Re: Decimal Separator

[Thierry Arbellot]

Successfully tested on Win2K

Many thanks.

Thierry.

On Sunday, Dec 14, 2003, at 22:04 Europe/Paris, Ken Ray wrote:

Thierry,

You can find the seprators here on WinXP (should be the same on Win2K):

put queryRegistry("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control
Panel\International\sMonThousandSep")
put queryRegistry("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control
Panel\International\sMonDecimalSep")
Enjoy,

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
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Thierry Arbellot
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:29 AM
To: How to use Revolution
Subject: Re: Decimal Separator
Hi Klaus & Rob,

Thanks for your help.

At least, I found a solution for MacOS X :

the following commands

        put replaceText(shell("defaults read NSGlobalDomain
NSDecimalSeparator"),"(\s|\(|\))","")
        put replaceText(shell("defaults read NSGlobalDomain
NSThousandsSeparator"),"(\s|\(|\))","")
respectively give the decimal and thousand separator setup by
the user
in the control panel
Also
        put replaceText(shell("defaults read NSGlobalDomain
NSCurrencySymbol"),"(\s|\(|\))","")
give the currency symbol
Actually, input the command "defaults read NSGlobalDomain" in the
Terminal list many of the user's preferences.
I will try to find a solution on W2K later.

Regards.
Thierry.
On Sunday, Dec 14, 2003, at 15:02 Europe/Paris, Rob Cozens wrote:

I'm working on the problem to know the decimal separator defined in
the system, on MacOS X and W2K.
Hi Thierry,

While one can use "system date" syntax to find the date
separator and
order of the month, day, & year elements, I have found no way to
determine the Control Panel settings for decimal & thousands
separators and the currency symbol via Transcript.
Lacking "system numberFormat" syntax, I created my own
solution:  All
number formatting handlers in Serendipity Library look for a
numberEditMask property in the calling stack.  If the property is
empty, the Library displays a modal "Number Edit Mask"
dialog stack to
set it.  From the dialog the user can enter a one-char thousands
separator, a one-char decimal separator, a one to three
char currency
symbol, and instructions as to whether the currency symbol
is prefixed
or appended.

I don't particularly like the fact that the user must be
prompted for
number formatting preferences even when they are already
known to the
OS; but lacking a means of discovery via Transcript
otherwise, what's
a mother to do?

Adding system date/time functions was a step in the right direction
for localization (except system time doesn't return any
time separator
other than ":", regardless of the system settings); however the job
won't be completely finished until Transcript can also inform the
developer what number format is in use on the currently-running
system.  Until that happens, I humbly offer Serendipity Library's
number formatting support:
<http://www.oenolog.net/ftp/serendipity_downloader.htm>

--

Rob Cozens
CCW, Serendipity Software Company http://www.oenolog.net/who.htm
"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."
from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)
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