Digital Display format bug?

I have an enum (happens to be a typedef) with the Display Format set to %.1d_0x%x so I can see decimal and hex representation. When I turn on the digital display on the control it works fine. If I turn the control into a constant the display format only shows the decimal part.
Tim Elsey
LabVIEW 2010, 2012
Certified LabVIEW Architect

This was reported to R&D (# 318263) for further investigation.
Although it was submitted 10/10/2011, I am following NI discussion forum protocol by posting here properly. I have no updates to share at this point. However, I will take this time to again personally thank you for taking the time to point out the bug.
Ben D.
Applications Engineer
National Instruments

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