adding a new iso code for a currency

Submitted by larsrikart on Sat, 05/03/2011 - 17:43

Implementation discussion

When I try to add a new currency in lookups I only get to choose between 5 different ISO Codes(from existing currencies?) and I believe I shoiuld be able to add my own ISO Code.

How is that done?

Lars

Re: adding a new iso code for a currency

Submitted by tanderson on Sat, 05/03/2011 - 18:23.

You need to change the lookup.currency archetype.

At present, the only way to do this is by editing:

<OPENVPMS_HOME>/update/archetypes/org/openvpms/archetype/lookup/lookup.currency.adl

and changing the code node to add your new code:

        <node displayName="ISO code" name="code" path="/code"
              type="java.lang.String" minCardinality="1" maxLength="3">
            <assertion name="lookup.local">
                <propertyList name="entries">
                    <property name="AUD" value="AUD"/>
                    <property name="NZD" value="NZD"/>
                    <property name="USD" value="USD"/>
                    <property name="EUR" value="EUR"/>
                    <property name="CAD" value="CAD"/>
                    <property name="GBP" value="GBP"/>
                    <property name="GBP" value="GBP"/>
                    <property name="<NEW_CODE>" value="<NEW_CODE>"/>
                </propertyList>
                <errorMessage>Invalid ISO Code</errorMessage>
            </assertion>
        </node>

You can then reload the archetypes with the archload.bat/.sh script in <OPENVPMS_HOME>/bin

You'll need to restart the webapp for it to get the updated archetype.

Once loaded, you can create a new currency lookup with the appropriate ISO code in the Administration -> Lookups workspace.

What currency do you want added, so I can make sure it goes into the next release?

Re: adding a new iso code for a currency

Submitted by tony on Tue, 29/03/2011 - 11:57.

Hi Lars,

You can create the new ISO code as per the above information Tim provided but the easiest way to update the application is to import the new archetype in Administration->Archetypes. This will update the existing and not require a Tomcat restart.

Cheers

Tony

Re: adding a new iso code for a currency

Submitted by larsrikart on Mon, 23/04/2012 - 03:57.

Please add ISO Code DKK for Danish Krone

Re: adding a new iso code for a currency

Submitted by tanderson on Mon, 23/04/2012 - 08:31.

Done. The change will be available in the 1.6 release.

-Tim

Re: adding a new iso code for a currency - HKD & CNY

Submitted by tgething (not verified) on Fri, 07/09/2012 - 06:28.

I am doing an implementation for Hong Kong and need HKD and CNY (Chinese Yuan Renminbi).

I have added them using the above recipe, but would appreciate it if these are added to the 1.6 release if there is still time.

Note that I see no downside in loading the complete ISO 4217 list. One could argue that OpenVPMS is unlikely to be used in say Argentina (ARS) because of the language problem, but it could be used in any country where English is an operation language - like South Africa (ZAR).