Keyboard UK and autoexec

[Maureen Charlton]

I am having the following problem:

I the following code:

 
          System.out.println("\nAccount details for:");
          System.out.println("********************");
          
          //use BigDecimal to deal with finances
          BigDecimal amount = new BigDecimal (getBalance( ) );
          System.out.println("BigDecimal Amount changed to a String for display:  "+amount.toString( ) );
          //setting the number of decimal places to two and specify that fractions half and greater will be rounded up
          amount = amount.setScale(2, BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_UP);
          System.out.println("Unformated BigDecimal rounded up to two decimal places: =  "+amount.toString( ) ); 
 
          //try formating pound sign using NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance
          BigDecimal price = new BigDecimal (getBalance( ) );
          String poundSign = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance( ).format(price);
          DecimalFormat twoPlaces = new DecimalFormat("0.00");
          System.out.println("Price with Pound Sign:  "+poundSign);
 
         //implementing local
          Locale l=new Locale("UK", "en");
          Locale.setDefault(l);
          NumberFormat q = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance ( );
          System.out.println("Using NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance:  "+q.format(amount) );     
 
          System.out.println(getAccName( ) + " : Account No:  "+ getAccNo( )+"\tBalance:  " +amount );

This displays the following output to screen:

Account details for:
********************
BigDecimal Amount changed to a String for display: 600
Unformated BigDecimal rounded up to two decimal places: = 600.00
Price with Pound Sign: � 600,00
Using NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance: � 600,00
Steven Peter Charlton : Account No: 8945 Balance: 600.00

You will notice the line:
Price with Pound Sign is not displaying �600.00 as expected
and the line:
Using NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance �600.00 as expected

in both lines the full stop is a comma the where I should have a pound sign � I get �.

The operating system I am using is Windows 2000.

I remember something about this from previous experiences (before Windows) ........ you would need to put a line in your autoexec.bat but I can't remember what it was i.e. was it device=c:\dos\ansi.sys? and also would I need to put something in my CONFIG.sys?

Thanking you in advance!

[Marilyn de Queiroz]

Windows 2000 does not use autoexec.bat and I think it does not use config.sys either although I may be wrong on the second part.

[Maureen Charlton]

Many thanks for your reply.

So how or where does Windows 2000 get the keyboard settings from?