>I found a thread by Hilmar Zonneveld in which he says that he is working on a VFP class that does something along these lines ... so maybe he can help me.
Bob,
have a look at download area for "Math Unlimited" (#1588) from Hilmar Zonneveld. (It's on download main page)
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