currency code to symbol

[pb]

If I have a currency code like "USD" or "EUR", how do I format a string from
a decimal value that would contain the correct currency symbol?

for example, if I have "USD" and 345.45, I want to see "$345.45", but if I
have "GBP" and 345.45 I want to see "345.45 [pound symbol here]".

I can see how you can start with a culture like en-US and get the output,
but I am starting only from a currency code.

thanks.

[Mihai N.]

If I have a currency code like "USD" or "EUR", how do I format a string
from

a decimal value that would contain the correct currency symbol?

for example, if I have "USD" and 345.45, I want to see "$345.45", but if I
have "GBP" and 345.45 I want to see "345.45 [pound symbol here]".

I can see how you can start with a culture like en-US and get the output,
but I am starting only from a currency code.

That info is not available in the CultureInfo, nor in the Win32 API.
You might need an external source for this info, like for instance CLDR
(http://www.unicode.org/cldr)
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Mihai Nita [Microsoft MVP, Windows - SDK]
http://www.mihai-nita.net
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[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Yes, .NET framework itself didn't provide the ability to convert from
currency code to symbol. You can achieve this by either

1. Maintain a table that maps the code to symbol. Search this table every
time you need to do the conversion.
2. use a 3rd party component.

Kevin Yu
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[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi,

I'd like to know if this issue has been resolved yet. Is there anything
that I can help. I'm still monitoring on it. If you have any questions,
please feel free to post them in the community.

Kevin Yu
Microsoft Online Community Support
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