DisplayCurrency (Property)

The Property CurrencyDisplay allows you to know and modify the currency used when displaying and/or entering in an Control of the "Currency + Euro" type.

Remarks:

The displayed currency can differ from the currency returned to the program or saved in the corresponding HFSQL data file. The currency used during the backup is defined by MemoryCurrency.
If the displayed currency differs from the stored currency, the conversion is automatically performed during the backup.

Versions 15 and later

This property is now available for Java applications.

This property is now available for Android applications.

New in version 15

This property is now available for Java applications.

This property is now available for Android applications.

This property is now available for Java applications.

This property is now available for Android applications.

Versions 18 and later

This property is now available in Windows Store Apps mode.

This property is now available for report controls in iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 18

This property is now available in Windows Store Apps mode.

This property is now available for report controls in iPhone/iPad applications.

This property is now available in Windows Store Apps mode.

This property is now available for report controls in iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 21 and later

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This property is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Example

// Modify the display currency in the EDT_Edit1 control
SAI_Saisie1.CurrencyDisplay = eITL// Italian Lira

Syntax

Finding out the display currency used Hide the details

<Currency used> = <Control used>.DisplayCurrency

<Currency used>: Integer constant

Currency currently used as display currency.
Constant Country Exchange rate
eEUR Euro zone 1
eFRF France 6.55957
eITL Italy 1936.27
eBEF Belgium 40.3399
eLUF Luxembourg 40.3399
eDEM Germany 1.95583
eATS Austria 13.7603
eESP Spain 166.386
eIEP Ireland 0.787564
eNLG Netherlands 2.20371
ePTE Portugal 200.482
eGRD Greece 340.750
eFIM Finland 5.94573
Currencies not taking part in the Euro
eDKK Denmark 0
eGBP Great Britain 0
eSEK Sweden 0
Free1 0
Free2 0
Free3 0
Free4

<Control used>: Control name

Name of the "Currency + Euro" control.

Modifying the display currency used Hide the details

<Control used>.DisplayCurrency = <New currency>

<Control used>: Control name

Name of the "Currency + Euro" control.

<New currency>: Integer constant

New currency that will be used as display currency.
Constant Country Exchange rate
eEUR Euro zone 1
eFRF France 6.55957
eITL Italy 1936.27
eBEF Belgium 40.3399
eLUF Luxembourg 40.3399
eDEM Germany 1.95583
eATS Austria 13.7603
eESP Spain 166.386
eIEP Ireland 0.787564
eNLG Netherlands 2.20371
ePTE Portugal 200.482
eGRD Greece 340.750
eFIM Finland 5.94573
Currencies not taking part in the Euro
eDKK Denmark 0
eGBP Great Britain 0
eSEK Sweden 0
Free1 0
Free2 0
Free3 0
Free4

Remarks

Additional currency

You also have the ability to define custom currencies: they allow you to choose an additional currency, created by programming with eInitCurrency. To choose one of these currencies, use the values from 16 to 19:

16: Custom currency #1
17: Custom currency #2
18: Custom currency #3
19: Custom currency #4

Various

When modifying the display currency of a control, the value found in the control is automatically converted.

Limits

The Property DisplayCurrency applies:

when displaying a value in a "Currency + Euro" calculated control (in a report).
when displaying and entering a value in a "Currency + Euro" edit control (in a window).
when displaying and entering a value in a column found in a "Currency + Euro" Table control (in a window).
when displaying and/or typing data in the "Currency + Euro" controls (edit control, formatted display control, column of a Table control, attribute of a Looper control).