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n5wd wrote:

kg5ie wrote:Sent in another query on whether or not we should be using this form. Sent one on the 12th and never received a reply. Just beware that if you are typing in the info, then printing it out to sign, the form is removing leading "0"s from the DL numbers. Also removing them from your instructor number too if you have leading "0"s, and I suspect a lot of us do.

I asked if the folks know that when they look at the form if they know to replace any truncated DL numbers with "0"s. The sample I attached had a leading 0 on the DL.

Have you tried the Excel trick of beginning the string with the zero as leading digit with an apostrophe?

Yep! Won't take any character except a number. No special characters or letters allowed.

They just need to change it to a text field.

Sent in another query on whether or not we should be using this form. Sent one on the 12th and never received a reply. Just beware that if you are typing in the info, then printing it out to sign, the form is removing leading "0"s from the DL numbers. Also removing them from your instructor number too if you have leading "0"s, and I suspect a lot of us do.

I asked if the folks know that when they look at the form if they know to replace any truncated DL numbers with "0"s. The sample I attached had a leading 0 on the DL.

Forgive me if this has been discussed. I did search but did not find my answer. The new CHL-8 that is on the DPS website is now an official PDF form which is nice. It even now has a drop down menu to select the state and check boxes for the Pass/ Fail.

Now for my question. Has anyone else noticed that, like Excel if set up incorrectly, it drops the leading zeros of the DL #? For example if you put in 00123456, it becomes 123456 and does not show the zeros. Anyone found a way to fix that? Are you sending them in with the zeros missing, since if you go back to the form and click in the form area, the zeros re-appear? If you print it to sign, the zeros are not on the form.

It shortens my instructor # too since it starts with 0.


Thanks,
Bill