Open pdf document from local disk on button trigger from Oracle form in 6i

Question

hi all.
i have an application in oracle forms 6i. The system from where forms are run...has a local folder with pdf documents. the requirement is that when user click on a button in oracle form...the respective pdf from the local folder should open (in browser or in adobe pdf or in any other way).
I really desperately need this help. had googled. did use the host and client_host commands in the button trigger but am presented with error "host, client_host" not declared.
bundles of thanks in advance for getting me out of this.

Answer 1

Hi
     DECLARE
     pl_dept paramlist;
     com_code varchar2(1);
     BEGIN
     pl_dept := Get_Parameter_List('tmpdata');
     IF NOT Id_Null(pl_dept) THEN
          Destroy_Parameter_List( pl_dept );
     END IF;
     pl_dept := Create_Parameter_List('tmpdata');
        ADD_PARAMETER(pl_dept,'p_date_from',TEXT_PARAMETER,:date_from);
        ADD_PARAMETER(pl_dept,'p_date_to',TEXT_PARAMETER,:date_to);
        ADD_PARAMETER(pl_dept,'destype',text_parameter,'file');
        ADD_PARAMETER(pl_dept,'DESFORMAT',TEXT_PARAMETER,'pdf');
     Add_Parameter(pl_dept,'paramform',TEXT_PARAMETER,'NO');
     Run_Product(REPORTS, 'EMP_STATISTIC_REP.rep', SYNCHRONOUS, RUNTIME,FILESYSTEM, pl_dept,NULL);
End;      Not tested hope it works...
Regards,
Amatu Allah