Postal address data and country

Fields for the postal address are related to the Country field. The Country field is an input help option which cannot be changed. Formats for postal addresses also cannot be changed.

The pattern for the structure and dependencies of other fields are explained in the following figure.

If you do not use customizations, fields are automatically completed and/or checked according to the following logic:

• The display of the postal address data is defined by the Country you have selected, for example, the sort order of the town/city and postal code.
• Town/City, District and Federal state/State/Region is determined by the entered Postal code and matched to the Country entry.

If you make customizations, the following logic is applied:

• If a ZIPXX.txt file is stored for a country, the program first searches in this file for the postal code. If no matching value is found, the program searches for a value in the ZIPCASXX default file included in the standard software.

Postal address: Postal code, Town/City, District and Federal state

With the ZIPXX.txt file, the Country/City, District and Federal state fields are automatically pre-filled if the matching entry has been entered in the Postal code field.

The XX letters in the file name represent the country code, for example, AT for Austria.

The assignment of the country is made referring to the two-digit ISO country code in the file name.

The file has the following structure:

Postal code;Town/City;District;Federal state

6352;Ellmau;;Tyrol

The values for town/city and district can contain several entries which are separated by a pipe (|).

Example

Postal code;Town/City;District;Federal state

7024;Hirm|Neuhof|Rudolfhof|Hirmerhof|Zillingtal;;Burgenland

Format of the form of address

CAS Software delivers a number of formats for postal address data. You can use, adjust and enhance it with additional formats.

To adjust a country format, copy both files and save the new files with the SDK abbreviation in the same folder, e.g. XXSDK.xml folder. Change then the files according to your requirements.

The formats for addresses define

• how fields for the postal address are displayed in the address data records of the Desktop Client,
• how, for example, the Name, First name, Title, Gender fields are displayed in the address data records of the Desktop Client,
• how an address is inserted via the Address rows 1-7 mail merge field in a letter.

The two XXSDK.xml and XXSDK.xsl files control these operations.

• The XML file contains the sort order of the input help fields.

The XSL file defines how fields are displayed. The XX letters in the file name represent the country code, for example, AT for Austria.

The assignment of the country is made referring to the two-digit ISO country code in the file name.

The file is stored in the ..\Server\AddressLabels folder

Important to know

For addresses with postal addresses in different countries, the display in the Desktop Client is made referring to the country in the currently displayed postal address.

XML and XSL files must still be valid after the adjustment.