Electronic file processor, electronic file processing program recording medium, and electronic file processing method

A computer-readable device storing a program causing a computer to execute an electronic file process, the electronic file process comprising:

• acquiring through a communication network a first electronic file having a first file format and at least one second electronic file having a second file format which differs from the first file format, by reference to a linkage relationship between the first electronic file and the second electronic file;
• converting at least one of the first electronic file and the second electronic file so that the first electronic file and the second electronic file have a same file format;
• and
• combining the first electronic file and the second electronic file to generate a combined electronic file, wherein the electronic file process further comprises,
• when a plurality of the second electronic files are acquired, converting the first electronic file to generate a converted first electronic file having a same file format as one of the second electronic files, generating a reference information file indicating a reference destination of another one of the second electronic files in the same file format as said one of the second electronic files, and electronically bundling the converted first electronic file, said one of the second electronic files, and the reference information file to generate a combined electronic file.

A method of processing an electronic file, the method comprising:

• acquiring through a communication network a first electronic file having a first file format and at least one second electronic file having a second file format which differs from the first file format, by reference to a linkage relationship between the first electronic file and the second electronic file;
• converting at least one of the first electronic file and the second electronic file so that the first electronic file and the second electronic file have a same file format;
• and
• combining the first electronic file and the second electronic file to generate a combined electronic file, wherein the method further comprises,
• when a plurality of the second electronic files are acquired, converting the first electronic file to generate a converted first electronic file having the same file format as one of the second electronic files, generating a reference information file indicating a reference destination of another one of the second electronic files in the same file format as said one of the second electronic files, and combining the first electronic file, said one of the second electronic files, and the reference information file to generate a combined electronic file.

An electronic file processor comprising:

• an acquisition unit that acquires an electronic mail and at least one attachment file attached to the electronic mail;
• a conversion unit that converts a file format of body data corresponding to a body of the electronic mail to a file format of the attachment file;
• and
• a generation unit that combines the body data with the attachment file to generate a combined electronic file, wherein
• when the acquisition unit acquires a plurality of the attachment files, the conversion unit converts the body data to generate converted body data having the a same file format one of the attachment files, the conversion unit further generates a reference information file indicating a reference destination of another one of the attachment files in the same file format as said one of the attachment files, and the generation unit electronically bundles the converted body data, said one of the attachment files, and the reference information file to generate a combined electronic file.

A computer-readable device storing a program causing a computer to execute an electronic file process, the electronic file process comprising:

• acquiring an electronic mail and at least one attachment file attached to the electronic mail;
• converting a file format of body data corresponding to a body of the electronic mail to a file format of the attachment file;
• and
• combining the body data with the attachment file to generate a combined electronic file, wherein the electronic file process further comprises,
• when a plurality of the attachment files are acquired, converting the body data to generate converted body data having a same file format as one of the attachment files, generating a reference information file indicating a reference destination of another one of the attachment files in the same file format as said one of the attachment files, and electrically bundling the converted body data, said one of the attachment files, and the reference information file to generate a combined electronic file.