Patent ID: 7072061

Claim:
A method of creating a compressed file for use in an electronic RFQ, comprising: (a) receiving an electronic file for use in the electronic RFQ; (b) if the received file is a text-based file with links, extracting link information from the file and storing the extracted link information in an output file separated from the electronic file; (c) if the received file is a CAD file, extracting ISO symbol information from the file and storing the extracted symbol information in the output file; (d) converting the received file to a raster image; and (e) compressing the raster image into an electronic RFQ format file, wherein if the electronic file is one of the text-based file and the CAD file, the output file is used to generate a separate display layer to display the extracted information in addition to information of the raster image, and wherein the separate display layer is inserted into the electronic RFQ format file such that the information of the display layer is displayed in response to an activation from the RFW format file.