Number Format dropping preceding zero on 1 User's form

[Williams]

I have a field in my table named [project] which should contain a 5 digit
number. Some of these numbers begin with a zero, so to prevent the preceding
zero from disappearing I formated the field as "00000". This works great on
the table and in the combo box for this field on the form. However, one of my
users just got a new computer and the combo box on the form is dropping off
the preceding zero on just her workstation. This field displays the
preceding zeros on other workstations. Any ideas??

 

[Linq Adams via AccessMonster.com]

When apps run fine on one or more machines and not on others the first thing
you have to think about are missing references.

Here are Doug Steele's instructions on how to troubleshoot the problem:

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Any time functions that previously worked suddenly don't, the first thing to
suspect is a references problem.

This can be caused by differences in either the location or file version of
certain files between the machine where the application was developed, and
where it's being run (or the file missing completely from the target machine).
Such differences are common when new software is installed.

On the machine(s) where it's not working, open any code module (or open the
Debug Window, using Ctrl-G, provided you haven't selected the "keep debug
window on top" option). Select Tools | References from the menu bar. Examine
all of the selected references.

If any of the selected references have "MISSING:" in front of them, unselect
them, and back out of the dialog. If you really need the reference(s) you
just unselected (you can tell by doing a Compile All Modules), go back in and
reselect them.

If none have "MISSING:", select an additional reference at random, back out
of the dialog, then go back in and unselect the reference you just added. If
that doesn't solve the problem, try to unselect as many of the selected
references as you can (Access may not let you unselect them all), back out of
the dialog, then go back in and reselect the references you just unselected.
(NOTE: write down what the references are before you delete them, because
they'll be in a different order when you go back in)

For far more than you could ever want to know about this problem, check out

http://www.accessmvp.com/djsteele/AccessReferenceErrors.html

Just so you know: the problem will occur even if the library that contains
the specific function that's failing doesn't have a problem.

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Having said all that, a field used as a Project "number" shouldn't really be
defined as Numeric, but rather as Text. Only fields that will be used in
mathematical calculations should be defined as Numeric. Telephone numbers,
SSNs, ID numebrs, etc. should all be Text.

 

[fredg]

I have a field in my table named [project] which should contain a 5 digit
number. Some of these numbers begin with a zero, so to prevent the preceding
zero from disappearing I formated the field as "00000". This works great on
the table and in the combo box for this field on the form. However, one of my
users just got a new computer and the combo box on the form is dropping off
the preceding zero on just her workstation. This field displays the
preceding zeros on other workstations. Any ideas??

My idea is that you should not be using a Number datatype for this
field. Are you ever going to perform math using this field? Probably
not.
Make it a Text datatype. Preceding zeroes are retained, so no need to
format the field value.