Discoverer Viewer - Calendar usage

Hi,
I am working with Discoverer Plus and Discoverer Viewer. I have a report defined with a parameter of type DATE. When working Discoverer Plus I see the calendar icon near the parameter and I can use it to easily choose a date. However, when I run the same report in Discoverer Viewer I don't get the calendar icon and I must type the date value. Any idea why and how to fix it?

Calendar is only available in plus.

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