>I have been looking at a code print out for part of the company i work for's original program. It is done in Foxpro for UNIX and has a command I haven't ever seen before. It uses a table and then issues the command
>'SET FORMAT TO ordnum'. My question is, is it formating the field in the table or just the 'textbox' on the screen?

You ought to find a .FMT or .PRX file around. There can also be code in the file. This from some old documentation I have around.