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System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo Class
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Defines how numeric values are formatted and displayed, depending on the culture.

  • Namespace: System.Globalization
  • First seen in: .NET v1.0.3705
  • Last seen in: .NET v1.1.4322
  • Last changed in: .NET v1.0.3705
  • Assembly: mscorlib.dll

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    An In-Depth Look at the NumberFormatInfo Class
    C#Today
    NumberFormatInfo (NFI) is the class in System.Globalization that provides culture-sensitive formatting for currency, numbers, and percentages. Next to confusing short dates (is 11-08-90 the 8th of November or the 11th of August?), numeric values displayed without regard to user expectations can cause annoyance and misinterpretation. What does 2,103 really mean? Is it two thousand one hundred and three, or two and one hundred and three thousandths? In financial or medical software the answer can be crucial. In this article, Bill Hall explores the methods and properties of NFI to discover how it can help us to create displays that meet user requirements for a given world region.
    Changes that are made to the locale settings of the current thread do not appear in the FormatCurrency function in Visual Basic .NET
    http://www.kbalertz.com/
    (834064) - When you use native Windows application programming interfaces (APIs) to change the locale settings of the current thread in Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, the changes to the locale settings do not appear in the FormatCurrency function.
    Changes that are made to the locale settings of the current thread do not appear in the FormatCurrency function in Visual Basic .NET
    Microsoft Support
    (834064) - When you use native Windows application programming interfaces (APIs) to change the locale settings of the current thread in Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, the changes to the locale settings do not appear in the FormatCurrency function.
    Custom String Formatting in .NET
    The Code Project
    Discusses the implementation of custom format providers for existing t ypes and custom formatting for user-defined types.
    Go International! Let Your Apps Span the Globe with Windows Forms and Visual Studio .NET
    MSDN
    How would an English speaker feel if his car's owner's manual was written in German or if the dash board markings were written in Japanese because the car was manufactured in that country? This is an experience common to computer users all over the world who don't speak English as their primary language, and it's becomming more important. The Microsoft .NET Framework not only makes it possible to build international applications, but many of the tools such as Visual Studio .NET make it quite easy. This article looks at internationalization with .NET and presents real tools you can use to make all of your Windows Forms applications global-ready.
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