Forms 10g DateTime format

I am converting an application from Oracle Forms 6i to 10g, one of the fields has a date format of MM/DD/RR HH24:MI. QA noticed that in 6i you can type 01/01/13 1645 without the colon in the middle of the time and 6i forms would understand it. Forms 10g displays an error... FRM-50025: Date/time must be entered in a format like MM/DD/RR HH24:MI.
Is there a way to get it to function like 6i did?

Out of curiosity, I created a little test form in Forms 6i with your format mask. Running it, I can enter the date and time without the / or :, and all works fine. As soon as I leave the field, Forms automatically re-displays the date and time with the correct punctuation.
Then I compiled that form in Forms 10g and ran it. It works just the same.
There are some internal format mask elements that may have been set for your Forms 10 installation. If you search online help for format mask, you can read a lot. ....more than I want to see.
I am using a plain vanilla installation of 10g: version is 10.1.2.3.0

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Update 12-Dec-2008: Oracle has published NOTE 559067.1 -- How to Install Developer Suite 10.1.2.0.2 - hence 10.1.2.3 - on Windows Vista, 24-OCT-2008 with some installation help.
Update 07-July-2008: Added text at the bottom showing how to find patchsets for Forms 10g.
Update 29-May-2008: This thread was started in November, 2007. In January, 2008, Oracle released Patch 3 for Forms 10g, which makes Forms 10g compatible with Windows Vista. As time permits I'll try to keep the information in this post up to date. Updated information will be inserted as blue text.

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This is a second thread I am posting to outline the steps I have used to install Forms on a Windows Vista Home Basic laptop. The other thread describes installing Forms 6i:
Forms 6i installed and running on Windows Vista
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I. Preliminary system changes in Windows
When I started installing, I got the following error message: Install has encountered an error while
 attempting to verify your virtual memory settings.
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Virtual Memory shows a "Total paging file size for all drives: 2337MB.
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II. Installing Forms 10g
1. Download two files from Oracle:
ds_windows_x86_101202_disk1.zip (626,122,752 bytes)
ds_windows_x86_101202_disk2.zip (236,880,881 bytes)
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2b. Extract both into the C:\oracle directory, as disk1 and disk2.
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C:\users\steve\appdata\local\temp\orainstall...
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4. Optional: Create an easily accessible folder to store fmb files:
C:\users\steve\.1\fmb10
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Note: If you also need to use Forms 6i like me, DO NOT EVER open a .fmb file in the Forms 10 Builder from the Forms 6i folder. If you compile it, or even worse, save the .fmb, Forms 6i *cannot ever* access the file. Instead, always use the File Manager (Windows Explorer) to copy the fmb from the fmb6 folder into the fmb10 location.
5. Change the Forms 10g Default.env file using a text editor.
This file replaces all the settings originally written to the Windows Registry (GREAT idea, Oracle! I hate the registry.) No more Regedit. The default.env file is located at: (DevSuiteHome_1 path)\forms\server\default.env
Locate line with: FORMS_PATH= and add:
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FORMS_MMAP=FALSE
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6. Jiniator setup:
Run file jinit.exe in C:\oracle\DevSuiteHime_1\jinit\jinit.exe
It installs Jinitiator 1.3.1.22.
I installed it in C:\oracle\JInitiator 1.3.1.22\
For Firefox, make sure a copy of file \bin\NPJinit13122.dll resides in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins.
For Netscape, the path is: C:\Program Files\Netscape\Navigator 9\plugins
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See the note above about using Firefox 2 and not Firefox 3!
In Firefox 2 go to: Tools-> Options-> Content
Uncheck the "Enable Java" checkbox
--Firefox terminates if this is not done!
Note: After my system automatically installed updates to either java or Firefox, re-check the "Enable Java" setting. I am suspicious that one of these installs re-enables java in the browser.
Also note: some web sites cannot display properly if java is disabled. Example: U.S. time website: http://www.time.gov Use Internet Explorer to view these.
In Netscape make the same changes as Firefox. Without disabling java, it also terminates when you try to run a form.
