Daniele's solution is appropriate for reports, not forms. You can't specify
the format of a form field in 4.5++ except by using the FORMAT function in a
form variable expression which defines a field's displayed contents.
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At 03:53 PM 6/23/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Daniele:
>
>Thank you for the quick reply....but, I have tried the format function and
>it doesn't work. I tried it again, and it still displays as nnnnnnnn.n (no
>commas).
>
>Thanks
>
>Jim
>
>At 09:27 PM 6/23/01 +0200, you wrote:
>>
>>Tray
>>field setting in the form
>>format field
>>[>]99,999,999,999.0
>>
>>Daniele
>>
>>>
>>> 4.5++ DOS Question. Is it possible to have a numeric field (11,1) as a
>>> display field in a form and have it display edited (with commas) ? I.e.
>>> could 6987654.3 be displayed as 6,987,654.3 ? I can only get it
>>6987654.3.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> ======================================
>>> Jim Schmitt
>>> Ohio Software Services
>>> Columbus, Ohio
>>> Phone 1 - 614 - 863 - 1850
>>> Fax 1 - 614 - 863 - 0325
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>
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>Jim Schmitt
> Ohio Software Services
> Columbus, Ohio
> Phone 1 - 614 - 863 - 1850
> Fax 1 - 614 - 863 - 0325
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>
>
