Patent ID: 7437415

Claim:
A method for communicating information data between a first application program running on a first computer arrangement ( 10 ) and a second application program running on a second computer arrangement ( 20 ), comprising the steps of generating in said first application program a digital document containing the information data to be transferred, creating in said first computer arrangement a printer file for said document, wherein said printer file is internally generated in an operating system in response to a print command, creating in said first computer arrangement a transfer file which comprises said printer file and a definition file defining a one-to-one relation between a set of information data items contained in said printer file and a set of labels in said definition file so that each information data item is associated to a label, wherein said definition file is created for exclusive use with said printer file in that said definition file labels characterize only those information data items contained within said printer file, sending said transfer file from the first computer arrangement to the second computer arrangement, receiving said transfer file at the second computer arrangement, and at the second computer arrangement by way of said definition file, obtaining the information data items contained in the printer file comprised in the transfer file for enabling input of the information data items to the second application program, creating in the second computer arrangement an image file of said digital document by way of the printer file contained in the transfer file upon receipt of the transfer file, and storing said image file in the second computer arrangement.