The Random command gives you a 15bit random integer value between 1 and 32,767 inclusive.

To get a larger value, such as a 30bit integer value, we can combine several 15 bit values like this:

$vlResult:=(((Random << 15)+Random)

This syntax can be combined with the start/stop syntax for specifying the start and stop numbers :

$vlResult:=(((Random << 15)+Random)%($vlEnd-$vlStart+1))+$vlStart

Here is a utility method that can return a random number up to the max longint value:

// $rand:=UTIL_Random(50000;100000) C_LONGINT($0;$vlResult) C_LONGINT($1;$vlStart) C_LONGINT($2;$vlEnd) If (Count parameters=2)    $vlStart:=$1    $vlEnd:=$2    $vlResult:=(((Random << 15)+Random)%($vlEnd-$vlStart+1))+$vlStart    $0:=$vlResult End if

If the above method is saved as UTIL_Random then it could be used like this:

C_LONGINT($vlResult;$vlEnd;$vlStart) $vlEnd:=2000000000 $vlStart:=1990000000 $vlResult:=UTIL_Random($vlStart;$vlEnd) ALERT(String($vlResult;"###,###,###,##0"))

The sample code above will produce a random number between 1,990,000,000 and 2,000,000,000