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Method and system for script access to API functionality

  • US 6,279,043 B1
  • Filed: 05/01/1998
  • Issued: 08/21/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for utilizing functionality of an application program interface (API) of a computer system through script access to the API, the computer system including an operating system, the API beings within the operating system, the method comprising:

  • (a) receiving a script of one or more desired events for manipulating a file, the file having a format;

    (b) identifying whether a compatible format for the file is known by the API via a script interface which is within the API; and

    (c) executing the script on the file by the API when a compatible format is known, wherein an application program is not required to access the API.

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