Re: Oracle Forms and DDE

Filippo Catani wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> in my version of Oracle Forms it's not possible to use the DDE
> built-in package in order to start a conversation in which Oracle Forms
> acts as the Server Application.
> Only the Client side of DDE is implemented.
>
> How can I resolve the simple following problems ?
>
> 1) To start Oracle Forms from another Windows application
> 2) To start a Form or a Query from another Windows application
>
> thanks in advance
> Filippo Catani

You can accomplish both 1&2 by calling whatever spawn-application statement your other application uses with something like the following:

        C:\ORAWIN\BIN\F45RUN.EXE C:\MYSTUFF\FORMS45\yourform.fmx kjohnson/mypassword_at_t:servername:instancename This should start Forms, Have it Load your Form, and login you in with the username, password, and connect string given. If you wanted any other actions to take place when you loaded the form, you could put them in the When-New-Form-Instance trigger.

I don't know what the other application is, so I can really give you any specifics on how you would do this in it.

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