>>>? TRANSFORM(255,"@0") && 0x000000FF
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>Hey, this isn't documented in my Hacker's Guide !! So it doesn't count !!
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>Are there any more options we should know about ? If the VFP help wasn't so slow, I would use it , but I always find Tamar's guide more helpfull and less error filled !
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>Mike

Sure it is! It's in the help for TRANSFORM(). Look in the examples. Pg 879.

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>From Hacker's Guide !
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>InputMask character
> Meaning
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>A
> Alphabetic characters only
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>L
> Logical: Allows and displays uppercase and lowercase characters T, F, Y and N
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>N
> Alphabetic and numeric digits only
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>X
> Any character—alphabetic, numeric, symbols
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>Y
> Allows Y,y,N,n for logicals; displays uppercase only
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>#
> Allow digits, signs and spaces
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>9
> For character data: only allow entry of digits. For numeric entry: same as #, above
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>!
> Converts alphabetic to uppercase
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>$
> Displays dollar sign
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>$$
> Floating dollar sign, flush against number
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>.
> Displays correct SET POINT value separating whole number from decimal
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>,
> Displays correct SET SEPARATOR value used to separate thousands