Information processing apparatus using program cooperation, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor

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

• displaying a display item to accept an activation request for a second application on a screen of a first application that has already been installed in the information processing apparatus, wherein a language setting of the first application and a language setting of the second application can be changed individually after the respective applications are installed;
• storing the language setting of the first application into an information sharing area that can be accessed from the second application;
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• changing the language setting of the second application, based on the language setting of the first application stored in the sharing area, to a language indicated by the language setting of the first application stored in the sharing area in activating the second application in response to the activation request.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program causing a computer to execute a control method for an information processing apparatus, the control method comprising:

• displaying a display item to accept an activation request for a second application on a screen of a first application that has already been installed in the information processing apparatus, wherein a language setting of the first application and a language setting of the second application can be changed individually after the respective applications are installed;
• storing the language setting of the first application into an information sharing area that can be accessed from the second application;
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• changing the language setting of the second application, based on the language setting of the first application stored in the sharing area, to a language indicated by the language setting of the first application stored in the sharing area in activating the second application in response to the activation request.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the at least one processor to function as:
• a display control unit configured to perform control to display a display item to accept an activation request for a second application on a screen of a first application that has already been installed in the information processing apparatus, wherein a language setting of the first application and a language setting of the second application can be changed individually after the respective applications are installed;
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• a control unit configured to perform control to store the language setting of the first application into an information sharing area that can be accessed from the second application upon accepting the activation request in a case where the language setting of an operating system of the information processing apparatus is different from the language setting of the first application, while not storing the language setting of the first application into the information sharing area upon accepting the activation request in a case where the language setting of the operating system is identical to the language setting of the first application.