>Have you try to put a ' (apos) before the number?
>ie: '1234
>
>This is the way to keep numbers in char format
>when directly working in Excel.
>
>I am not sure if it work the same in automation...


Gerald,

If I store my value with "'textstring" it does read back without the ' and as type character.

I'll try this with my online application.

Thanks,

Larry Nobs