Again: Number Format, Decimals in calculated fields

My customer wants to know how he can have calculated fields in his reports.
I've found out that e.g. this works for the calculation:
<?format-number:((SALARY) div (../../DEPTSAL));'#,##0.00'?>
But there is no way that I can get a precision of two decimals. All given formats are ignored.
Maybe this is an issue with the european decimal sign , (Comma).
How is this to be fixed?
The use of the translate function was recommended somewhere. I have no idea how to bring it together with my calculation formula.
Thanks in advance,
Kai
Message was edited by:
kai

Hi kai,
First you need to remove comma from your amount field then you can get your result.
If you have any comma in your amount field then xml number format does not work.
Look this forum:
Re: How to indicate number percission in a template?
Thanks
Ravi
Message was edited by:
Ravi Tripathi

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