Works in VFP7 and above, but VFP6 does yield "********".

For VFP6, you'll need to do something like this:

?transform(bitlshift(0xff,23)*2,"@0")

>Maybe I am wrong but after I ran the following code:
>

? TRANSFORM(-16777216,"@0")

>I got:
>**********
>not 0xFF000000
>
>Do you have any thoughts on that?
>
>Thanks,
>Ali
>
>>Sure it did. You're asking for 0xff to be shifted left 24 bits. If you look at the result (0xff000000) that is exactly what you got with the value of -16777216.
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi Taylor,
>>>
>>>Thanks for the reply, but it did not work?
>>>
>>>
>>>>>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)

>>>>>
>>>>>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