>No Borislav I want 1.8985 as a numeric answer.
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>I have a form which contains a calculator keypad type of interface. It builds a value as a string and then should do a straight conversion to a numeric return value via the Unload() method.
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>So the user clicks on, or touches (as it is designed for a touch screen), '1'+'.'+'8'+'9'+'8'+'5' giving '1.8985' which I need returning as 1.8985 numeric.
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>I hope that explains it a bit better.
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>Simon
Simon,
You have explained you problem well enough, Just I didn't read it well. This is my mistake not yours.
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