Patent ID: 6377952
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A personal computer having a secondary storage unit for storing a plurality of files, the personal computer comprising an application having a file editing function, a display program for displaying a document of a format among one or more formats, and a file system with the file format conversion method for converting the format of the conversion originating file into the format of the conversion destination file,wherein said file format conversion method converts a first file having a predetermined format into a second file having a format different from the predetermined format, by using a conversion program, and comprises the steps of: (1) designating one of second files by using an application of a user; (2) determining a correspondence between the first file and the conversion program for converting the first file into the designated second file; and (3) converting the predetermined format of the first file into a format of at least one desired second file by using the conversion program, wherein the application forms the conversion originating file in accordance with an operation by a user and stores the conversion originating file in the secondary storage unit, and wherein the display program issues an open API, and synchronously with the issue, reads and displays contents of another conversion destination file converted from the conversion originating file by the file system.