JP3833067B2 - User interface control apparatus and method, and storage medium - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a user interface control apparatus and method, and a storage medium that avoid inconsistencies that occur between setting data for a predetermined control target input via a user interface.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Devices that receive input of a plurality of setting values from a user via a user interface (hereinafter also referred to as “UI”) and are controlled based on these setting values are known. An example is an image forming system (printer system) that is connected to a host computer and performs image forming processing based on information set in the host computer. A host computer of a printer system generally has a so-called printer driver that controls a printing operation, and a print processing related program including a UI that accepts print settings from a user.
[0003]
The print processing related program evaluates the relationship between the set value values among the set values that have been set so far each time an input of the set value is received from the user via the UI. It is determined whether or not there is any inconsistency. Examples of conflicts include settings that are expected to be inconvenient for the user, such as settings that allow double-sided printing to be performed on an OHP sheet set as a recording medium, and settings that cause the printer to perform operations that are impossible. is there.
[0004]
If there is a conflict, it is necessary to perform conflict processing to avoid it.
[0005]
Conventionally, a plurality of setting value conditions (conflict processing rules) that require conflict processing are collected as a list and saved in a file or the like, and the conflict processing program is read by loading the file into a conflict processing program. There is something. Depending on the conflict processing, the setting value in the data structure is changed, the setting value on the UI control is changed, and the control gray-out (the setting item cannot be set by displaying the setting item in light gray). Some perform processing or the like. This method is excellent in that the conflict processing program can be used universally without depending on a specific set value.
[0006]
In the conflict processing program, the conflict manager that controls the conflict processing is generally designed to have high maintainability independent of the main program so that the conflict processing rules can be used universally. Will appear as a black box to the main program.
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in practice, UI update processing may be performed in the main program, or UI update processing may be required in accordance with a change in a specific setting value not involved in conflict processing. Conventionally, in such a case, the main program cannot perform processing only for the corresponding item, and the entire range is refreshed. Therefore, there is a problem that the processing efficiency of the main program is poor.
[0008]
Although it can be determined from the difference between the data structures that serve as an intermediate between the main program and the conflict manager, this method is also inefficient. In addition, when the control layout and display / non-display are changed, there is a problem that the extraction itself is difficult or the efficiency is often lowered.
[0009]
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and only information on items changed by conflict processing can be passed between the two while maintaining independence between the main program and the conflict manager in the conflict processing program. Thus, an object of the present invention is to provide a user interface control device and method and a storage medium that improve the processing efficiency of the main program.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  In order to achieve the above object, for example, a user interface control device of the present invention comprises the following arrangement. That is,
To the printer driverInput configuration informationofAvoid inconsistenciesControl the user interface of the printer driver forA user interface controller,
  Input means for inputting setting information via a plurality of input units displayed on the user interface;
  Detecting means for detecting a mismatch by applying a conflict processing rule to the setting information input by the input means;
  Updating means for updating the display of at least one of the plurality of input units to disable input based on the detection of the mismatch by the detection unit;
  It is characterized by having.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
(Hardware configuration)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a print processing system showing an embodiment of the present invention. The print processing system includes a host computer 3000 and a printer 1500.
[0012]
In the host computer 3000, reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU that comprehensively controls each device connected to the system bus 4, and 2 denotes a RAM that functions as a main memory, work area, and the like of the CPU 1. Reference numeral 3 denotes a ROM for storing various programs and data. The ROM 3 is divided into a font ROM 3a for storing various fonts, a program ROM 3b for storing a boot program and BIOS, and a data ROM 3c for storing various data.
[0013]
A keyboard controller (KBC) 5 controls key input from a keyboard 9 or a pointing device (mouse) (not shown). Reference numeral 6 denotes a CRT controller (CRTC), which controls display on a CRT display (CRT) 10.
[0014]
The external memory 11 (access controlled by the disk controller (DKC) 7) is a hard disk (HD), floppy disk (FD), or the like, and as shown in the figure, an operating system program (hereinafter referred to as OS) 205 and various applications (for example, In addition to storing a document processing application program 201 that performs document processing in which graphics, images, characters, tables, and the like are mixed, and a print processing related program 204, user files, editing files, and the like are also stored. The print processing related program 204 is a program for generating print data described using a page description language, and can be used in common for a plurality of printers of the same series. Also, a printer control command generation module (hereinafter referred to as “printer driver”) 2041 and a printer driver UI control module 2042 are included.
