The bridge for the FRONT ARENA executable, bia_bfa, takes one command line parameter when it is started; the (fully qualified) name of the configuration file to be used.
The application is started by executing the following:
If the configuration file does not exist or cannot be accessed, the bridge immediately terminates, after having displayed an error message. The same is true if any of the mandatory properties are missing or invalid in the configuration file.
When the bridge starts up successfully, proof positive will be indicated by the command line message Application started up successfully.
Any problems encountered by the bridge after startup are recorded in the log file and in the trace file (if tracing is switched on). If configured correspondingly, alerting by way of SMTP is supported.