>This could be done much easily using grid which has Tetx.InputMask properties working like PICTURE clause in Fox2.6.

I can see that using a grid to display the information gives much more opportunity for formatting but I still have a problem. If I want to vary the display as I described i.e. 1.00 to display as 1, 1.05 to display as is, 1.50 to display as 1.5, 0 not to display at all I think I still need to use an expression. As I am displaying the contents of a cursor I can't specify that field concerned because the field selector only applies to fields in tables.