View CAD Files in Forms?

I am trying view AutoCAD files in Oracle Web Forms. Until now, we have been using an ActiveX component in a client-server environment where all the clients are on Windows. We now have a need to move over to thin-client architecture and hence need to find a solution where I can view AutoCAD drawings through a web browser. The Oracle 8i database runs on a Solaris server and we are currently using Forms 6i.
Has anyone had any experience or know of any technologies which allows for CAD drawings to be viewed (either embedded in forms or in a new browser window) regardless of what platform the client is on? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You.
Jay Kurji.

ActiveX would not be working on the Web Forms in an embedded way. That's bad news. What you can do is use the AciveX and open the CAD file in a separate browser window by using web.show_document.
If for you the client side platform idependence means LINUX or any other OS that has a browser, then I think you will have problems unless you can transform the Auto CAD file to simple image files. But then you loose the intelgine maps you will only have dumb GIFs.

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From:
"Bill@VT" <[email protected]>
To:
Kenneth Panthen <[email protected]>
Date:
06/24/09 11:19 AM
Subject:
Accessible PDF files and forms
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