Information processing apparatus, preview method, and computer-readable storage medium

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a determination unit configured to determine whether a specific function setting is on;
• a unit configured to cause a specific function filter to acquire, when the determination unit determines that the specific function setting is on, document data from a previous filter in a structured mark-up language, to convert the document data to a stream format, and to perform the specific function using the converted stream data;
• and
• a disabling unit configured to prevent operation of the specific function filter, when the determination unit determines that the specific function setting is off.

An information processing method comprising:

• storing document data in a structured mark-up language;
• determining whether a specific function setting is on;
• converting, when it is determined that the specific function setting is on, the document data to a stream format;
• and
• transmitting, when it is determined that the specific function setting is off, the document data in the structured mark-up language to a subsequent filter without converting the document data to the stream format.

An information processing method comprising:

• determining whether a specific function setting is on;
• causing a specific function filter to acquire, when it is determined that the specific function setting is on, document data from a previous filter in a structured mark-up language, to convert the document data to a stream format, and to perform the specific function using the converted stream data;
• and
• preventing operation of the specific function filter, when it is determined that the specific function setting is off.

A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for performing an information processing method, the method comprising:

• storing document data in a structured mark-up language;
• determining whether a specific function setting is on;
• converting, when it is determined that the specific function setting is on, the document data to a stream format;
• and
• transmitting, when it is determined that the specific function setting is off, the document data in the structured mark-up language to a subsequent filter without converting the document data to the stream format.

A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for performing an information processing method, the method comprising:

• determining whether a specific function setting is on;
• causing a specific function filter to acquire, when it is determined that the specific function setting is on, document data from a previous filter in a structured mark-up language, for converting the document data to a stream format, and for performing the specific function using the converted stream data;
• and
• preventing operation of the preview filter, when it is determined that the specific function setting is off.