Creating a url to use in the browser:
Try this:
http://127.0.0.1:8889/forms/frmservlet
If it does not work, change the 8889 port number as follows:
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Oracle Developer Suite HTTP port = 8889
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120 : 0 : "F9" : 29 : "List of Values"
9 : 0 : "Tab" : 1 : "Next Field"
40 : 0 : "Down-Arrow" : 7 : "Next Record"
9 : 1 : "Shift Tab" : 2 : "Previous Field"
38 : 0 : "Up-Arrow" : 6 : "Previous Record"
112 : 0 : "F1" : 35 : "Show Keys"
116 : 1 : "Shift F5" : 69 : " Clear Block"
116 : 2 : "Ctrl F5" : 3 : " Clear Field"
113 : 1 : "Shift F2" : 80 : " Count Query Hits"
112 : 1 : "Shift F1" : 78 : " Display Error"
114 : 0 : "F3" : 73 : " Duplicate Item"
115 : 0 : "F4" : 64 : " Duplicate Record"
69 : 2 : "Ctrl E" : 22 : " Edit Field"
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118 : 0 : "F7" : 76 : " Enter Query"
81 : 2 : "Ctrl Q" : 32 : " Exit"
112 : 2 : "Ctrl F1" : 30 : " Help"
34 : 0 : "Page Down" : 66 : " Next Set of Records"
119 : 1 : "Shift F8" : 79 : " Print"
10 : 0 : "Enter/Return key": 27: " Enter/Next Field"
33 : 0 : "Page Up" : 12 : " Scroll Up"
116 : 0 : "F5" : 87 : " F5 Key for special uses"
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113 : 11: "Ctrl Alt Shift F2":95: " List Tab Pages" #<-REQUIRED, or F2 cant be assigned
114 : 3 : "Shift Ctrl F3" : 85 : " Function 3"
115 : 3 : "Shift Ctrl F4" : 86 : " Function 4"
117 : 3 : "Shift Ctrl F6" : 88 : " Function 6"
118 : 3 : "Shift Ctrl F7" : 89 : " Function 7"
119 : 3 : "Shift Ctrl F8" : 90 : " Function 8"
120 : 3 : "Shift Ctrl F9" : 91 : " Function 9"Finding Forms 10g Patchsets
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Edited 2008-12-12 to add a link to Oracle Note 559067.1 and added the fmrweb.res file listing.
Edited 2008-10-28 to change text format to work better within new forum format
Edited 2008-7-7 to add patchset search information.
Edited 2008-4-21 to modify information.
Edited 2008-3-6 to add information.
Edited 2008-5-29 to update information.

I followed your instructions and installed Developer Suite 10G on Windows Vista Home Premium edition. I have Oracle 11G DB running on the same machine.
Two points, Steve:
1. When I tried to set the maximum virtual memory to 6110 an error message displayed from Windows and told me that I can't set the maximum virtual memory to more than 4096. I set it to 4090 and it worked and I got nothing wrong during the installation process.
2. After installing JInitiator and disabling Java on Firefox I called the http://127.0.0.1:8889/forms/frmservlet page and everything seemed to be OK because the Oracle Forms Services logo appeared and then a successful installation message appeared , but as I clicked (ok) to continue a gray screen appeared inside the browser (like the one displayed when you try to run a Java applet inside a browser) and then I wait to death till something appears but sadly nothing. I just get a blank gray screen inside my Firefox browser.
Do you have any idea what to do to solve the problem?
