Extensible control of document processing
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsRonald M. Conescu, Kurt Knodt, Yue Liu, Loc T. Le
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Abstract
In an embodiment, a method comprises, in a print application management computer program that enables a user to generate a printed application using one or more document processing devices: identifying a plug-in that extends one or more capabilities of the print application management computer program; extending the print application management computer program to include the identified plug-in, including reconfiguring a graphical user interface of the print application management computer program to include one or more GUI widgets associated with the identified plug-in.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- in a print application management computer program that enables a user to generate a printed application using one or more document processing devices:
- identifying a plug-in that extends one or more capabilities of the print application management computer program;
- extending the print application management computer program to include the identified plug-in, including reconfiguring a graphical user interface of the print application management computer program to include one or more GUI widgets associated with the identified plug-in.
A computer-readable storage medium encoded with one or more sequences of instructions which when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform:
- providing a print application management computer program that enables a user to generate a printed application using one or more document processing devices;
- identifying a plug-in that extends one or more capabilities of the print application management computer program;
- extending the print application management computer program to include the identified plug-in, including reconfiguring a graphical user interface of the print application management computer program to include one or more GUI widgets associated with the identified plug-in.
A method, comprising:
- in a print application management computer program that enables a user to generate a printed application using one or more document processing devices:
- identifying a plug-in that extends one or more capabilities of the print application management computer program, wherein said identified plug-in represents a printed application;
- extending the print application management computer program to include the identified plug-in, including reconfiguring a graphical user interface of the print application management computer program to include one or more GUI widgets associated with the identified plug-in;
- identifying a document processing device plug-in that is referenced in said identified printed application plug-in using one or more programmatic object classes;
- wherein said extended print management computer program includes the ability to use said document processing device for the processing of said printed application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.