Question: A customer asked about submitting a job from file by double-clicking on the .xja directly. In essence, associating the ".xja" file type with the QubeGUI a submission dialog so one can launch jobs by double-clicking on those files.
Answer: Yes, one can set this up directly to have an .xja file launch the QubeGUI submission dialog on any Windows system. Below are the steps to perform that file association:
- Open My Computer or any File Explorer window
- Select menu Tools -> Folder Options...
- Click the "File Types" tab
- Click "New" and specify "xja" as the new file type. Click OK.
- Select that "xja" filetype and click on the Advanced button
- Click on "New" to create a "submit" Action to call this as the "Application used to perform action:"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\pfx\qube\bin\qube.exe" --submitFile "%1" - Click OK and close the dialogs
- Test by double clicking on an .xja file. A submit dialog should launch for it.
