Decimal point and different locales

[Dave Griffiths]

Hi All

Using VB 2005

I am writing a program that will be used on machines which have
different locales (English, Norwegian and Swedish)

I am restricting textbox input using keypress to just numbers, control
chars and the decimal point, my problem is that the decimal point on
English machines is the . (dot) unless specifically changed and on
Scandinavian machines is the , (commer). I could just allow both
through the routine but this then gives an added problem that
scandinavia uses the . (dot) as the thousands seperator which would
really cause some confussion.

How do I check for the decimal point set in the machines locale
setup..?

Thanks in advance.

--
Dave Griffiths

[Armin Zingler]

"Dave Griffiths" <da*********@nospam.hotmail.comschrieb

Hi All

Using VB 2005

I am writing a program that will be used on machines which have
different locales (English, Norwegian and Swedish)

I am restricting textbox input using keypress to just numbers,
control chars and the decimal point, my problem is that the decimal
point on English machines is the . (dot) unless specifically changed
and on Scandinavian machines is the , (commer). I could just allow
both through the routine but this then gives an added problem that
scandinavia uses the . (dot) as the thousands seperator which would
really cause some confussion.

How do I check for the decimal point set in the machines locale
setup..?

Thanks in advance.

See members of

System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Nu mberFormat
Though, I suggest not to limit user input /while typing/. It's a pain,
often. In addition, pasting via clipboard would have to be handled, too.
Instead, use the TryParse-methods (e.g. decimal.tryparse) and give a visual
feedback, like a different text color for invalid input. Give a hint (msgbox
etc) to the user not before leaving the field or when you really need to
process the input. Just a suggestion.
Armin

[Dave Griffiths]

Thanks Armin for the reply so quickly.

I like the suggestion of tryparse will make the program a little more
user friendly.

Thanks again fot your suggestions.

--
Dave Griffiths
Armin Zingler wrote:

"Dave Griffiths" <da*********@nospam.hotmail.comschrieb

Hi All

Using VB 2005

I am writing a program that will be used on machines which have
different locales (English, Norwegian and Swedish)

I am restricting textbox input using keypress to just numbers,
control chars and the decimal point, my problem is that the decimal
point on English machines is the . (dot) unless specifically changed
and on Scandinavian machines is the , (commer). I could just allow
both through the routine but this then gives an added problem that
scandinavia uses the . (dot) as the thousands seperator which would
really cause some confussion.

How do I check for the decimal point set in the machines locale
setup..?

Thanks in advance.

See members of

System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Nu mberFormat
Though, I suggest not to limit user input /while typing/. It's a
pain, often. In addition, pasting via clipboard would have to be
handled, too. Instead, use the TryParse-methods (e.g.
decimal.tryparse) and give a visual feedback, like a different text
color for invalid input. Give a hint (msgbox etc) to the user not
before leaving the field or when you really need to process the
input. Just a suggestion.
Armin

[Michel Posseth [MCP]]

When i encountered a simular problem i noticed that the windows calculator
and programs from MS ( excel for instance ) behaved exactly how i wanted it

see this thread with some nice solutions and in the end the simple solution
that replicated exactly the behavior of calc.exe and excel

http://groups.google.nl/group/micros...4f59279602071c

"Dave Griffiths" <da*********@nospam.hotmail.comschreef in bericht
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Thanks Armin for the reply so quickly.

I like the suggestion of tryparse will make the program a little more
user friendly.

Thanks again fot your suggestions.

--
Dave Griffiths
Armin Zingler wrote:

>"Dave Griffiths" <da*********@nospam.hotmail.comschrieb

Hi All

Using VB 2005

I am writing a program that will be used on machines which have
different locales (English, Norwegian and Swedish)

I am restricting textbox input using keypress to just numbers,
control chars and the decimal point, my problem is that the decimal
point on English machines is the . (dot) unless specifically changed
and on Scandinavian machines is the , (commer). I could just allow
both through the routine but this then gives an added problem that
scandinavia uses the . (dot) as the thousands seperator which would
really cause some confussion.

How do I check for the decimal point set in the machines locale
setup..?

Thanks in advance.

See members of

System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Nu mberFormat
Though, I suggest not to limit user input /while typing/. It's a
pain, often. In addition, pasting via clipboard would have to be
handled, too. Instead, use the TryParse-methods (e.g.
decimal.tryparse) and give a visual feedback, like a different text
color for invalid input. Give a hint (msgbox etc) to the user not
before leaving the field or when you really need to process the
input. Just a suggestion.
Armin