG. 3, the processing in the setting means 20 includes a temporary storage area reading step 301, a page identification name acquisition step 302, a line number position acquisition step 303,
Conversion step 304 to byte-based character code, addition of control character code length and registration step 305 in print format management area, step 3 of securing output format record storage area
It consists of 06.

The registration means 30 stores input definition information 70 and output definition information f.
[Get the format of input data 90 from I80, input data 9
If 0 is a 1-byte character code, it is converted to data corresponding to a half-width code of a 2-byte character code, and if it is a 2-byte character code, it is not converted and edited to the specified print format, so it can be printed line by line. An output format record is generated and registered in the output format record storage area 51.

Referring to FIG. 4, the processing in the registration means 30 includes an input data reading step 401, an output format record storage area initialization step 402, an all print format processing determination step 403, an item existence determination step 404, and an item determination step 403. step 405, format acquisition step 406, item attribute determination step 407, conversion step 408 to data corresponding to double-byte character code half-width code, storage position calculation step 409 in output format record storage area,
Storage position registration step 41 in output format record storage area
Consists of 0.

The output means 40 outputs the output format records stored in the output format record storage area 51 line by line or page by page.

Referring to FIG. 5, the processing in the output means 40 consists of a processing unit determination step 501, an output format record creation step 502, a one page determination step 503, and an output data output step 504.

Note that the terms described in this example are defined as follows. A row is a one-dimensional arrangement of characters, and a column is one element of characters constituting the one-dimensional arrangement. Therefore, the number of lines is the number of one-dimensional arrays, and the number of strings or characters is the number of character elements making up the one-dimensional array. Further, the line number position is a serial number given to the number of one-dimensional sequences, and the character string position is a serial number given to the characters constituting the one-dimensional sequence.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram illustrating the contents of the input definition information 70. One entry of the input definition information 70 consists of an item name, an attribute, a length (bytes), and a data position. for example,
The data of item name rMA I LJ is 6 alphanumeric characters (from the 210th character (byte) of the stored value in input data 90).
(bytes) are stored.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram illustrating the contents of the output definition information 80. One entry of the print format information 81 in the output definition information 80 consists of three items: print format, page identification name (page type), position of number of lines per line, print character string position, and number of input characters (bytes). In other words, the print format information 81 includes, for each print format, the page type that prints items to be printed (input data items, constants, etc.), the character string position to print the items, and the number of character strings to print (in bytes). It is managed by dividing it into the position of the number of lines within the page. For example, print format-1 has the page identification name rPAGEOIJ,
Print the constants “zip code”, “company name” and “location” where the line number position is rlJ. String position rl
This means outputting from J, rlOJ and "40" respectively. Print format-2 is the page identification name “PA
GEol", where the line number position is [2 to 40J, rMA I L which is an item on the input take 90
J, rCOMPJ and r A D D R, J
This means that the characters are output from the print character string positions "IJ, rlOJ" and "40", respectively. Print format-3 has the page identification name rPAGE02J, and where the line number position is "1", the constant "number of items" and the data number of rcOMPJ ($C
(NT means function) is output to print character string positions "30" and "34", respectively. Note that if the page identification name of the previous printing format and the page identification name of the current printing format are different, the pages are printed separately when they are printed out.

In addition, the output medium information 82 manages the device name, the maximum number of printable lines (maximum number of print lines), and the maximum number of print character strings of the output device 100 as output device information, and
As special information (characteristic information), 2-byte system control character code (Kanji In rlA70", Kanji Out rlA71J
etc.) are managed.

Next, the operation of the printing output format record generation method of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained.

First, the analysis means 10 obtains the maximum number of print character strings from the output medium information 82 in the output definition information 80 declared by the output program 60, and registers it in the print format management area 53 as the number of printable character strings (step 201').

