I had written:
> When I changed, in the Windows system locale, the monetary setting to
> Euros, all monetary amounts in all my Works spreadsheeds were
> effektively multiplied by 1.95583 (i. e., Works simply displayed an
> €-sign in place of the former "DM"). Incredible!
Lars Kristan wrote:
> Of course if it was not that way and you would for some reason decide to use
> DEM instead of DM (or Lit. instead of L.), then you would complain about the
> design flaw because your old entries would not be updated.
Oh no, I was complaining that the entries have change, at all!
When I enter 17,00 DM I do not want to read 17,00 €, the other day.
The design flaw is that Works does not note the currency, but simply
inserts the current system-wide locale setting without even asking.
Same problem, most probably, when I would send my spreadsheet abroad:
suddenly, my 5 € will become 5 $, 5 £, 5 ¥, or whatever.
Of course, a function to update the old DM entries to equivalent € amounts
would come handy, but my previous note did not ask for it.
Best wishes,
Otto Stolz
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