Display Pattern working incorrectly when maxChar>16

First, Numerical fields cannot be set to a limited number of characters. This is especially problematic when the inserted commas add new characters that break the limit.

Second, the computer cannot represent whole numbers beyond a certain size. It just doesn't have the capacity. This is a fundamental limit of all computers and the whole point of using exponential notation.

Third, if you are using numbers this large then you must be doing scientific or mathmatical calculations of some kind and you already understand that the least significant digits have little or no meaning. So it's pointless to try and represent them, hence the term, "Scientific Notation".

However, if you are just doing text formatting, and not worried about actually using the number, then use a "text" field and a custom Picture Clause. You can find the Picture Clause documentation by searching on the Adobe web site. Here's a link to start with.

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