Auto increment number with leading zeros

hello,
i have data column (serial number) that auto generate from script component, i'm using counter +1 and it successful store the number to my db. but the problem is there any idea to store the number to 00001 rather that 1.
im using this method in my script component
dim counter as integer = 0
counter =counter + 1
row.NoSerial = counter
TQ

Why should you send it through the file? WHy not simply create a calculated column based on identity field or sequence based field (if 2012 version and above)  in the destination table and ignore it from the file altogether. ANyways its going to be
a sequential auotogenerated value isnt it?
http://www.sqlteam.com/article/custom-auto-generated-sequences-with-sql-server
If you want to bring it as  00001 etc you need to make it as varchar and use derived column expressions in SSIS as source is text file.
I would prefer doing this in sqlserver if its just a sequential number and has no direct relationship to the incoming file data fields.
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