Well, the comma is appearing because of the locale settings, when you put your portal in French mode it uses French customs for monetary depiction (ie. using a comma decimal separator).  When it's in UK format, it uses a decimal and all is well.

I'd call this a defect and report it to the team (if they're not already aware), you won't be able to fix it without changing some source code.

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Allan Thompson
Email: allan.thompson@emerald-solutions.co.uk
Site: Emerald Solutions

eTailer - Easy eCommerce with AJAX and DNN

%2c = , (comma)

File: Store\Cart\Providers\GatewayProviders\PayPalProvider\PayPalPayment.ascx.cs
Lines: 166-168

payPalURL += "&amount=" + HTTPPOSTEncode(orderInfo.OrderTotal.ToString("0.00"));
payPalURL += "&shipping=" + HTTPPOSTEncode(orderInfo.ShippingCost.ToString("0.00"));
payPalURL += "&tax=" + HTTPPOSTEncode(orderInfo.Tax.ToString("0.00"));

I would try it without the encodng first. payPalURL += "&amount=" + orderInfo.OrderTotal.ToString("0.00");

They are all decimal data types but obviously machine regional settings are having an effect on the results. According to the PayPal ASP.NET example they use Single(vb) and float(c#), decimal is just a bigger number.

If you have the store source upzipped into your DNN website in \DesktopModules\Store, simply build the BuildSupport project and you should be able to try it immediately. (BuiildSupport puts the dll in the dnnroot\bin folder for you.)

Here's what happens with a C# console app...

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Globalization;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
static void dump(float x)
{
Console.WriteLine(x);
Console.WriteLine("{0}", x);
Console.WriteLine(x.ToString("0.00"));
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
float x = 1.23F;
dump(x);
// Set the culture to French (France)
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("fr-FR");
dump(x);
// wait for keypress
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}

Output:
1.23
1.23
1.23
1,23
1,23
1,23

Later today I'll try it in the sandbox to see if I can figure it out.

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Dwayne J. Baldwin

Hi djbaldwin,

I am confused  - excuse for asking such a simple question : I do not find the file File: Store\Cart\Providers\GatewayProviders\PayPalProvider\PayPalPayment.ascx.cs !

I downloaded the source version of store 1.0.1 - but no such file is in  there.

Any idea what I am missing?

Thank you for any help!

Regards,
Fabian

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