JP2013145473A - Information processing apparatus and control method thereof, image forming apparatus and control method thereof, system and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide information processing apparatus capable of preventing a security problem that, while developing a program, when an external publication manifesto is made within a setting file, the program may be erroneously introduced into an environment of general market under the publication manifesto.SOLUTION: The information processing apparatus includes: an install unit that, when performing a test on an application according to an instruction from a development environment, installs application of a test target and a test application including a test case on the application; an execution unit that executes a test case on the application using the test application; and an uninstall unit that uninstalls the application and the test application after completing the execution of the test case; A setting file included in the application includes a setting for the test application to call the application when the test case is executed.

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for executing a test for an application in an image forming apparatus capable of installing an application, an information processing apparatus and a control method thereof, an image forming apparatus and a control method thereof, and a program.

  Conventionally, in an image forming apparatus and its control, it is possible to construct an execution environment (for example, Java (registered trademark)) for another embedded system on a real-time OS. Furthermore, an application platform that can download and add an application that can control the image forming apparatus from the outside has been installed.

  A development environment for developing an application on such an application platform is provided. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a mechanism that automatically performs build to test result acquisition, stores the state of the application platform, and facilitates debugging work.

  Meanwhile, another test application for confirming the operation of the developed application is created. Then, there is a method of checking the operation by calling an API (Application Program Interface) of the developed application from the application. In this case, the application to be tested using functions provided by the framework of the platform on which the application operates needs to be implemented in advance to permit external publication so that the API can be called from another application (external). There is.

  Specifically, it is necessary to declare export for external publication in the configuration file implemented in the application. On the other hand, the application side to be tested needs to be implemented so that an externally published API can be used. Specifically, on the premise that an export declaration is made in a manifest file that is an API setting file, the application side needs to declare the API to be imported. As described above, in order to check the operation of the developed application using the two applications, it is necessary to perform mounting for executing tests on both applications.

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  The method of checking the operation of an application using a test application is an effective method for debugging work during application development. However, generally sold applications are configured so that APIs are not called from the outside from the viewpoint of security. For example, an API that does not require an export declaration is configured not to make an export declaration in the manifest file.

  Also, if you temporarily declare export to a manifest file for debugging purposes during application development, you may forget to revert the changes. In this case, the application can be called from the outside, and if the developer is sold to the market unintentionally, the application may be attacked by a malicious user. Therefore, it is a problem from the viewpoint of security.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following configuration. That is, a system including an image forming apparatus that can install and execute a provided application, and an information processing apparatus that provides a development environment for an application that is executed by the image forming apparatus. In accordance with a user instruction, an application executed in the image forming apparatus, a creation unit that creates a test application including a test case for the application, the application created by the creation unit, and the test application Transmitting means to the image forming apparatus, and the creating means creates the application and the test application and uses the application and the test for executing the test case. App In the setting file of each application, the test application includes a setting for calling the application, and the image forming apparatus receives the application to be tested from the information processing apparatus and the application Installation means for installing a test application including a test case, execution means for executing a test case by the test application for the application, the application after the execution of the test case is completed, Uninstalling means for uninstalling the test application.

  Another configuration of the present invention is an information processing apparatus that provides an application development environment that is executed by an image forming apparatus capable of installing and executing an application, and is executed in the image forming apparatus according to a user instruction A creation unit that creates an application, a test application including a test case for the application, a transmission unit that sends the application created by the creation unit and the test application to the image forming apparatus. Then, the creation means, in creating the application and the test application, in the setting file of each of the application and the test application used when executing the test case, Test application creates, including the settings for calling the application.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the setting used at the time of creation of an application is prevented from continuing in an unintended state, and the security aspect in creation of an application is enabled.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of an image forming apparatus. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a software structure of an image forming apparatus. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of a development PC connected to an image forming apparatus. FIG. The figure which shows the software structural example of an integrated development system. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a software configuration example of an image forming apparatus when performing a test. The block diagram of the more detailed software structural example of a production | generation means. The block diagram of the software structural example of a test broker. The flowchart of the process which produces a test case. The figure which shows an example of UI of an integrated development system. The flowchart which showed a series of processes which perform a test from the production | generation of an application.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the scope of claims, and all combinations of features described in the embodiments are not necessarily essential to the solution means of the invention.

