I got some great responses.  Thanks a lot to all who replied.

Dave McGraw suggested the simplest solution, namely to copy the field into
one with the specified width and then recalculate it, but I always tend to
look for the quickest way, as I think we all do.  Joseph Howell also
suggested copying the field, but he also mentioned that there is a script in
the help files for copying and redefining a field.  He's also modified this
script to better suite his needs.  Lee Pinney suggested something I also
thought of, but I wanted to have something I could use in ArcView and finish
the job there.  For those of you who have the funds, Dennis Wann suggested
the extension PowerStructure, which you can purchase at the following site:

http://www.benchmarkgis.com/extensions.htm

Paula Lopes told me about the extension called "Compiled Table Tools" on the
ArcScripts page, which has an abundance of tools, too many to mention and
definitely worth taking a look at.  The last extension was mailed to me by
Nick Seigal.  This extension is called Table Wizard and works great, by
copying the fields automatically and resizing them before calculating the
values.

Thanks again to all of those who replied.

Ciao

Dean Carstens
AfriGIS Environmental
Knysna
South Africa
Tel: +27-44-3750221
Cell:  +27-82-7410315
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