try using: the value of field

instead of: the text of field

reason:
the text of field is a string
the value of field is the number

you want to add, so you need numbers

hth

-Buzz

At 5:12 PM -0400 8/10/02, you wrote:
>I am using the following script to add the text of field and I am getting
>some crazy numbers.
>
>on mouseUp
>   put the text of field "Cost1" + the text of field "Cost2" into field
>"Total"
>   updateStage
>end
>
>The field "Cost1" is 27935 and the field "Cost2" is 5500 and field "Total is
>showing 1236921976.0000
>
>What am I doing wrong here?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>George Carlile
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