>>>>>A long time ago I got into the habit of never assuming whether a dropdown combobox would return vartype C or N when I was expecting N.
>>>>>
>>>>>So, when retrieving what I want to be a numeric value I do:
>>>>>
>>>>>lnValue=val(transform(thisform.cbo.value))
>>>>>
>>>>>doing it this way, I don't have to test for vartype
>>>>>
>>>>>I came across a quirk yesterday.
>>>>>
>>>>>I have a combobox on a form that has a rowsourcetype as 3 - SQL Statement
>>>>>
>>>>>the SQL statement does select somecharfield,someintfield from sometable into cursor somecursor
>>>>>
>>>>>BoundTo=.T.
>>>>>BoundColumn=2
>>>>>ControlSource=thisform.nValue
>>>>>
>>>>>When someintfield = 1234567
>>>>>then
>>>>>val(transform(thisform.cbo.value))=1234567
>>>>>val(transform(thisform.nvalue))=1234567
>>>>>
>>>>>However:
>>>>>When someintfield=12345678
>>>>>then
>>>>>val(transform(thisform.cbo.value))=0
>>>>>but,
>>>>>val(transform(thisform.nValue))=12345678
>>>>>
>>>>>checking into this further
>>>>>thisform.cbo.value=12345678.0
>>>>>thisform.nValue=12345678.00
>>>>>
>>>>>and
>>>>>
>>>>>transform(thisform.cbo.value)="*******.**"
>>>>>transform(thisform.nValue)="12345678"
>>>>>
>>>>>but if I
>>>>>transform(12345678.0)="12345678"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>What. The. Hell.?
>>>>
>>>>Is there a ControlSource for the combo? Might the longer value have overflowed the ControlSource?
>>>>
>>>>Tamar
>>>
>>>
>>>ControlSource=thisform.nValue
>>>
>>>and
>>>
>>>transform(thisform.cbo.value)="*******.**"
>>>but
>>>transform(thisform.nValue)="12345678"
>>
>>Ah, you did say that before. Sorry. I'm still wondering about some kind of numeric overflow, but I can't see how it would happen if there's no field in sight.
>>
>>Tamar
>
>Maybe it was because there's a
>
>ControlSource=thisform.nValue
>
>instead of
>
>ControlSource="thisform.nValue"
>
>which I noticed only because I did the same last week :). Not on a combo, though, it was a checkbox, and Fox didn't complain at all, it's just that the action I expected didn't happen.

I assumed it was set in the Property Sheet, but if not, you may have something.

Tamar