diff --git a/dotnet/src/dotnetframework/GxClasses/Core/GXUtils.cs b/dotnet/src/dotnetframework/GxClasses/Core/GXUtils.cs
index 4aab440fe..734e94fd0 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/dotnetframework/GxClasses/Core/GXUtils.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/dotnetframework/GxClasses/Core/GXUtils.cs
@@ -771,6 +771,7 @@ public short dfwnext()
 				return GX_ASCDEL_WRITEERROR;
 			}
 		}
+		const int MAX_DECIMAL_PRECISION = 29;
 		public short dfwpnum(decimal num, int dec)
 		{
 			if (_writeStatus == FileIOStatus.Closed)
@@ -778,7 +779,7 @@ public short dfwpnum(decimal num, int dec)
 				GXLogging.Error(log, "Error ADF0004");
 				return GX_ASCDEL_INVALIDSEQUENCE;
 			}
-			appendFld(StringUtil.Str(num, 18, dec).TrimStart(null));
+			appendFld(StringUtil.Str(num, MAX_DECIMAL_PRECISION, dec).TrimStart(null));
 			return GX_ASCDEL_SUCCESS;
 		}
 		public short dfwptxt(string s, int len)
diff --git a/dotnet/test/DotNetUnitTest/FileIO/DfrgFunctions.cs b/dotnet/test/DotNetUnitTest/FileIO/DfrgFunctions.cs
index f1e91875e..e616a541e 100644
--- a/dotnet/test/DotNetUnitTest/FileIO/DfrgFunctions.cs
+++ b/dotnet/test/DotNetUnitTest/FileIO/DfrgFunctions.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,20 @@ public class DfrgFunctions
 		const string APPLICATIONS_CONTENT = "[  {    \"Id\": \"4caaaed5-1160-4132-b54f-0191e527a84a\",    \"Type\": 1,    \"EnvironmentGUID\": \"b3730606-0f2a-4e8a-b395-d8fdf226def8\",    \"IsNew\": false  }]";
 		const string DOCUMENT_CONTENT = "Line 1Line 2Line 3";
 		const string MS923_CONTENT = "1234567890123";
+
+		[Fact]
+		public void dfwpnumTest()
+		{
+			GxContext context = new GxContext();
+			string fileName = Path.Combine(BaseDir, "dfwpnumTest.txt");
+			context.FileIOInstance.dfwopen(fileName, ",", "\"", 0, "UTF-8");
+			context.FileIOInstance.dfwpnum(99999999999999999.5M, 5);
+			context.FileIOInstance.dfwnext();
+			context.FileIOInstance.dfwclose();
+
+			string content = File.ReadAllText(fileName);
+			Assert.Contains("99999999999999999.5", content, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+		}
 		[Fact]
 		public void dfrgtxtANSITest()
 		{