Regards

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nom_arch varchar2(100);
fec date;
BEGIN
pl_id := Get_Parameter_List('tmpdata');
IF NOT Id_Null(pl_id) THEN
Destroy_Parameter_List( pl_id );
END IF;
pl_id := Create_Parameter_List('tmpdata');
IF :BK_PARAMETROS.LI_COD_DIS IS NOT NULL THEN
cod_dis := :BK_PARAMETROS.LI_COD_DIS;
END IF;
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Add_Parameter(pl_id,'P_COD_CLI',TEXT_PARAMETER,:BK_PARAMETROS.TI_COD_CLI||'%');
ELSE
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'P_COD_CLI',TEXT_PARAMETER,'%');
:BK_PARAMETROS.TI_COD_CLI:='%';
END IF;
IF :BK_PARAMETROS.CLAS_REP=1 THEN
cla_rep := '001';
ELSE
     IF :BK_PARAMETROS.CLAS_REP=2 THEN
          cla_rep := '002';
     ELSE
          IF :BK_PARAMETROS.CLAS_REP=3 THEN
          cla_rep := '003';
     ELSE
          cla_rep := '004';
     END IF;
     END IF;
END IF;
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'P_COD_DIS',TEXT_PARAMETER, cod_dis);
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'P_FECHA',TEXT_PARAMETER,to_char(:BK_PARAMETROS.FECFIN, 'DD/MM/YYYY'));
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'P_CLASE',TEXT_PARAMETER, cla_rep);
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'PARAMFORM',TEXT_PARAMETER,'NO');
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'DESTYPE',TEXT_PARAMETER,'File');
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'MODE',TEXT_PARAMETER,'Character');
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'DESFORMAT',TEXT_PARAMETER,'DELIMITED' );
select sysdate into fec from dual;
IF :BK_PARAMETROS.TIPO_REP=1 THEN
     BEGIN
nom_rep := 'tdvenrli1577.rep';
nom_arch := 'c:\windows\temp\RepCobranzaPlanos' || TO_CHAR(fec, 'ddmmyyyy') || '.xls';
END;
ELSIF :BK_PARAMETROS.TIPO_REP=2 THEN
          BEGIN
          nom_rep := 'tdvenrli1578.rep';
          nom_arch := 'c:\windows\temp\RepCobranzaLargos' || TO_CHAR(fec, 'ddmmyyyy') || '.xls';
          END;
ELSIF :BK_PARAMETROS.TIPO_REP=3 THEN
     BEGIN
                    Add_Parameter(pl_id,'P_XLS',TEXT_PARAMETER, '1');
          nom_rep := 'tdvenrli1576.rep';
          nom_arch := 'c:\windows\temp\RepCobranzaDetallados' || TO_CHAR(fec, 'ddmmyyyy') || '.xls';
          END;
ELSE
          BEGIN
                    nom_rep := 'TDVENRLI1545.REP';
          nom_arch := 'c:\windows\temp\RepCobranzaTodos' || TO_CHAR(fec, 'ddmmyyyy') || '.xls';
          END;
END IF;
--Add_Parameter(pl_id,'DESNAME',TEXT_PARAMETER,nom_arch );
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'DESNAME',TEXT_PARAMETER, nom_arch);
standard.commit;
Run_Product(REPORTS, nom_rep, SYNCHRONOUS, runtime, FILESYSTEM, pl_id,'');
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message('Error');
END;
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PROCEDURE GUARDAREXCEL IS
pl_id ParamList;
nom_rep varchar2(20);
cla_rep varchar2(20);
cod_dis varchar2(4);
nom_arch varchar2(100);
fec date;
--byt12122007.sn
repid REPORT_OBJECT;
     vURL VARCHAR2(500);
     rep_status VARCHAR2(20);
     vJobID VARCHAR2(100);
     v_rep VARCHAR2(100);
VAR NUMBER;
w_name_repserv VARCHAR2(30);
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BEGIN
     --w_name_repserv:=F_OBTIENE_SERVREP;
w_name_repserv:='repserv';
pl_id := Get_Parameter_List('mytmp_params');
IF NOT Id_Null(pl_id) THEN
Destroy_Parameter_List( pl_id );
END IF;
pl_id := Create_Parameter_List('mytmp_params');
IF :BK_PARAMETROS.LI_COD_DIS IS NOT NULL THEN
     cod_dis := :BK_PARAMETROS.LI_COD_DIS;
END IF;
IF :BK_PARAMETROS.TI_COD_CLI IS NOT NULL THEN
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'P_COD_CLI',TEXT_PARAMETER,:BK_PARAMETROS.TI_COD_CLI||'%');
ELSE
