Windows in French - The format of the input string is incorrect.(the size of the string is invalid)

[nztankgirl]

Hi,

I'm getting the following error on a machine which is running Windows in French when trying to run the below function.
Le format de la chaîne d'entrée est incorrect. (the format of string is invalid)
[The format of the input string is incorrect. (the size of string is invalid)]

The error seems to occur just after the OpenDBLink line.

if (_session_object == null)
{
_session_object = new AccpacSessionClass();
_session_object.Init("", "XX", "XX1000", "60A");
_session_object.Open(_accpac_user, _accpac_password, _company_name, DateTime.Today, 0, "");
_accpac_db_link_class = _session_object.OpenDBLink(tagDBLinkTypeEnum.DBLINK_COMPANY,tagDBLinkFlagsEnum.DBLINK_FLG_READWRITE);
}

Hoping someone will have some ideas please.

Thanks

 

[Jay Converse]

What are the values of _accpac_user, _accpac_password, _company_name?

 

[nztankgirl]

_company_name = SAMLTD
_accpac_user = XM
_accpacc_password = XMBASE

 

[Jay Converse]

Is Accpac also in French?

 

[nztankgirl]

Yes it is

 

[Jay Converse]

What language is that code in? It's not C#, VB, or VBA.

 

[nztankgirl]

It's C#

I created a test app for the client to run in order for us to track down the problem and this is the function where it seems to fail.

It works fine on English machines.

Thanks,

 

[Jay Converse]

I don't know, my C# codes works fine in English, French, and Chinese. But I do it like this:

public static AccpacCOMAPI.AccpacSession session;
.....
session = new AccpacCOMAPI.AccpacSession();
session.Init("", "XY", "XY1000", "60A");
session.Open(sAccpacUser, sAccpacPW, sCompName, DateTime.Today, 0, "");
......

 

[DjangMan]

Please show your full code including variable declarations. We can't help other than by guessing what you're doing.

 

[nztankgirl]

Found the problem - was unrelated to the above code.

Error was misleading in that it was actually cominig from the section below in trying to convert a string to a double - French uses a comma (,) as decimal place instead of fullstop (.)

Simplified example
string sVersion = "6.1";
if (Convert.ToDouble(sVersion) > 5.6)

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