Thank you Hilmar. I will manipulate the SEPARATOR settings within the scope of the program only. However, I will need to know the current Locale/Regional Setting before I set the SEPARATOR to the appropriate setting. I have posted another thread for this question.

>>Hi all,
>>In VFP8 Help the SET SEPARATOR has the following note:
>>Included for backward compatibility. Use the Digit grouping symbol setting of the Windows Regional Options Control Panel instead.
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>>While this solves our problem with a French Regional Setting where the SEPARATOR is a blank space, I am having second thoughts about this fix because of the backward compatibility issue. I've been looking for a Windows API that will allow me to change the Digit grouping symbol but can't find one. Does anyone have similar problems and what was your solution.
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>>Feedbacks very much appreciated. Thanks.
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>Backwards compatibility simply means that your older programs might not work correctly if you use SET SYSFORMATS. You will have to gradually change the program to work correctly, with SET SYSFORMATS ON.
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>I would not recommend to change the settings in the Control Panel programmatically; this would go against the principle, that this should be under the control of the user. If you do need special settings, just keep SET SYSFORMATS OFF, and use the "backwards compatible" commands.