always using a dot as decimal symbol?

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ORC - 15 Nov 2004 18:00 GMT

I've been reading somewhere that it is possible to set the decimal symbol
(culture) to a dot no matter what the regional settings are set to. It was
something like Thread.culture(en-US) or so. I will need it for converting
doubles to strings throughout the program.

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Ole

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Jochen Kalmbach - 15 Nov 2004 19:17 GMT

Hi ORC,

> I've been reading somewhere that it is possible to set the decimal
> symbol (culture) to a dot no matter what the regional settings are set
> to. It was something like Thread.culture(en-US) or so. I will need it
> for converting doubles to strings throughout the program.

See: CultureInfo.InvariantCulture
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-
us/cpguide/html/cpconusinginvariantcultureproperty.asp

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