tefering to A4, does whole europe use A4?
and cananda or other from the commonwealth? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Wade VMS Systems" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 3:02 PM Subject: [USMA:17519] Re: Petrol/gasoline costs > > >Your euro symbols are coming through as generic currency symbols (circle > >with four points). (See your message, below.) > > > >This is somewhat strange, considering that you're using ISO-8859-1 encoding. > > > >Using the same encoding, I've had the euro come through successfully. Very > >strange. > > > >Euro: � > >Generic: � > >Dollar: $ > >Pound: > > He is using A4 which is the ISO-8859-15 standard, whereas yours is 80 which > is the Microsoft standard. A4 is the generic currency character in 8859-1. > > I recommend using EUR until this mess resolves itself. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Tom Wade, EuroKom | E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (all domain mailers). > Dale House | X400: g=tom;s=wade;o=eurokom;p=eurokom;a=eirmail400;c=ie > 30, Dale Road | Tel: +353 (1) 278-7878 > Stillorgan | Fax: +353 (1) 278-7879 > Co Dublin | Disclaimer: This is not a disclaimer > Ireland | Tip: "Friends don't let friends do Unix !" > >