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'P_COD_CLI',TEXT_PARAMETER,'%');
:BK_PARAMETROS.TI_COD_CLI:='%';
END IF;
IF :BK_PARAMETROS.CLAS_REP=1 THEN
cla_rep := '001';
ELSE
     IF :BK_PARAMETROS.CLAS_REP=2 THEN
          cla_rep := '002';
     ELSE
          IF :BK_PARAMETROS.CLAS_REP=3 THEN
          cla_rep := '003';
     ELSE
          cla_rep := '004';
     END IF;
     END IF;
END IF;
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'P_COD_DIS',TEXT_PARAMETER, cod_dis);
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'P_FECHA',TEXT_PARAMETER,to_char(:BK_PARAMETROS.FECFIN, 'DD/MM/YYYY'));
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'P_CLASE',TEXT_PARAMETER, cla_rep);
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'PARAMFORM',TEXT_PARAMETER,'NO');
/*Add_Parameter(pl_id,'DESTYPE',TEXT_PARAMETER,'File');
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'MODE',TEXT_PARAMETER,'Character');
Add_Parameter(pl_id,'DESFORMAT',TEXT_PARAMETER,'DELIMITED' );*/
select sysdate into fec from dual;
IF :BK_PARAMETROS.TIPO_REP=1 THEN
BEGIN
     repid := find_report_object('tdvenrli1577');
--nom_rep := 'tdvenrli1577.rep';
nom_arch := 'c:\windows\temp\RepCobranzaPlanos' || TO_CHAR(fec, 'ddmmyyyy') || '.xls';
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid, REPORT_FILENAME,'tdvenrli1577');
END;
ELSIF :BK_PARAMETROS.TIPO_REP=2 THEN
BEGIN
     repid := find_report_object('tdvenrli1578');
          --nom_rep := 'tdvenrli1578.rep';
          nom_arch := 'c:\windows\temp\RepCobranzaLargos' || TO_CHAR(fec, 'ddmmyyyy') || '.xls';
          SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid, REPORT_FILENAME,'tdvenrli1578');
          END;
ELSIF :BK_PARAMETROS.TIPO_REP=3 THEN
BEGIN
     repid := find_report_object('tdvenrli1576');
                    Add_Parameter(pl_id,'P_XLS',TEXT_PARAMETER, '1');
          --nom_rep := 'tdvenrli1576.rep';
          nom_arch := 'c:\windows\temp\RepCobranzaDetallados' || TO_CHAR(fec, 'ddmmyyyy') || '.xls';
          SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid, REPORT_FILENAME,'tdvenrli1576');
          END;
ELSE
BEGIN
     repid := find_report_object('tdvenrli1545');
                    --nom_rep := 'TDVENRLI1545.REP';
          nom_arch := 'c:\windows\temp\RepCobranzaTodos' || TO_CHAR(fec, 'ddmmyyyy') || '.xls';
          SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid, REPORT_FILENAME,'tdvenrli1545');
          END;
END IF;
--Add_Parameter(pl_id,'DESNAME',TEXT_PARAMETER,nom_arch );
--Add_Parameter(pl_id,'DESNAME',TEXT_PARAMETER, nom_arch);
standard.commit;
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid, REPORT_DESNAME,nom_arch);
SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid, REPORT_COMM_MODE, SYNCHRONOUS);
     SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid, REPORT_EXECUTION_MODE, RUNTIME);
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     SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid, REPORT_DESFORMAT, 'DELIMITED');
     SET_REPORT_OBJECT_PROPERTY(repid, REPORT_SERVER, w_name_repserv);
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     rep_status := REPORT_OBJECT_STATUS(v_rep);
     WHILE rep_status IN ('RUNNING','OPENING_REPORT','ENQUEUED')     LOOP
          rep_status:= report_object_status(v_rep);
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          vJobID := SUBSTR(v_rep, INSTR(v_rep, '_', -1)+1);
          vURL:='/reports/rwservlet/getjobid'||vJobID||'?'||'server='||w_name_repserv;
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/*Run_Product(REPORTS, nom_rep, SYNCHRONOUS, runtime, FILESYSTEM, pl_id,'');
EXCEPTION WHEN Run_Product_Failure THEN
message('Error');*/
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