[0015]
A printer controller (PRTC) 8 is connected to the printer 1500 via the bidirectional interface 21 and performs communication control processing with the printer 1500.
[0016]
The application stored in the external memory 11 is loaded into the RAM 2 and executed by the CPU 1. Further, the CPU 1 executes, for example, outline font development (rasterization) processing on the RAM 2 to enable WYSIWYG (What you see is What you get) on the CRT 10. Further, the CPU 1 opens various windows registered based on commands instructed by a mouse cursor (not shown) on the CRT 10 and executes various data processing. When the user executes printing, the user can open a print setting setting screen (controlled by the printer driver UI control module 2042), and perform print processing settings for the printer driver 2041 including printer settings and print mode selection. it can.
[0017]
In the printer 1500, reference numeral 12 denotes a CPU that controls the entire printer 1500. A RAM 19 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 12, and is used for an output information expansion area, an environment data storage area, an NVRAM, and the like. It is configured to be able to. A ROM 13 includes a font ROM 13a for storing various fonts, a program ROM 13b for storing control programs and the like, and a data ROM 13c for storing various data.
[0018]
The external memory 14 (access is controlled by the memory controller (MC) 20) is an optional hard disk (HD), floppy disk (FD), IC card, etc., font data, emulation program, form data, etc. Remember. When the external memory 14 such as a hard disk is not connected, information used in the host computer 3000 is stored in the data ROM 13c of the ROM 13. The number of external memories 14 is not limited to one, and a plurality of external memories 14 may be provided. For example, an external memory storing an optional font card, a program for interpreting a printer control language having a different language system, etc. in addition to a built-in font You may be comprised so that two or more can be connected.
[0019]
The operation unit 1501 is provided with an operation panel that receives an operation from the user, and an operation switch, an LED display, and the like are arranged on the operation panel (not illustrated). Further, an NVRAM (not shown) may be provided to store printer mode setting information from the operation panel 1501.
[0020]
The printer CPU 12 outputs an image signal as output information to a printing unit (printer engine) 17 connected to the system bus 15 via the printing unit interface 16 based on a control program stored in the program ROM 13 b of the ROM 13. The CPU 12 can communicate with the host computer 3000 via the input unit 18 and can notify the host computer 3000 of information in the printer 1500 and the like.
[0021]
(Software configuration)
FIG. 2 shows a memory map of the RAM 2 in a state where a predetermined application and a print processing related program are activated and loaded into the RAM 2 on the host computer 3000. As shown in the figure, the RAM 206 is loaded with a BIOS 206, an OS 205, an application 201, a print processing related program 204, and related data 203, and a free memory area 202 is also secured. Thereby, the application 201 and the print processing related program 204 are in an executable state.
[0022]
The printer driver UI control module 2042 in the print processing related program 204 displays a print setting screen on the CRT 10 in accordance with a print setting command from the user, and enables the setting from the user.
[0023]
FIG. 7 shows a display example of the print setting screen. In the figure, a [Print Style] field 80 is a field for designating a print layout. The user can, for example, perform single-sided printing (1-Sided Printing) 801, double-sided printing (2-Sided Printing) 802, and booklet printing (Booklet). Printing) 803 can be specified by clicking with the mouse.
[0024]
The [Finishing] column 81 is a column for specifying the output order and finishing of the printed recording medium, and the user can specify one of the following, for example.
[0025]
[Collate] 811
Copy printing. When printing N copies of a document of N pages, the first page, the second page,..., The Nth page are output one by one in order, and this is repeated M times.
[0026]
[Group] 812
Page unit printing. When M copies of an N-page document are printed, the first page is output in M sheets, the second page is printed in M sheets,..., And the N-th page is output in M order.
[0027]
[Staple] 813
Staple finish. Similar to [Collate] 811, output is made in units of parts, and each part is stopped with a stapler as finishing.
