Application Coordinating System, Application Coordinating Method, and Application Coordinating Program

An application coordinating program that causes a computer provided with an arithmetic unit, a storage device, and a display device to carry out processing causing coordination between a coordination source application that manages a plurality of records and a coordination target application, the application coordinating program causing the computer to execute:

• a coordination rule storage step in which at least one coordination rule is stored at the storage device, the at least one coordination rule including information pertaining to
• the coordination source application,
• a coordination item acquisition window which is a record display window of the coordination source application and which is such that an item value is acquired therefrom during coordination,
• a coordination acquisition item which is an item displayed within said coordination item acquisition window and which is such that an item value is acquired therefrom during coordination,
• the coordination target application, and
• a coordinated launch command format for causing the coordination target application to be launched in coordinated fashion with respect to the coordination source application;
• an item value acquisition step in which the item value of the coordination acquisition item within the coordination item acquisition window displayed at the display device is acquired during coordination;
• a coordinated launch command generation step in which a coordinated launch command which includes as launch parameter the item value acquired at the item value acquisition step based on the coordinated launch command format is generated during coordination;
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• a coordinated launch step in which execution of the coordinated launch command causes the coordination target application to be launched with the item value acquired at the item value acquisition step serving as the launch parameter therefore during coordination.

An application coordinating method for causing coordination between a coordination source application that manages a plurality of records and a coordination target application in the context of a computer provided with an arithmetic unit, a storage device, and a display device, the application coordinating method comprising:

• a coordination rule storage step in which at least one coordination rule is stored at the storage device, the at least one coordination rule including information pertaining to
• the coordination source application,
• a coordination item acquisition window which is a record display window of the coordination source application and which is such that an item value is acquired therefrom during coordination,
• a coordination acquisition item which is an item displayed within said coordination item acquisition window and which is such that an item value is acquired therefrom during coordination,
• the coordination target application, and
• a coordinated launch command format for causing the coordination target application to be launched in coordinated fashion with respect to the coordination source application;
• an item value acquisition step in which the arithmetic unit acquires the item value of the coordination acquisition item within the coordination item acquisition window displayed at the display device during coordination;
• a coordinated launch command generation step in which the arithmetic unit generates a coordinated launch command which includes as launch parameter the item value acquired at the item value acquisition step based on the coordinated launch command format during coordination;
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• a coordinated launch step in which execution of the coordinated launch command by the arithmetic unit causes the coordination target application to be launched with the item value acquired at the item value acquisition step serving as the launch parameter therefore during coordination.