Re: Is it possible to HOST an application on a Client PC from a Web enabled Form?

I thought the whole point of web deployment is not to have any Oracle software installed on the Client PC. have you tried using PL\SQL to generate the report and displaying it in separate window or better still write a simple PL\SQL Cartridge report and use show_document built-in...

Sunil

1. Elliot Gibbons <agibbons_at_erols.com> wrote in message 35818CFE.6E7A_at_erols.com...
   >Can anyone advise please...?
   >
   >I have a Forms 4.5 Form running in a web browser with a Push Button
   >for an end user to click on. This button fires a 'WHEN-BUTTON-PRESSED'
   >trigger which utilizes the HOST command to start SQL*PLUS and run a
   >script which generates a report for the user on the client PC.
   >However, when the button is pressed SQL*PLUS starts
   >on the Server rather than on the Client!!!
   >
   >Is there a way of telling the HOST command that it should start
   >the version of SQL*PLUS (or any other application for that matter)
   >installed on the client rather than the server application? Might there
   >be variables on the client which can be accessed?
   >
   >Thanks in advance,
   >
   >Elliot G.