Re: running dos program from forms

Thanks
[Quoted] I did the same. The program runs fine now but DOS shell is not closing automatically. It has to be done manually. Is ther a way to make it automatic.
Thanks
Sanjay

"TurkBear" <noone_at_nowhere.com> wrote in message news:i4ojetk99l7fdm7op074tlss722cac3gvr_at_4ax.com...
> Maybe you need to
> Find a way to be sure that host command changes to the proper folder
 before
> executing the dos program itself...The forms may be running form somewhere
> else..
>
> "Sanjay K Singh" <sanjay_at_vimich.com> wrote:
>
> >I have a dos program that gives me output nicely using the database files
> >stored in the samefolder where executable dos file is.
> >Now I am trying to execute this dosprogram from Oracle forms by using
 host
> >procedure. The procedure does call the dos program but it gives error. It
 is
> >not able to find database files that islying in the same folder. It gives
> >error that the needed data files are not in the same folder, where as
 they
> >are
> >there. In dos environment the program still runs fine. How to solve this
> >problem?
> >Please advise.
> >Thanks
> >Sanjay
> >
> >
> >
>
Received on Mon Apr 30 2001 - 19:54:26 CEST