JP2012123574A - Business form system, and processing method and program thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system to reduce user's burden and facilitate retrieval in retrieval of business form data.SOLUTION: In an information processing apparatus, business form data is displayed and an area is specified by the business form data. A server determines whether an area used for retrieval that corresponds to the specified area and is previously set in the business form data exists in the business form data. When an area used for retrieval exists, business form retrieval is performed according to the data obtained from the area specified by the business form data and the area used for retrieval.

Description

  The present invention relates to a form system for retrieving form data, a processing method thereof, and a program.

  In a conventional electronic form management system, a form that is a paper medium is stored and managed as an electronic form (form data), so that only necessary forms can be searched from a large amount of forms easily and quickly. For example, when searching for form data, an electronic form system that searches for desired form data after designating an area (search target area) to be searched with electronic form information and inputting a condition that matches the search target area. It has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).

  In the electronic form management system, various types of forms resulting from business diversification and corporate mergers are sequentially digitized, so that information necessary for a specific purpose is stored redundantly among multiple form data. It will happen. For this reason, the number of operations for checking a plurality of form data by matching them is increasing. For example, in banking business, in order to retrieve a specific customer's address and deposit balance from the electronic form system at the same time, it is necessary to retrieve two form data: customer ledger and ordinary deposit balance information.

JP 2007-179201 A

  However, when searching for a plurality of form data using a conventional electronic form management system, the form data to be searched becomes larger than the normal search. There is a problem of stagnation.

  In a conventional electronic form management system, text data that is the basis of an electronic form is transmitted from a server device to a client terminal, and an electronic form is generated based on the text data received by the client terminal. This electronic form is composed of a text file of text data, a position file indicating where to place the text data, and a plurality of files such as a form file for determining the position of a form (ruled line or figure) in the form. Has been.

  When searching for form data using the technique described in Patent Literature 1, the position file is referred to from the search target area selected on the display screen, and the text file is searched from the text data in the search target area. Processing such as obtaining and retrieving from the obtained text file must be performed. Therefore, unlike an application having a search function (for example, “MSOffice” manufactured by Microsoft Corporation), there is a problem that the search takes time.

  Further, when searching for a plurality of form data, it is necessary to set a search target area on the form each time the user performs a form search, and execute the search, which takes time and effort for the search. Therefore, the search target area frequently searched by the administrator is set in advance, the text data of the search target area is stored, and the search user designates this search target area to perform the search. Although it is possible to increase the efficiency, the user who searches must grasp which search target area is set in which form, and the load during the search is high.

  Furthermore, only the search target area prepared in advance can be specified, and the usability at the time of search is not good.

  Therefore, the present invention designates an area in the form data, determines whether there is an area for use in a search set in advance in the form data corresponding to the designated area, and there is an area for use in the search In other words, a form search is executed according to the data acquired from the area specified by the form data and the area used for the search, thereby providing a mechanism that reduces the load on the user and facilitates the search.

  In order to achieve the object of the present invention, an information processing apparatus that displays form data and a server that manages the form data are communicably connected, and the information processing apparatus includes the display In order to acquire data that is a key for searching in the form data that has been displayed, the area specifying means for specifying the area and the key for searching from the displayed form data in accordance with the area specified by the area specifying means A data acquisition means for acquiring data; a first transmission means for transmitting area information of the area designated by the area designation means; and a second receiving area identification information from the server according to the first transmission means. As a search condition for searching for a form, the area identification information received by the second receiving means and the search key acquired by the data acquiring means A setting means for setting data, and a search condition including area identification information and data set by the setting means for transmitting a form search using the form search information stored in the server. Transmitting means, and the server includes second area information of an area preset in the form data, form identification information of the form data in which the second area information is set, and the second Area identification information for identifying area information; storage means for storing form search information including data included in the area; first receiving means for receiving the first area information from the information processing apparatus; Corresponding to the first area information by the area determining means for determining whether there is second area information corresponding to the first area information received by the first receiving means, and the area determining means Second domain information When it is determined that there is a second transmission unit that transmits the region identification information of the second region information to the information processing device, a third reception unit that receives a search condition from the information processing device, A form search means for searching for the form search information and searching for the form according to the area identification information and data included in the search condition received by the third receiving means is provided.

