Microsoft KB Archive/136931

Money: Currency Conversions Display Incorrectly

PSS ID Number: Q136931 Article last modified on 08-19-1998

WINDOWS:2.0,2.0a,3.0,3.0a,4.0,4.0a,5.0,98

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft Money 98 Microsoft Money version 5.0 for Windows 95 Microsoft Money versions 4.0 and 4.0a for Windows 95 == Microsoft Money version 2.x and 3.x == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you look at an exchange rate, the number displayed in the choice for Foreign Units For Each Local Unit or Local Units For Each Foreign Unit section is different than the rate that you entered.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the programs listed at the top of this article.

This problem has been corrected in Money 99.

= MORE INFORMATION =

This behavior occurs when you switch between exchange rates. For example, if you enter 1.5 in Foreign Units For Each Local Unit, switch to Local Units and then switch back to Foreign Units, the number is displayed as 1.499999. This problem is caused by how Money rounds numbers.

= Additional query words: w_money 97 6.0 Currency conversion Windows 95 legs =

Keywords : kbdta Version : WINDOWS:2.0,2.0a,3.0,3.0a,4.0,4.0a,5.0,98 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbfix ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.