Application Auto-Launch

Application Auto-Launch

Features

Configure an application to start when a user logs into ExactAccess.

Configuration

Setting the application to be launched

HKLM\Software\HealthCast\ExactAccess\AutoLaunch

Launch: reg_sz = app path

This is the path to the application to be auto-launched. There are several different configuration possibilities:

• The full path surrounded by quotes, including the filename and extension.
  • “c:\program files\healthcast\exactaccess\xamanager.exe”
• The full path without quotes (if there are no spaces in the path), including the filename and extension followed by a space and one or more parameters.
  • c:\windows\notepad.exe filename.txt
• The file name only.
  • notepad.exe
    • The application must exist in a folder that is listed in the path environment variable. (See Windows® System Help for additional information.)
    • This type of launching should only be done when auto-launching system applications.
• The file name only with one or more parameters enclosed in quotes.
  • notepad.exe “filename with spaces.txt”
• The file name only with one or more parameters:
  • excel.exe doc1.xls doc2.xls
    • This assumes that “c:\program files\Microsoft Office\Office12 (or the path to Excel)” appears on the path in the environment.
• The full path with quotes, including the file name and extension with parameters enclosed in quotes.
  • “c:\windows\notepad.exe” “filename with spaces.txt”
• The full path to a desktop shortcut (link).
  • Create a shortcut to the application on the root of c:.
  • Example: c:\xamanager.lnk
    • This allows you to create complex launch conditions using a shortcut or link; the parameters are configured in the shortcut; XA will simply launch the link file.
• The full path to a web address, which must include the path to the browser.
  • “c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe” http://www.google.com
    • Note that the path to iexplore is not in the path environment variable, and therefore, is required.

Enable Application Security Check

HKLM\Software\HealthCast\ExactAccess\AutoLaunch

CheckAccess: reg_dword = 1

This setting determines whether an access check should be performed before the application is auto-launched. If the value is set to the default of zero (0), the application will be launched and is not required to be registered in XA. The user logging in does not have to be granted access to launch the application. If the value is set to one (1), the application must be registered in XA and the user must belong to a role that has been granted access to the application.