  Specify the area in the form data, determine whether there is an area to be used for the preset search in the form data corresponding to the specified area, and if there is an area to be used for the search, By executing the form search according to the data acquired from the designated area and the area used for the search, the load on the user is reduced and the search is facilitated.

1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration diagram of an electronic form management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the form server in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a form file. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the index file in FIG. It is a figure which shows the data structural example of index area | region management information. It is a flowchart which shows the whole process of a related form reference search. It is a figure which shows the example of the menu selection screen of a related form reference search. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a search result list screen. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of a common index form search process. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen displayed when the related form which has common index information does not exist. It is a figure which shows an example of a related form reference search screen. It is a figure which shows the example of input of the search conditions in a related form reference search screen. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of a related form reference search process. It is a figure which shows an example of the search result list | wrist in a related form reference search, and a search position.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an electronic form management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, a form server 100 stores, as an electronic form management device, data of multiple types of electronic forms (hereinafter simply referred to as “forms”) (hereinafter referred to as “form data” or “form file”). It manages and provides services such as browsing and searching for form files to the client PCs 101 and 102 via the network 103.

  The client PCs 101 and 102 are information processing apparatuses such as personal computers used by users. The client PCs 101 and 102 are configured to be able to communicate with the form server 100 via the network 103, and can make a form file search request to the form server 100, view search results, and the like.

  The network 103 is configured by, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network), the Internet, or the like. Note that various devices connected to the network 103 are not limited to the illustrated example, and various devices may be connected depending on applications and purposes.

  That is, FIG. 1 shows a form system in which an information processing apparatus that displays form data and a server that manages form data are connected to be communicable.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the form server 100 in FIG.

  In FIG. 2, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 201 controls various devices connected to the system bus 204 and implements various functions by executing various programs. A RAM 202 is a main memory of the CPU 201 and functions as a work area, a temporary save area, and the like. The ROM 203 or the external memory 211 stores an operating system (OS) that is a control program of the CPU 201 and a program 212 for realizing various functions in the form server 100. The CPU 201 loads these programs into the RAM 202 and executes them as necessary. A form file 213 and an index file 214 used when the program 212 is executed are stored in the external memory 211. The DB (database) 215 stores form data storage information (form ID, form name, storage destination directory association, etc.) and an index area management information master 2400 shown in FIG. These will be described later.

  The input controller 205 controls an operation input from the input unit 209 configured with, for example, a keyboard and a mouse. The display controller 206 controls display on the display unit 210. The display unit 210 is configured by, for example, a CRT or a liquid crystal display.

  An external memory controller (MC) 207 controls access to the external memory 211 that stores a boot program, various applications, user files, and edit files. In addition, various tables and parameters for realizing various functions of the server or each client PC are stored. The external memory 211 includes a hard disk (HD), a flexible disk (FD), a magnetic tape drive, and the like.

  The communication I / F controller 208 controls communication with an external device such as a client PC performed via the network 103.

  Since the client PCs 101 and 102 have the same hardware configuration as the form server 100, the description thereof is omitted. Note that the index file 214 and DB 215 are not held. As for the form file 213, the client PC receives only the part necessary for display from the form server 100, so that the client PCs 101 and 102 do not hold them in advance. The client PCs 101 and 102 hold a client module for displaying the form file 213 and hold a program different from the program 212 in the form server 100. Further, the client PCs 101 and 102 can display the form file 213 or specify a search condition for an arbitrary form file 213.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the form file 213.

  The form file 213 includes form information 3301 that defines a layout such as ruled lines and figures in the form, form text data 3302 relating to characters included in the form, form layout definition information 3303 that defines line pitch, character font, and the like in the form, The form is composed of form text arrangement information 3304 for determining the arrangement of the form text data in the form.