Next, read the print format information 81 in the output definition information 80 to obtain the print format (step 202). and obtain one item to be output in the print format (step 2).
03) If the item is an item name specification, obtain the attributes of the corresponding item from the input definition information 70 (step 204). Next,
If the attribute of the item is a 1-byte character code, register temporary data "#" for the number of characters to be printed in the half-width code of a 2-byte character code in the temporary storage area 52; , temporary data "#" corresponding to the number of printed characters in double-byte double-byte character codes are registered in the temporary storage area 52 (step 205). For example, in FIG. 8, the temporary data "#" for the item name rMA I L J notator (1-byte character code, character length 6 heights) is printed in the line number positions r2 to 40J for the page identification name rPAGEo IJ. Registered in character string positions "1 to 6". After registration, the process returns to step 203 and repeats the process for the next item. If there are no more items in step 203, the process returns to step 202 and repeats the process for the next print format. When all print formats have been processed in step 202, control is passed to the setting means 20.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram illustrating the contents of the temporary storage area 52. In the temporary storage area 52, temporary data "#" is stored in which 1-byte character codes and 2-byte character codes are associated with the character string position to be printed for each print format (page identification name and line number position). is registered. For example, in the page identification name "rPAGEO1", the temporary data "#" is printed at character string positions "1 to 8" for the line number position "1".
, [10-15J and "40-45", respectively.

The setting means 20 first reads the position of one line of page identification name and temporary data in the temporary storage area 52 as one unit (step 301), obtains the page identification name if there is an unprocessed unit, and manages the print format. The value of the final print character string position in area 53 is read to determine whether the number of output characters in the print line has all been set (step 302). If it is not set, obtain one position of the number of lines to be printed in the page identification name (step 303), find the rightmost position where the temporary data "#" is registered, and use the found rightmost position. is interpreted as the value that should be the maximum record length, and is doubled to calculate the number of characters (bytes) converted into a double-byte character code (step 304). Next, the control character code length (4 bytes) for indicating that all output format records stored in the output format record storage area 51 are 2-byte character codes is added to the calculated number of characters. , is registered in the print format management area 53 (step 305). Climb!
After that, the process returns to step 303 and continues processing for the next number of rows.

If all row positions corresponding to the same page identification name have been processed in step 303, the process returns to step 302 and continues processing for the next unit.

When the processing is completed for all units in step 301, the output format record storage area 51 is secured in the storage device 50 with the maximum value among the total number of output characters in the print format management area 53 as the area size.Step 306 ), and passes control to the registration means 30.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram illustrating the contents of the print format management wili 53. In the print format management area 53, the number of printable character strings (bytes) calculated from the final print character string position a within one line and this final print character string position a are stored in the print format management area 53, corresponding to the position of the number of lines for each page identification name. The total number b (bytes) of output characters is managed.

For example, the position of the number of lines for the page identification name rPAGE01J is “
1", the number of printable character strings "80", the final print character string position "45" indicating the rightmost position in one line, and the total number of output characters "94" are registered. Total number of output characters
94'' is the output format record stored in the output format record storage area 51 that is all composed of double-byte character codes, so the final print character string position ``45'' is doubled, and the left end of the output format record is It is obtained by adding 4 bytes of the control character code area (see FIG. 10) provided at the right end for registering the 2-byte control character code.

The registration means 30 reads one item of input data 90 and checks the presence or absence of the input data 90 (step 401).

If there is input data, first extract one print format from the print format information 81 in the output definition information 80 and initialize the output format record storage area 51 (step 4).
02). In initialization, blank data corresponding to a half-width code of a double-byte character code is registered except for control character code areas of 2 bytes at the left end and right end, respectively.

The control character code area includes an output format record storage area 5.
A control character code is registered that indicates that all data registered in 1 is a double-byte character code. If there is an unprocessed print format, get one item (step 40).
4) If there is an unprocessed item, determine the attribute of that item (item name specification or constant) in step 40.
5) If the item name is specified, the format for the item is obtained from the input definition information 70 (step 406). If the item is a constant, step 46 is skipped. Next, step 4 reads whether the input data 90 includes the characteristic information of the output medium information 82 and determines whether it is a 1-byte character code or a 2-byte character code.
07), if it is a 1-byte character code, convert it to data corresponding to a half-width code of a 2-byte character code; step 408); if it is a 2-byte character code, proceed to the next processing step without conversion. Next, an output format record storage area 51 corresponding to the character string position to be printed
The storage position within is determined according to a simple formula based on the fact that all stored data is double-byte character codes, that is, by doubling the character string position to be printed (step 409).
. Step 410: Store the data converted or not converted in step 408 at the determined storage location.
), return to step 404 to process the next item. When all items have been processed in step 404, control is passed to the output means 40.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating the output format record storage area 51. This output format record storage area 51 has a maximum area size r12 required for an output format record based on the print format management information of the print format management area 53.
2J, with control character code areas of 2 bytes each at the left and right ends.