(First embodiment)
[Hardware configuration of image forming apparatus]
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of an internal configuration of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The image forming apparatus 1 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes a controller unit 100 that controls each unit in the image forming apparatus 1, an operation unit 112, a scanner unit 123, and a printer unit 125 as a basic configuration. The operation unit 112 includes, for example, hard keys such as a numeric keypad for inputting numbers and a start key for executing processing, and a liquid crystal touch panel, and provides a user interface for the user to operate the image forming apparatus 1. To do. By touching (pressing down) an icon or a button (or a hard key) representing each setting item displayed on the touch panel of the operation unit 112, it is possible to input settings and information to the image forming apparatus 1.

  The scanner unit 123 reads an image such as a document as image data. The printer unit 125 conveys the recording paper and prints the image data as a visible image on the recording paper.

  The controller unit 100 is connected to the scanner unit 123 via the bus 122 and connected to the printer unit 125 via the bus 124. The controller unit 100 is connected to other devices via the LAN 113, the public line (WAN) 114, and the wireless 115, and performs input / output control of image information and device information.

  The CPU 101 is a controller that controls the entire system. A RAM 102 is a system work memory for the CPU 101 to operate, and is also an image memory for temporarily storing image data. The ROM 103 is a boot ROM. The ROM 103 stores a system boot program. The HDD 104 is a hard disk drive, and stores system software, image data, and all wireless communication information (wireless communication specifications) of the communication unit 111 described later.

  In the image forming apparatus 1, the functions can be increased by installing an application (hereinafter referred to as “application”) in which a function desired to be used is installed. By installing the application, an application program for operating various functions on the image forming apparatus 1 is stored in the RAM 102 or the HDD 104.

  The operation unit I / F 106 is an interface unit with the operation unit 112 that is a user interface (UI), and outputs data to be displayed on the operation unit 112 to the operation unit 112. Also, it plays a role of transmitting information input by the user from the operation unit 112 to the CPU 101. A network unit 109 is connected to the LAN 113 and inputs / outputs information. The MODEM 110 is connected to the public line 114 and inputs / outputs information.

  The communication unit 111 is connected to a wireless (WIRELESS) 115 via an antenna (not shown), and inputs and outputs information. The communication unit 111 can perform a plurality of types of wireless communication. Each of the above devices is arranged on the system bus 107.

  An image bus I / F 105 is a bus bridge that connects a system bus 107 and an image bus 108 that transfers image data at high speed and converts a data structure. The image bus 108 is a bus defined by a PCI bus or IEEE1394.

  In each device placed on the image bus 108, a raster image processor (RIP) 116 expands the PDL code into a bitmap image. The device I / F unit 117 connects the scanner unit 123 or the printer unit 125 to the controller unit 100, and performs synchronous / asynchronous conversion of image data.

  The scanner image processing unit 118 corrects, processes, or edits input image data. The printer image processing unit 119 performs correction, resolution conversion, and the like suitable for the printer unit 125 on the print output image data. The image rotation unit 120 rotates image data. The image processing unit 121 performs compression / decompression processing such as JPEG, JBIG, MMR, and MH, and format conversion processing such as PDF, TIFF, OCR, and encryption on the image data.

[Software configuration of image forming apparatus]
FIG. 2 is a software structure diagram stored in the HDD 104 of the image forming apparatus 1 which is an example of the image forming apparatus according to the present invention. Various functions are realized by the CPU 101 executing these programs.

  As the OS (operating system) 201, a real-time OS is generally used. A general-purpose OS such as Linux (registered trademark) may be used as the OS. The Java VM 202 is a virtual machine represented by Java (registered trademark), and provides an execution environment of an application. The virtual machine is not limited to this. The application framework 203 provides a function for managing the life cycle of the application. As a rifle cycle here, for example, a series of flows from when an application is installed in the image forming apparatus to when it is uninstalled, such as application installation, start, test case execution, stop, and uninstallation, are managed. The installer service 204 performs an installation process by registering a plurality of applications such as the application A 205 and the application B 206 in the application framework 203. Further, the installer service 204 uninstalls unnecessary applications in accordance with developer instructions and the like.

