INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20120331382A1
• Filed: 06/11/2012
• Published: 12/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Yamamichi, Masaki
• Application Number:
  US13/493,900
• Publication Number:
  US 20120331382A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/273
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management

Abstract

When a document processing program constituting a workflow system includes a user interface and a plurality of types of editing processing can be executed by a user'"'"'s operation, an erroneous operation is executed, so that a mismatch may occur in a workflow. When a selected document is transmitted to a second processing program, a user interface that disables a user to select a predetermined function is displayed.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus capable of transmitting a document processed by a first processing program to a second processing program, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a selection unit configured to select a document to be a processing target; and

a display control unit configured to display a user interface that disables a user to select a predetermined function if the document selected by the selection unit is transmitted to the second processing program and display a user interface that enables the user to select the predetermined function if the selected document is not transmitted to the second processing program.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined function is a function of instructing deletion of a document.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit configured to, if completion of the processing of the document selected by the selection unit is indicated, store the processing-completed document in a folder monitored by the second processing program.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second processing program is an application that generates a workflow for applying a plurality of types of processing to a document.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an acquisition unit configured to acquire an input source of the document, wherein the predetermined function is changed based on the input source acquired by the acquisition unit.

6. A method of control which is executed in an information processing apparatus capable of transmitting a document processed by a first processing program to a second processing program, the method comprising:

selecting a document to be a processing target; and

displaying a user interface that disables a user to select a predetermined function if the selected document is transmitted to the second processing program and displaying a user interface that enables the user to select the predetermined function if the selected document is not transmitted to the second processing program.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the predetermined function is a function of instructing deletion of a document.

8. The method according to claim 6, further comprising, if completion of the processing of the selected document is indicated, storing the processing-completed document in a folder monitored by the second processing program.

9. The method according to claim 6, wherein the second processing program is an application that generates a workflow for applying a plurality of types of processing to a document.

10. The method according to claim 6, further comprising acquiring an input source of the document, wherein the predetermined function is changed based on the acquired input source.

11. A storage medium storing a program executed in a computer capable of transmitting a document processed by a first processing program to a second processing program, the program comprising:

selecting a document to be a processing target; and

displaying a user interface that disables a user to select a predetermined function if the selected document is transmitted to the second processing program and displaying a user interface that enables the user to select the predetermined function if the selected document is not transmitted to the second processing program.

12. The storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the predetermined function is a function of instructing deletion of a document.

13. The storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the program further comprises, if completion of the processing of the selected document is indicated, storing the processing-completed document in a folder monitored by the second processing program.

14. The storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the second processing program is an application that generates a workflow for applying a plurality of types of processing to a document.

15. The storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the program further comprises acquiring an input source of the document,

wherein the predetermined function is changed based on the acquired input source.