Is there any particular reason why you use TRANSFORM() instead of ALLTRIM(STR())? I just searched the MS Knowledge Base and found the following article that mentions some problems with TRANSFORM(): Q247494. I've just always used ALLTRIM(STR()), and never really looked at anything else, so I didn't know if there was a benefit to using TRANSFORM() other than less typing.

>>There may be a better way, but of the top of my head:
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>>ALLTRIM(STR(VAL( LEFT( oJC.IssMonth, 2 ) )))
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>Hi Jonathan,
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>With VFP6.0 I make a habit to use transform() instead of alltrim(str())
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>>>Hi everybody,
>>>
>>>I have this string in my report:
>>>SUBSTR(oJC.IssMonth,3) +' YEAR-TO-DATE RECAP THRU ISSUE ' +LEFT(oJC.IssMonth,2)
>>>
>>>left(oJC.IssMonth,2) would be '07', '08', etc. I would like to print just '7' or '8' in my Report. What would be the simplest way to achive this?
>>>
>>>Thanks.