decimal character

[stx]

hi

is it possible to change the decimal character for my app only to "." instead of a "," or vice versa.

 

[chiph]

The decimal character in numbers comes from the current CultureInfo class, which has a NumberFormat property, which is of type NumberFormatInfo. Class NumberFormatInfo has a property named NumberDecimalSeparator, which is the decimal character for that culture.

So... if you want to change how your numbers are formatted, you should use another CultureInfo object. You can do this by:

Imports System
Imports System.Globalization

Public Class TestClass

   Public Shared Sub Main()
      Dim i As Integer = 100
      
      ' Create a CultureInfo object for English in Belize.
      Dim bz As New CultureInfo("en-BZ")
      ' Display i formatted as currency for the bz.
      Console.WriteLine(i.ToString("c", bz))
      
      ' Create a CultureInfo object for English in the U.S.
      Dim us As New CultureInfo("en-US")
      ' Display i formatted as currency for us.
      Console.WriteLine(i.ToString("c", us))
      
      ' Create a CultureInfo object for Danish in Denmark.
      Dim dk As New CultureInfo("da-DK")
      ' Display i formatted as currency for dk.
      Console.WriteLine(i.ToString("c", dk))
   End Sub
End Class

You get:
BZ$100.00
$100.00
kr100,00

As a side benefit, your dates will also be formatted correctly for the new culture.

Chip H.