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Sure € > $, but this has no sense at all
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Jun 15, 2008, 05:08 AM
 
something is really WRONG with my Dashboard widget…

     
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Jun 15, 2008, 05:10 AM
 
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Jun 15, 2008, 05:12 AM
 
I got US$1.539 = 1 Euro on mine, if that helps.....
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Jun 15, 2008, 05:34 AM
 
Originally Posted by Ω View Post
I got US$1.539 = 1 Euro on mine, if that helps.....
Thanks… cause it's still wrong after cmd-r… US$12 = 1 Euro
     
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Jun 15, 2008, 05:41 AM
 
Probably a loc error, notice the comma instead of the point.
Works fine in German, though.
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Jun 15, 2008, 06:54 AM
 
EUR 1 = USD 51029

Seems about right to me based on how far my dollars go in Prague these days.
     
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Jun 15, 2008, 08:40 AM
 
It is weird, on another Mac also running 10.5.3 it shows the currency all right… and so does another one running Tiger…
     
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Jun 15, 2008, 10:59 AM
 
Originally Posted by OreoCookie View Post
Probably a loc error, notice the comma instead of the point.
Works fine in German, though.
That still can't work, though. A euro isn't worth $51 any more than it's worth $51k.
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Jun 15, 2008, 12:33 PM
 
Usually when these things aren't properly localized, there is no telling what the result will be.
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Jun 15, 2008, 03:25 PM
 
but it used to work flawless, it wasn't until today it went nuts… without any reason.
     
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Jun 15, 2008, 04:00 PM
 
Yeah, there is definitely something screwy with the currency converter widget. I got 1 USD = 0.02 Euros.
     
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Jun 15, 2008, 04:02 PM
 
normal here.
     
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Jun 15, 2008, 06:08 PM
 
Mine is also normal. Here's an idea: swap the direction of the conversion and see if you get anything different. ANY difference is good, but getting it "right" would be an interesting step toward seeing what's causing your particular little bit of insanity.

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Jun 16, 2008, 01:35 AM
 
That worked Anyway, I can see what could be the issue here:

- left pop-up menu, $US is listed as the 16th currency ---> bad conversion ratio
- right pop-up menu, $US is listed as the first currency ---> conversion ratio is OK

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Jun 16, 2008, 03:14 AM
 
You could also try specifying in decimal : 1.00 instead 1, for example.

edit: oops... I see you did that already.
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