Escaping number-like strings so that they appear in full in Excel

[jonsagara]

Hi,

In the .csv files I create with CsvWriter, I have some fields that look like numbers, but they're actually strings. For example: 00123

I see in this Super User thread that you can escape such values to get Excel to properly interpret them when opening the file, like so:

"=""Data Here"""

What is the best way to get CsvWriter to escape selected fields like this? A class map with inline type conversion?

Thanks,

Jon