Patent ID: 6282524
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: G07B

Abstract:
A method of creating an indicia printing object in an object oriented development environment of a data processing system comprising the steps of:(a) establishing an object creation function within said data processing system;(b) registering a class within said data object creation function and instantiating said class; and, wherein said instantiation establishes a programming interface to said indicia printing object;(c) establishing the properties of said indicia printing object by:(i) placing a set of object methods within said indicia printing object by utilizing said programming interface;(ii) placing printing functionality within said indicia printing object by utilizing said programming interface;(iii) placing data linking functionality within said indicia printing object by utilizing said programming interface;(iv) placing a set of postage value tables within said indicia printing object by utilizing said programming interface; and(d) creating a human interface, for allowing data to be displayed to a system operator under direction from said object methods, and placing said human interface within said indicia printing object by utilizing said programming interface.