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Eric de Redelijkheid wrote:
> Anno Domini 24-12-2005 12:33, Frank van Bortel sprak aldus:
>
> The problem I still have is: how do I make this BFILE feed to the client
> in MS Word?
>
> Is there a way for instance in Forms (6i by the way; not 6) to fetch the
> BFILE field and automaticly start MS Word as you would by doubleclicking
> on a RTF-file in explorer or by giving the command "start document.rtf"
> on the Windows command line? Example code would be helpfull. I have a
> hard time finding any usefull documentation.
Sorry, I was referring to http, not Forms. Your explorer must
have set me off...
Forms is very, very rusty on this side, but there is a Windows
library you can load and use to "connect" forms to windows.
Iirc, something with DDL; maybe the forms users can help out here?
-- Regards, Frank van Bortel Top-posting is one way to shut me up...Received on Wed Dec 28 2005 - 13:19:54 CST
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