Currency exchange

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The following snippet is used to change an amount to another currency using a specific exchange rate type and a date.

public static Amount exchangeAmount(ExchangeRateTypeRecId _exchRateTypeRecId, Amount _fromAmount, CurrencyCode _fromCurrencyCode, CurrencyCode _toCurrencyCode, date _exchangeDate = systemDateGet())
{
    try
    {
        CurrencyExchangeHelper currencyExchangeHelper = CurrencyExchangeHelper::newExchangeDate(Ledger::current(), _exchangeDate);
        currencyExchangeHelper.parmExchangeRateTypeRecId(_exchRateTypeRecId);
        return currencyExchangeHelper.calculateCurrencyToCurrency(
            _fromCurrencyCode,
            _toCurrencyCode,
            _fromAmount,
            true
        );
    }
    catch
    {
        // An exception will be thrown if an exchange rate cannot be found.
        return 0;
    }
}