Patent ID: 7433860

Claim:
One or more computer-storage media, having computer-usable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of generating a cable-label file that is provided to a printing device capable of producing printed labels, the method comprising: receiving cable-description information identifying at least one cable from a remote user; capturing the received cable-description information into a cable-label running list; automatically validating the cable-label running list against a predefined format to remove processing errors, wherein upon recognizing a processing error, a feedback mechanism offers assistive input and flags the recognized processing error; dynamically updating a listing of cable-label records with the validated cable-label running list; receiving search criteria for one or more cable-label records; automatically identifying at least one cable-label record in the updated listing of cable-label records corresponding to the received search criteria; incident to receiving the search criteria for the one or more cable-label records, generating a cable-label file by reformatting the at least one identified cable-label record, wherein the generated cable-label file is structured to promote manual manipulation of content therein; and automatically providing the generated cable-label file to the printing device capable of producing printed labels, wherein the printed labels display the content of the generated cable-label file in a prescribed format.