Converting part of a string to negative number

[Simion32]

I'm trying to get a negative number from a string, but it always seems to drop the "-" sign. I'm using this:

Val(Mid$(Parameters( "Regular Blast Barrel" ), 37, 6))

...and this string...

"00,04,00;0200,0200,0200,0200;-01.00,+00.50,-01.00;000016,000200,-000005,+000000.050"

What am I doing wrong? It gets the number correct, but the number this returns is always positive. Help, please!

[neat_Kliker2]

you are not getting the minus sign, you are converting "1.00;" to a number, try using 36 instead of 37. Tried my own way in MMF 1.5 and it works fine but does not get the blank decimal points

[Simion32]

Ok thanks it works now.