As I said, if you daisy-chain two 4-digit modules you'll just have to ignore digits 4-7. To display "1234.5678" you'd have to:
LedControl lc=LedControl(12,11,10,2); // Two modules daisy-chained
void setup() {
lc.setScanLimit(0, 4); // Use only 4 digits on the first module
lc.setScanLimit(1, 4); // Use only 4 digits on the second module
lc.setDigit(0, 0, 1, false);
lc.setDigit(0, 1, 2, false);
lc.setDigit(0, 2, 3, false);
lc.setDigit(0, 3, 4, true); // Decimal point
lc.setDigit(1, 0, 5, false);
lc.setDigit(1, 1, 6, false);
lc.setDigit(1, 2, 7, false);
lc.setDigit(1, 3, 8, false);
}