Carlos,

Can VFP 9's new BINTOC functions help you?

Here are some sample snippets:

* NumToULong
BINTOC(BITAND(m.tnNumber,0xFFFFFFFF),"RS")

* NumToUShort
LEFT(BINTOC(m.tnNumber,"RS"),2)

Malcolm

>I have an API function that "Returns a 32-bit value that consists of two 16-bit values. The low word specifies the length, in characters, of the text. The high word specifies the type of operation used to draw the text."
>
>If I just wanted to know the value of the low word, how do I do that in VFP? Or, more generally speaking, how do I separate the low word and the high word of a 32 bit value into two numbers?