>hi,
>thank you very much, it works as..
>
>

>STORE '9874.698' TO gcString
>? STRTRAN(gcString, '.', ' ')
>

>
>but i need to make as..
>

>**thisform.text2.value &&numeric type
>STORE thisform.text2.value TO gcString
>*i try
>** STORE val(thisform.text2.value) TO gcString
>
>? STRTRAN(gcString, '.', ' ')&& error message
>

>
>
>>Experiment with these in the command window using ? to output results to the screen.
>>
Try

alltrim(strtran(padr(thisform.text2.value,20),"."," "))