Hi Paul, You could leave the format blank and change the field in your report cursor to the format you want. It would then just report it as it finds it.
Other than hacking the .FRX/T files I can't think of another way of doing it. HTH * Peter Cushing * IT development and support Signature Paul Newton wrote: > Hi all > > In the report designer Field Properties dialog, on the Format tab one can > enter a format expression, for example 9999.999 (without quotes). > > I want the format expression to be based on a variable cFormatExpr where > cFormatExpr might be 9999.99 or 9999.999. cFormatExpression would be declared > globally/public before the report runs. I can't see how to do this so if > anybody has any idea they would be much appreciated. > > Paul Newton > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/4f0718fe.7030...@whisperingsmith.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.