>>How to force MESSAGEBOX() to show d_sum value as character string without using TEXT command?
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>Is this what you want?
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>#define d_sum price*d_quantity
>SELECT d_sum AS yourfield FROM source_table INTO CURSOR your_crs
>SCAN
>   MESSAGEBOX('Sum formula is: '+TRANSFORM(yourfield,'9999999.99'))
>ENDSCAN

No. MESSAGEBOX() must show

Sum formula is: price*quantity*packing