How do I change currency from the default US dollar sign?

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*Situation
Hello folks. Kindly assist me, I would like to know how to change currency from the default US dollar sign to say Kenyan Shillings (KES). Look at the screenshot at my pharmacy.

KES
KES865×563 30 KB

Thanks.

OpenEMR Version
I’m using OpenEMR version 5.0.0

Browser:
Google Chrome

Operating System
I’m using Windows 10

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Got to Administration → Locale.
Edit the field “Currency Designator”

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Thanks for your feedback @growlingflea I had tried that before, it changes nothing unless if there is something else I’m not doing right.

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Hi @Quantice ,

That localization setting doesn’t cover the entire codebase yet. You can also use the language translation module to get all the other currency signs converted. Go to Administration->Language->Edit Definitions:
Search for the $ constant, then place what you want instead and click ‘Load Definitions’ for English. Then you should be good.

-brady

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hi again @Quantice ,

Turns out the currency symbol in the prescription will not be translated either. So, I made a quick fix for it to use the Currency Designator setting that @growlingflea pointed out.

Here are the code changes (minimal, and you likely can make those edits by hand in your code), which I will bring into the development codebase very soon (so fix will be in OpenEMR version 5.0.2).
fix to use gbl currency symbol in rx when dispensing module on by bradymiller · Pull Request #1977 · openemr/openemr · GitHub

-brady

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@brady.miller thank you very much I appreciate