  When the client PC 101 displays a form (form image), the form server 100 generates form data for display from the four information files shown in the figure, downloads the form data, temporarily stores it on the hard disk, and loads it into the work memory After that, it is displayed on the display as a form.

  The form file 213 is composed of one or a plurality of files and contains one or a plurality of pages. The form server 100 manages the same type of a plurality of form files 213 as a group, and each form file 213 is called a generation within the group. For example, like the business daily report, the same type of forms with different dates and times are managed as generations.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the index file 214.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the index file 214 includes a key file 301 and a position file 302. These two files have data of one area on the form. The index file 214 is a file in which data related to the area designated by the user and the position (coordinates) of the data are extracted from the form file 213 and stored, and is a file dedicated to the search process of the form file 213. Note that the index file 214 and the form file 213 are associated using an index area management information master 2400 described later.

  In the key file 301, a character string extracted from a certain area on the form designated by the user (an area specified in a rectangular coordinate field in the index area management information master 2400 described later) is stored as a key character string 301a. Has been. The key file 301 stores a start record position 301b and an end record position 301c. The record position indicates the record number of the position file 302 linked to the key file 301.

  In the position file 302, the page number where the key character string is found, the start position (coordinates) and the end position (coordinates) on the form are stored as records. The data is sorted in ascending order of the key string.

  In the illustrated example, the key character string is a date, and date data extracted from the area on the form is sorted in ascending order and stored in the key character string 301 a of the key file 301. Further, it can be seen from the record numbers stored in the start record position 301b and the end record position 301c that date data exists in the position information stored in the corresponding record position of the position file 302. For example, when searching for data that matches “20000105” (January 5, 2000) by the search process, the key character string 301a of the key file 301 can be scanned to confirm the presence of the data. Then, from the start record position 301b and the end record position 301c stored in the record, the position information of the corresponding record number 3 in the position file is within the range of coordinates 120 to 130 on the first page of the form, Based on the position information of number 4, it can be determined that “20000105” exists in the range of coordinates 50 to 60 on the second page of the form.

  On the other hand, when the search target is “20000104”, it exists in three ranges of coordinates 50 to 60, 65 to 75, and 80 to 90 on the first page of the form.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of the index area management information.

  The index area management information is information for managing the index file 214, is created together with the index file 214, and is associated with the index file 214 by, for example, an index ID.

  The index ID is a unique ID that identifies the index area management information. The index ID is assigned by the form server 100 when the index file 214 is generated. The index name is a name arbitrarily designated by the administrator. Coordinate information (X coordinate, y coordinate) / height / width is stored in the search position. The search type stores a rectangle type. In the present embodiment, there are three types: “character”, “numerical value”, and “date”. The date expression format takes one of the following formats: yy | mm | dd | yymm | mmdd | yymmdd | mmddyy.

  The index area management information is registered in the DB 215 as the index area management information master 2400.

  That is, second area information (for example, coordinate information) of an area set in advance in the form data, form identification information (for example, form ID) of the form data in which the second area information is set, and the first The area search information including area identification information (for example, index name and index ID) for identifying area information 2 and data included in the area (for example, key character string) is stored.

  Next, the flow of related form reference search in the electronic form management system of FIG. 1 will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of related form reference search in the electronic form management system of FIG.

  In step S <b> 101, the client PC 101 transmits a search target form display request to the form server 100. The display request for the search target form, for example, specifies the storage destination by selecting the form ID specified by the user or the directory where the form is stored, and includes this storage destination information (folder ID, etc.). .

  In step S102, the form server 100 receives the search target form display request transmitted from the client PC 101.

  In step S <b> 103, the form server 100 generates form data to be displayed using the form file 213 in accordance with the form ID of the display request transmitted from the client PC 101.

  In step S104, the form server 100 transmits the generated form data to the client PC 101.

