1. A method of transferring an action paradigm program written for an action oriented graphic user interface to an object oriented graphic user interface comprising the steps of: supporting association tables with extended attributes for application programs and other objects through a high performance file system; recovering data file types cognizable to the action paradigm program from an association table for the action paradigm program; generating a template for each data file type; setting an inchoate document icon on each template; placing each template into an associated templates folder; for each data file type having an inchoate document icon in the object oriented graphic user interface, selecting applications for a displayable menu of applications usable with the data file type; and responsive to user selection on an inchoate document icon, creating a data file.