Re: Launching separate Windows app from Forms 4.5 for DDE
Date: 1996/03/15
Message-ID: <4ial71$vet_at_news-f.iadfw.net>#1/1
kkonopa_at_symantec.com (kirsten konopaski) wrote:
>Hi,
>I need to launch a separate Windows application upon loading of my Forms 4.5
>application. I attempt to use HOST with NO_SCREEN and NO_PROMPT, however, the
>Windows application does have a window and display.
>It isn't working, ie: the control to Forms never returns until the separate
>Windows executable is closed.
>I need to perform DDE between FORMS and this separate Windows app. Any ideas on
>how to launch this separate Windows application successfully? With Forms still
>in control when it is completed?
>Thanks
>Kirsten
You need to register an ORA_FFI procedure to open another application;
we use this overly complex mechanism to access Windows style help.
Hopefully, Oracle will provide a more staight-forward approach in the
near-future.
Michael B. Openshaw
Integrated Medical Networks
(Opinions expressed are my own)
Received on Fri Mar 15 1996 - 00:00:00 CET