Detecting Currency Settings?

[H]

Hi All,

Is it possible to detect a users regional settings, in particular -
Currency?

Thanks!

Hellen.
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[J French]

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:43:34 +0100, "H" <[e-mail]> wrote:

Hi All,

Is it possible to detect a users regional settings, in particular -
Currency?

The easiest way is
N# = Val( 1000.01 )

Then
S$ = CStr( N# )

[Rick Rothstein]

> Is it possible to detect a users regional settings, in particular -

Currency?

Regional Locale Currency Settings
===============================
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/locale/localecurrency.htm

Regional Locale Numeric Settings
===============================
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/locale/localenumerics.htm

Regional Locale Date Settings
=============================
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/locale/localedates.htm

Regional Locale Time Settings
=============================
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/locale/localeenumtime.htm

Rick - MVP

[H]

"J French" <er*****@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:43:34 +0100, "H" <[e-mail]> wrote:

Hi All,

Is it possible to detect a users regional settings, in particular -
Currency?

The easiest way is
N# = Val( 1000.01 )

Then
S$ = CStr( N# )

Thanks! Excellent solution and I feel stupid now..

Rick, I found that webpage, but the code dosent work, well on my XP Sp2
system anyway. Im set to UK english on everything and it reports US dollars
etc.. Thanks anyway for your reply.

Hellen.
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[Randy Birch]

Hi H ...

The currency code at http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/locale/localecurrency.htm
does work ... I understand you can't get it working on your XP SP2 box?

I have the same setup as you -- I just installed XP SP2 last night. When I
saw Rick's referral to this link earlier tonight I wanted to make sure it
worked as well, and actually created the demo from the site. Other than it
having a duplicate Option Explicit statement the code there does work on all
VB5 and VB6 systems - so the OS version or SP is not a factor.

Note that Windows has two different settings for Regional preferences --
those for the system, based on the locale installed and Windows version, and
those for the user. This is what lets you install a US version of Windows
but set the system to have British monetary and other settings. Or install
German Windows and customize for Dutchman. (I have the US version, but am
set up as Canadian - we have a lot more vowels <vbg>).

Because of these different locale settings there are two LCIDs for the
system. The page you downloaded used an API called GetSystemDefaultLCID
which not surprisingly retrieves the system setting I mentioned. If you have
a US Windows and did not customize this, US data would be returned. The
sister API is GetUserDefaultLCID which retrieves the settings for the
current user, and which is now shown on the new page I just uploaded
tonight. (There's actually a third Locale - the locale the current thread is
executing in retrieved using GetThreadLocale. That API is defined on that
page but not used in the demo.)

See if you get the expected results with the new code, and post back here
with the results

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"H" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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: Hi All,
:
: Is it possible to detect a users regional settings, in particular -
: Currency?
:
: Thanks!
:
: Hellen.
:
:
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[Randy Birch]

.... BTW, this same change applies to those other pages Rick referred you to
but which I haven't had the opportunity to change as yet. Just switch the
API used to retrieve the LCID.

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"Randy Birch" <rg************@mvps.org> wrote in message
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: Hi H ...
:
: The currency code at http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/locale/localecurrency.htm
: does work ... I understand you can't get it working on your XP SP2 box?
:
: I have the same setup as you -- I just installed XP SP2 last night. When
I
: saw Rick's referral to this link earlier tonight I wanted to make sure it
: worked as well, and actually created the demo from the site. Other than it
: having a duplicate Option Explicit statement the code there does work on
all
: VB5 and VB6 systems - so the OS version or SP is not a factor.
:
: Note that Windows has two different settings for Regional preferences --
: those for the system, based on the locale installed and Windows version,
and
: those for the user. This is what lets you install a US version of Windows
: but set the system to have British monetary and other settings. Or install
: German Windows and customize for Dutchman. (I have the US version, but am
: set up as Canadian - we have a lot more vowels <vbg>).
:
: Because of these different locale settings there are two LCIDs for the
: system. The page you downloaded used an API called GetSystemDefaultLCID
: which not surprisingly retrieves the system setting I mentioned. If you
have
: a US Windows and did not customize this, US data would be returned. The
: sister API is GetUserDefaultLCID which retrieves the settings for the
: current user, and which is now shown on the new page I just uploaded
: tonight. (There's actually a third Locale - the locale the current thread
is
: executing in retrieved using GetThreadLocale. That API is defined on that
: page but not used in the demo.)
:
: See if you get the expected results with the new code, and post back here
: with the results
:
: --
:
: Randy Birch
: MVP Visual Basic
: http://vbnet.mvps.org/
: Please respond only to the newsgroups so all can benefit.
:
:
: "H" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
: news:CD********************@karoo.co.uk...
:: Hi All,
::
:: Is it possible to detect a users regional settings, in particular -
:: Currency?
::
:: Thanks!
::
:: Hellen.
::
::
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[H]

Thanks Randy,

It does indeed work very nicely with the new code.

Ta!

Hellen.

"Randy Birch" <rg************@mvps.org> wrote in message
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... BTW, this same change applies to those other pages Rick referred you
to
but which I haven't had the opportunity to change as yet. Just switch the
API used to retrieve the LCID.

--

Randy Birch
MVP Visual Basic
http://vbnet.mvps.org/
Please respond only to the newsgroups so all can benefit.
"Randy Birch" <rg************@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:rK**********************@twister01.bloor.is.n et.cable.rogers.com...
: Hi H ...
:
: The currency code at
http://vbnet.mvps.org/code/locale/localecurrency.htm
: does work ... I understand you can't get it working on your XP SP2 box?
:
: I have the same setup as you -- I just installed XP SP2 last night.
When
I
: saw Rick's referral to this link earlier tonight I wanted to make sure
it
: worked as well, and actually created the demo from the site. Other than
it
: having a duplicate Option Explicit statement the code there does work on
all
: VB5 and VB6 systems - so the OS version or SP is not a factor.
:
: Note that Windows has two different settings for Regional preferences --
: those for the system, based on the locale installed and Windows version,
and
: those for the user. This is what lets you install a US version of
Windows
: but set the system to have British monetary and other settings. Or
install
: German Windows and customize for Dutchman. (I have the US version, but
am
: set up as Canadian - we have a lot more vowels <vbg>).
:
: Because of these different locale settings there are two LCIDs for the
: system. The page you downloaded used an API called GetSystemDefaultLCID
: which not surprisingly retrieves the system setting I mentioned. If you
have
: a US Windows and did not customize this, US data would be returned. The
: sister API is GetUserDefaultLCID which retrieves the settings for the
: current user, and which is now shown on the new page I just uploaded
: tonight. (There's actually a third Locale - the locale the current
thread
is
: executing in retrieved using GetThreadLocale. That API is defined on
that
: page but not used in the demo.)
:
: See if you get the expected results with the new code, and post back
here
: with the results
:
: --
:
: Randy Birch
: MVP Visual Basic
: http://vbnet.mvps.org/
: Please respond only to the newsgroups so all can benefit.
:
:
: "H" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
: news:CD********************@karoo.co.uk...
:: Hi All,
::
:: Is it possible to detect a users regional settings, in particular -
:: Currency?
::
:: Thanks!
::
:: Hellen.
::
::
:: ---
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