leading zero are not displaying in export to excel

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While exporting the data to the excel leading zeros are not displaying in export to excel.What is the solution for this.

Posted 20-Jul-13 0:48am

Updated 10-Feb-17 4:53am

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Dholakiya Ankit 20-Jul-13 6:55am

put some code show us where u stuck

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Posted 20-Jul-13 2:38am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-20T01:38:00

That's because Excel is reading it and seeing it as a number - so it strips all leading zeros.

Format the Excel column as text before you set the values, and it'll work fine.

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See here for an example: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2067926/format-an-excel-column-or-cell-as-text-in-c[^]
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