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    Multiple Currency Choice for browse column

    Hi all,

    Been a while since I used the forum but hoping there are still some A5 desktop gurus using it. I have a combibox field to choose the currency for an invoice. I would like to code the onchange event to alter a browse column format properties. This can be done with the following;

    Code:
    parentform:Control_browse1:Soprice.entry.format = "$)"
    This changes the browse column to show the GBP symbol can the same be done for $ and €?
    Last edited by gmeredith17; 06-02-2017, 08:08 AM. Reason: doesn't like GBP symbol. Cuts remaining text after it.

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    Re: Multiple Currency Choice for browse column

    For some reason it is removing some of the previous post.

    The question is

    This changes the browse column to show the
    Last edited by gmeredith17; 06-02-2017, 08:05 AM. Reason: why can't i delete this?

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        Re: Multiple Currency Choice for browse column

        I believe you are limited to the choices available to you if you view the properties of the column in browse design mode, and select the format tab of that dialog.

        "$)" is a code for one of those choices as is "Uact1", etc.
        There can be only one.

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          #5
          Re: Multiple Currency Choice for browse column

          Thanks for replying Stan. Not what I hoped for but kind of what I was expecting. Quite limiting the way the currency symbol has been hardwired to a users location setting rather than an objects setting(variable) that can be manipulated.

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            Re: Multiple Currency Choice for browse column

            The closest thing I've seen is:

            printcurrency
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              Re: Multiple Currency Choice for browse column

              Thanks for looking at the problem Al. I've had to approach it from a difficult angle and ended up storing the currency symbol in the actual field. A lot more effort having to go through each child record and swap the symbol from the relevant fields if the user changes currency but nevertheless it is good to have a solution. It's not perfect as when first entering the data the currency symbol isn't added until a row change or they exit the embedded browse.

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                Re: Multiple Currency Choice for browse column

                Originally posted by gmeredith17 View Post
                Thanks for looking at the problem Al. I've had to approach it from a difficult angle and ended up storing the currency symbol in the actual field. A lot more effort having to go through each child record and swap the symbol from the relevant fields if the user changes currency but nevertheless it is good to have a solution. It's not perfect as when first entering the data the currency symbol isn't added until a row change or they exit the embedded browse.
                Geoff

                Sounds like a good idea.

                How are you doing that?

                Might an update operation change the existing records and a field rule take care of the new records?
                Al Buchholz
                Bookwood Systems, LTD
                Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

                Occam's Razor - KISS
                Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
                Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
                When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                Albert Einstein

                http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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                  Re: Multiple Currency Choice for browse column

                  Al,

                  I tried using a field rule but couldn't figure out how to handle the 'if' statements for the different currencies. Probably an easy way of doing it for those more proficient at creating the expressions. There were other fields/variables that also needed a currency prefix so I have coded various events to handle it. I have it working now although I haven't included any error checking or field value validation yet.

                  It's been a good refresher of the various form/object events as I haven't developed using A5 for a number of years. It has reminded me how difficult it can be to find the relevant help topics which seem to have been exacerbated by a number of dead wiki links.

                  Also a number of links from threads on the forum now take you to a pay for support page on Alpha5. I had been under the impression that Alpha Anywhere was/is very successful so was surprised they were that desperate for income to make you pay for help topics that were freely available.

                  That being said I'm using software that is now several years old so I guess can't complain too much.

                  Thanks for the help and advice and it's good to see there are still some desktop stalwarts like you and Stan using the forum.

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                    Re: Multiple Currency Choice for browse column

                    Geoff

                    Glad it's working for you...

                    Stan - I think we just got called old...

                    I know that I resemble that remark...

                    Geoff - we may be old but we still have our humor. or at least most of it. Hair? That's another story..
                    Al Buchholz
                    Bookwood Systems, LTD
                    Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

                    Occam's Razor - KISS
                    Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
                    Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
                    When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                    "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                    Albert Einstein

                    http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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                      Re: Multiple Currency Choice for browse column

                      lol Al. Not sure when I called you and Stan old but you do seem to have been frequenting this message board for forever and a day and long may it continue.

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                        Re: Multiple Currency Choice for browse column

                        Geoff

                        Glad you appreciate the lame attempt at humor or is it humour?

                        If you post an example of what you have, Stan may be able to suggest an alternate approach.

                        One thought I have is to build an update operation to change the existing records.

                        Then the coding and ideas may flow for adding/maintaining records or a call to the update operation to change the current record only...

                        Then you can have all kinds of ifs/then/else... or an way to model xbasic to do the job...
                        Al Buchholz
                        Bookwood Systems, LTD
                        Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

                        Occam's Razor - KISS
                        Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
                        Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
                        When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                        "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                        Albert Einstein

                        http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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                          Re: Multiple Currency Choice for browse column

                          I know I am rather late into this thread, but I have set up what I think, maybe, is what is being wished. I have set up presenting units in SAE or metric and currencies in whatever currency is selected and the background calculations for units and against the current currency exchange rate are made and the values presented in a report. I am wondering if what you are looking for in the end is a report that has the currency symbols like our reports does (see attached)?

                          Later: I so happy to have responded to this because it made me look at our report and see that it contains our old url of makeahandstand.com which has changed to messagewrap.com. I have some work to do....
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                          Last edited by Mike Wilson; 06-16-2017, 12:09 PM.
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