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

I'm no expert, but I believe that since web-enabled Forms run as applets, they are subject to the "security sandbox" of the Java Virtual Machine, and can't access anything on a client PC.

Hope this helps,
Adrian Klingel

1. Elliot Gibbons wrote:

> 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.
Received on Fri Jun 12 1998 - 00:00:00 CDT