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Masked Edit Box

Hi.
Does anybody know why the MaskEdBox control in VB 6 SP 5 doesn't seem to be locale aware? I have it
in my app with the format property = $##,0.00;($#,##0.00). I also use code to set formats such as

label1.caption = formatcurrency(rate.text)

The code works fine - when I change my regional settings and reboot the machine the label reflects the
local currency, date/time, etc formats. However, the maskedbox control always gives the "$" symbol
rather than the regional currency symbol. Does anybody know if this is a known issue and/or if there
is a workaround?

Worst case I suppose I could pull the maskedbox controls out and format the textboxes through code.
Seems strange the folks in Redmond would miss this one...

deighton

Private Sub Command1_Click()
MaskEdBox1.Mask = getmask
End Sub

'in a bas module

Option Explicit

Public Type CURRENCYFMT
NumDigits As Long
LeadingZero As Long
Grouping As Long
lpDecimalSep As String
lpThousandSep As String
NegativeOrder As Long
PositiveOrder As Long
lpCurrencySymbol As String
End Type
Public Declare Function GetCurrencyFormat Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias "GetCurrencyFormatA" _
(ByVal Locale As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal lpValue As String, lpFormat _
As Any, ByVal lpCurrencyStr As String, ByVal cchCurrency As Long) As Long
Const LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT = &H800
Const LOCALE_SYSTEM_DEFAULT = &H400

Function getmask() As String
Dim cft As CURRENCYFMT ' custom formatting settings
Dim formatted As String ' receives the formatted number strings
Dim strlen As Long ' the length of the formatted string
Dim c As Long

' Display the value formatted according to the current locale.
formatted = Space(256)
strlen = GetCurrencyFormat(LOCALE_SYSTEM_DEFAULT, 0, "1234567.89", ByVal CLng(0), _
formatted, Len(formatted))
formatted = Left(formatted, strlen)
For c = 1 To Len(formatted)
getmask = getmask & IIf(IsNumeric(Mid(formatted, c, 1)), "#", Mid(formatted, c, 1))
Next

Debug.Print "User locale format: "; formatted

End Function

lyonst

Hi,

Have you checked your Autoexec.bat or Config.sys files as these values can also be ste there any may overide your regional settings ?

Cheers,

T.

DanRollins

Hi jmerritt,
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Refund points and save as a 0-pt PAQ.
*** deighton's code is good, but not on point.

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