Formatting Currency - Property Inspector 1

[Dave1024]

Hi -

How can you format a currency field and specify the format of the nunber in property inspector WITHOUT entering explicit currency format symbols such as "£" ?

I am using RAD studio XE2. I know there is a "Currency" which is a yes/no type property in the property inspector - but the problem is - just setting this does not take care of the numeric formatting I require.

If I set the "Currency" property to true, I get the correct currency symbol being shown (taken from regional settings on the users system). However, the number of digits is wrong. For example, in the case of say £21.50, you get £21.5.

If I set the DisplayFormat value to pad out the number with zeros (as you would expect for currency) I loose the currency symbol!

Is there a way to flag the field as being currency AND specifying how many digits to show ?

I guess I could do this from code, but this would slow the whole thing down.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers,.,

Dave.

 

[majlumbo]

You can use Format with %m for the format setting

http://www.delphibasics.co.uk/RTL.asp?Name=Format

A few other links of interest

http://www.delphibasics.co.uk/RTL.asp?Name=CurrencyString

http://www.delphibasics.co.uk/RTL.asp?Name=CurrencyFormat

http://www.delphibasics.co.uk/RTL.asp?Name=CurrencyDecimals

 

[Dave1024]

Hi -

Thanks for the reply, however - I was wanting a solution that did not involve using code (as this will impact performance.)

I was hoping for a way to set the properties in the object inspector at design time.

 

[imex]

Hi,

Set Currency property to true, and try adding the code below in the OnCreate event of the Main Form:

CurrencyDecimals := 2;

I hope it's useful.


Imoveis em Guarulhos

 

[Dave1024]

Hi -

Ok thanks, will give that a try.

Cheers..