[0028]
In the present specification, the user-settable items as described above are referred to as “printer function” or simply “function”. There are many other printer functions, but they are omitted for the sake of simplicity.
[0029]
Here, combinations of settings that seem inconvenient for the user, combinations of meaningless settings, that is, inconsistencies (conflicts) between setting values are avoided by the printer driver UI control module 2042 as conflict processing described in detail below. Designed to be. For example, in the drawing, single-sided printing (1-Sided Printing) 801 is specified as the print layout. In this case, [Staple] 813 in the [Finishing] field 81 is grayed out so that it cannot be specified. Become. Also, as shown in FIG. 8, when booklet printing 803 is designated as the print layout, the entire [Finishing] field 81 is grayed out and cannot be designated. The above example is a very simple example, and the actual number of possible conflicts will be considerable. Details of the conflict process will be described below.
[0030]
FIG. 3 shows a schematic configuration of the printer driver UI control module 2042 of the print processing related program 204 in the embodiment. Reference numeral 303 denotes a conflict manager that manages the exchange of data between the modules, the update of the data, and the like to control the conflict processing. A printer driver UI 306 performs the above-described print setting screen display control and serves as a main program in the printer driver UI control module 2042. 301 is a conflict processing rule description file listing conflict processing rules indicating inconsistency avoidance strategies described in a description format to be described later. 302 is an inference engine that loads the conflict processing rule description file 301 and applies the conflict processing rule to the input setting value, and infers the state of each function. 304 is a list of the state of each printer function. The state variable list is displayed on the screen and can be updated based on the input from the user and the content of the conflict processing rule description file 301. Reference numeral 305 denotes an internal structure as a form serving as a basis for screen display provided by the printer driver UI 306, and displays the status of each printer function in a predetermined format in conjunction with the state variable list 304.
[0031]
Thereafter, the conflict manager 303 that has received the setting information from the user via the printer driver UI 306 refers to the conflict processing rule description file 301. This is indicated as “R (Read)” by an arrow from the conflict processing rule description file 301 to the conflict manager 303 as shown in the figure. If the setting information conforms to the conflict processing rule as a result of the reference, the conflict processing is applied. Then, the conflict manager 303 updates the state variable list 304 and the internal structure 305 and reflects them in the printer driver UI 306. As shown in the figure, the conflict manager 303 connects the state variable list 304 and the internal structure 305 to each other with a bidirectional arrow, and is displayed as “R / W (Read / Write)”.
[0032]
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining the relation of data handled by each module shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, the conflict processing rule description file 301 is referred to in the form included (loaded) in the inference engine 302, and a new rule is additionally written. The conflict processing rule description file 301 is also referred to by the conflict manager 303, and the state variable list 304 is changed in response to the reference. In addition, since the internal structure 305 and the state variable list 304 are displayed in conjunction with each other as described above, they are in a relationship mapped to each other. This state is expressed in a form visible to the user under the control of the printer driver UI 306.
[0033]
The internal structure 305 represents members corresponding to the printer function names A, B, and C as cA, cB, and cC, respectively.
[0034]
(Description format for conflict processing rules)
Next, the conflict processing rule description file 301 will be described.
[0035]
Each rule is mathematically formalized using logic. The predicate is described in the form of “printer function name (argument)”. In addition to ON / OFF, a numerical value may be entered as an argument (for example, the number of copies to be printed). A printer function name (argument) is described on the left side, and a logical condition for the left side to be established is described on the right side, and these are related by a symbol “←” or “<−”. For example,
A (ON) ← B (ON).
Is a rule meaning that “when the state of the printer function B is ON, the state of the printer function A is turned ON”.
[0036]
Further, the symbol “,” in the formula is used to mean “AND”. For example, the rule that “when the printer function B is ON and when the printer function C is OFF is set to the printer function A is ON”
A (ON) ← B (ON), C (OFF).
It is described.
[0037]
Further, the conflict processing rule description file 301 can describe processing for updating the printer driver UI 306. When the inference engine 302 interprets the description, the update process of the printer driver UI 306 may be directly performed via the state variable list 304 of the conflict manager 303. For example, by adding {disable} description as the UI update process, it is possible to instruct a process for disabling the control of the corresponding item (a process for graying out and making the setting impossible).
