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>>Try $$$,$$$ etc. instead of 9s.
>
>I have found the format property in the textbox control of the column
>control. The best I can do is get $89000.0000. I tried your method,
>R$, $R, R$999,999,999, $R999,999,999, etc., but nothing gets the commas
>in and the trailing decimals out. Is this a bug? Any other thoughts?
>
>Thanks,
>John
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The Transform with the $$$,$$$ will work if you can figure out where to put it.