Web.show_document in forms 5 - HOW???

[bgwilliam]

Can anyone enlighten me to how to get the web.show_document facility to work? I have the statement in a 'WHEN_BUTTON_PRESSED' TRIGGER, it compiles ok, but just does not do anything. I wish to have a user look at a particular web site from within a forms5 application when pressing the button.

 

[sem]

Do you use forms server?

 

[bgwilliam]

No we don't. We have a server running Oracle 7.3.4, and the forms are located locally on a client PC.

 

[sem]

Web.show_document is used on web. To run browser in client/server model on Win you may use DDE.App_Begin, assuming you already know the browser's name (hardcoded or read from registry by win_api_environment.Read_Registry). You may also use host command.

 

[bgwilliam]

Sounds logical to me, thanks a lot