WEB.SHOW_DOCUMENT don´t start Firefox 3.5

Hi @all,
I want to call a report through Forms per web.show_document but Firefox don´t start. The URL is correct (I´ve tested it). I tried also to disable the Popup-Blocker but this didn´t solve the problem, too.
I call the fmx with a JNLP File.
There is no other browser installed on my system.
Are there any other settings in the browser (or maybe in the OS (WinXPPro SP3)) which could be responsible for this problem.
Thanks for your suggestions.
Thomas

Hi,
no, I run my forms in a Java Virtual Machine ( I start it with a JNLP-File) not directly in a browser. Adobe 9 is installed. In "showmyjobs" there are no report jobs listed, because the browser don´t start and try to open the report. When I copy manually the URL (which should call the report) from web.show_document into the browser the report starts. There is no problem in calling the report.
The problem is that web.show_document don´t start the browser or if the browser is already open a new tab to call the URL which I have written in web.show_document.
e.g.
web.show_document('http://www.google.de'. '_blank') should call google in a new browser tab or, if the browser is not opened already, in a new browser. But in my case the browser don´t start or don´t start a new tab page. This problem occurs in IE and in Firefox.
I use JDK 6 Update 16 and Forms works fine with that version.
I´ll try it tomorrow with another Java Version but I don´t think that this solve the problem.
Thomas

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