  An application A 205 and an application B 206 are applications installed by the installer service 204 and provide various functions on the image forming apparatus 1. The application A 205 and the application B 206 can exchange with the user via the operation unit 112 using an I / F (not shown). Further, the application A 205 and the application B 206 can also receive data from a PC or the like via the network unit 109 and print using the printer unit 125. The installer service 204 is accessed from a PC using a browser (not shown) and receives a predetermined application file.

[PC hardware configuration]
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the development PC 300 as an information processing apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus 1 via a network. When developing an application for an image forming apparatus, an integrated development environment is usually operated on the development PC 300 to create a program, test, debug, and the like. When testing an application, the application is installed from the development PC 300 to the image forming apparatus 1 via the network unit 109 and the application is operated on the image forming apparatus 1 to perform the test.

  The CPU 301 is a central processing unit that manages each process on the development PC 300. The ROM 302 stores programs and data related to each process of the development PC 300. The RAM 303 stores temporary data related to each process of the development PC 300. The HDD 304 stores programs and data related to each process of the development PC 300, temporary data, and program modules related to the present invention. The input device 305 is a keyboard or a pointing device that receives an instruction input to the development PC 300. The display unit 306 displays the operation status of the development PC 300 and information output by each program operating on the development PC 300. A network I / F 307 is connected to a LAN and the Internet via a network and exchanges information with the outside. The USBH I / F 308 is a USB host interface and connects various USB devices. The components in the development PC 300 described above are connected by a system bus 309 and exchange data.

[Software configuration in integrated development system]
FIG. 4 is a software configuration diagram of an integrated development environment system 400 which is an example of the integrated development system of the present invention. In this embodiment, the integrated development environment system 400 and the external tool 404 are configured on the development PC 300. The integrated development environment system 400 includes an integrated development platform 401, an internal tool A 402 used for the integrated development platform 401, and an internal tool B 403 that cooperates with the external tool 404. Furthermore, it has an embedded application development support tool 405 in the same position as these internal tools.

  For example, Eclipse (registered trademark) can be used as the integrated development environment system 400, but the integrated development environment system 400 is not limited to this. Note that Eclipse is an open source integrated software development environment and a common platform for software development. Eclipse provides various functions by using two types of tools. These two types of tools do not exist in Eclipse such as internal tools registered and provided as a plug-in in Eclipse, and debuggers and compilers provided by Windows (registered trademark), UNIX (registered trademark), etc. It is an external tool.

  The integrated development infrastructure 401 includes an application for managing the application being developed and an interface for linking each tool. An example of the external tool is JDK (Java Development kit) used for compiling and debugging Java (registered trademark).

  The internal tool can also use the function of the external tool via the interface provided by the integrated development platform 401. In this embodiment, JDK is already set as an external tool in the integrated development environment system 400 by the developer, and can be used from the internal tool via the integrated development platform 401. The configuration of the internal tool and the external tool included in the integrated development environment system 400 illustrated in FIG. 4 is merely an example, and is not limited thereto.

  Here, the embedded application development support tool 405 has a function of generating an application that can be operated by an embedded device such as an image forming apparatus and a test support function. The operation unit 406 has a function of installing a developed application in an embedded device or a corresponding simulator. In addition, it has functions to start, stop, and debug applications running on embedded devices and simulators for embedded devices. The generation unit 407 has a function of generating an application.

[Software configuration of image forming device (during testing)]
FIG. 5 is a software block diagram of the image forming apparatus 1 when a test is performed using the integrated development environment system 400. Each software configuration is realized by loading each program stored in the ROM 302 of the image forming apparatus 1 into the RAM 303 and causing the CPU 301 to execute the loaded program. When the application developer installs the test broker 501 via the installer service 204 with respect to the image forming apparatus 1 in the state of FIG. 2, the test using the integrated development environment can be performed.

  The test broker 501 receives the test execution application 502 and the target application 503 to be tested from the test execution application 502 from the development PC 300. Then, the test broker 501 installs each application in the image forming apparatus 1 via the installer service 204. As a result, each application is in an executable state on the image forming apparatus 1. Further, the test broker 501 is a module for executing a test, transmitting a test result to the development PC 300, and uninstalling the test execution application 502 and the target application 503 via the installer service 204 after the test is completed. is there.

