Patent ID: 7373593
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing method for setting a constraint that associates a first data field with a second data field of a plurality of data fields on a document and for determining a layout including the first and second data fields based on the constraint when data is input into the first and second data fields, the method comprising: a setting step of setting a distance between two of the plurality of data fields as a condition to determine whether to set the constraint, wherein the constraint associates the first and second data fields in a manner that, if a size of one of the first and second data fields on the document is changed in accordance with inputting the data, then the size of the other of the first and second data fields is changed; a calculating step of calculating a distance between the first data field placed on the document and the second data field placed on the document; a determining step of determining whether to set the constraint between the first and second data fields on the basis of the distance calculated in said calculating step and the distance set in said setting step; and a constraint setting step of, when said determining step determines that the constraint is to be set between the first and second data fields, setting the constraint between the first and second data fields.