Long ago and far away when I worked for a previous company, I think I remember being told this was a known issue and that there had been an SCR assigned. This was more than 3 years ago, I think at the time we were on 9.04 and the SCR said it would be in 10.
It wouldn't surprise me at all that the SCR has devolved into an "enhancement request" by now.
Greg, thanks for the workaround!
Ernie Lowell