Exporting and importing for display on an image forming apparatus environment setting information of an application

Abstract

An information processing apparatus determines whether information indicating a creator of environment setting information described in the environment setting information is the same as information indicating a user of an application, and if it is determined that the information indicating a creator of the environment setting information is not the same as the information indicating a user of the application, imports the environment setting information in a state where a path to a folder to be used by the creator included in the environment setting information is unusable.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
 an identification unit configured to identify environment setting information in which setting contents of an application is described; 
 a determination unit configured to determine whether information indicating a creator of the environment setting information described in the environment setting information is the same as information indicating a user of the application; 
 an import unit configured to import, in a case where the determination unit determines that the information indicating a creator of the environment setting information is not the same as the information indicating a user of the application, the environment setting information so that a path to a folder to be used by the creator included in the environment setting information is not applied to the application; and 
 a display control unit configured to display a selection screen including at least export of the environment setting information and import of the environment setting information as items to be selected, 
 wherein the display control unit displays, in a case where the import of the environment setting information has been selected, a screen that receives input of information for identifying the environment setting information, and displays, in a case where the export of the environment setting information has been selected, a screen that receives a selection of whether the environment setting information to be exported is prioritized. 
 
     
     
       2. The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein in a case where the determination unit determines that the information indicating a creator of the environment setting information is the same as the information indicating a user of the application, the import unit updates a path to a special folder which is dependent on an operating system included in the environment setting information to a path to a special folder which is dependent on an operating system of an environment in which the environment setting information is to be used. 
     
     
       3. The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the import unit deletes the path to the folder to be used by the creator included in the environment setting information. 
     
     
       4. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
 identifying environment setting information in which setting contents of an application is described; 
 determining whether information indicating a creator of the environment setting information described in the environment setting information is the same as information indicating a user of the application; 
 importing, in a case where it is determined that the information indicating a creator of the environment setting information is not the same as the information indicating a user of the application, the environment setting information so that a path to a folder to be used by the creator included in the environment setting information is not applied to the application; and 
 displaying a selection screen including at least export of the environment setting information and import of the environment setting information as items to be selected, 
 wherein, in a case where the import of the environment setting information has been selected, a screen that receives input of information for identifying the environment setting information is displayed, and in a case where the export of the environment setting information has been selected, a screen that receives a selection of whether the environment setting information to be exported is prioritized is displayed. 
 
     
     
       5. The computer-readable storage medium according to  claim 4 , wherein in a case where it is determined that the information indicating a creator of the environment setting information is the same as the information indicating a user of the application, a path to a special folder which is dependent on an operating system included in the environment setting information is updated to a path to a special folder which is dependent on an operating system of an environment in which the environment setting information is to be imported. 
     
     
       6. The computer-readable storage medium according to  claim 4 , wherein the path to the folder to be used by the creator included in the environment setting information is deleted. 
     
     
       7. A control method comprising:
 identifying environment setting information in which setting contents of an application is described; 
 determining whether information indicating a creator of the environment setting information described in the environment setting information is the same as information indicating a user of the application; 
 importing, in a case where it is determined that the information indicating a creator of the environment setting information is not the same as the information indicating a user of the application, the environment setting information so that a path to a folder to be used by the creator included in the environment setting information is not applied to the application; 
 displaying a selection screen including at least export of the environment setting information and import of the environment setting information as items to be selected. 
 wherein in a case where the import of the environment setting information has been selected, a screen that receives input of information for identifying the environment setting information is displayed, and in a case where the export of the environment setting information has been selected, a screen that receives a selection of whether the environment setting information to be exported is prioritized is displayed, in the displaying. 
 
     
     
       8. The control method according to  claim 7 , wherein in a case where it is determined that the information indicating a creator of the environment setting information is the same as the information indicating a user of the application, a path to a special folder which is dependent on an operating system included in the environment setting information is updated to a path to a special folder which is dependent on an operating system of an environment in which the environment setting information is to be used, in the importing. 
     
     
       9. The control method according to  claim 7 , wherein the path to the folder to be used by the creator included in the environment setting information is deleted.