JPH03282657A - Conversion system for business document form - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To handle the business documents in the service desired by a user by converting the business document of an OSI standard form received from a computer system of a different type into a desired AP form. CONSTITUTION:A business document form conversion system 1 contains a document data input means 11, a document data analysis means 12, a host form conversion means 13, a host form document file 14, an AP form input means 15, an AP form conversion means 16, and an AP form document file 17. Then the system 1 is connected to a received document file 2, an AP form input device 3, and a various AP 4. The received business documents of an OSI standard form are converted into the business document data of a host form and then into the forms proper to various applications so that the accesses are attained with various application programs controlled by a host. Thus the universal applicability is improved to users.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a business document format conversion method in interconnection between different types of devices.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, as the distribution of not only goods but also information has become more common in society, it has become necessary for each company and organization to mutually distribute information not only with other companies and organizations but also with other companies and organizations. There is. Other companies and organizations often have different computer systems, so it is necessary to provide a variety of information desired by users through interconnection between different types of devices.

Against this background, regarding the format conversion method for office documents received during the transmission and reception of office documents in heterogeneous interconnections, -C has been developed from the ○Sl standard format to the host format with the sole purpose of displaying it on a terminal. Since it is a format conversion method and does not take various application program formats into consideration, it has been impossible to access it by each application program under the host.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional office document format conversion method described above only displays the received office document on the terminal, but does not have a function to edit the displayed office document.

Furthermore, it does not have a function to output received office documents to a printer, making this function extremely lacking in versatility from the user's perspective.

The purpose of the present invention is to convert received O3T standard format office documents into host format office data, and then convert the received office documents into host format office data and then convert them into various application programs so that they can be accessed by various application programs under the host. By converting to a unique format, it can be linked with the editing function of office documents under the host, and even output to a printer.
An object of the present invention is to provide an office document format conversion method that allows office documents to be effectively used by various application programs intended by users.

[Means to solve the problem]

The office document format conversion method of the present invention is a document data input method that inputs office document data from a received document file that stores received OSI standard office documents when transmitting and receiving office documents between computer systems that can be interconnected between different types. means, a document data analysis means for analyzing the office document data inputted by the document data input means, and formatting the office document data in the OSI standard format into the host format office document data based on the information obtained by the analysis means. A host format conversion means to convert, a host format document file that stores the host format office document converted by the format conversion, and which office document data in the host format document file is used by the user and with what application program. an AP format input means for inputting an instruction as to whether to handle the host format document data and inputting the instructed office document data from the host format document file; A to convert data into an application-specific format in order to convert the data into a format that can be accessed by the application program specified by the input means.
It is characterized by having a P format conversion means and an AP format document file that stores office document data converted into a format unique to various applications by the AP format conversion means.

〔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 business document@20 format conversion system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The office document format conversion method of this embodiment is connected to the received document file 2, the AP format input device 3, and various types of documents P4, and the document data input means 11, the document data analysis means 12, It is configured to include host format conversion means 13, host format document file 14, AP format input means 15, AP format conversion means 16, and AP format document file 17.

The received document file 2 stores office documents in the OSI standard format transmitted from the other party's computer system in interconnection between different types of computer systems.

The AP format input device 3 not only specifies the office document to be converted, but also inputs information such as what kind of application program the document will be used in. The AP format input device 3 is configured by, for example, a keyboard input from a terminal.

Each of the various ΔP4 inputs an office document converted into an AP format document using the office document format conversion method 1 and stored in an AP format document file, and performs processing specific to various applications.

The document data input means 11 inputs an OSI standard format office document to be converted into an AP format document from the received document file 2.

The document data analyzer 12 analyzes the index of the office document in the O8r standard format inputted by the document data input means 11 while referring to the identifier in the data.

The host format conversion means 13 converts the office document analyzed by the document data analysis means 12 into a record format that can be accessed by the host.

