System for generating print data providing interaction with computer software
A system for enabling user interaction with computer software. The includes a computer system for determining information related to an interactive element, determining an identity indicative of the interactive element, determining a layout defining an arrangement for at least one of coded data indicative of the identity and the information, generating print data indicative of the identity, layout and information, transferring the print data to a printer which prints a form in response thereto by printing the information coincident with the coded data, receiving indicating data indicative of the interactive element from a sensing device which senses the coincident coded data to generate the indicating data, identifying, using the indicating data, the interactive element, and performing an action associated with the interactive element.
1. A system for enabling user interaction with computer software, the system including a computer system for:
determining information related to at least one interactive element;
determining an identity, the identity being at least partially indicative of the at least one interactive element;
determining a layout defining an arrangement for at least one of:
coded data at least partially indicative of the identity; and,
the information;
generating print data, the print data being at least partially indicative of:
the identity;
the layout; and
the information;
transferring the print data to a printer, the printer being responsive to the print data to print a form by printing:
the information; and,
the coded data, the coded data also being at least partially indicative of the at least one interactive element, the coded data being coincident with the information;
receiving indicating data from a sensing device, the sensing device, when placed in an operative position relative to the information, sensing the coincident coded data and generating the indicating data using the sensed coded data, the indicating data being at least partially indicative of the at least one interactive element;
identifying, using the indicating data, the at least one interactive element; and,
performing an action associated with the at least one interactive element.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the layout includes at least one of:
a page description indicative of an arrangement of the information; and,
a map indicative of an arrangement of the coded data.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer system is for:
generating the identity;
recording an association between the generated identity and the layout; and,
causing generation the coded data using the generated identity.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the computer system is for performing at least one of:
generating the coded data using the generated identity; and,
transferring the identity to the printer, the printer being responsive to the identity to generate the coded data.