FIX: VBS FormatCurrency() with Negative Value Asserts on Some Locales (272502)

SYMPTOMS

When Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) code calls the SetLocale function with the Dutch locale ID (1043), and the FormatCurrency function is defined to indicate negative values, it may cause an assert and return the wrong value.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date        Time        Version      Size      File name
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   8/28/2000   5:36:06PM   5.1.0.5628   438,330   vbscript.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2.

MORE INFORMATION

The following code segment demonstrates the problem:

      dim s
      SetLocale 1043
      s = formatCurrency("-11.25",,,-1)
      MsgBox(s)

The expected result is "(fl 1,125)". However, systems with this bug insert a trailing minus sign and may drop the closing parenthesis or add unnecessary characters.

REFERENCES

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes