>Hi Everybody,
>
>I would like to shift a number between 0-255 to the left 24 times. When I do the following for example:
>
>

? bitlshift(0xff, 24)

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>I should get: 4278190080
>
>However, I get the following number instead:
>-16777216
>
>How can I correct it?
>
>Thank you,
>Ali

That is the correct answer. VFP uses signed numbers.

? TRANSFORM(-16777216,"@0") && 0xff000000