Translation currency code

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Wed Dec 10 12:55:11 EST 2008


Hi,

"Mike Tieman" <mike.tieman at gmail.com> writes:

> Hello all!
>
>
> First of all, thank you for this wander full tool.
> I'm from Switzerland and I'm using the french translation of GnuCash 2.2.7
>
>>From the currency list, for Switzerland,  it give this abbreviation "Sfr."
> The mistake, is that symbol is pretty old and it is no more use on bills,
> reports or estimates!
>
> The official code is "CHF"  http://www.logisticsworld.com/currency.asp
>
>
> I try to find a way to modify it manually or make a custom currency,
> but could not be able to do it!
>
> Also, if there is a fast easy issue to change it,
> please let me know... If not, I will wait for a new official update of
> GnuCash.

I'm not sure what you're seeing, but I see:

( "Swiss Franc" "franc" "centime" "ISO4217" "CHF" "756" 100 100 )

This implies it's using CHF.  This is in both trunk and 2.2.

I cannot find the string "sfr" anywhere in the configuration, so
I have no idea where you're getting it from.

> Again, thank you and have a nice day!

-derek

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