The host format document file 14 is converted into the host format converting means 1.
3. Store the office document converted into a record format that can be accessed by the host.

The AP format input means 15 inputs the format of an application program that handles the office document to be converted using the AP format input device 3, and at the same time converts which office document stored in the host format document file 14 into an AP format document. Also enter the instructions. Further, the AP format input means 15 inputs the converted office document specified by the AP format input device 3 from the host format document file 14 .

The AP format conversion means 16 converts the office document inputted by the AP format input means 15 into a format accessible by the application program designated by the AP format input means 15.

The AP format document file 17 stores office documents converted into the AP format by the AP format conversion means 16.

The office documents stored in the AP format document file 17 can be accessed by various application programs desired by the user.

Referring to FIG. 2, (a) shows the structure of office document data in OSI standard format, and (b) shows the structure of office document data in host format.

The ○SI standard format data in (a) includes a data stream regarding the document outline, a data stream regarding the document structure,
(3 indexes of data stream related to document content)
It is composed of IJ-me. Each data stream consists of an identifier indicating the attribute name necessary to express the office document, the length of the attribute, and the actual attribute value. The data is arranged in this structure. Is the document file received by this ○SI standard format data document data input means 11? Input from The input OSI standard format data is processed by the document data analysis means 12 into
- Check the attribute values while referring to the identifiers in the data stream, and analyze whether there are any inconsistencies when there are related attributes in each data stream.

In the host format data (b), document outline, document structure, and document content are each stored in record format, and one record corresponds to the attributes of one office document. This host format data is obtained by converting the O3X standard format data (a) analyzed by the document data analysis means 12 into record format data as shown in (b) by the host format conversion means 13. The host format data is sequentially stored in the host format document file 14 and
It is taken out as necessary according to instructions from the format input device 3.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the data structure of an office document stored in the AP format document file 17.

The example shown in FIG. 3 is a data format for outputting a received office document to a printer, and one record is composed of header information and output content.

When printer output is instructed by the AP format input device 3, this data is extracted from the host format document file 14, and the AP format conversion means 16 converts the host format data into a printer output format. This is what I did.

During the conversion by the AP format conversion means 16, attributes such as the output position, size, and character font of the document content included in the document structure record of the host format data are converted into header information of the printer output format data. The business documents converted into AP format documents in this way are sent once to various printer devices corresponding to AP (I).

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention provides document data input means,
document data analysis means, host format conversion means, host format document file, AP format input means, AP format conversion means,
By providing an AP format document file, it becomes possible to convert OSI standard format office documents sent from different computer systems into the desired AP format, allowing the user to handle the office documents with the service intended by the user. There is an effect.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an office document format conversion method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2(a) is an office document to be converted that is input to the office document format conversion method of this embodiment. 2(b) is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of an office document converted to the host format using the office document format conversion method of this embodiment. FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of an office document converted into an AP format using the example office document format conversion method. 1... Office document format conversion method, 2... Received document file, 3... AP format input device, 4... Various ΔP111... Document data input means, 12...
・Document data analysis means, 13...Host format conversion means, 14...Host format document file, 15...A
P format input means, 16... AP format conversion means, 17
...AP format document file.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Document data input means for inputting office document data from a received document file storing received OSI standard office documents in the transmission and reception of office documents between computer systems capable of interconnection between different types; A document data analysis means for analyzing the office document data inputted by the document data input means, and a host format for converting the office document data in the OSI standard format into the office document data in the host format based on the information obtained by the analysis means. A conversion means, a host format document file that stores the host format office document converted by the format conversion, and instructions as to which business document data in the host format document file should be handled by the user and with which application program. and an AP format input means for inputting designated office document data from the host format document file; and an AP format input means for inputting host format document data stored in the host format document file. Converting data to an application-specific format in order to make it accessible by the application program
1. An office document format conversion method for interconnection between different types of devices, comprising a P format conversion means and an AP format document file that stores office document data converted into a format specific to various applications by the AP format conversion means.