>>>>I would prefer an error message 1988.
>>>>RAND () is enough for me as a random function :-)
>>>>
>>>>This return two numbers!
>>>>

>>>>? $2291909071000729
>>>>? $22919090710007290
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>this works
>>>>

>>>>? $999999999999999
>>>>

>>>
>>>Fabio,
>>>
>>>

>>>ln = CAST(22919090710007290 as N(20))
>>>=MESSAGEBOX( TRANSFORM(ln,'@$ 999,999,999,999,999,999,999.99'))

>>
>>Sure!
>>But it is too static for my taste! :-)
>>
>>

>>ln = CAST(22919090710007299 as N(20))
>>=MESSAGEBOX( TRANSFORM(ln,'@$ 999,999,999,999,999,999,999.99'))
>>

>
>Check "Visual FoxPro System Capacities" in Help. I guess the computations up to 15 digits can give the correct numbers.

Then, why do you use it with 17 digits ?