French format under Windows 7

[AlainCageda]

The control panel was OK, but I hadn't removed the signs "#" before LANGUAGE & LANG.

All set now. Thanks a lot for your help Frank.

Alain






>________________________________
> De : Frank H. Ellenberger <frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com>
>À : AlainCageda <alaincageda at yahoo.fr> 
>Cc : "gnucash-user at gnucash.org" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> 
>Envoyé le : Lundi 17 septembre 2012 14h11
>Objet : Re: French format under Windows 7
> 
>Am 17.09.2012 10:40, schrieb AlainCageda:
>:
>>> Tks Frank.
>>> I did what is recomended. I even restarted my machine: 
>>> LANGUAGE is now fr_FR, leaving LANG as was. But the format when I open GnuCash is still American (both language and date format).
>>>
>>>
>>> Alain
>
>1. Why do you not set the right localisation in the control center of
>your operating system? Then also the OS and many other programs would be
>in your language, with the right date and number formats, currency
>symbol ...
>
>Start->Control Panel->[Clock, Language and Region->]Change display
>language. There check also the other tabs, esp. location.
>
>2. your environment file should read:
># If you wish GnuCash to use a different language, uncomment the two
>parameters
># below and set LANG to your preferred locale
>LANG=fr_FR
>LANGUAGE={LANG}
>
>Did you remove the comment signs "#" before LANG* ?
>
>HTH
>Frank
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