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Oracle Reports "rwclient.bat" Fails with Error REP-0177 when Windows Username has Multiple Words (Doc ID 2122820.1)

Last updated on MAY 22, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Reports Developer - Version 11.1.2.2.0 to 11.1.2.2.0 [Release 11g]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

You have installed FMW Forms/Reports 11gR2 on Windows platform as <USER NAME> Windows administrator user.

When running any report via rwclient.bat from DOS prompt as Windows user account that has more than one word (in this case, <USER NAME>), then it fails with error:

It appears that any space in USERNAME environment variable value somehow gets parsed in the rwclient.bat command.


Notes:
This happens regardless if user has Administrator privileges or not.

This does NOT reproduce with:

Changes

 New FMW Reports/Forms 11gR2 installation.

Cause

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