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Are you using Discoverer 10.1.2 with the Sun Java 1.5 plug-in? If so, you may have experienced one or more of the following:

• Not being able to use a list of values dialog.
• Not being able to enter a workbook name in the 'save' or 'save as' dialog without switching to another application and coming back.
• Message about the Digital Signature / Digital Certificate being expired.
• Time Fields always shown as zeros (0) in Plus/Viewer.
• Color picker not working correctly.
• Toolbar icon greying out intermittently.

You may well be interested in taking a look on MetaLink for the following note: 367389.1 which describes all of the above symptoms. The note also states that a recommended patch fix 5345528 has been released. This patch is a secure patch and only available from Oracle if you raise a service request (SR) on MetaLink and state that you are having one of the issues addressed by the patch. Oracle will then give you a password that you can use to download the patch.

Here is a full list of the "bugs" fixed by patch :

4206793 - TCH11IX JDK50 UNABLE TO INPUT SHEET NAME/WBK NAME, HAVE TO TRY FEW TIMES
4360769 - JDK 1.5 DROP DOWN LIST DONT SHOW CURRENT SELECTED ITEM WHEN PLUS USES JDK1.5
4392717 - IF THE CALCULATION ITEM VALUE IS 0 THEN IT IS DISPLAYED AS 00 IN DISCOVERER PLUS
4493163 - OPENING IN PLUS WORKBOOK CREATED IN DESKTOP FAILS
4567795 - JEWT 4.2.35 SELECTED COLOR NOT GETTING PICKED UP FROM THE FORMAT DIALOG.
4631865 - DISCO PLUS WITH IE IN WINDOWS 2003 AS CLIENT HAS PAGE REFRESH ISSUES
4707854 - NLS TIME FIELD IS ALWAYS SHOWN AS ZEROS IN PLUS AND VIEWER
4778465 - PATCH 4707854 FIXES BUG 4392717 FOR PLUS BUT NOT FOR VIEWER
4926873 - PLUS PRINT FIT TO PAGE DOES NOT WORK ON HYPERTHREADED CLIENT PCS
4926890 - PLUS PRINT MISSING TITLES, HEADER; FOOTER ON HYPERTHREADED CLIENT PCS
4939445 - DISCOVERER PLUS EXPORTED XML FILE WITH TITLE PARAMETERS CREATE 0 FONT SIZE
5043830 - SECURITY CERTIFICATE HAS EXPIRED OR IS NOT VALID WHEN ACCESSING PLUS
5085248 - PLUS SAVE DIALOG NOT WORKING WITH MLR 5047079 AND SUN PLUGIN 1.5.0_06