Hi, John.

>I used mystr = transform(mystr,"@J ##########") in the past.
>This used to center the mystr within 10 spaces as in
>" 12 "
>
>But in VFP 7 this does not appear to work. So how do you center text within ten space variable?
>
>I want:
>" 12 " but getting
>" 12"

mystr = padc( alltrim( mystr ), 10 )

Happy new year!