George,

Don't worry, it still around. :)
Did anybody ever reported it?

>Since I know some of you have the latest and greatest version of the VFP 8.0 beta, is this bug still around?

lcstring = '123/.5'
>? TRANSFORM(EVALUATE(lcstring)) && Displays **.**
>* However,
>lcstring = '123*2'
>? TRANSFORM(EVALUATE(lcstring)) && Displays correctly
>* as does
>lcstring = '123/.5'
>lcvalue = EVALUATE(lcstring)
>? TRANSFORM(lcvalue)

This behavior is identical in both VFP 7.0 SP1 and the public 8.0 beta.