WebUtil doesn't work when called from WHEN-NEW-FORM-INSTANCE trigger

Question

I need WEBUTIL_CLIENTINFO functions to know some information from the client, like IP, JavaVersion, Hostname, OS user, etc. This functions I call through WHEN-NEW-FORM-INSTANCE TRIGGER and this doesn't nor work. I obtain the next message and error:
oracle/forms/webutil/clientinfo/GetClientInfo.class not found. WEBUTIL_CLIENTINFO.GET_IP_ADDRESS.
But when I call this WebUtil functions through WHEN-WINDOW-ACTIVATED trigger or through a button it works. Why?. I need call WebUtils in the WHEN-NEW-FORM-INSTANCE trigger!
Any help will be of great value.

Answer 1

Basically make a timer...
Do you have the wu_test_106.fmb file that comes with the webutil install?
If you look in the wnfi trigger you will see this...
declare
     fake_timer TIMER;
begin
     -- Purpose of the fake timer is the we cannot call webutil in this trigger since the
     -- beans have not yet been instantiated.  If we put the code in a when-timer-expired-trigger
     -- it means that this timer will not start running until Forms has focus (and so the webutil
     -- beans will be instantiated and so call canbe made.
     fake_timer:= CREATE_TIMER('webutil',100,NO_REPEAT);
     --create_blob_table;
     null;
end;And in the form level when-timer-expired you will see this...
     :global.user_home := webutil_clientinfo.get_system_property('user.home');
     :OLE.FILENAME := :global.user_home||'\temp.doc';
     SET_ITEM_PROPERTY('builtins.text_io_item',PROMPT_TEXT,'Write to '||:global.user_home||'\helloworld.txt');
     SET_ITEM_PROPERTY('files.userdothome',PROMPT_TEXT,:global.user_home);