Hello Rob,
Yes I can see the leading zeros. It looks like the last way you show it, the screen is completely blank when it should display zero, or any number ending in zero. Since this apparently isn't a common problem, I'm guessing it has something to do with the combination of versions of compiler, PBP and/code designer light maybe? Or maybe a configuration setting? Another strange thing that may ring a bell for someone reading this is that I can't display the name "MCKELLOP". Screen goes blank on that too...

00008
00009
BLANK SCREEN (if there is some other text on the other line of the LCD, it will disappear too).
00011
00012


Thanks,
Gary