ID 595367 - The Flipbook Viewer does not appear and gives an error when choosing Buffer B from the Flipbook render menu

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Problem summary
The Flipbook Viewer does not appear and gives an error when choosing Buffer B from the Flipbook render menu.
 
Customer reported version
Nuke 15.0v5
 
Customer reported platform
Rocky 9
 
Steps to reproduce
1) In Nuke create a Checkerboard node and View it.
2) Select the Viewer for Flipbook (ALT+F)
3) In the Flipbook window, set the Buffer to B
4) Render the frames and observe the output and command console or Script Editor.
 
Expected behavior
The Flipbook viewer should appear with results from the B Buffer after completing.
 
Actual behavior
For Nuke 12.2v3 and newer, the Flipbook viewer does not appear and an error in the console is given as: 

Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/home/todd/Software/Nuke12.2v3/pythonextensions/site-packages/hiero/ui/nuke_bridge/nuke_flipbook.py", line 368, in flipbook     cv.wipeTool().setActive( True ) NotImplementedError: This method is unavailable in Nuke.
 
It's also been seen that a different error is given for Nuke 12.2v1 and 12.2v2 as:
Traceback (most recent call last):   File "/home/todd/Software/Nuke12.2v2/pythonextensions/site-packages/hiero/ui/nuke_bridge/nuke_flipbook.py", line 368, in flipbook     cv.wipeTool().setActive( True ) AttributeError: 'ui.Hiero.Python.ViewerWipeTool' object has no attribute 'setActive'
 
Workaround
There is no available workaround at this time.
 
Reproduced by support
Nuke 15.1v5 - Windows 11, Rocky 9
Nuke 12.2v1 - Windows 11, Rocky 9 - regression
 
Unable to reproduce bug in:
Nuke 12.1v5 - Windows 11, Rocky 9
 
Earliest version tested
Nuke 12.1v5 - This issue doesn't appear in this version and has regressed

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