Which version of oracle developer suit is compatible with windows 7 32 bit

Question

Can somebody plz let me know which version of Oracle Developer suite is compatible with windows 7(32 bit).And plz tell me the link through which i can download this.I want to download this software for making practice of Oracle Forms and Reports by installing it at my PC.
i had downloaded ds_windows_x86_101202_disk1.zip from Oracle's site but while installing it it showing the error msg in the log as-
Using paramFile: C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\install\install\oraparam.ini
Checking installer requirements...
Checking operating system version: must be 5.0, 5.1 or 5.2. Actual 6.1
Failed <<<<
Exiting Oracle Universal Installer, log for this session can be found at C:\Program Files\Oracle\Inventory\logs\installActions2012-08-13_03-14-21PM.log
Please press Enter to exit...
Please provide me some solution for this---

Answer 1

Oracle Developer Suite (ODS - Forms 10g) 10g R2 (ds_windows_x86_101202_disk1.zip) is not certified on Windows 7, however it will work. Oracle has certified Forms 11g (Fusion Middlware 11g R2) for Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit).
You can make ODS work on Windows 7, but you have to change a few things before installing to make it work.
Checking operating system version: must be 5.0, 5.1 or 5.2. Actual 6.1Failed <<<<>
This is a fairly common bug (not just with Oracle). The Oracle installer was written to check for a specific version of Windows rather than check for a minimum version of Windows.
Fix 1: Right-click the Oracle setup.exe and select Properties and then click the Compatibility tab and select "Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows XP SP3".
The Oracle installer also is unable to check the amount of Virtual Memory (VM) available when the VM is set to "System Managed."
Fix 2: Open the System Control panel (Start => Control Panel => System OR press Windows Key and Pause Break key). From the System Properties window, click the Advanced tab and click the Settings button under Performance. Change the Virtual Memory settings to 2048mb min and 4096mb max. Then save and restart your computer. See Microsoft - Change the size of virtual memory for more information on changing the VM. (Note; after the installation is complete, you can - and should - change the VM settings back to System Managed.)
Lastely, the Oracle installer is not designed to work with the Windows 7 User Account Control (UAC) functionality.
Fix 3: Right-click Oracle setup.exe and select "Run as Administrator".
Done, now you are ready to run the Forms 10g setup again.
As I mentioned above, Forms 11g is certified with Windows 7 and is also the only supported version available so you might want to skip Forms 10g and go straight to Forms 11g. For this you will need to download and install WebLogic Server (WLS) 10.3.5 and Fusion Middleware (FMw) 11g R2. Install WLS first, but do not run the configuration at the end of the installation. Then install FMw and run the configuration during this installation. Also, you will want to run both installers "As Administrator".
Hope this helps,
Craig B-)
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