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On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 02:21:36PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote: > > > >You need two sorts of variants: > >- Currency which is the ISO currency derivation > >- What the display is (eg is it xx,xxx,xxx.xx or is it > >xx.xxx.xxx,xx. > > That doesn't need to be in the file. A single ID is sufficient to act > as a tag with a standard "lookup" table. The fraction, symbols, > currency rates, layouts, formats etc. can all be looked up in fixed > tables that only change comparatively rarely. This is how gnucash does > it. Some apps (like Palm apps) can only support a limited number of > currencies, with limited custom currency ID's for others. > I don't really know enough about how systems work but if for example I am importing a French bank account into my UK system then that will have the xxx.xxx.xxx,xx format. As long as gnucash or whatever recognises that the .., should be read as ,,. then fine -- Henry Mon Oct 9 17:15:16 BST 2006
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