On 23-7-2011 14:06, Ludo Brands wrote: >>> The decimal point needs also to be localised ;( >> Actually, I might just leave it in US format as a . - this >> will at least fix the format and allow import by >> US/Anglophone countries. What do you think? (Better yet, I'll >> have a look at how newer versions of Access do this, maybe MS >> have fixed this since then) >> > > DecimalSeparator is set to the system value in Sysutils and correspond to > the machines localisation. You shouldn't hardcode it. Well, I want to have the same output regardless of which locale you're in. (Unless there's a really good reason not to do that, or maybe, if there is a way to specify locale in the output XML) So then I should hardcode it, right? (I'm resetting them to their previous settings at the end of the module, but there might be a better way of doing that).
Or, quite probably, there's a better way to use FloaltToStr with a . without having to mess with DecimalSeparator. Had a quick look through the documentation but couldn't find anything obvious. Does anyone have any suggestions? > > The currency sign and thousands separators is for display use only. I > haven't seen any data format using them. Luckily, that is. The decimal > separator is already confusing enough. Yes, it does simplify things. But there might be a difference between 1 Zimbabwean dollar and 1 Swiss franc - both will display as 1 :( _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
