Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

Tosio Touhara

Hiroyoshi Kiuchi

Masaaki Fukumura

In order to obtain an accounting form required by a person who has no expert knowledge, a first designation units designates record names of output records, and item contents (e.g., item codes) of the output records to be extracted, and a second designation units designates item names to be output as data items of the output records, and output object items to be extracted as data items in correspondence with the item names. Then, records which coincide with the designated item contents are read out from a predetermined file, and a processor processes data of the output object items on the basis of the readout records in units of record names of the output records. The processed output records are output in accordance with an arranged order of the record names designated by the first designation units, and data of the output object items of the output records are output in accordance with an arranging order of the item names designated by the second designation units. Therefore, by only designating record names of output records, their item names, output object items and the like in accordance with an output image of, e.g. an accounting form, the accounting form according to the designated contents can be output without generating a code system in advance so as to obtain a desired accounting form.

Method and apparatus for generating arbitrary output records in response

A data totalization method for a data processing apparatus having a totalization definition table for defining a name of a table record in accordance with a totalization level and defining an item to be totalized in accordance with the table name. The method includes the steps of referring to the totalization definition table and reading out data relating to the totalization item from a predetermined file, totalizing the read-out data with a table record of an associated table record name in the totalization definition table, and totalizing if a record having a higher totalization level is defined in the totalization definition table, a totalized result of the totalization record with a totalization record of the record at the higher level. If a table record name defining minus-totalization with a totalization record of the high level is defined in the totalization definition table, a totalized result of a totalization record corresponding to the record name may be minus-totalized with the totalization record of the higher level. Accordingly, even if a code system for totalization is not prepared in advance, if totalization items are defined optionally according to the totalization level, the data corresponding to the definition contents is read out from a predetermined file and the record can be totalized in the hierarchical structure corresponding to the totalization level.

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Oome, Japan

Tosio Touhara