Formatting Formulas by Code? - crystal-reports

Question

I have the following formula as the grouping for a Cross Tab Report:
{Command.Year} & ' ' & {Command.RF Period}
Year is a SmallInt and Period is a TinyInt.
The problem is that it shows on the report as:
2,009.00 9.00
The database values are actually:
2009 9
I can't remove the decimal places via formatting because they are in the formula together.
Ultimately I'd like it to be:
2009 09
Edit:
I found this link: http://www.kenhamady.com/form15.shtml
Now my code looks like this for period:
WhileReadingRecords;
StringVar text := Totext ( {Command.RF Period} , 6 , "" ) ; //put your numeric field in this line
NumberVar end := length ( text ) ;
NumberVar clip :=
(if Val ( text [ end - 6 to end ] ) = 0 then 1 else 0 ) +
(if Val ( text [ end - 5 to end ] ) = 0 then 1 else 0 ) +
(if Val ( text [ end - 4 to end ] ) = 0 then 1 else 0 ) +
(if Val ( text [ end - 3 to end ] ) = 0 then 1 else 0 ) +
(if Val ( text [ end - 2 to end ] ) = 0 then 1 else 0 ) +
(if Val ( text [ end - 1 to end ] ) = 0 then 1 else 0 ) +
(if Val ( text [ end - 0 to end ] ) = 0 then 1 else 0 ) ;
text [ 1 to Length ( text ) - clip ]
However, I don't use Crystal Language, I use VB. How do I append a 0 in front of the period if it does not begin with a 1?
The problem now is that September (9) shows up after October, Nov, and Dec because aphabetically 9 comes after 1.
Anybody?

Answer 1

The ToText function is very useful for this kind of thing, no loops required. In Crystal's VB Syntax :
Formula = ToText({Command.Year}, 0, "") & " " & ToText({Command.RF Period}, "00")
This should work if {Command.Year} and {Command.RF Period} are integers as you describe.