INTELLIGENT RESOURCE TRANSFORMATION ENGINE FOR TRANSLATING FILES

The invention allows computer programs to load files generated by other programs. The invention identifies the program which generated a file of interest, based on overhead data contained within the file, and translates the file into a format compatible with the user's program. The invention can also identify the language in which a text file was written, and translate the language into another language specified by the user. Each user has a profile, which specifies preferences of the user, such as preferred language, preferred output device, preferred screen colors, and so on. The invention causes files to be displayed in conformity with the user's profile.