Hi Richard.

>It looks for the '**-DIRECTIVE-NEGATIVE' in the user field for the element to apply some custom formatting. However, what it puts out is simply 0.00. I have been able to determine that somehow '**********' is being placed in the toObjProperties.Text property. But when I look at the table itself, it shows proper data. What am I missing?

**** in a report means the textbox on the report isn't wide enough for the data in the field. Make the textbox larger.

Doug