Closing browser window when form is closed

Thanks, Michael. I agree about exit_form.
I want the second browser to block the first set of forms running in the first browser because it's a dataflow requirement - user goes from Form A to Form B, must complete their work in Form B before returning to Form A. So I'm actually happy that webutil_host.host freezes Form A. I don't want to use non-blocking because this would let the user back in Form A before they were done with Form B (and would potentially leave a lot of browser windows open). I did initally try web.show_document but that was non-blocking.
Normally, I would use a call_form in this scenario, but I have to log into a second database (for security reasons) for the user to complete their task in Form B, and if I use a call_form and then want to log into a second database, I have to log out of my first one (which causes me to lose all sorts of global variables and session variables), log into the second, and then log back into the first (and I don't get my globals or session variables back in that case). So, I am keeping Session 1 alive in Form A, calling Form B and starting Session 2 against a second database, and then closing Session 2 and Form B and returning to Session1 (which is still open)and Form A. Is there is a better way to do thise, please let me know. (Mind you, this all worked very well in client/server mode - funny how the older tools can be more straightforward.)
And yes, I agree that we are using an old OAS (OAS10gR1). I have been suggesting an upgrade but am being told that it would require too much effort. We have 200 forms and upgrading them to work with the newer OAS is something I have been told we cannot do. If it doesn't require a forms upgrade (beyond open in new builder, save, and close), then I might have some luck making it happen, but everyone seems to think it does require more work than that. If that is not true, please let me know. I think that would solve a lot of our problems.
Meredith

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