  The target application 503 in FIG. 5 is specifically an application developed by an application developer using the integrated development environment system 400, and is a target for performing operation verification on the image forming apparatus 1. It is an app. The test execution application 502 is a test application for testing the target application 503, and a test execution instruction for executing a function installed in the target application 503 is described.

  Although not shown in FIG. 5, each of the target application 503 and the test execution application 502 has a setting file called a manifest file.

[Generator]
FIG. 6 is a more detailed software block diagram of the generation unit 407 included in the embedded application development support tool 405 when a test is performed using the integrated development environment system 400. The source management unit 601 manages the source code (hereinafter referred to as source) of the target application 503 and the source of the test case. The application creation unit 602 compiles the source managed by the source management unit 601 and generates an application file or a test execution application file that can be installed in the image forming apparatus 1. The test control unit 603 receives an execution instruction and a result of the test execution application 502 installed in the image forming apparatus 1 via the communication broker 604 and the test broker 501. The communication control unit 604 performs communication control related to data exchange with other applications in accordance with instructions from the test control unit 603.

[Test broker]
FIG. 7 is a software block diagram of the test broker 501 in FIG. The test control unit 701 performs control such as installation / start / stop / uninstallation / test case execution of the test application, and transmits the test result to the integrated development environment system 400. The connection destination management unit 702 manages the correspondence between the test application and the development PC 300. The communication control unit 703 transmits / receives various data to / from the development PC 300.

  The test broker 501 installs / uninstalls various applications in the image forming apparatus 1 via the installer service 204 described above.

[UI configuration]
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a UI provided by the integrated development infrastructure 401 of the integrated development environment system 400. FIG. 9A is an example of a program creation screen in the integrated development environment system 400.

  The project display area 901 is an area for displaying information on a project being developed in the integrated development environment, and a list of classes and files included in the application to be developed is displayed in a hierarchical structure. Here, the project represents a set of source codes necessary for configuring an application that is being developed on the integrated development environment system 400. The source display area 902 displays the source of the class selected in the project display area. The application creator edits the source code shown in the source display area 902 and creates the source code of the desired application.

  On the other hand, the test case project 903 is a test case corresponding to the program displayed in the project display area 901. Select a test case project 903, right-click, and select “Create target application and test execution application and execute test” from the menu 904 displayed. After creating the target application 503 and the test execution application 502 by this selection, the test execution on the target device is possible. When “target application and test execution application creation and test execution” is selected, a dialog shown in FIG. 9B is displayed.

  In FIG. 9B, a text field 911 is a field for inputting the host name or IP address of the image forming apparatus that executes the test. The OK button 912 is a button for instructing execution of the test. A cancel button 913 is a button for canceling the execution of the test. When the user presses the OK button 912, the test is started and the dialog shown in FIG. 9C is displayed. The dialog shown in FIG. 9C is automatically closed when all test cases have been executed. If it is desired to interrupt the test being executed, the user can end the test by pressing the end button 921.

  FIG. 9D shows an example of a screen displayed when the test is completed or interrupted. This screen is displayed after the result of the test executed in the image forming apparatus is notified. The test result summary display area 931 displays the number of executed test cases, the number of test failures, the number of errors, and the test success rate. The package information display area 932 displays a list of test results for each application package. By clicking the package name 933, detailed results for each test case can be displayed. Here, the “package” is a set of programs that constitute an application that is developed on the integrated development environment system 400, and that mainly includes related or similar functions (programs).

[Generation process of target application and test execution application]
The processing when the target application 503 and the test execution application 502 are created and a test execution instruction is received will be described with reference to a flowchart with reference to FIG. Specifically, the integrated development environment system 400 generates a target application 503 and a test execution application 502 and transmits them to the test broker 501. In this process, the test broker 501 receives the target application 503 and the test execution application 502 and installs them using the installer service 204. Furthermore, after the test is executed, the process until the test result is transmitted to the integrated development environment system 400 is included.

  In step S1001, the integrated development environment system 400 receives instructions for creating the target application 503 and the test execution application 502 and executing the test. In S1002, the integrated development environment system 400 acquires a list of all packages of the target application 503. The integrated development environment system 400 determines whether the same package as the package acquired in S1002 exists in the code of the test execution application 502 (S1003). That is, the test target package specified by the test execution application 502 is specified from among the packages constituting the target application 503.

