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    #1

    decimal comma

    Hi,
    I have a grid with a detail view. Two fields with numbers with two decimals are well displayed in the main grid: 234,55 or when there is nothing behind the comma: 234,00
    However in the updatable detailview the numbers show as 234.55 or if there is nothing behind the comma as 234
    How do I get the two decimals in the detailview always behind the comma? I use the format: alltrim(str(<value>,250,2,",")) in the main grid as well as in the detailview...

    Henk

    Sorry, double post, I posted in Appserver8 first, but I don't know if there is any difference in V8 and V9...
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    Re: decimal comma

    Henk,
    Just wanted to give you question another chance--I always figure 4 days without an answer and most times there will not be one! Not that I will be the one to answer a web side question....

    A bit of confusion as to what exactly you are striving to obtain here though.
    How do I get the two decimals in the detailview always behind the comma? I use the format: alltrim(str(<value>,250,2,","))
    First the part in blue above....are you saying you do NOT want a period for the decimal but instead want a comma?

    Second...you format you used, at least on the desktop side, tells Alpha to used a comma for the thousands delimiter and a period for the decimal. And to say there can be up to 250 characters for a number....well... 19 is the limit in Alpha.

    If a comma is what you want, then maybe the following will be of use--it can be condensed but left it expanded so it can be more easily figured out with the two steps used.

    Code:
    dim value as n
dim fmt_num as c
value=234
fmt_num=alltrim(str(value,19,2,","))
?strtran(fmt_num,".",",",-2,1)
= "234,00"
    Even if no help, someone else may chime in now.
    Mike
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      #3
      Re: decimal comma

      Thanks Mike,
      The formatting is done by just choosing one of the pre-defined formats from Alpha5 and works well in the main grid. I used the same pre-defined format for the fields in the detailview, but there it doesn't work.... (see image).

      I'll try with your suggestion, but I am very new with Alpha5webapplications so if I will have succes......
      Henk

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        #4
        Re: decimal comma

        anyone? I've been trying for hours now, but I seem to miss something...
        Henk

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          #5
          Re: decimal comma

          The reason we are confused, as Mike said, is that, given a number like 12345.67, the formula:

          alltrim(str(<value>,250,2,","))

          will yield 12,345.67, not 12345,67.

          How are you getting your values to have commas (instead of periods) to seperate dollars and cents?

          If you are using alltrim(str(<value>,250,2,",")), then have you applied something to Alpha to make it behave differently?
          Steve Wood
          See my profile on IADN

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            #6
            Re: decimal comma

            Hi,
            The problem seems to be solved, although I have no idea how.

            What I did was choosing display format for the field and than the pre-defined format: 123.456,78
            Choosing this gives automatically the code :alltrim(str(<value>,250,2,","))

            I did this for the fields in the main grid as well as the fields in the detail view. For the main grid it worked well as you can see in the image above. For the fields in the detailview it did not work...

            What I did now (being a bit desperate) was just starting all over again with a new database, and also I installed the last patch (from today).
            Doing exactly the same as described before it works fine now.... both the grid and the detailview show 1234,56. Which surprises me, because I
            understand from you that alltrim(str(<value>,250,2,",")) should not do that, but I can assure you that this is exactly what is show in in the displayformat box for the fields now....
            So I have nu clue what was the matter, but am very glad it has been solved. I don't really feel like changing it anymore, but am curious what could be the cause and howcome it works now with a wrong code... thanks for your support.
            Henk

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              #7
              Re: decimal comma

              Happened again... Decimal comma is ok in grid, but doesn't show in detail view. I think I now know the reason: everything is ok when I don't prefetch the data for detailview, as soon as I do the domma dissapears and a number ending on 00 (like 150,00) changes in 150 without any decimal seperator...

              For speed reasons I like to use the prefetch function. Based on what is said above anybody has a solution?

              Henk

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                #8
                Re: decimal comma

                Im having the same problem, when using lookup to get data from a table, they appair with period in stead of comma for decimal seperation.

                Example 17,5 shows up afterr lookup as 17.5 all my fields are formated as 1234,56 numbers ?? Any ideas how to change the format of a number when useing lookup to get data into field,

                Using V10,5 web application

                Heddi

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