a storage device that stores a database;

first transmission means for transmitting image data;

second transmission means for transmitting data other than the image data;

registration means for registering both application data created by an application of a computer and image data which is created from the application data correlated with database registration information to the database, wherein the image data and the application data are stored in the database concurrently, but independently of each other at different locations in the database;

acquiring means for acquiring, when the database registration information is entered, the application data or the image data in accordance with the entered database registration information from the database;

selection means for selecting said first transmission means or said second transmission means; and

control means for controlling said acquisition means so as to acquire the image data from the database in a case where the database registration information is entered and said selection means selects said first transmission means, and for controlling said acquisition means so as to acquire the application data from the database in a case where the database registration information is entered and said selection means selects said second transmission means,

wherein said control means causes said acquiring means to acquire one of the image data and the application data from the database depending on the selection by said selection means, without a designation by a user as to which of the image data and the application data is to be acquired by said acquiring means.