>>>Try this
>>>

>>>*** Version VFP9 SP1
>>>CLEAR
>>>m.numest = 45
>>>? RIGHT('0000'+ALLTRIM(STR(m.numest)),4) &&& result 0045
>>>? PADL(m.numest,4,"0")                   &&& result 0045
>>>

>>
>>And let's not forget
>>
>>?transform(m.numest, "@L 9999")
>
>Hi Dragan,
>I agree with you.
>Transform is the favorite function for me.
>It's many other ways. But today is Friday... No update in Bulgaria is already Saturday 0:47. ;o)

It was Friday here as well... and didn't want to leave the thing unfinished. As they say, anything can be done in Fox at least three ways, or it's not worth doing :). So, just had to add the third way, to round it up.