Timeout when using CLIENT_HOST('cmd /c start/wait winword.exe) in FORMS10g

Question

Hi, what to do      to prevent loss connection in forms / AS10g / Webutil?
we have in forms 10g / AS 10g using webutil following command to edit a word-document and save it afterwards:
CLIENT_HOST('cmd /c start /wait winword.exe '||'"'||pLocal_file_name||'"');
it works well for a short time of maybe 1 minute,
but when user works a longer time, the connection to AS-Server is loss.
what to do to solve problem ?
it is a Problem in FORMS or in WebUtil ?
set FORMS_TIMEOUT / higher ?
if so, where to set it, in the forms-module or in default.DEV of AS ?
or do i have use enable_redirect_on_timeout, how ?
Thanks
Norbert

Answer 1

Hello,
use the WEBUTIL_HOST.blocking() function instead as follow:
Declare
   LC$Cmd     Varchar2(256) ;
   Ret        WEBUTIL_HOST.PROCESS_ID ;
   LN$Result  Pls_Integer ;
   LC$FicName Varchar2(128) := Name_In( ‘BLOB_TABLE.DOC_NAME’ ) ;
Begin
   LC$Cmd := 'cmd /c start "" /WAIT "' || LC$FicName || '"' ;
   Ret := WEBUTIL_HOST.blocking( LC$Cmd ) ;
   LN$Result := WEBUTIL_HOST.Get_return_Code( Ret ) ;
End ;Francois