Using OCX, OLE or DDE with forms

Hi,
In the near future, I will have to interface with a program written in Visual Basic. This program will have to send me a command to a form already open. My form will have to capture the parameters and do an action (ex. calling another form).
If someone had experience with something like this, it will be gentle to send me information about that.
Thanks

You can access the Oracle Forms demos from the "Sample Code"
icon at the top of this page.
http://otn.oracle.com/sample_code/products/forms/index.html
(look for the demos for the 6i version).
There are also some notes on http://metalink.oracle.com about using OCXs.
Note that those won't work when you move your Forms application to the Web.

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