Set decimal separator to dot in PHPExcel - phpexcel

I need to have a dot as decimal seperator for my currency values.
Unfortunately in my excel file, I keep getting a comma instead. I can't figure out how to fix this.
I have tried several ways to format the cells thanks to a couple of other similar posts on here, but the output is the same.
I am using this now:
$excel->getActiveSheet()->getStyle('F1:F'.$i)->getNumberFormat()->setFormatCode('0.00');
I had found a variable that returned the decimal character, but I can't find that anymore, sorry. I have been looking for so long, that I can't find that specific post anymore. It returned a dot. That is why it is so strange that I keep getting a comma in the generated excel file.
Also tried to force the locale to en_us. Even though it should already be that.
Does anyone have any idea what else I could be checking?

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Thanks for the reaction,
André
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