>>>Set point to "."
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>>this has no effect on the grid.textfield
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>I believe it is supposed to have no effect if you have SET SYSFORMATS ON. Check this setting with:
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>? set("sysformats")
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>SET SYSFORMATS was introduced to enable the programmer to "respect user settings", as specified in the Control Panel.
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>HTH, Hilmar.

thanks,

I was using the control panel settings