  In step S105, the client PC 101 receives the form data transmitted from the form server 100, and displays the form data with a browser, for example. Note that the screen on which the form data is displayed is configured such that search conditions can be set in order to search within the displayed form data (a plurality of generations of form data or a plurality of pages of form data).

  In step S106, the client PC 101 uses the search condition (character string or ID value of the index area in the form data, the type for specifying whether it is a character or a numerical value, the condition for the hit (character string) entered by the user And a comparison condition (such as “˜” or more)) are transmitted to the form server 100.

  In step S107, the form server 100 receives the search condition transmitted from the client PC 101. The form server 100 searches for form data based on the received search condition.

  In step S <b> 108, the form server 100 transmits a list of hit form data to the client PC 101 as a search result.

  In step S109, the client PC 101 receives the search result transmitted from the form server 100 and displays a search result list screen as shown in FIG. Also, when the user designates, for example, 801 on the search result list screen with a mouse, the form page that matches the search condition is displayed on the display of the client PC 101, and the record that matches the search condition on the displayed page is displayed as another record. Display in an identifiable manner (for example, highlight display). In other words, this is a process for designating an area in order to acquire data that is a key to search for the displayed form data (area designation).

  In step S110, the client PC 101 determines whether or not the related form reference search instruction is issued by the user on the screen of FIG. In the related form reference search instruction, first, in order to determine a search key for searching for a related form, a range specification selected by the user with a mouse or the like is accepted. When the right button of the mouse is clicked by the user at the place where the range specification is accepted, the menu selection screen 702 shown in FIG. 7 is displayed, and the pressing of the menu selection screen 702 is accepted. That is, it is a process for specifying for searching other forms from the displayed form data (related form search specification).

  If the menu selection screen 702 is pressed and it is determined that there is a related form reference search instruction, the process proceeds to step S111. If it is determined that there is no related form reference search instruction, for example, if the range is not specified and the search condition is input in step S106, the process ends and the process proceeds to another process. For example, the process of step S106.

  In step S <b> 111, the client PC 101 searches for a character string in the coordinates from the coordinate information of the area designated for the range. That is, it is a process of acquiring data serving as a key to search from the displayed form data according to the designated area (data acquisition).

  In step S112, common index form search processing is performed according to the form information (form ID) and search key information (acquired character string (key character string) and coordinate information) of the displayed form data.

  Here, the common index form search process in step S112 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of common index form search.

  In step S201, the client PC 101 transmits the form information (form identification information such as form ID) and search key information (coordinate information) acquired in step S111 to the form server 100. That is, it is a process of transmitting area information of a specified area (first transmission).

  In step S202, the form server 100 receives form information (form ID) and search key information (coordinate information) transmitted from the client PC 101. That is, it is a process of receiving the first area information (first reception).

  In step S203, the form server 100 compares the index area management information master 2400 in the DB 215 with the combination of the form information (form ID) transmitted from the client PC 101 and the search key information (coordinate information), and the same form is obtained. Index information in which the coordinates of the search key are included in the search position by ID is acquired.

  In step S204, if the index information does not exist in step S203, the form server 100 ends the common index information acquisition process and returns. If index information exists, the index information (index ID, index name, search type, date expression format) is acquired, and the common index form search in step S205 is executed.

  In step S205, the form server 100 converts the form having the same index information into the index area management information master in the DB 215 based on the index information (index ID, index name, search type, date expression format) acquired in step S203. Search from 2400.

  In step S206, if there is no form having the same index information in step S205, the form server 100 ends the common index form search, transmits error information to notify that there is no index, and returns. . If there is a form having the same index information, the form information (form ID) and index information (index ID, index name, search type, date expression format) are acquired. Further, based on the acquired form information (form ID), the form name and the storage destination directory are acquired from the storage information of the form data in the DB 215. That is, it is a process of determining whether or not the second area information corresponding to the received first area information is in the index area management information (area determination).

