Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer-readable recording medium storing information processing program

An information processing method which executes a function corresponding to a menu item of application software selected by a user, in an information processing apparatus, comprising:

• an information processing step, carried out by processing circuitry, which executes a plurality of small functions forming the function corresponding to a selected menu item;
• a recipe data forming step which forms recipe data in which executing conditions and an executing order of the plurality of small functions corresponding to the selected menu item are defined;
• an information process executing step which causes the information processing step to execute the plurality of small functions based on the recipe data;
• and
• a selecting step which receives user input specifying the executing conditions and the executing order from the user of the information processing apparatus, a corresponding one of the executing conditions being set for a corresponding one of the plurality of small functions, the setting occurring for each of the plurality of small functions,
• wherein the information processing step executes each of the plurality of small functions based on the executing order and the executing conditions defined in the recipe data.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an information processing program in an information processing apparatus that, when executed, causes the information processing apparatus to execute:

• a function corresponding to a menu item of application software selected by a user;
• an information processing step which executes a plurality of small functions forming the function corresponding to a selected menu item;
• a recipe data forming step which forms recipe data in which executing conditions and an executing order of the plurality of small functions corresponding to the selected menu item are defined;
• an information process executing step which causes the information processing step to execute the plurality of small functions based on the recipe data;
• and
• a selecting step which receives user input specifying the executing conditions and the executing order from the user of the information processing apparatus, a corresponding one of the executing conditions being set for a corresponding one of the plurality of small functions, the setting occurring for each of the plurality of small functions,
• wherein the information processing step executes each of the plurality of small functions based on the executing order and the executing conditions defined in the recipe data.