Patent ID: 6768501
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of drawing a graphic form in a user drawable area on a computer comprising the steps of:a) determining a drawing command selected by a user from a plurality of drawing commands in response to user interaction, said drawing commands able to be used by a user in order to activate respective drawing programs, each of said drawing programs having a function of interactively acquiring a parameter value for drawing a graphic form by causing the computer to present an item name to the user and to receive an input by the user, and a function of creating graphic data corresponding to the acquired parameter value; b) causing the computer to display said graphic form in a user drawable area on a screen; c) detecting a graphic form designated by said user in said user drawable area, said designated graphic form drawn by selecting said drawing command; d) causing the computer to display a menu after the user designates the graphic form, a location of said menu being changeable by a designated point of a pointer device, said menu containing one or more program identifiers being changeable depending upon said drawing command selected when said detected graphic form is drawn, each of said program identifiers identifying respective programs for processing an object independent of the designated graphic form; and e) determining one of said program identifiers contained in said menu that is selected by the user.