Check printing and localisation (DE)

Herbert Thoma tma@iis.fhg.de
Thu, 31 May 2001 11:30:13 +0200


Klaus Ridder wrote:
> 
> I totally agree: checkes are nearly not used here, focus on online banking
> would be much more important.

I agree, too.

> However, as spelled numbers in Germany are quite a mess, as far as I know
> the following method is also accepted in germany ( I have seen this a couple
> of times):
> 
> "234 DM and 56 Pfennig"  as
> 
> Zwei-drei-vier DM --------------------
> (just the numbers two-three-four).

Yes, this method is valid for a german check (at least the
checks I did this way were accepted, but they were not
many).

> Probably implementing that would not be too difficult.
> for the english developers:

Missed the zero:

  0 = null

> 1 = eins
> 2 = zwei
> 3 = drei
> 4 = vier
> 5 = fuenf
> 6 = sechs
> 7 = sieben
> 8 = acht
> 9 = neun
> 10 = zehn
> 
> Regards,
> Klaus

 Herbert.
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