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Weird formatting problem in retail 3.1?

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From: obrien
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 19:46
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This is weird.  I installed retail Windows 3.1 on my 286 clone today.  Every
time my TPW app writes a floating point number (as a string), the number is 
garbage (this app worked under 3.1.61d - i.e. yesterday! - on the same 
machine!).  Can anyone point me toward a solution?  I have the problem with
message boxes, dialogs, etc.

Thanks in advance.

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