Internationalization of FP Application

[Bill Randall]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Walker" <ScottWalker at RAMSystemsCorp.com>
To: "'Filepro_List'" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 12:05 PM
Subject: Internationalization of FP Application


> I'm just starting to think about internationalization of my 
> application.
> Most of our customers/orders/ship to location stuff is in the US but
> occasionally we have to handle something outside US.  Typically 
> Canada,
> Mexico, Latin/South America, Carribean, but occasionally somewhere 
> else.
> Has anyone gone through this process and come up with a to-do list?
>
> So far I have thought of a few items that I would like to ask for
> comments on (and anything else you can share).
>
> Country Code:  Is there an official list of these (like the state 
> codes
> in US).  Where do I get it and or is it already a part of fp edits 
> (I
> don't think so).  Would this be well handled as an edit or are there 
> so
> many potential country codes that it would be better handled as a fp
> file that we lookup to?

I would use a filePro file.

>
>
> Phone#:  Can we use a phone edit for international numbers or do we 
> need
> a different or modified edit.  Or do we need a field with no edit at
> all?

We use
itphone:phone | {*}
with a length of 22
This accepts standard US phone numbers and also anything else that you 
put in the field.

>
>
> Zip Code: I know fp has US & Canada handled.  What are the 
> international
> condiderations?

We use the 2nd line address instead of the zip code field.
You can make a itzip:zip | (*) and use a more flexible length.
This accepts standard 5 and 9 digit US zipcodes and also anything else 
that you put in the field.

Bill