Patent ID: 7131072

Claim:
A storage medium for storing a program enabling a computer to execute a method comprising: in a case that a plurality of processes to be sequentially executed are assigned to an optional button on a screen, storing execution file names of the processes in correspondence with respective input time ranges and at least one of a display word and a display color to be displayed on the optional button in each input time range; and when an input operation is performed using the optional button, determining and displaying at least one of a current display word and a current display color to be currently displayed based on an input-time-determination start time, an elapsed time from an input operation start point to a present point, and storage contents, during the input operation of the optional button; obtaining selected execution file names, corresponding to the input time range determined by a current value of the input-time-determination start time and the elapsed time for the input operation of the optional button, from the storage contents, executing processes of the selected execution file names, and obtaining a new value for the input-time-determination start time based on the current value of the input-time-determination start time and the elapsed time for the input operation of the optional button.