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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Yes. DisplayFormat on the static
TField allows you to control how it is displayed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Myles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz
[mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz] <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Bird<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 29 July 2008 4:43 p.m.<br>
<b>To:</b> 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [DUG] DBEdit<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>I have a floating point figure in a table/ClientDataSet that shows
in a DBEdit.&nbsp; Sometimes when it is small it reverts to scientific
notation, eg 1.7E-6&nbsp;which means nothing to the users.&nbsp; I made&nbsp;a
long edit box to show the 0.0000017 etc - now if only I can make Delphi show it
that way.&nbsp; &nbsp;Is there a way to specifiy the formatting of&nbsp;floats?
- I looked around and didn't&nbsp;see anything.</span><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Related - I also want to occasionally display an integer with a special
format in a DBEdit&nbsp;- eg 20080729.&nbsp;&nbsp; Yes its a date and obviously
I would like to show it as eg 29-Jul-08 or&nbsp;some similar date format.</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Any suggestions?</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>(D5 Enterprise, and/or D2007)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoAutoSig>John<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoAutoSig>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

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