Information processing apparatus, control method for information processing apparatus, and program storage medium, relating to displaying setting screens associated with extension software

A control method for an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

• determining, when a workflow definition file for executing a predetermined job is created with a plurality of extension providers combined, whether a first extension provider included in the plurality of extension providers involves displaying of a setting screen;
• determining whether the first extension provider includes a setting for referencing a result of a preceding extension provider;
• creating, in a case where it is determined that the first extension provider involves displaying of the setting screen and that the first extension provider does not include the setting for referencing the result of a preceding extension provider, a workflow definition file that executes the displaying of the setting screen corresponding to the first extension provider before execution of processing associated with a particular function executed by the preceding extension provider;
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• creating, in a case where it is determined that the first extension provider involves displaying of the setting screen and that the first extension provider includes the setting for referencing the result of a preceding extension provider, a workflow definition file that executes the displaying of the setting screen corresponding to the first extension provider not before execution of the processing associated with the particular function executed by the preceding extension provider.

A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a program for causing a computer to perform a process comprising:

• determining, when a workflow definition file for executing a predetermined job is created with a plurality of extension providers combined, whether a first extension provider included in the plurality of extension providers involves displaying of a setting screen;
• determining whether the first extension provider includes a setting for referencing a result of a preceding extension provider;
• creating, in a case where it is determined that the first extension provider involves displaying of the setting screen and that the first extension provider does not include the setting for referencing the result of a preceding extension provider, a workflow definition file that executes the displaying of the setting screen corresponding to the first extension provider before execution of processing associated with a particular function executed by the preceding extension provider;
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• creating, in a case where it is determined that the first extension provider involves displaying of the setting screen and that the first extension provider includes the setting for referencing the result of a preceding extension provider, a workflow definition file that executes the displaying of the setting screen corresponding to the first extension provider not before execution of the processing associated with the particular function executed by the preceding extension provider.