Re: Forms5 button calls Word-97

Try to use something like this:

  ...
  tmp_Cmd := 'winword.exe '||filename;
  BEGIN
[Quoted]     WIN_API_SHELL.WINEXEC(tmp_Cmd, WIN_API.SW_SHOWNORMAL, TRUE);   EXCEPTION
    WHEN OTHERS THEN

      msg_alert('Error: Can't start: '||tmp_Cmd,'W',null); 
      ...

You have to use D2KWUTIL.PLL and to have D2KWUT32.DLL on your machine.

I hope this will help you.

ThePozz wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have some problems to start Word-97 from under a button in Forms5,
> running under Win98. The Word-filename is dynamically built from a few
> columns in the database. I tried a HOST(filename), and also a
> HOST('winword '||filename) command from within a when-button-pressed
> trigger, with and without a NO_SCREEN.
> If I give the same command ('<filename>.doc') in a Win98 'Start' window
> or a DOS-box, it works fine.
> What am I doing wrong ?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jan Pieter Post

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