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Cant change decimal separator to a period
Gerwyn Hughes
2 Posts

I'm having problems changing the decimal separator to a period in Tracker. Every time I go to 'preferences' and select 'period' as the decimal separator it keeps reverting back to either the 'locale default' which then displays a comma. My language is already set to English which I can see from previous posts can be an issue. Its not a big deal but it makes things difficult when copying and pasting data in Microsoft Excel.

Any help would be much appreciated.


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Re: Cant change decimal separator to a period -
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Douglas Brown
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Thank you Gerwyn for reporting this bug. I have fixed this decimal separator issue and will post a Tracker upgrade within 2 days.  Doug


> Re: Cant change decimal separator to a period
>
> I'm having problems changing the decimal separator
> to a period in Tracker. Every time I go to 'preferences'
> and select 'period' as the decimal separator it keeps
> reverting back to either the 'locale default' which
> then displays a comma. My language is already set
> to English which I can see from previous posts can
> be an issue. Its not a big deal but it makes things
> difficult when copying and pasting data in Microsoft
> Excel.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.



Re: Re: Cant change decimal separator to a period -
Gerwyn Hughes
2 Posts

Thanks Doug, wasn't sure if it was just me doing something wrong or a software bug. I'll be sure to download the update when its ready.

Cheers,

Gerwyn



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