Execute OS command from form in 10g

Question

Hi,
Is there a equivalent function/procedure in 10g forms for HOST command available in 6i?
Migrated a form from 6i to 10g that contains HOST procedure. Now this is no longer working in 10g forms.
Thanks

Answer 1

Hello,
I attached webutil.pll to the form and changed HOST to CLIENT_HOST.
This is the actual code
PROCEDURE CheckFTPDaemonStatus IS
    Str                VARCHAR2(100);
BEGIN
  -- Check if FTP Daemon is up
Str := 'ps -efx | grep TPFTP.jar | grep -v grep';
Client_Host(Str);
IF (NOT FORM_SUCCESS)
THEN
        Message_Box(NULL,'FTP daemon is unavailable. Please start the FTP daemon.',0);
        EXIT_FORM(NO_COMMIT);
END IF;
END;This procedure is invoked when the form is being opened. Now the form itself is not coming up. Though ps -efx | grep TPFTP.jar | grep -v grep from UNIX command line shows this JAR is executing at OS level.
I am running the form on HP-UX
How do I check if CLIENT_HOST is successful or failure?
Thanks