Marcel,

>In VFP 3,5,7,8
>
>VAL("3456-")=3456
>
>IN VFP 9
>
>VAL("3456-")=-3456

Yikes! I'm glad you caught this one. I'm working on a data conversion from some BTrieve data where the sign is stored after the number. I like the new behavior, but as is my code wouldn't handle the sign properly. Thanks.