# Cant write negative values to numeric text field

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-write-negative-values-to-numeric-text-field/22215>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79\
**Created:** [January 30, 2019, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-write-negative-values-to-numeric-text-field/22215 "2019-01-30T11:21:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kleppe85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c4cdca/32.png) [@Kleppe85](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kleppe85)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-write-negative-values-to-numeric-text-field/22215/1 "2019-01-30T11:21:21Z")

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Hi,

Have anybody had problems with writing negative values from specific operator stations?  
I can write negative values from one client, but on the others the value is written as positive instead.  
Guess it’s some kind of regional settings issue, but they are all the same… Currently running Ignition 7.9.10 on Windows 7 64 bit.

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**Author:** ![Kleppe85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c4cdca/32.png) [@Kleppe85](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kleppe85)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/cant-write-negative-values-to-numeric-text-field/22215/2 "2019-05-09T08:47:12Z")

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After some researching it seems like “Norwegian” isnt the best regional format to use in Windows.  
After changing this to English(US), negative values are no longer a problem.