Method and apparatus for providing file-type associations to multiple applications
AssigneeCitrix Systems, Inc.
InventorsLee LABORCZFALVI, Anil ROYCHOUDHRY, Andrew BORZYCKI, Huai CHIN, Richard MAZZAFERRI, Pierre SEMAAN
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Abstract
A method for associating a file type of a file with one or more programs includes the step of receiving a request to store in a configuration store file type association information. From the request, an application program is determined that is to be associated with a file type in the configuration store. An association of the file type with a chooser tool is written to the configuration store
Claims37
A method for associating a file type of a file with one or more programs, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a request to store in a configuration store file type association information;
- determining from the request an application program to be associated with a file type in the configuration store;
- and
- writing to the configuration store an association of the file type with a chooser tool.
A method for invoking an application program associated with a file type, the method comprising the steps of:
- selecting a file to invoke an application program, the file associated with a file type;
- obtaining, in response to selecting the file, a reference to a chooser tool associated with the file type from a configuration store, the configuration store comprising file type association information;
- invoking the chooser tool in response to selecting the file, the chooser tool displaying a list of one or more application programs to access the selected file.
A system for invoking a program associated with a file type, the system comprising:
- a redirector obtaining a request to store file type association information in a configuration store, and determining from the request a file type to be associated with an application program in the configuration store;
- a chooser tool configured to provide a selection of one or more application programs to invoke for accessing a file associated with the file type;
- and
- the redirector writing to the configuration store to associate the file type with the chooser tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.