Ok, now I understand

you want to enter the number 123456789,12 using the "."

I would be tempted to create a textbox class.... oh bugger you posted this in the Foxpro 2.x section... Hmmmnnnn...

How about setting point/seperator in the textbox When and Valid fields?

>Will:
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>The spanish format of the amount is 123.456.789,12. In that case the signal point must be ',' and the separator '.'
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>If I use your sentences, I obtain 123,456,789.12. It's not a lovely solution.
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>Thanks for your time.
>Fernando
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>>SET POINT TO '.'
>>SET SEPARATOR TO ','
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>or am I missing something really obvious?