Patent ID: 6360280
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method in a computer system for providing a single window in which a user may both modify a filesystem hierarchy of the computer system and select a filesystem object name to use for saving an application document residing in a memory of the computer system as a filesystem object, the method comprising the steps of:(a) displaying a window containing a visual representation of the filesystem hierarchy; (b) receiving in connection with the window a command to modify the filesystem hierarchy; (c) processing the received command to modify the filesystem hierarchy; (d) redisplaying the visual representation of the filesystem hierarchy in the window to reflect the modification of the filesystem hierarchy; (e) receiving in connection with the window a command to select a filesystem object name within the filesystem hierarchy; and (f) storing as a filesystem object a representation of the application document residing in the memory, using the selected filesystem object name.