Some installations might require to start an XMA application by an icon or an program menu entry. This can be achieved by associating files ending with .xma with the XMA executable wrapper (as xma.exe), so that a double click at an .xma file starts the XMA launcher. Thus a link to an .xma file can be used for creating a program menu entry or a desktop icon. Under Windows the Boot-Runtime installation already associates .xma files with the XMA executable wrapper.

An .xma file has to have the following format: A Component section with an parameter name identifying the XMA component to start (like for the command line invocation the component URL has to be stated without the .xma ending) and an optional Params section where values for the XMA component properties can be provided.

.xma file format:

[Component]
name=<component-url> 

[Params]
param1=value1
param2=value2

.xma file example:

[Component]
name=http://localhost:8080/xma_simplesample/CustomerSearch

[Params]
idCustomer=123