SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN A SOURCE VIEW AND A TARGET VIEW

Method for visualizing relationships between a source and target view comprising: displaying in the source view a source widget representing a source object; detecting a user interaction event for the source widget; sharing a message comprising a reference to or at least part of the source object; displaying in the target view a target widget representing a target object; reading by a target device that displays the target view the shared message; determining the existence of a relationship between the source and target object by looking-up in a storage the referenced or the at least part of the source object from the shared message and; updating the target view by changing the visual appearance if a relationship has been determined; and wherein the source and target object each are one of: a printable object, a reprographic device or component thereof, and a property or status of any of the these.