Information processing apparatus capable of changing settings thereof, method of controlling the same, and storage medium

Abstract

An information processing apparatus that improves user-friendliness in changing settings concerning the control thereof. Settings of the information processing apparatus are classified according to categories, and restart information indicative of whether or not restart of the information processing apparatus is required to cause changes of the settings to take effect is stored on a category-by-category basis. A configuration file for changing the settings is acquired. Before changing the settings based on the configuration file, it is determined based on categories of to-be-changed settings and the restart information whether or not the restart is required to cause the changes in the settings specified in the configuration file to take effect. The results of determination are displayed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An information processing apparatus that is capable of changing settings thereof, comprising:
 a storage unit configured to classify settings of the information processing apparatus according to categories, and store restart information indicative of whether or not restart of the information processing apparatus is required in order to cause changes of the settings to take effect, on a category-by-category basis;   an acquisition unit configured to acquire a configuration file for changing the settings of the information processing apparatus;   a determination unit configured to determine, before changing the settings of the information processing apparatus based on the configuration file, whether or not the restart of the information processing apparatus is required in order to cause changes of to-be-changed settings specified in the configuration file to take effect, based on categories of the to-be-changed settings and the restart information; and   a display unit configured to display results of determination by said determination unit.   
     
     
         2 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said display unit displays an instruction screen for receiving an execution instruction for executing processing which changes the settings of the information processing apparatus, the instruction screen including the results of determination by said determination unit,
 the information processing apparatus further comprising a changing unit configured to change the to-be-changed settings when the execution instruction has been received from a user via the instruction screen.   
     
     
         3 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein when the execution instruction has not been received from the user via the instruction screen, said changing unit does not execute changing of the settings. 
     
     
         4 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein in a case where a predetermined setting of the to-be-changed settings has been changed by said changing unit, said determination unit determines again whether or not the restart of the information processing apparatus is required in order to cause the change of the predetermined setting to take effect, and
 wherein said display unit further displays results of determination with respect to the predetermined setting by said determination unit.   
     
     
         5 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said display unit further displays a time period to be taken to complete changing of the to-be-changed settings. 
     
     
         6 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein said storage unit further stores time information for calculating the time period to be taken to complete changing of the to-be-changed settings on a category-by-category basis, and
 wherein said display unit displays the time period calculated based on the time information as the time period to be taken to complete changing the to-be-changed settings.   
     
     
         7 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said acquisition unit acquires the configuration file from an external apparatus on a network. 
     
     
         8 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said acquisition unit acquires the configuration file from a storage medium connected to the information processing apparatus. 
     
     
         9 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein the storage medium is a USB storage device. 
     
     
         10 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus is a printing apparatus equipped with a printer. 
     
     
         11 . A method of controlling an information processing apparatus that is capable of changing settings thereof, comprising:
 classifying settings of the information processing apparatus according to categories, and storing restart information indicative of whether or not restart of the information processing apparatus is required in order to cause changes of the settings to take effect, on a category-by-category basis;   acquiring a configuration file for changing the settings of the information processing apparatus;   determining, before changing the settings of the information processing apparatus based on the configuration file, whether or not the restart of the information processing apparatus is required in order to cause changes of to-be-changed settings specified in the configuration file to take effect, based on categories of the to-be-changed settings and the restart information; and   displaying results of determination by said determining.   
     
     
         12 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program for executing a method of controlling an information processing apparatus that is capable of changing settings thereof,
 wherein the method comprises:   classifying settings of the information processing apparatus according to categories, and storing restart information indicative of whether or not restart of the information processing apparatus is required in order to cause changes of the settings to take effect, on a category-by-category basis;   acquiring a configuration file for changing the settings of the information processing apparatus;   determining, before changing the settings of the information processing apparatus based on the configuration file, whether or not the restart of the information processing apparatus is required in order to cause changes of to-be-changed settings specified in the configuration file to take effect, based on categories of the to-be-changed settings and the restart information; and   displaying results of determination by said determining.