>Thanks for your reply, you are ver kind, first of all i´m using vfp5.0, the form i'm using was generated with the wizard from a file with numeric fields, if i open the generator for those fields, i can see that the field is a textbox set as numeric with input mask like '###,###.##' or '999,999.99' or ###,##9,99', when i get to the field in runtime, despite i'm using select on entry, if i move to the left or click with the mouse, it starts editing the field from the left like this {987 0.00} being 0.00 the default value, but when i hit the tab key it results 9,870.00 (even if i move to other field with the mouse). it only works if i hit enter. if the default value was 1.13 if i enter other number like 123 the final value would be 1,231.13 instead of 123.00

Ahhh. That is the problem. Form generated by the wizard are hard to modify and generally act strange. Create the form without the wizard, you will then have full control over it.

P.S. I was in Honduras in 1991. Very nice. The beaches on the east coast are the best I have seen. The mayan ruins near Guatemala are stunning. Pero mi espanol no es beuno (sorry!).