[0038]
FIG. 6 is described according to the above example. Taking the printer function displayed in FIG. 7 as an example, the unit printing function corresponding to [Collate] 811 shown in FIG. 7, the page unit printing function corresponding to [Group] 812, and [Staple] 813 The staple finishing functions to be performed are indicated by Collate (), Group (), and Staple (), respectively, and the argument is ON or OFF. The print layout function corresponding to the [PrintStyle] field 80 is indicated by Layout (), and the argument is any one of 1-Sided, 2-Sided, and Booklet.
[0039]
(1) in FIG. 6 represents a rule for setting Staple (OFF) when [Collate] 811 is checked by the user and Collate (ON) is obtained. (2) is a rule that sets Staple (OFF) when it becomes Group (ON).
[0040]
In addition, a description of {disable} is added as a UI update process in the line following each line after (3). With this description, the control of the corresponding item is disabled after applying the rule of each line.
[0041]
(Contents of processing of printer driver UI control module 2042)
Hereinafter, the process of the printer driver UI control module 2042 including the conflict process will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
[0042]
The processing of the printer driver UI control module 2042 starts when the user gives an instruction to open the print setting screen using the keyboard controller KBC5 or the like. When the user instructs to open the print setting screen, as described above, the print processing related program 204 is loaded into the RAM 2 under the management of the OS 205.
[0043]
When the print processing related program 204 is loaded into the RAM 2, first, as an initialization process for opening the print setting screen, the inference engine 302 reads the conflict processing rule description file 301 into the RAM 2 via the conflict manager 303 ( Step S501).
[0044]
Subsequently, a state variable list 304 used by the conflict manager 303 is created. (Step S503).
[0045]
All printer function names described in the conflict processing rule description file 301 have state variables in the state variable list 304 included in the conflict manager 303, respectively. The value of this state variable is linked to the value of the corresponding member of the internal structure 305 used in the printer driver UI 306. The initial value of the status variable of each printer function name is the value of the member of the internal structure 305.
[0046]
For example, in FIG. 4, since the initial value of int cA described in the internal structure 305 is 0, the value of the printer function A in the corresponding state variable list 304 is OFF. Therefore, the initial value of the state of the printer function A held in the inference engine 302 is OFF. Similarly, the initial value of the printer function name B is ON, and the initial value of the printer function name C is OFF. That is,
A OFF
B ON
C OFF
It becomes.
[0047]
Thereafter, the inference engine 302 performs conflict check inference by referring to the conflict processing rule description file 301. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, it is described in the conflict processing rule description file 301.
A (ON) ← B (ON), C (OFF).
Is established, the inference engine 302 changes the state variable value of the printer function A in the state variable list 304 from the initial value OFF to ON. That is,
A ON
B ON
C OFF
It becomes. In this way, the state variable list 304 is initialized.
[0048]
After the conflict check inference is completed, the conflict manager reflects the changed value of the state variable in the corresponding member int cA of the internal structure 305. That is, int cA is changed from 0 to 1 when the above rule is satisfied.
[0049]
Subsequently, other initialization processing required for opening the print setting screen is performed, and the print setting screen illustrated in FIG. 7 is opened (step S504).
[0050]
After the print setting screen is opened, an event sent from the OS is acquired, and processing for the event is performed (step S505).
[0051]
Next, it is determined whether or not the event acquired in step S505 is an event in which the user has changed a setting item on the print setting screen (step 506), and an event for changing the setting item on the print setting screen If not, the process advances to step S515 to determine whether or not the print setting screen is closed. If the request is a close request, the process advances to step S516 to perform end processing, close the print setting screen, and end all processing. On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S515 is not a close request, processing returns to step S505 and the processing is repeated.
[0052]
If the event acquired in step S505 is a setting change request by the user in step S506, the process proceeds to step S507, and the constructed conflict processing rule is applied.
