Delimiteddata and number format mask

Hi,
I need to export data from my report to a csv format in reports 6i.
I installed patch 12 so I can use the delimiteddata format.
This works but I do have problems with the number format.
I formatted all of the number fields so they appear as desired in the report when running in C/S mode.
I learned that you can use the number format, date format and cell wrapper variables for delimited and delimiteddata formats.
These parameters do work with delimited output but they don't when generating delimiteddata.
Only when I start the reports builder with numberformatmask=something on the command line then the number format given on the command line will be used. but then you cannot change it (even not in the dialog when generating a delimited format) anymore once reports builder is open.
Is there a solution for this problem or is it fixed in a later patch (I haven't seen anything new in then patch 13 notes).
Piet

Hi Pieter,
This does looks like a Bug. Please contact Oracle Support to assist you in getting the right patch or otherwise.
Regards
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