DataAnnotations to support multiple currencies

Question

User-1026607185 posted

Hi ,

I have defined my data under my view  model as follows , 

[DisplayName("Product Price"), DataType(DataType.Currency)]
public decimal ProductPrice { get; set; }

and it display like      <label for="YearlyCost">Product Price </label> : £700.52   

but I wasnted display the above data like   :  <label for="YearlyCost">Product Price </label> : $ 1200.45   when some one view the site in USA , or supporty multple currencies based on the countries you logged in , 

please let me the best approach to do this 

thanks 

Answer 1

User475983607 posted

Localization and Globalization is what handles the currency symbol in .NET. 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/localization?view=aspnetcore-2.1

It is up to you to write code that does the conversion between the currencies.

Answer 2

User-1026607185 posted

I managed to do with below code. 

<system.web>
  <globalization culture="auto"  uiCulture="auto"/>
</system.web>