Hi Mark, In the options under "Front Panel" there's an option to use the local settings for decimal point. this should solve your problem. please bear in mind that using "scan from string" afterwards with text using "." will NOT be read properly.
Look <a href="http://exchange.ni.com/servlet/ProcessRequest?RHIVEID=101&RPAGEID=135&HOID=50650000000800000023480000&UCATEGORY_0=_49_%24_6_&UCATEGORY_S=0&USEARCHCONTEXT_TIER_0=0&USEARCHCONTEXT_TIER_S=0&USEARCHCONTEXT_QUESTION_0=string+format&USEARCHCONTEXT_QUESTION_S=0";>here</a> for more information on how to deal with such problems. Hope this helps. Shane.
