Hi

I am trying to format the currency when I am displaying product information.

I am currently using (in c#):

productprice.text= String.Format("{0:C}", 0);

Which is displaying in dollars($) however I want to display my currency in pounds(£) but I have been unable to find any examples of how this is done?
 

Hi,

You need to set the Culture property of the current thread, as shown in this article:

http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/localization.asp

HTH,

Vivek

1) If you want to change currency format globally then use Web.config settings 

<configuration>  
    <system.web>  
        <globalization culture="en-US" uiCulture="en-GB" />  
    </system.web> 
</configuration>

2) For page levent Page level settings 

<%@Page Culture="en-US" UICulture="en-GB" %>

3) If you want to display  £ just on current place and want to keep existing global settings for culture then

string.Format( System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-GB").NumberFormat,
      "{0:c}", 12.012);

 or 

string.Format("{0:£0,0.00}", 12.012)

Sound as a pound!

Cheers guys, I now have my page displaying in £, and have a decent understanding of how globalization works.