String (Currency) to Decimal Conversion

[Martyn Fewtrell]

Hi there

I'm sure there is a straight forward answer to this but I haven't quite got
there.

If I have a String in Sterling Currency Format and try to convert this to a
Decimal (for arithmetic purposes it works fine).

Sample code (VB.Net):

Dim UK As New CultureInfo("en-GB")
SA.Text = (S1.Text * S2.Text).ToString("c", UK)

Dim decSterling as Decimal = SA.Text

(where S1, S2 and SA are text boxes)

If I run the identical code for Dollars this fails with the exception can't
convert String "$...." to Decimal

Sample Code (VB.Net):

Dim US As New CultureInfo("en-US")

DA.Text = (D1.Text * D2.Text).ToString("c", US)

Dim decDollars as Decimal = DA.Text

(where D1, D2 and DA are text boxes)

Why can I convert a string to decimal when using £ (Sterling) but not $
(Dollars)

Thanks for your help

Martyn Fewtrell

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