Process flow execution apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium storing control program therefor for determining the version of a process flow application

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PATENT NO 8830501
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12421698

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A process flow execution apparatus capable of notifying a user of a task or a setting that is not supported in an application of a version lower than a version set in a process flow that describes process contents of a plurality of tasks. A process flow application handling the process flow is installed in the apparatus that can communicate with another apparatus capable of handling the process flow application, via a network. An acceptance unit accepts an instruction to execute the plurality of tasks based on the process flow. A control unit controls to display a warning screen on a display unit if a version of a process flow application that generates the process flow for which the acceptance unit has accepted the execution instruction is higher than a version of the process flow application installed in the process flow execution apparatus.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Sato, Tetsuya Yokohama, JP 214 1793

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