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Set Date and Currency Formats

Introduction

In WM1, you can change the format in which dates and currency appear within the desktop client windows and the compact application (CAP) panels.

Note To complete these procedures, you will be working in your WM1 installation file structure. Depending on the version of WM1 that you have installed,  you may see references to Dynaman instead of WM1 in your file structure. The steps and images in these procedures refer to Dynaman.

Prerequisite

To complete these procedures, you must have:

  • Notepad or Notepad ++ (recommended) installed, and you must be able to open Notepad as an administrator.
  • Administrative permissions in WM1 to ensure that you can edit system files.

Change the date format for desktop dlient windows

  1. On your WM1 server, navigate to the Dynaman Main folder.  Example: C:\Program Files (x86) > Dynaman > Dynaman Main

  2. In the DynamanMain folder, right-click Dynaman.exe.Config, and then click Edit with Notepad++. The configuration file opens.


  3. Scroll down to the Display_DateTime_Format key, and edit the date format values to meet your operational requirements. For example, for most U.S. installations, the date format is MM/dd/yyyy, which will display as: 08/10/2015.
    IMPORTANT Be sure to respect the existing case. Specifically, month must be MM, day must be dd and year must be yyyy.
  4. If required, change the time format to meet your operational requirements.
    IMPORTANT  Do not change the Database_Datetime_Format values.
  5. From the File menu, click Save.

Change the date format for CAP screens

  1. On your WM1 server, navigate to the Dynaman CAP folder. Example: C:\Program Files (x86) > Dynaman > CAP

  2. In the CAP folder, right-click CompactApplication.exe.Config, and then click Edit with Notepad++. The configuration file opens.

  3. Scroll down to the DisplayDateTimeFormat key, and edit the date format values to meet your operational requirements. For example, for most U.S. installations, the date format is MM/dd/yyyy, which will display as: 08/10/2015.
  4. Scroll down to the InputDateTimeFormat key, and edit those date format values as well.
  5. If required, change the time formats to meet your operational requirements.

Change the currency formats for desktop client windows and CAP panels

Introduction

The currency formats in your WM1 environment for both desktop client windows and CAP panels are based on the Windows® region and language settings of the machine on which a user is logged in.  For desktop client users, this is the desktop from which they log in. For CAP panels, this is the WM1 application server to which the CAP user logs in.

You can change the currency formats by customizing the Windows region and language settings. The procedure may differ somewhat for server and desktop clients. On a desktop, from the Control Panel, open the Region and Language dialog box. On a server, from the control panel 

Procedure

  1. On the Windows server or desktop, from the Start menu, click Control Panel.
  2. Take one of these actions.
 If you are working on the… Then…
 Server,
  1. Click Clock, Region and Language.
  2. Click Change date, time, or number formats.
  3. On the Region dialog box, on the Format tab, click Additional Settings.
  4. On the Customize Format dialog box, click the Currency tab, and then make the changes required to meet your operational needs.
  5. Click Apply, and then click OK.
 Desktop click,
  1.  Click Region and Language.
  2. On the Region and Language dialog box, click Additional settings. 
  3. On the Customize Format  dialog box, click the Currency tab, and then make the changes required to meet your operational needs.
  4. Click Apply, and then click OK.
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