Asynchronous Processing in Forms 9i

Question

Here's what I want to do:
I have an external PL/SQL routine invoked by form A which inserts records into a database table.
I want to show, in real time, the data being written to this table by the routine invoked by form A.
Here's what I did in 6i:
Prior to invoking the routine, form A called form B with run_product(forms, asynchronous etc..). Form B then sat there checking for updates to the table and displaying them when it found them while Form A went on doing its business.
My question:
How do I do this in 9i? run_product is now unsupported for calling a form, and neither open_form nor call_form will let form A carry on while form B is working. I tried web.show_document as suggested elsewhere in this forum, but the new browser window didn't open until form A had finished what it was doing which is no use.
Is there a far easier way of doing this? Form B has no user interaction, it's just displaying data written to a table as it's written. Is there an asynchronous trigger that I could use in a field on Form A instead? How else can I do this?

Answer 1

Ok, i have created a form A with the following code in a WHEN-BUTTON-PRESSED :
declare
     lc$url varchar2(1024);
Begin
     lc$url := 'cmd /c START "appli" IEXPLORE.EXE "http://f3sieg2kdegrell:8888/forms90/f90servlet?form=D:\Projets\Atena\Forms9i\Designer\MODULE2.fmx&userid=ATENA/MAGNOLIA2@atenadev"' ;
host( lc$url ) ;
message('debut insere lignes');synchronize ;
insere_lignes; -- stored procedure that insert rows
message('fin insere lignes');synchronize;
end ;
And a form B with a timer wich fire every second and do the following code in the WHEN-TIMER-EXPIRED :
go_block('the_block');
execute_query ;
AND IT WORKS !
this is the code of the stored procedure :
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE insere_lignes IS
BEGIN
     delete from TEST ;
     for i in 1..50 loop
          insert into TEST (nom)
          values ( 'NOM_' || ltrim(to_char(i)) );
     commit ;
          dbms_lock.sleep( 1 ) ;
     end loop ;
END;