The output means 40 first reads the output medium information 82, obtains the characteristics of the output device 100 based on the device name, and determines the processing unit to be output (step 501). When outputting in units of pages, the output format record storage area 51 In order to create an output format record for one page, the output format record stored in the output format record is stored in an output buffer pool (not shown) (step 502), and an output format record for one page is created. If (step 503), 1
The output format record for one page is sent to the output device 100 (step 504).

When outputting in line units, the output format record stored in the output format record storage area 51 is immediately sent to the output bag 2100 (step 504). After this,
Returning to step 402 of the registration means 30.

When the registration means 30 finishes processing all print formats in step 403, it returns to step 401 to read the next input data 90. If there is no more input data 90 in step 401 of the registration means 30, the process ends. At this time, when output format records are output page by page, if unoutput output format records remain in the output Hanofa pool, the process ends after these unoutput output format records are output.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a form in which an output format record is printed out on the output device 100. Page identification name rPA
On the GEOIJ page, for the row number position "1",
Enter “zip code” in character string position “1-8” to be printed, rl
Print the "company name" on o-15J and the "location" on "40-45", and for the line number position "2-40", enter the MAIL value in the character string position "1-6" to be printed. ``l
COMP value to "0~29", ADDR to "40~59"
Each value is printed. rP with different page identification name
On the AGEo 2J page, for the line number position ``1'', the character string position ``30-33'' to be printed is ``number 2'',
The number of COMP, which is the input data 90, is printed in "34 to 39", respectively.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention provides an analysis means, a setting means, a registration means, an output means, a temporary storage area, a print format management area, and an output format record storage area, thereby making the processing for adjusting the print position complicated. In addition to simplifying the user's difficulty of having to remember the print character size and print character spacing of the output device, it also provides the print position of the printed data in a regular manner and allows the user to easily record the print result data. This has the effect of making it easier to see.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a computer system to which a printing output format record generation method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied; FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing in the analysis means in FIG. 1; 3 is a flowchart showing the processing in the setting means in FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing in the registration means in FIG. 1; FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing in the outputting means in FIG. 1; Figure 6 is a diagram showing the configuration of the input definition information in Figure 1, Figure 7 is a diagram showing the configuration of the output definition information in Figure 1, and Figure 8 is the content of the temporary storage area in Figure 1. Figure 9 is a diagram illustrating the contents of the print format management area in Figure 1; Figure 10 is a diagram illustrating the storage format of the output format record storage area in Figure 1; Figure 11 is a diagram illustrating the storage format of the output format record storage area in Figure 1; 1 is a diagram illustrating a form printed by the output means in FIG. 1, and FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a printing result by a conventional printing output format record generation method. In the figure, 10... analysis means, 20... setting means, 30... registration means, 40... output means, 50... storage device, 51... output format record storage area, 52... ... Temporary storage area, 53... Print format management area, 60... Output program, 70... Input definition information, 80... Output definition information, 81, 82, 90, Print format information, output medium Information, human data, and output devices.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a computer system that edits and prints input data including 1-byte character codes and 2-byte character codes into a required print format, an output format record storage area in which output format records are stored; , a temporary storage area where temporary data for determining the area size of this output format record storage area is temporarily stored, a print format management area that manages the length of the output format record for each print format, and a storage area for input data. Obtain the format, and for 1-byte character codes, create temporary data for the number of characters to be printed using half-width codes for 2-byte character codes, and for 2-byte character codes, create temporary data for the number of characters to be printed using full-width codes for 2-byte character codes. an analysis means for storing the temporary data in the temporary storage area in association with the position of the character string to be printed on the output device; The size of the output format record is calculated from the final print character string position, and registered in the print format management area, and the output format record storage area is set to the maximum value among the registered output format record sizes as the area size. A setting means to secure the format of the input data is obtained, and if the input data is a single-byte character code, it is converted to data corresponding to a half-width code of a double-byte character code, and if it is a double-byte character code, it is converted to data that corresponds to a half-width code of a double-byte character code. a registration means for generating an output format record line by line by editing into a predetermined print format as conversion and registering it in the output format record storage area; and an output format registered in the output format record storage area by the registration means. 1. A printing output format record generation method characterized by having an output means for outputting records line by line or page by page.