Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1996-05-21
1998-11-03
Black, Thomas G.
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
707 4, 707102, 345340, 345348, 345352, G06F 1730
Patent
active
058324712
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for displaying a list of files, selecting one of the files, and executing a program. The present invention displays a list of file names according to a selected title without specifying a directory. The present invention provides a program execution method that allows an executable program to be optionally combined with a file to be handled or executed by the program. The present invention provides a method of displaying items and relationships among the items in a window on a display, to visually guide a user in selecting an executable program and a file to be handled or executed by the program. The method or apparatus displays a list of titles in a first window A according to file list records. When a user selects one of the titles in the first window A, the method or apparatus displays a list of file names in a second window B according to one of the file list records corresponding to the selected title. The method or apparatus displays registered items and relationships among the items in a window. When the user selects one of the items, the method or apparatus specifies file list data and program execution data in an item record corresponding to the selected item. When the user selects a file in a list of file names, the method or apparatus automatically executes a program specified by the program execution data with the selected file as a parameter.
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Black Thomas G.
Fujitsu Limited
Lewis Cheryl Renea
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