Launch pdf from menu

How can I open a pdf directly from the menu in 10g?
I've tried to implement a dummy-window, with the following code in the "when-window-activated" trigger:
declare
     path varchar(250);
begin
     path := 'C:\folder\file.pdf';
     client_host ( 'cmd /c start ' || path );
exit_form;
end;I get error: WUC-015: Your form must contain the following bean for this function to be available: oracle.forms.webutil.host.Host
I've included WEBUTIL in the project and as far as I can see, it contains host.Host.
I think it is a timing problem with loading webutil after the window or similar. Implementing a dummy-button and calling the code above on its "When-new-item-instance" doesn't solve the problem.
Any help will be appreciated.

I made a whole new form and since then, at least I can call the pdf by pressing that button now. (Seems I've had some unpleasant "left overs".) However, I still can't call the pdf from the menu. I'm sure now, that it's a timing-problem. I suppose, thats also the reason why it runs on my local machine but not from the server. Maybe WEBUTIL gets loaded later there than on my pc.
Anyway, I will make a work-around and start the pdf by pressing a button.
Thanks a lot for you help, though!

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substr(v_rep,instr(v_rep,'_',-1)+1)
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