How to install Oracle Forms Builder 11g on Windows Vista 64 Sp1

Today I decided to start the migration process of all oracle forms applications that I have made during the last twenty years. The oldest forms version that I will have to start the migration process it will be 6i. So the first step will be to start the download process of the Oracle developer tools. In this case Oracle forms 11g.

Let's start dowloading the software from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/downloads/index.html go down on the page and stop on Middleware section

choose Forms & Reports Services option, click on there and you will see







then choose Oracle Fusion Middleware Application Server 11g Release 1 (if you see its description says "Contains Forms 11.1.1 so this description gave me confidence to clicked on it.

This page is not clear in its message due to Oracle Forms Builder is not a deployment tool; as a result I decided to continue looking for a link of Oracle forms installation files and I found it "See Additional Development Tools"

I clicked on it and