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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=604132704-29072008>I have
a floating point figure in a table/ClientDataSet that shows in a DBEdit.
Sometimes when it is small it reverts to scientific notation, eg
1.7E-6 which means nothing to the users. I made a long edit box
to show the 0.0000017 etc - now if only I can make Delphi show it that
way. Is there a way to specifiy the formatting of floats? - I
looked around and didn't see anything.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=604132704-29072008>Related - I also want to occasionally display an
integer with a special format in a DBEdit - eg 20080729. Yes
its a date and obviously I would like to show it as eg 29-Jul-08 or some
similar date format.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=604132704-29072008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=604132704-29072008>Any
suggestions?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=604132704-29072008>(D5
Enterprise, and/or D2007)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoAutoSig align=left>John</P>
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