Export to Excel - currency problem

Post Author: bontempi
CA Forum: Exporting
I'm using Crystal Reports 8.5 with Visual Basic 6. If I export to Excel using either the built in button on the report viewer toolbar, or using the Export function then any £ symbols are changed to $ symbols. Regional settings are set to UK and this occurs on a variety of platforms (Windows 2000, Windows XP).Any ideas how to prevent the Export function from transposing the currency symbol in this way?

Post Author: synapsevampire
CA Forum: Exporting
You can use brute force.
Create a display formula of:
replace(totext({table.field}),"$","£")
Now use this formula instead of the database field for display purposes.
Fugly, but functional.
-kai

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