  If the same package does not exist (NO in S1003), the process proceeds to S1008. If the same package exists (YES in S1004), the process advances to S1004, and the integrated development environment system 400 confirms whether a manifest file copy of the target application 503 and the test execution application 502 exists. If a manifest file copy does not exist (NO in S1004), the integrated development environment system 400 creates a manifest file copy of an application for which no manifest file copy exists (S1005).

  In S1006, the integrated development environment system 400 adds the package name corresponding to S1003 to the Export-Package of the manifest file copied by the target application 503. Similarly, in S1007, the integrated development environment system 400 adds the package name corresponding to S1003 to the Import-Package of the manifest file copied from the test execution application 502. Here, by adding the package name to the Export-Package, it means that an export declaration has been made for the added package. Import declarations are also made by describing the package name in the manifest file.

  In S1008, the integrated development environment system 400 generates each application. Note that a duplicate manifest file is used as the manifest file used here. That is, a manifest file in which an import declaration and an export declaration are made for testing is used for each application. In S1009, the integrated development environment system 400 transmits each application created in S1008 from the communication control unit 703 to the communication control unit 703 of the test broker 501. The manifest file of each application transmitted here is a manifest file duplicated for testing.

  In step S <b> 1010, the test broker 501 installs each received application on the image forming apparatus 1 via the installer service 204. In step S1011, the test broker 501 sets each installed application to a start state. In step S1012, the test broker 501 executes the test case of the test execution application 502. In step S <b> 1013, the test broker 501 determines whether the test case execution has been completed and the test execution result has been output. If not output yet (NO in S1013), the test broker 501 waits for the end of the test result (S1014). If it is determined that the test result has been output (YES in S1013), the process proceeds to S1015. In step S1015, the test broker 501 transmits the output test result to the communication control unit 703 of the integrated development environment system 400.

  In S1016, integrated development environment system 400 displays the test result received from test broker 501. In S1017, the test broker 501 stops the test execution application 502 installed for test execution. Then, the test broker 501 uninstalls the target application 503 and the test execution application 502 via the installer service 204 and ends the process. In addition, when the target application 503 and the test execution application 502 are uninstalled, the manifest file included in each application is also deleted.

  Here, the application is uninstalled after the output of the test result from the test broker 501 to the integrated development environment system 400 is completed. For example, when the developer confirms the test result displayed in S1016, it may be possible to give an instruction to execute the same test again. At this time, it is desirable that the uninstallation of the application after the test execution is displayed on the integrated development environment system 400 so that the process of reinstalling the same application does not occur.

  Further, the uninstallation of the application may be configured to be deleted when a predetermined period elapses after the test result is output.

[Project creation process]
A flowchart in which the application creation unit 602 provided in the integrated development environment system 400 creates a test case project 903 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 8B shows a dialog 805 displayed when a new test case project is created. The dialog 805 includes an input field for designating a project name 806 of the test case project and a field 807 for designating a project to be a test case target. After completing the input for each field, the completion button 808 is pressed to end the dialog display.

  A flowchart for creating a test case project will be described with reference to FIG. For example, when “New Project Creation”-“Test Case Project” is selected from the menu (not shown) of the integrated development environment system 400 by the user, the application creation unit 602 displays the FIG. 8B in S801. Is displayed on the development PC 300. Here, the menu of the integrated development environment system 400 may be displayed, for example, on the screen shown in FIG. In step S802, the application creation unit 602 receives the project name input via the dialog 805 and the project name to be tested. In step S803, the application creation unit 602 creates a test case project template according to the project name received in step S802, and ends the process.

  When creating a test case, the application creating unit 602 may acquire information on an image forming apparatus in which the target application 503 is installed, and create a test case according to the function of the image forming apparatus. Absent. Here, when specifying an image forming apparatus, for example, the function may be identified using information in which the function and ID of each image forming apparatus are associated with each other. Accordingly, the test execution application 502 including a test case corresponding to the image forming apparatus in which the application is installed can be created, and it is possible to avoid including unnecessary test cases.

  In addition, during the creation of an application, the developer searches for the package used in the application from the source in a timely manner, and adds the package specified in the search to the manifest file when creating the test execution application. May be. As a result, unnecessary packages that are not used in the application are not described in the manifest file.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the settings used at the time of creating an application from being continued in an unintended state, and to improve the security of the created application.