[0053]
As an example of a case where the acquired event is a setting change request by the user, a change from one-side printing (1-Sided Printing) 801 to booklet printing 803 in the [Print Style] field 80 shown in FIG. The case will be described. At this time, the values of Collate, Group, Staple, and Layout members existing as members of the internal structure 305 before the conflict processing rule application, that is, before the setting change request are as follows.
[0054]
Collate OFF
Group ON
Staple OFF
Layout 1-Sided
[0055]
Since the user change request is to change Layout from 1-Sided to Booklet, the contents of the members of Layout are changed, and the values of the members of internal structure 305 are as follows.
[0056]
Collate OFF
Group ON
Staple OFF
Layout Booklet
[0057]
Then, the printer driver UI 306 calls the conflict manager 303, the state variable of Layout in the state variable list 304 is updated, the inference engine 302 is subsequently called, and the application of the conflict processing rule starts. First, each printer function name in the inference engine 302 is initialized with the value of each member of the state variable list. Subsequently, (5) of FIG. 6 is applied, and the control is disabled, that is, grayed out and settable, while Staple is OFF. Similarly, (7) and (8) in FIG. 6 are applied, and after the value of Collate is changed from OFF to ON and the value of Group is changed from ON to OFF, each control is disabled.
Collate ON (disable)
Group OFF (disable)
Staple OFF (disable)
Layout BOOKLET
[0058]
Thus, application of the conflict processing rule in the inference engine 302 ends.
[0059]
The conflict manager 303 updates the state variable list based on the application result of the conflict processing rule in step S507 (step S508), and updates the internal structure 305 (step S509). The updated location is notified to the printer driver UI 306 (step S510). As a notification method, for example, a flag indicating update is set in the internal structure 305, a bit flag indicating update or a structure is separately prepared and returned, a list of identifiers indicating changed portions is returned, and the printer driver UI Several methods such as answering an inquiry can be considered.
[0060]
Subsequently, the printer driver UI 306 refers to the member value of the internal structure 305 to determine whether or not the UI needs to be updated (step S511). If there is no need to update the UI, the process returns to step S505 to repeat the process. If the UI needs to be updated, the UI is updated (step S512), and the process returns to step S505 to repeat the process. In the above example, when the layout is changed from 1-Sided Printing to Booklet Printing, Collate changes from OFF to ON, Group changes from ON to OFF, and Collate, Group, and Staple are disabled. Therefore, the print setting screen is updated from the state shown in FIG. 7 to the state shown in FIG.
[0061]
Here, the UI update may be performed by the conflict manager 303 or the printer driver UI 306 which is the main program. Therefore, the notification of the changed part in step S510 may be after the UI update in step S512. When the printer driver UI 306 knows the changed part information, when the printer driver UI 306 performs update processing, it is possible to perform update processing only for the corresponding control. Further, when the conflict manager 303 performs the update process, the printer driver UI 306 can exclusively perform related processes other than the conflict process associated with the change of the location, so that the overall processing efficiency is improved. .
[0062]
The above processing is repeatedly executed until the print setting screen is closed. When the print setting screen is closed, the process ends, the process of the print processing related program 204 ends, and the RAM 2 is erased by the function of the OS 205.
[0063]
In the above-described processing, in steps S510 to S512, the printer driver UI 306 can know which control is changed and as a result, which control is affected. By doing so, it is possible to display the reason why the control is unavailable as shown in FIG.
[0064]
[Other Embodiments]
In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the UI control including the conflict processing is performed on the printer apparatus has been described. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to network-related devices such as modems and routers in addition to control devices. It is also possible to apply to a system composed of these plural devices.
[0065]
As described above, an object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium (or recording medium) that records a program code of software that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus, and to perform a computer ( Alternatively, it can be achieved by reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium by the CPU or MPU. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention. Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an operating system (OS) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the actual processing and the processing is included.
[0066]
Furthermore, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion card inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function is determined based on the instruction of the program code. It goes without saying that the CPU or the like provided in the expansion card or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.
[0067]
When the present invention is applied to the above-mentioned storage medium, the program code corresponding to the flowchart of FIG. 5 described above is stored in the storage medium.
