Formatting Eval into a currency, forcing en-US

Question

I have this line of code:

<%# Eval( "Balance", "{0:C}" )%>

How do I always force that to display currency in en-US regardless of what locale they have setup?

Answer 1

Try this:

<%# String.Format( new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US"), "{0:C}", Eval("Balance") %>

You can also set the culture for the entire page or for the entire application as described here.