Data processing apparatus adaptable to plural environments and data processing method

A data processing method comprising:

• a receiving step of receiving a drawing command based on data generated by an application program;
• a first acquiring step of acquiring a local ID, which indicates country or area, from a printer driver;
• a loading step of loading a resource file based on the local ID acquired in said first acquiring step;
• a second acquiring step of acquiring default font data from the resource file loaded by said loading steps;
• a conversion step for converting the drawing command, which does not have a font face, to intermediate code data using the default font data acquired in said second acquiring step;
• and
• a print data generation step, of generating print data, which can be interpreted by an external device, based on the intermediate code data, which has the default font data converted in said conversion step.

A data processing apparatus comprising:

• receiving means for receiving a drawing command based on data generated by an application program;
• acquiring means for acquiring a local ID, which indicates the country or area, from a printer driver;
• loading means for loading a resource file based on the local ID acquired by said acquiring means;
• conversion means for converting the drawing command received by said receiving means to an intermediate code data;
• display means for displaying a predetermined measure related to the intermediate code data converted by said conversion means on a screen;
• and
• print data generation means for generating print data, which can be interpreted by the external device, based on the intermediate code data converted by said conversion means,
• wherein said display means changes the type of language of the predetermined message in accordance with the resource file loaded by said loading means.

A data processing method comprising:

• a receiving step for receiving a drawing command based on data generated by an application program;
• an acquiring step, of acquiring a local ID, which indicates country or area, from a printer driver;
• a loading step of loading a resource file based on the local ID acquired by said acquiring step;
• a conversion step of converting the drawing command received in said receiving step to an intermediate code data;
• a display step of displaying a predetermined message related to the intermediate code data converted in said conversion step on a screen;
• and
• a print data generation step, of generating print data, which can be interpreted by an external device, based on the intermediate code data converted in said conversion step,
• wherein said display step changes the type of language of the predetermined message in accordance with the resource file loaded in said loading step.

A storage medium in which is stored a computer-readable program for causing a computer executing the program to operate as a data processing apparatus, said computer readable program being configured to enable said computer to perform the steps of:

• receiving a drawing command based on data generated by an application program;
• acquiring a local ID, which indicates country or area, from a printer driver;
• loading a resource file based on the local ID acquired by said acquiring step;
• acquiring default font data from the resource file loaded by said loading step;
• converting the drawing command, which does not have a font face, to intermediate code data using the default font data acquired by said acquiring step;
• and
• generating print data, which can be interpreted by an external device, based on the intermediate code data converted in said conversion step.

A storage medium storing a computer-readable program for causing a computer executing the program to operate as a data processing apparatus having display means, said program enabling the data processing apparatus to perform the steps of:

• receiving a drawing command based on data generated by an application program;
• acquiring a local ID which indicates the country or area from the printer driver;
• loading a resource file based on the local ID acquired by said step of acquiring;
• converting the drawing command received in said step of receiving to an intermediate code data;
• displaying a predetermined message related to the intermediate code date converted in said converting step on a screen;
• and
• generating print data, which can be interpreted by an external device, based on the intermediate code data converted in said converting step,
• wherein said displaying step changes the type of language of the predetermined message in accordance with the resource file loaded in said loading step.