Change the Formatting of Currency

The formatting of currency in an interview, including the input and output formats, and currency symbol, can be changed. To do this:

  1. On the Project tab, select the Language subtab.
  2. In the Region section of the language view, click Formatting.

The Edit Formats dialog box is displayed. The symbols used when specifying currency formats are given in the following table.

Table 1. Currency format symbols
Symbol Meaning
0 mandatory digit
# digit, zero is omitted
, thousand grouping separator
. decimal separator
¤ currency symbol. If no currency symbol is specified it will automatically be added to the beginning of the string.
All other characters will be treated literally. Any characters, including symbols enclosed in single quotes will also be treated literally.

For example:

#,###,##0.00 #### (with “ “ a grouping separator, “.” as a decimal separator and “$” as a currency symbol)

  • $1 234.00
  • $0.12

#,###,##0.00 ####¤ (with “.“ a grouping separator, “,” as a decimal separator and “€” as a currency symbol)

  • 1.234,00€
  • 0,12€

To change the input format for currency:

  1. In the Currency section, click in the Input formats field.
  2. In the drop-down window:
    • Click in the empty row to add a new currency format
    • Select an existing row and click Delete to remove that currency format
    • Change the order of input formats using the Up and Down buttons

To change the output format for currency:

  1. In the Currency section, click in the Output format field.
  2. Change the currency format as required.

To change the currency symbol:

  1. In the Currency section, click in the Currency symbol field.
  2. Change the currency symbol as required.