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CLIENT_HOST not working with FSAL

Aaron L.Jan 20 2026

CLIENT_HOST works in the browser version of our Forms, but when I open a Form using FSAL, it fails.

We use CLIENT_HOST to open files or programs and copy files on local (client) drives or locally mapped drives. The following just opens Acrobat Reader:

CLIENT_HOST('cmd /c start acrord32');

That works in a browser, but not FSAL.

We're using Forms 12.2.1.4 and the following is in our formsweb.cfg for FSAL configs:

archive=frmall.jar
webUtilArchive=jacob.jar,frmwebutil.jar
baseSAAfile=webutilsaa.txt
fsalcheck=true

GPT says FSAL runs on the application server instead of the client, but “client” host doesn't make sense then. How can we get stuff to run on the client machine using FSAL?

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