Nay we have something in Tens rather than Hundreds

12,34,56,789.99

Thats 12 Crores, 34 Lakhs, 56 Thousand, 768 and 99 Paise

>>I will go for Barbara's idea because it'll put the picture clause under the user, I dont want them to come back to me for putting in the commas we have a different system here 99,99,99,999.99 for Rupees.
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>What do you mean "different system"? commas and points switched? We use that in Bolivia, too.
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>If that is the difference, VFP still requires the picture "999,999.99". The display will change according to SET POINT and SET SEPARATOR or - if you use SET SYSFORMATS ON - to the settings of the Control Panel.
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>Hilmar.