<Other embodiments>
The present invention can also be realized by executing the following processing. That is, software (program) that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus via a network or various storage media, and a computer (or CPU, MPU, or the like) of the system or apparatus reads the program. It is a process to be executed.

Claims (13)

An image forming apparatus having an execution environment capable of installing and executing an application,
An installation unit that installs an application to be tested and a test application including a test case for the application in response to receiving an instruction to perform an application test from an information processing apparatus having a development environment;
Execution means for executing a test case by the test application for the application;
After the execution of the test case is completed, the application and an uninstall unit that uninstalls the test application,
The image forming apparatus, wherein the setting file included in the application includes a setting for the test application to call the application when the test case is executed. A means for transmitting the execution result of the test case to the development environment;
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the uninstallation unit performs uninstallation after an execution result of the test case is output by the development environment. An information processing apparatus that provides a development environment for an application that is executed by an image forming apparatus capable of installing and executing an application,
Creating means for creating an application to be executed in the image forming apparatus and a test application including a test case for the application according to a user instruction;
A transmission unit that transmits the application created by the creation unit and the test application to the image forming apparatus;
The creation means includes the application used for executing the test case when the application and the test application are created. An information processing apparatus characterized by being created including settings for calling.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the creation unit does not include a setting for the test application to call the application in the setting file when the test application is not created. . The creating means further includes a specifying means for specifying a package used in a test from the source code of the application before creating the test application,
5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein, when an instruction to create the test application is received, a setting for calling the package specified by the specifying unit is included in the setting file. 6. .   The creation unit identifies an image forming apparatus in which the application is installed when creating the test application, and includes a test case corresponding to the function of the image forming apparatus in the test application. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 3 to 5.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a unit that receives and displays the execution result of the test case from the image forming apparatus. A system including an image forming apparatus capable of installing and executing a provided application, and an information processing apparatus for providing a development environment for an application executed by the image forming apparatus;
The information processing apparatus includes:
Creating means for creating an application to be executed in the image forming apparatus and a test application including a test case for the application according to a user instruction;
Transmitting means for transmitting the application created by the creating means and the test application to the image forming apparatus;
Have
The creation means includes the application used for executing the test case when the application and the test application are created. Create it with settings to recall,
The image forming apparatus includes:
Installation means for installing an application to be tested received from the information processing apparatus and a test application including a test case for the application;
Execution means for executing a test case by the test application for the application;
A system, comprising: an uninstaller configured to uninstall the application and the test application after execution of the test case is completed. The image forming apparatus further includes means for transmitting an execution result of the test case to the information processing apparatus,
The system according to claim 8, wherein the information processing apparatus further includes means for receiving and displaying the execution result of the test case from the image forming apparatus. A method for controlling an image forming apparatus having an execution environment capable of installing and executing an application,
In response to receiving an application test execution instruction from an information processing apparatus equipped with a development environment, an installation process for installing an application to be tested and a test application including a test case for the application;
An execution step of executing a test case by the test application for the application;
After the execution of the test case is completed, an uninstall process for uninstalling the application and the test application,
A control method characterized in that a setting file included in the application includes a setting for the test application to call the application when the test case is executed. An information processing apparatus control method that provides an application development environment to be executed by an image forming apparatus capable of installing and executing an application,
A creation step of creating an application executed in the image forming apparatus according to a user instruction and a test application including a test case for the application;
The transmission step of transmitting the application created in the creation step and the test application to the image forming apparatus,
In the creation step, when creating the application and the test application, in the setting files of the application and the test application used when executing the test case, the test application uses the application. A control method characterized by creating including settings for calling. Computer
An installation unit that installs an application to be tested and a test application including a test case for the application in response to receiving an instruction to execute an application test from an information processing apparatus having a development environment;
Execution means for executing a test case by the test application for the application;
After the execution of the test case is completed, the application and the test application function as an uninstall unit that uninstalls,
The setting file of the application includes a setting for the test application to call the application when the test case is executed. Computer
Creating means for creating an application to be executed in the image forming apparatus and a test application including a test case for the application according to a user instruction;
Causing the application created by the creating means and the test application to function as transmitting means for transmitting to the image forming apparatus;
The creation means includes the application used for executing the test case when the application and the test application are created. A program that is created with settings for calling.

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