>>>>Hi everybody,
>>>>
>>>>Can this

>>>>thisform.GrandTotal = 2000.13
>>>>PADL(STRTRAN(TRANSFORM(THISFORM.GrandTotal),".",""),17,"0")

(e.g. implied decimal)
>>>>be simplified?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks.
>>>

>>>WAIT WINDOW PADL(TRANSFORM(GrandTotal*100),17,"0")
>>>

>>>Of course that would work IF you have only two digits after the decimal point. If they vary your code is the way :o)
>>
>>You don't even need transform, PADL works with numeric. Now, thanks a lot, I could not see this simple solution myself, too much of solving others' problems :) Yes, I only have two decimals.
>
>HA!!!!!!!
>THANK YOU!
>I always transform one way or another before I pass the parameter to the PADx() function.

BTW, you know what? Without transform it doesn't work the way I wanted :) It shows .00 at the end :)

So, you were absolutely correct with your suggestion.