How to open another application from current application

Hi Uwe,

You can use api_application.run API to open the indicated Formspider application.

Syntax:

api_application.run(in_desktoppath_tx       varchar2, 
                    in_weblink_tx           varchar2, 
                    in_browserwindowname_tx varchar2, 
                    in_transferfocus_yn     varchar2, 
                    in_keepsession_yn       varchar2)

Where:

in_weblink_tx: The URL of the Formspider application to be opened

in_browserwindowname_tx: The window name in browser. To run an application in the same browser tab with your curent application you can use _self as in_browserwindowname_tx parameter value.

in_transferfocus_yn: Transfer focus to window in browser or left focus on current window

in_keepsession_yn: Runs new application in the same session with your current application. By this way multiple applications can communicate via session variables with each other.

Example:

api_application.run(in_weblink_tx           => 'http://localhost:8080/formspider/main.html?name=app1'
                   ,in_browserwindowname_tx => '_self'
                   ,in_keepsession_yn       => 'Y');

This code opens the application named "app1" in the same browser tab with your current application by sharing the session variables.

You can find more information about how to run another application from your current application and share the session across them in this tutorial.

Regards, Ibrahim

Hi Uwe,

For instance there is no way to get the current url. On the next release (v1.2), I think we can either implement an API where you can give the app name as the parameter instead of the app URL or an API which returns the current URL.

I registered this feature to our issue management system. Thank you for your advise.

Ibrahim