Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Deployment:
Startup Command and Parameter Reference

> ## European Numeric Format (-E)

> Use European Numeric Format (`-E`) parameter to tell Progress to display thousands separators as periods and decimal points as commas (for example: 1.234.567,89) when displaying or prompting for numeric values.

> Operating system and syntax | UNIX Windows | `-E`
> Use with | Maximum value | Minimum value | Single-user default | Multi-user default
> Client Session | – | – | AMERICAN | AMERICAN

> `AMERICAN` is the default value, in which periods are displayed as decimal points and commas as thousands separators (for example: 1,234,567.89).

> When you specify `EUROPEAN`, continue to use periods as decimal points and commas as thousands separators in your source files. Note there is no command line parameter to specify `AMERICAN`, or reset `EUROPEAN`.

> Numeric format specifications in the Data Dictionary and the decimal constants in procedures always must use the period to represent the decimal point.

> You can also use the to get or set the numeric format.

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