Re: Oracle Form and a standard window dialogue

dotacion_at_excite.com (Richard Drive) wrote in message news:<78586940.0112061521.53f58acc_at_posting.google.com>...
> Am using Forms 6.0 in a Windows NT environment, I want the use to be
> able to bring up a dialogue window, like the standard 'File->Open'.
>
> The user will navigate until they find the file they want, and then
> select it.
> The full path + name of the file will then be captured and passed as a
> parameter and used in the 'DATA= ' portion of a sqlloader command
> string.
>
> Is there a built that can be used, or will this have to be built from
> scratch?
>
> If the former, which are they?
>
> If the latter, can you give me heads up and the best approach?
>
> Any and all suggestions appreciated.
>
> Thanks.

take a look at D2KWUTIL.pll that ships with Oracle, there some useful procedures in here to do exactly what you want to do (Along with many others!)

try looking for....

win_api_dialog.open_file

Hope this helps

Simon Received on Fri Dec 07 2001 - 11:36:29 CET