Launching Third-Party Applications
SFM Custom Actions of type URL can be used to launch any locally available third-party applications and also pass parameters to these applications on Windows, Android, and iPad devices. Though these actions are indicated by Webservices icon in the Actions menu, they do not need connectivity for execution.
Launching third-party applications on FSA for Windows
1. Download the third party app on your Windows device. For example, Notepad.
2. Set the URL To Launch field to the third party app that is to be opened. You can either specify only the <application name.exe> file or provide the full path of the third party app. For example, to launch the Notepad application, we can set URL To Launch field to either notepad.exe or C:\Windows\notepad.exe.
Launching third-party applications on FSA for iPad
Launching third-party applications on FSA for Android
1. Download the third party app on your Android device. For example, SampleApplication.
2. Set the URL To Launch field to the third party app that is to be opened. The syntax is <domain>.<-company>.<application>. For example, we can set URL To Launch field to com.example.myapp.sampleapplication, where domain: com.example company: myapp application: sampleapplication.OR
3. Set the URL To Launch field to the URL scheme of the third party app that is to be opened.For example: sampleapplication://