Method of open selected files by converting paths of the files into addresses

• US 20030131314A1
• Filed: 01/04/2002
• Published: 07/10/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Schmidt Scientific Taiwan Limited (Unitech Printed Circuit Board Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Schmidt Scientific Taiwan Limited (Unitech Printed Circuit Board Corporation)
• Inventors: Wang, Hong-Chang, Lin, Pin Feng
• Application Number:
  US10/039,028
• Publication Number:
  US 20030131314A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/501.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation

Abstract

A method for utilizing web browser to view documents comprises the following steps: the viewing area of the web browser is divided into a first display section and a second display section, wherein the first display section shows a tree diagram of the locations of file menus and individual documents, and the second display section shows the contents of a selected document. Then an accessing disk is designated to become the network disk if it is the file server on the intranet, and plural submenus, plural document names, and location paths are read from the disk. The tree structure of locations of the plural submenus and documents is formed according to the location paths of the plural submenus and documents in the disk. Next, the location paths of the plural file menus are set to become hyperlink addresses, and the tree structure of the plural submenus and documents is shown in the first display section. Since the location paths of the plural file menus being hyperlink address, when users select a document in the first display section, the web browser reveals the contents of the selected document in the second display section according to its own application programs or those supported by the system.

Claims

1. A method for browsing a document by utilizing a web browser, comprising following steps:

dividing a viewing area of said web browser into a first display section and a second display section, wherein said first display section shows a tree diagram of the locations of file menus and individual documents, and said second display section shows the contents of a selected document;

designating an accessing disk, and if said accessing disk being a file server on a network, thereby setting said disk as a network disk;

reading plural submenus, plural document names, and location paths from said accessing disk;

setting said location paths of said plural document menus to a hyperlink addresses;

forming a tree structure of locations of the said plural submenus and the said plural documents; and

displaying said tree structure of the said plural submenus and document menu in said first display section, said location paths of the said plural documents being hyperlink address, when a user selecting a document in said first display section, said web browser revealing the contents of said document in said second display section according to an associating application program.

2. A method of claim 1, further comprising following steps:

after an accessing disk is designated, and if said accessing disk being a file server on said network, designating said accessing disk to act as a network disk;

setting the location paths of the said plural documents to become hyperlink addresses;

generating a tree structure for the revealing the selected disk or the plural submenus and documents contained in the menus;

wherein setting said location path comprises following steps;

receiving a instruction to select a disk or menu;

checking said disk or menu being open or not;

waiting for next instruction if said disk or menu being opened;

executing successive step including;

fetching plural submenus or names and paths of plural document belong to said disk or menu;

generating a tree structure, which contains nodes precious plural submenus or documents individually belong to the said disk or menu; and

checking said plural nodes, if said plural node being menu nodes, then closing said menu nodes, otherwise, if said plural node being document nodes, setting the paths of said documents of said document nodes to become a hyperlink address.

3. A method of claim 1, wherein said web browser includes IE (Internet Explorer) or Netscape Navigator.

4. A method of claim 1, wherein the formats of said document comprises xls (Excel document), mdb (Access document), doc (Word document), ppt (PowerPoint document), txt (text document), rtf (text document), wri (text document), pdf (E-book), htm (web page), html (web page), eml (E-mail), .url (website address), asp (web page), and ordinary picture document (such as jpg, gif, bmp, etc.).

5. A method for utilizing web browser to view documents in various format, comprising following steps:

setting menu paths of said documents to become a hyperlink address;

displaying the tree structure of the menu names of documents whose menu paths have been set to become hyperlink addresses in said first viewing area of said web browser; and

waiting for selecting a document to be examined, and said selected document calling corresponding application programs by said web browser, then the content of said selected document being displayed in said second viewing area of said web browser via said hyperlink.

6. A method of claim 5, wherein said web browser includes IE (Internet Explorer) or Netscape Navigator.

7. A method of claim 5, wherein the format of said document comprises xls (Excel document), mdb (Access document), doc (Word document), ppt (PowerPoint document), txt (text document), rtf (text document), wri (text document), pdf (E-book), htm (web page), html (web page), eml (E-mail), url (website address), asp (web page), and ordinary picture document (such as jpg, gif, bmp, etc.).

8. A method for opening various documents to synchronously preview and reveal documents in a web browser by a user, comprising following steps:

dividing a viewing area of a web browser into a first display section used to reveal tree structure of document menus and a second display section used to preview the content of said documents; and

selecting said menus or said documents in said first display section, said web browser being responsive to the instructions of said user and revealing said content of said menus or documents by calling associated programs or application programs of said menus or documents;

wherein the paths of said documents being set to become a hyperlink address.

9. A method of claim 8, wherein said web browser includes IE (Internet Explorer) or Netscape Navigator.

10. A method of claim 9, wherein the format of said document comprises xls (Excel document), mdb (Access document), doc (Word document), ppt (PowerPoint document), txt (text document), rtf (text document), wri (text document), pdf (E-book), htm (web page), html (web page), eml (E-mail), url (website address), asp (web page), and ordinary picture document (such as jpg, gif, bmp, etc.).