adding a new iso code for a currency

Submitted by larsrikart on Sat, 05/03/2011 - 16:43

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 - 17:23.

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 - 10:57.

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