Re: Currency Conversion
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numero = 53460
interpreted = N
texte = John Peacock wrote:> > If you are US based, please speak to an accountant before trying to do > this. [snip]Thanks for info. This company is in the U.K. but they may have rules of theirown.??> It is not as straightforward as you would hope, which is why a lot of > site's let the creditcard company deal with the actual conversion and > only deal in their local currency. If you are only looking for an > approximation to put on the page, you should probably not try and update > it constantly.Good Advice. The question I guess is, does my client want "informational"quotes or "transparent hard conversions". Before I ask him this,I've found many resources already by searching around but none that really seem toemphasize "conversion database lookup" or XML Currency Conversion resources etc..Anyone have anything on that?Donovan> > HTH> > John> -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design WWW Developer / Consultant <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> <-Graphic Design, and Pre-Press Consultation -> ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke DBA Eucalyptus Design N2862 Summerville Park Rd. Lodi, WI 53555 PH:> 1.608.592.3567 email:> dbrooke(AT)euca.us Web:> http://www.euca.us =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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John Peacock wrote:> > If you are US based, please speak to an accountant before trying to do > this. [snip]Thanks for info. This company is in the U.K. but they may have rules of theirown.??> It is not as straightforward as you would hope, which is why a lot of > site's let the creditcard company deal with the actual conversion and > only deal in their local currency. If you are only looking for an > approximation to put on the page, you should probably not try and update > it constantly.Good Advice. The question I guess is, does my client want "informational"quotes or "transparent hard conversions". Before I ask him this,I've found many resources already by searching around but none that really seem toemphasize "conversion database lookup" or XML Currency Conversion resources etc..Anyone have anything on that?Donovan> > HTH> > John> -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design WWW Developer / Consultant <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> <-Graphic Design, and Pre-Press Consultation -> ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke DBA Eucalyptus Design N2862 Summerville Park Rd. Lodi, WI 53555 PH:> 1.608.592.3567 email:> dbrooke(AT)euca.us Web:> http://www.euca.us =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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