  In step S207, the form server 100 transmits the common index form information (form ID, form name, storage directory, index ID, index name, search type, date expression format) acquired in step S206 to the client PC 101. To do. That is, when it is determined that there is second area information that matches the index area management information, this is a process of transmitting the area identification information of the matched second area information to the information processing apparatus (second transmission).

  In step S208, the client PC 101 receives the common index form information (form ID, form name, storage destination directory, index ID, index name, search type, date expression format) transmitted from the form server 100. That is, it is a process of receiving area identification information (for example, index name) from the server (second reception).

  The process returns to step S113 in FIG. 6, and in step S113, the client PC 101 determines whether or not the common index form information has been received from the form server 100. If the common index form information has not been received, a message screen without the related form shown in FIG. 10 is displayed in step S117. That is, if the server determines that there is no second area information, the server transmits information indicating that there is no matching area in the information processing apparatus to notify that there is no matching area, and the information processing apparatus This is a process of receiving information indicating that there is no matching area and notifying that there is no matching area. If the common index form information has been received, the process proceeds to step S114.

  In step S114, the common index form information and the search key information (key character string) acquired in step S110 are used as related form search conditions, and values are set for the corresponding items. That is, it is a process of setting the received area identification information and the acquired data (search key information) as a search key as search conditions for searching for a form.

  In step S117, when a message indicating that a related form does not exist is displayed and it is detected that a button for performing a normal search (not shown in FIG. 10) is pressed, in order to cause the user to perform a desired search. The form to be searched is designated, and the form data of the form is acquired from the form server 100 and displayed. When an area is selected in the form data, the key character string is automatically set and displayed in the search condition input field (same as step S106) on the screen displaying the form data. Thereby, even when there is no common index, it is possible to facilitate a normal search. That is, in the case where there is no matching area, it is a process for setting the acquired data as a key to be searched without setting the area identification information.

  In step S115, the client PC 101 displays the related form search screen 1101 shown in FIG. 11 according to the related form search condition set in step S114.

  In the target form list on the related form search screen 1101 in FIG. 11, the form ID, form name, and storage destination directory of the common index form information are displayed. The target area 1105 of the search condition 1104 displays the index name of the common index form information, and the type 1106 displays the search type of the common index form information. In the condition 1107, search key information (key character string) is displayed. At this time, “equal to” is displayed in the comparison 1108 by default. As a comparison condition, as indicated by 1201 in FIG. 12, “more than”, “less than”, “greater than”, and “less than” can be selected, and the user is allowed to select with a mouse operation. Also, the user selects a search target form from the target check box 1103 by operating the mouse.

  In step S116, the client PC 101 executes a related form search based on the related form search conditions displayed and set in step S115.

  Here, the related form search will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the flow of related form search.

  In step S <b> 301, the client PC 101 transmits the set related form search conditions (form ID, index ID, index name, search type, key character string, comparison condition) to the form server 100. That is, it is a process of transmitting a search condition including set area identification information and data to the server in order to perform a form search using form search information (for example, index area management information) (third transmission).

  In step S302, the form server 100 receives the related form search conditions (form ID, index ID, index name, search type, key character string, comparison condition) transmitted from the client PC 101. That is, it is a process of receiving the search condition (third reception).

  In step S303, the form server 100 determines that the index area management information master 2400 and the index file are based on the related form search conditions (form ID, index ID, index name, search type, key character string, comparison condition) received from the client PC 101. From 214, data matching the condition is retrieved. That is, it is a process of searching for form search information according to the area identification information and data included in the received search condition and searching for the form.

  In step S304, the form server 100 transmits the result list searched in step S303 as a search result to the client PC 101.

  In step S305, the client PC 101 receives the search result transmitted from the form server 100 and displays the search result list screen shown in FIG. Note that the search result list screen in FIG. 8 has been described using the screen used in step S109 for the sake of convenience. However, the search result list screen does not have to be the same screen, and the normal search and the search result list screen for related form search conditions are different. May be the screen.

