Abstract of INFO-MAC archived encoded Mac binary file 'app/bus/euro-cruncher.hqx' Uploaded 12/20/2001 924576 bytes From: eurema Subject: eurocruncher v1 - batch conversion FRF-EUR inside text files EuroCruncher v1 by gege2000@libertysurf.fr Perform currency conversions between French Francs and Euros inside any text file. Use it to convert bank accounts from minitel or web, exported price lists, bills, web pages and any text file including amounts . It must be used by open a text file. The main window allowyou to choose how to treat numbers not followed by any currency symbol : FRF= French Francs; EUR= Euros. You could also choose the output format of the converted numbers: 1- FRF (EUR) output numbers in Francs followed by amount in Euros between parenthesis. 2- EUR (FRF) output numbers in Euros followed by amount in Francs between parenthesis. 1- EUR output numbers in Euros only. The following procedure is used to perform conversion: 1- only numbers having a two numbers decimal part are treated : x.xx. 2- commas for decimal part is replaced by a point : xx,xx => xx.xx 3- spaces are removed from numbers like x xxx xxx.xx 4- trailing plus or minus signs (xxxx.xx- or +) are placed before the number (- or + xxxx.xx) 5- every unit in the range : F, FR, f, fr is replaced with FRF 6- every unit in the range : €, euro, euros is replaced with EUR 7- €ht, €HT, €ttc, €TTC, Fht, FHT, fht, fHT, fTTC, FTTC, Fttc, fttc are treated similarly with an added space after EUR or FRF. 8- the unit choosen in first dialog is added to numbers without currency unit (ie: EUR or FRF). 9- formated and rounded output number is placed inside the document following the choice made in the second dialog. 10- The converted file is saved at the same folder level with the same name completed by the characters .cv€ An overall control of the converted file must be made to verify that the preceding rules have not been contradicted by an exotic number format not taken into account. The program has been developed with MacPerl 5 that is Perl 5, ported to the Mac by Matthias Neeracher and ported on powerPC with relBasic v3.5 If you have internet access, you can obtain the newest versions of Perl by anonymous ftp from one of the following address: sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch [195.176.255.9] software/platform/macos/perl