TM9 and HD2008 zip code variable drops the leading zero

I am new to hotdocs and created a template mapping address fields between TM9 and HD2008. All merges fine but for the zip code.  Most zip codes in NJ start with a zero. That leading 0 is being dropped. I have the variable as text, not number.

How can I keep that leading zero? I can't find the answer in help or google.

Thank you.

Dan Swinton

This is a known "feature" in the Time Matters/HotDocs link.

You will need to test for the length of the value and, if it is less than 5, pad it with leading zeros.

When you do mapping to Time Matters or link with template extensions, it is highly recommended that you create a dialog or dialogs to hold the mapped data and review it.  There are a number of circumstances where the resulting data may not be what you expect, zip codes with a leading zero (0) are one of those circumstances, but by no means the only Gotcha.

We recommend created a computation script that searches out all of the potentially troublesome imports and corrects them.  We then associate that script with a Dialog Element called a Script Link, and have the user push a Process Button during the interview after the import.

Seth