  Further, in step S305, as shown in FIG. 14, if 1401 is designated with the mouse on the search result list screen as in the search result of step S109, the corresponding page of the form that matches the search condition is displayed on the client PC 101. The record is displayed on the display, and the record of the location that matches the search condition on the displayed page is displayed so as to be distinguishable from other records (for example, highlighted display as 1402).

  Although the present embodiment has been described above, in the present embodiment, when the form file 213 is displayed, Active-X is downloaded from the form server 100 to the client PC, and the form file 213 is displayed by the browser on the client PC. Is done. In addition, various display controls are configured to be controlled using Active-X, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, you may comprise with a client server type system, without using a browser. In this case, a unique program that can display and search the form file 213 on the client PC side can be installed in advance and realized.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, an area is designated by form data, it is determined whether there is an area to be used for a preset search in the form data corresponding to the designated area. When there is an area to use, a mechanism that reduces the load on the user and facilitates the search by executing a form search according to the data acquired from the area specified in the form data and the area to be used for the search Is to provide.

  In particular, when searching for a plurality of forms, it is possible to specify an index used for searching for a plurality of forms simply by specifying an area with the displayed form data, and the search for a plurality of forms is facilitated.

  It should be noted that the configuration and contents of the various data described above are not limited to this, and it goes without saying that the various data and configurations are configured according to the application and purpose.

  Although one embodiment has been described above, the present invention can take an embodiment as, for example, a system, apparatus, method, program, or recording medium, and specifically includes a plurality of devices. The present invention may be applied to a system including a single device.

  The program according to the present invention is a program that allows a computer to execute the processing methods of the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 6, 9, and 13. The storage medium of the present invention uses the processing methods of FIGS. 6, 9, and 13. A computer executable program is stored. Note that the program according to the present invention may be a program for each processing method of each apparatus in FIGS. 6, 9, and 13.

  As described above, a recording medium that records a program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the program stored in the recording medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by executing the reading.

  In this case, the program itself read from the recording medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the recording medium storing the program constitutes the present invention.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program, for example, a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD-ROM, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, EEPROM, silicon A disk, solid state drive, or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) operating on the computer based on an instruction of the program is actually It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the processing and the processing is included.

  Furthermore, after the program read from the recording medium is written to the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board is based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that the case where the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  Further, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or apparatus. In this case, by reading a recording medium storing a program for achieving the present invention into the system or apparatus, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  Furthermore, by downloading and reading a program for achieving the present invention from a server, database, etc. on a network using a communication program, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

  In addition, all the structures which combined each embodiment mentioned above and its modification are also included in this invention.

100 Form server 101 Client PC
102 Client PC
103 Network 201 CPU
202 RAM
203 ROM
211 External memory

Claims (7)

