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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1997
Leonard Corning Lahey, Boulder, CO (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a customizable search dialog box which is used to locate files in a network printing system when building print jobs. The search dialog box includes a plurality of search fields and for each search field, a search operator field and a search value field into which information is entered. A customize dialog box is used to modify the contents of the search dialog box in real time. The customize dialog box includes customization fields in which information is entered to modify the display of information in the search dialog box. The search dialog box is redrawn in accordance with the information entered in the customization fields. The customized search dialog box can be immediately used to search a database of print files. The located print files may be added to the print job.