WEBUTIL_HOST.blocking is not blocking

Hello,
I am having problems using WEBUTIL_HOST.blocking for Microsoft Office 2003 products and Adobe. For example, if I try to open a Word document in blocking mode and Word is already open, the blocking feature fails. I found that this happens also in Excel, Outlook and for pdf files. If the host application is not already open the blocking feature works fine. I have found that for file types using notepad, the blocking feature works all the time.
Here is our setup:
Forms Version 10.1.2.0.2
JInitiator: Version 1.3.1.2
Forms AS 10.1.2.0.2
DB10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.5.0
Windows XP professional, service pack 2
Here is the code that runs:
// v_fullname contains the fully qualifed filename
v_Cmd := 'cmd /c start "" /WAIT "' || v_fullname || '"' ;
Ret := WEBUTIL_HOST.blocking( v_Cmd ) ;
I found a thread on here that solved this problem for Word with the following syntax
v_Cmd := 'cmd /c start "" /WAIT WINWORD /W "' || v_fullname || '"' ;
Is there a way to solve this problem with a generic solution? All help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks Jim

Hello,
does anyone have any thoughts on this or a workaround?
We use the blocking feature to allow the user to make changes to the document and then restore those changes to the database. Without this feature the code falls through and breaks the link between the document and the forms application.
appreciate all help
Jim

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