File creation and display method, file creation method, file display method, file structure and program

A file display method, comprising the steps of:

• causing a program pertaining to an operating system of a computer to call a management program code of a file to be processed based on an interface uniformly prescribed for all files in said computer, wherein said file stored in a storage apparatus comprises file content information formed of a program code or data that said computer executes or processes and said management program code, and said management program code is prepared in advance by a provider of an application program for processing said file content information and performs a process for assisting a user of said computer to operate a file in said computer in accordance with file content information of said file;
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• performing said process for assisting the user of the computer to operate said file in the computer based on said management program code called by said program pertaining to the operating system.

A file structure of a file, comprising:

• file content information formed of a program code or data that a computer executes or processes;
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• a management program code, which is prepared in advance by a provider of an application program for processing said file content information, called by a program pertaining to an operating system of said computer based on an interface uniformly prescribed for all files in said computer and performing a process for assisting a user of said computer to operate a file in said computer in accordance with file content information of said file.

The file structure as claimed in claim 24, wherein said management program code, when the user of said computer selects a file among files that have said predetermined data format and are in said history list information displayed by said computer, performs a process for causing said application program to read said file selected and start as the process for assisting the user of said computer to operate a file in said computer.

A program for causing a computer to execute:

• preprocessing step of calling a management program code of a file to be processed based on an interface uniformly prescribed for all files in said computer, wherein said file stored in a storage apparatus comprises file content information formed of a program code or data that said computer executes or processes and said management program code, and said management program code is prepared in advance by a provider of an application program for processing said file content information and performs a process for assisting a user of said computer to operate a file in said computer in accordance with file content information of said file and outputting information regarding an operation performed by the user;
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• postprocessing step of receiving said information regarding the operation performed by the user from said management program code of said file via said interface and performing a process based on said information.