[0068]
  As explained above, the present inventionOne aspect ofAccording toA conflict processing rule is applied to the input setting information to detect inconsistencies, and based on the inconsistency detection, the display of at least one of the plurality of input units is updated to disable input.can do.
  According to another aspect of the present invention, a printer driver user interface program and a conflict manager program for avoiding inconsistencies in setting information input to the printer driver are mounted, and the printer driver is used. In the information processing apparatus that transmits the print data generated in this way to the printing apparatus, the process for detecting the inconsistency of the information input to the printer driver and the inconsistency of the setting information are detected. Since the process of notifying the user interface program of the detection is executed by the conflict manager program, the process of updating the display of the user interface of the printer driver is executed by the user interface program according to the notified contents of notification. According to this , It is possible to improve the processing efficiency of the printer driver program.
  According to still another aspect of the present invention, in an information processing apparatus that transmits print data generated using a printer driver to a printing apparatus, setting is performed in response to setting information being input to the printer driver. An information inconsistency is detected, and in response to the detection of the inconsistency, the user interface program of the printer driver can be executed to display the reason for the inconsistency.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a print processing system according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a memory map of a RAM 2 in the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a printer driver UI control module according to the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a relationship between data handled by a printer driver UI control module according to the embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating processing of a printer driver UI control module according to the embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a conflict processing rule in the embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print setting screen according to the embodiment.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print setting screen according to the embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print setting screen according to the embodiment.

Claims (13)

A user interface control device for controlling a user interface of the printer driver in order to avoid inconsistency of setting information input to the printer driver,
Input means for inputting setting information via a plurality of input units displayed on the user interface;
Detecting means for detecting a mismatch by applying a conflict processing rule to the setting information input by the input means;
Based on the detection of the inconsistency by the detecting means, update information for instructing to update a part related to the setting information in which the inconsistency is detected in the user interface of the printer driver is provided to the user interface program of the printer driver. Updating means for updating the display of at least one of the plurality of input units instructed to be updated by the update information to be incapable of input in response to being notified ,
A user interface control device comprising: A printer driver user interface program and a conflict manager program for avoiding inconsistencies in setting information input to the printer driver, and information for transmitting print data generated using the printer driver to a printing apparatus A processing device comprising:
Detecting means for executing the conflict manager program to detect inconsistencies in setting information input to the printer driver;
When an inconsistency in the setting information is detected by the detection unit and the user interface of the printer driver needs to be updated, the setting information related to the setting information in which the inconsistency is detected in the user interface of the printer driver and notifying means for notifying against the update information to update instruction part to the user interface program,
Update means for executing the user interface program and updating a portion related to the setting information in which the inconsistency is detected in the display of the user interface of the printer driver in accordance with the update information notified by the notification means. When,
An information processing apparatus comprising:   The detection means detects an inconsistency between the input setting and other settings when at least one of bookbinding printing, collate printing, and staple setting is input to the printer driver. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2. An information processing apparatus that transmits print data generated using a printer driver to a printing apparatus,
Detecting means for detecting an inconsistency in the setting information in response to setting information being input to the printer driver;
In response to the detection of the inconsistency by the detection means, the update information for instructing to update the part related to the setting information in which the inconsistency is detected in the user interface of the printer driver is the user interface of the printer driver. In response to the notification to the program, the printer driver user interface program and the update information are used to relate to the setting information in which the inconsistency is detected in the display of the printer driver user interface. Display means for updating the part and displaying the reason for the inconsistency;
An information processing apparatus comprising:   When the bookbinding printing is input to the printer driver, the display means displays the user interface of the printer driver so that the collate printing cannot be set, and the booklet printing is set so that the collate printing is not performed. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a message indicating that setting cannot be performed is displayed. A user interface control method for controlling a user interface of the printer driver in order to avoid inconsistency of setting information input to the printer driver,
An input step of inputting setting information via a plurality of input units displayed on the user interface;
A detection step of detecting inconsistency by applying a conflict processing rule to the setting information input in the input step;
