I have a conversion from jrxml to pdf. I am sending the data as **001** in the DTO but while displaying the same in the *Excel* it is becoming as **1**. Below is the code that is been used for displaying the data.

**Code:**

```xml
<textField isStretchWithOverflow="true" isBlankWhenNull="true">
    <reportElement style="table 5_CH" stretchType="RelativeToTallestObject" x="0" y="0" width="71" height="26" backcolor="#FFFFFF">
        <property name="class" value="sortable"/>
    </reportElement>
       <textElement textAlignment="Left" verticalAlignment="Middle">
        <font pdfFontName="Helvetica"/>
        <paragraph lineSpacing="Single" firstLineIndent="3" spacingAfter="5"/>
       </textElement>
     <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{reference}]]>  
     </textFieldExpression>
</textField>

```

I need to show the leading zeros also. So pls let me know how to fix this issue.