currency

The currency property indicates whether to include a currency symbol before the value in a numeric field, with the exact position of the symbol determined by the zeroFormat property. The formatting of fields of type MONEY depends on the value of strLib.defaultMoneyFormat and is not affected by the currency property.

Values of the currency property are as follows:
No (the default)
Do not use a currency symbol.
Yes
Use the symbol specified in currencySymbol. If no value is specified there, use the default currency symbol.

The default currency symbol is determined by the machine locale.

The property is available in DataItem parts and is meaningful for fields that appear in the following contexts:

The property is used at input and output.

Related concepts
Enumerations in EGL
Overview of EGL properties

Related reference
Formatting properties

Feedback
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2000, 2005. All Rights Reserved.