Opening a File

[Akif]

I am using Forms 5.0
I need to create a generic procedure that can open
any sort of a file (atleast doc,excel,ppt) from the
following table and show it on the screen:

Table fileTest (filepath varchar2(50));

As u can see i only have the file's path in the
table, not the actual file itself.

Thanks in Advance.

[Shestakov]

What did u mean when have written: "open any file"
ANY file have to use NOT ANY programm for show its content.
If u thing that forms 5.0 can works with any kind of files i gess
it is dream.

What u may to do:

a) create some dictionary for file extentions that describes
command templates like:

extention --> *.doc
exe-template --> winword "$filename"
extention --> *.xls
exe-template --> excel "$filename"
and so on...

b) write small function that return command/template for some filename.

c) use host command for "OPEN" that file
host get_hos_command(:filename);