Using HOST built-in in Forms under an AIX O/S

Question

Hello,
I need to use the HOST built-in inside a form under an AIX O/S, but it doesn't work. I have tried some different options:
a) HOST('cp /xx/xx/xx/file1.txt xx/xx/xx/file2.txt');
b) HOST('sh cp /xx/xx/xx/file1.txt xx/xx/xx/file2.txt');
c) HOST('ksh /xx/xx/xx/file1.txt xx/xx/xx/file2.txt');
d) HOST('/usr/bin/cp /xx/xx/xx/file1.txt xx/xx/xx/file2.txt');
(NOTE: The files are referenced with the absolute path).
Why it doesn't work?
It seems that the cp command is not found when i execute it. When I put this instruction in a Windows O/S it works perfectly puting 'cmd' at the beginning of the literal, because of 'cmd' is the command.com for windows.
Maybe I don't know what is the command.com for AIX?
Could you help me?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hello
What Gerd was getting at is where you had:
cl := '"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" http://springfield01:7777/forms/frmservlet?form=sas2.fmx&userid='||user||'/'||get_application_property(password)||'@fc';
host(cl,no_screen);
replace the code with:
cl:='http://springfield01:7777/forms/frmservlet?form=sas2.fmx&userid='||user||'/'||get_application_property(password)||'@fc';
web.show_document (cl,'_blank');
This will open a new IE window with the url you requested.
You could alternatively if you already have webutil installed just replace
host(cl,no_screen);
with
client_host(cl,no_screen);
Though logically the having to have "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" in your code defeats the idea of a web application. I would go for the first option because you don't care where IE is on the machine.
cheers
Q