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AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsTAKAO YAGI, OSAMU TAKAHASHI
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A file handling device designed to improve the efficiency of file selection in a GUI environment. When a menu is opened with a file, a folder or an icon selected in a file menu, a file selection screen, a folder tree menu or a file browser or with an icon on the desktop selected, file menu item creation/display unit, file selection screen item creation/display means, folder tree item creation/display unit and file/icon menu item creation/display unit read out data set by means of environment setting unit and stored in settings storing unit, as well as history data stored in history storing unit, and additionally display the read data in the menu or the like. At the time of drag-and-drop operation, drop list window creation/display unit reads out the set data and the history data and displays a list of the read data in a drop list window.
A file handling device permitting handling of a file/folder in an application and in a file browser and handling of an icon on desktop, comprising:
A computer-readable recording medium storing a file handling program permitting handling of a file/folder in an application and in a file browser and handling of an icon on desktop, the program comprising environment setting means for setting, storing and updating items to be displayed as menu items, file menu item creation/display means, responsive to an operation to display a file menu, for acquiring items of recently accessed files/folders from history storing means which stores a history of opened files/folders and items of set files/folders from settings storing means which stores contents of settings set by means of the environment setting means, and additionally displaying the acquired items in the file menu, file selection screen item creation/display means, responsive to an operation to select an item “Open” in the file menu, for acquiring the items of recently accessed files/folders from the history storing means and the items of set files/folders from the settings storing means and additionally displaying the acquired items in a file selection screen, folder tree item creation/display means, responsive to a depression of a “Browse” button in the file selection screen, for acquiring the items of recently accessed files/folders from the history storing means and the items of set files/folders from the settings storing means and additionally displaying the acquired items in a folder tree menu, drop list window creation/display means, responsive to start of a drag operation, for creating and displaying a drop list window showing, as target files/folders of drop operation, the items of recently accessed files/folders acquired from the history storing means and the items of set files/folders acquired from the settings storing means, and file/icon menu item creation/display means, responsive to an operation to display a menu in a situation where a file/folder is selected in the file browser or an icon on the desktop is selected, for acquiring the items of recently accessed files/folders from the history storing means and the items of set files/folders from the settings storing means and additionally displaying the acquired items in the menu
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