Thanks for the response

That will make the display character then what do I do about summing the same in the footer(s).

>>I have tried putting a variable containing a picture clause like "99,99,999.99". This variable I put in Format and the variable name is printed rather than the format it contains for the numeric value.
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>>In Screen it is possible using #ITSEXPRESSION ~ but for report writer ?
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>>Thanks in advance
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>You can use TRANSFORM() function

m.pict = "99,99,999.99"
>* text object
>TRANSFORM(field1, m.pict)