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Bug report: when exporting data from the table view, the decimal separator is always a dot (".") even if the program has been configured to use commas. post and replies

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Bug report: when exporting data from the table view, the decimal separator is always a dot (".") eve
Robot Jarvis
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I don't know how to report bugs, so I created this thread to do it. If there is any other process that I should follow, let me know.

The problem:
I have configured Tracker to use commas as decimal separators, basically because I have to copy the data to an Excel file, which uses commas.

However, when I select the data from the table view (the table with numbers at the bottom-right corner) and copy it to anywhere else, despite commas being used in the table, it pastes it as dots.

This issue appeared in v.6. In the fifth version, the copied data used commas as expected.

Thank you.


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Re: Bug report: when exporting data from the table view, the decimal separator is always a dot (".") eve -
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Douglas Brown
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Thanks for the bug report. I fixed this issue and have posted another updated "beta" tracker.jar on Tracker's home page.  The link is in the Recent Tracker Versions section part way down on the left. Just copy the jar into your existing Tracker home (shown in About Tracker) and either rename it to tracker.jar to replace the existing, or choose it as the preferred jar in the Preferences.  Doug


> I have
> configured Tracker to use commas as decimal separators,
> basically because I have to copy the data to an Excel
> file, which uses commas.  However, when I select
> the data from the table view and copy it to paste anywhere
> else, despite commas being used in the table, it pastes
> it as dots.



Re: Bug report: when exporting data from the table view, the decimal separator is always a dot (".") eve -
Robot Jarvis
2 Posts

Now it works properly.

Thank you for such a fast response and thank you for making and maintaining such good software!



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