A form system in which an information processing apparatus that displays form data and a server that manages the form data are connected to be able to communicate with each other,
The information processing apparatus includes:
In order to obtain data as a key for searching in the displayed form data, an area designating unit for designating an area;
Data acquisition means for acquiring data as a key for searching from the displayed form data according to the area specified by the area specifying means;
First transmission means for transmitting area information of the area designated by the area designation means;
Second receiving means for receiving region identification information from the server according to the first transmitting means;
Setting means for setting area identification information received by the second receiving means and data serving as a search key acquired by the data acquiring means as search conditions for searching for a form;
A third transmission unit configured to transmit the search condition including the area identification information and data set by the setting unit to the server in order to perform a form search using the form search information stored in the server;
The server
Second area information of an area set in advance in the form data, form identification information of the form data in which the second area information is set, area identification information for identifying the second area information, Storage means for storing form search information including data included in the area;
First receiving means for receiving the first area information from the information processing apparatus;
Area determining means for determining whether there is second area information corresponding to the first area information received by the first receiving means;
A second transmission unit configured to transmit the region identification information of the second region information to the information processing apparatus when the region determination unit determines that there is second region information corresponding to the first region information; When,
Third receiving means for receiving a search condition from the information processing apparatus;
A form system comprising: a form search means for searching for the form search information according to area identification information and data included in the search condition received by the third receiving means, and searching for the form. The information processing apparatus includes:
Related form search specifying means for specifying to search for other forms from the displayed form data;
2. The form system according to claim 1, wherein the first transmission unit transmits region information when the related form search designation unit is designated to search for another form. 3. The server
When the area determination unit determines that there is no matching second area information, the information indicating that there is no matching area is transmitted to the information processing apparatus to notify that there is no matching area. Further comprising:
The information processing apparatus includes:
Fourth receiving means for receiving information indicating that there is no matching area from the server;
3. The form system according to claim 1, further comprising notification means for notifying that there is no matching area according to the information received by the fourth receiving means.   The said setting means sets the data used as the search key acquired by the said data acquisition means, without setting area identification information by the said setting means, when there is no said matching area | region. 3. The form system described in 3. The first transmission means transmits form identification information of the displayed form data,
The first receiving means receives the form identification information in addition to the first area information,
The area determination means specifies form search information according to the form identification information received by the first reception means, and second area information included in the specified form search information matches the first area information, The area identification information that matches the area identification information for identifying the matched second area information is determined to include the second area information when the other form search information includes the area identification information. The form system of any one of thru | or 4. An information processing apparatus that displays form data, the form data is managed, second area information of an area set in advance in the form data, and form identification information of the form data in which the second area information is set And a processing method of a form system in which area identification information for identifying the second area information and a server including storage means for storing form search information including data included in the area are connected to be communicable There,
The information processing apparatus is
An area designating step for designating an area in order to obtain data serving as a key to search in the displayed form data;
A data acquisition step for acquiring data as a key for searching from the displayed form data according to the area specified in the area specifying step;
A first transmission step of transmitting region information of the region designated in the region designation step;
A second receiving step of receiving region identification information from the server according to the first sending step;
As a search condition for searching for a form, a setting step for setting area identification information received in the second reception step and data serving as a search key acquired in the data acquisition step;
A third transmission step of transmitting, to the server, search conditions including area identification information and data set in the setting step in order to search for a form using the form search information stored in the server;
The server is
A first receiving step of receiving the first area information from the information processing apparatus;
An area determination step for determining whether there is second area information corresponding to the first area information received in the first reception step;
A second transmission step of transmitting the region identification information of the second region information to the information processing apparatus when it is determined in the region determination step that there is second region information corresponding to the first region information; When,
A third receiving step of receiving a search condition from the information processing apparatus;
A processing method for executing a form search step of searching for the form search information and searching for the form in accordance with area identification information and data included in the search condition received in the third receiving step. An information processing apparatus that displays form data and a program that can be executed by a form system in which a server that manages the form data is connected to be able to communicate,
The information processing apparatus;
In order to obtain data as a key for searching in the displayed form data, an area designating unit for designating an area;
Data acquisition means for acquiring data as a key for searching from the displayed form data according to the area specified by the area specifying means;
First transmission means for transmitting area information of the area designated by the area designation means;
Second receiving means for receiving region identification information from the server according to the first transmitting means;
Setting means for setting area identification information received by the second receiving means and data serving as a search key acquired by the data acquiring means as search conditions for searching for a form;
In order to search for a form using the form search information stored in the server, the search condition including area identification information and data set by the setting means is functioned as a third sending means for sending to the server,
The server,
Second area information of an area set in advance in the form data, form identification information of the form data in which the second area information is set, area identification information for identifying the second area information, Storage means for storing form search information including data included in the area;
First receiving means for receiving the first area information from the information processing apparatus;
Area determining means for determining whether there is second area information corresponding to the first area information received by the first receiving means;
When it is determined by the area determination means that there is second area information corresponding to the first area information, a second area information for matching the second area information is transmitted to the information processing apparatus. A transmission means;
Third receiving means for receiving a search condition from the information processing apparatus;
A program which searches the form search information according to area identification information and data included in the search condition received by the third receiving means and functions as a form search means for searching for a form.

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