Based on the detection of the inconsistency in the detection step, update information for instructing to update a part related to the setting information in which the inconsistency is detected in the user interface of the printer driver is displayed in the user interface program of the printer driver. An update step of updating the display of at least one input unit of the plurality of input units instructed to be updated by the update information to be incapable of input in response to being notified to the update information ;
A user interface control method comprising: A printer driver user interface program and a conflict manager program for avoiding inconsistencies in setting information input to the printer driver, and information for transmitting print data generated using the printer driver to a printing apparatus A method for controlling a processing apparatus, comprising:
Detecting the inconsistency of the setting information input to the printer driver by executing the conflict manager program;
When an inconsistency in the setting information is detected in the detection step and it is necessary to update the user interface of the printer driver, it is related to the setting information in which the inconsistency is detected in the user interface of the printer driver. a notifying step of notifying for update information to update instruction part to the user interface program,
An update step of executing the user interface program and updating a portion related to the setting information in which the inconsistency is detected in the display of the user interface of the printer driver in accordance with the update information notified in the notification step. When,
A method for controlling an information processing apparatus, comprising:   The detection step detects an inconsistency between the input setting and other settings when at least one of bookbinding printing, collate printing, and stapling settings is input to the printer driver. The method for controlling an information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein: A control method for an information processing apparatus for transmitting print data generated using a printer driver to a printing apparatus,
A detection step of detecting inconsistencies in the setting information in response to setting information being input to the printer driver;
In response to the detection of the inconsistency in the detecting step, the update information for instructing to update the portion related to the setting information in which the inconsistency is detected in the user interface of the printer driver is the user interface of the printer driver. In response to the notification to the program, the printer driver user interface program and the update information are used to relate to the setting information in which the inconsistency is detected in the display of the printer driver user interface. A display step of updating the part and further displaying the reason for the inconsistency;
A method for controlling an information processing apparatus, comprising:   In the display step, when bookbinding printing is input to the printer driver, the user interface of the printer driver is displayed so that collation printing cannot be set, and since bookbinding printing is set, collation printing is not performed. The information processing apparatus control method according to claim 9, wherein a message indicating that the setting cannot be performed is displayed. A storage medium storing a control program for controlling a user interface of the printer driver in order to avoid inconsistencies in setting information input to the printer driver, the control program comprising:
A code of an input process for inputting setting information via a plurality of input units displayed on the user interface;
A detection process code for detecting inconsistency by applying a conflict processing rule to the setting information input in the input process;
Based on the detection of the inconsistency in the detection step, update information for instructing to update a part related to the setting information in which the inconsistency is detected in the user interface of the printer driver is displayed in the user interface program of the printer driver. An update process code for updating the display of at least one of the plurality of input units instructed to be updated by the update information to be incapable of input in response to being notified to the update information ;
A storage medium comprising: A storage medium storing a control program executed by an information processing apparatus that transmits print data generated using a printer driver to a printing apparatus,
The control program is
A user interface program of the printer driver;
A conflict manager program for avoiding inconsistencies in the setting information input to the printer driver;
Have
The conflict manager program is
A detection process code for detecting inconsistencies in setting information input to the printer driver;
When an inconsistency in the setting information is detected in the detection step and it is necessary to update the user interface of the printer driver, it is related to the setting information in which the inconsistency is detected in the user interface of the printer driver. and code notifying step of notifying for update information to update instruction part to the user interface program,
Including
The user interface program is:
A code of an update step for updating a portion related to the setting information in which the inconsistency is detected in the display of the user interface of the printer driver in accordance with the update information notified in the notification step;
A storage medium comprising: A storage medium storing a control program executed by an information processing apparatus that transmits print data generated using a printer driver to a printing apparatus, wherein the control program includes:
A detection process code for detecting inconsistencies in the setting information in response to setting information being input to the printer driver;
In response to the detection of the inconsistency in the detecting step, the update information for instructing to update the portion related to the setting information in which the inconsistency is detected in the user interface of the printer driver is the user interface of the printer driver. In response to the notification to the program, the printer driver user interface program and the update information are used to relate to the setting information in which the inconsistency is detected in the display of the printer driver user interface. A display process code for updating the part and displaying the reason for the inconsistency;
A storage medium comprising:

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