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From: mark@bdblues.altair.fr (Mark James)
Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Microsoft WORKS question:  Summary of responses
Summary: Nothing!
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Date: 17 Jan 90 16:48:38 GMT
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A while ago I asked whether anyone knew how to compel Microsoft
Works to print leading zeroes in a numeric field (specifically
a five-digit zip code field).  Since I received three requests
to post a summary of responses, here they are:

o   Three requests to post a summary of responses.

That's all.  Thanks a pack, you lazy bums.

Seriously, one requester did mention that this was a known
problem, and was even discussed in a recent issue of PC Magazine
-- a reference that I have failed to find.  I am now reduced to
hacking the .WDB file format and writing a format-specific (yuck)
C program to plug a " character in front of every zip code.  If
anyone is interested in the results of this grisly approach --
or has a better idea (one can always hope) -- let me know.

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