	US 7,574,667 B2
	Apparatus, system and computer program product for appending a group of files to files on a clipboard of a desktop
Neal Richard Marion, Georgetown, Tex. (US); and George F. Ramsay, III, Cedar Park, Tex. (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/233,917.
Prior Publication US 2009/0024947 A1, Jan. 22, 2009
Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 715—770 [715/743; 715/841]

6 Claims

1. A computer program product on a computer readable medium for appending files to files already on a clipboard of a desktop comprising:

code means for selecting at least one file to copy onto the clipboard;

code means for determining, in response to selecting the at least one file to copy onto the clipboard, whether there is at least one file already copied onto the clipboard;

code means for displaying a first pop-up window having a first option and a second option in response to determining that there is at least one file already copied onto the clipboard, the first option allowing the at least one file to be appended to the at least one file already copied onto the clipboard, the second option allowing the at least one selected file to replace the at least one file already copied onto the clipboard;

code means for displaying a second pop-up window, in response to determining that there is not at least one file already copied onto the clipboard, the second pop-up window having a third option to allow the selected file to be copied onto the clipboard;

code means for enabling a user to assert the first option to append the at least one selected file to the file already copied onto the clipboard or the second option to allow the at least one selected file to replace the at least one file already copied on the clipboard when it is determined that there is at least one file already copied onto the clipboard or the third option to copy the at least one selected file onto the clipboard when it is determined that there is not at least one file already copied onto the clipboard; and

code means for appending the at least one selected file to the file already copied onto the clipboard in response to the user asserting the first option, code means for replacing the at least one file already copied onto the clipboard with the at least one selected file in response to the user asserting the second option, code means for copying the at least one selected file onto the clipboard in response to the user asserting the third option.