Internationalization Addresses Modification: Country/State Split & Expand Enhancement (Defect 283400)

In the 7.8.0 version of FACTS, the Country and State files were converted to metadata.  The SMCTRY country and SMSTCD state files were pre-populated with values via ISO Standards.  The field, “Country”, was added to programs and files for a code length of 4 and a name length of 35 and the “City” when not present was added to programs and files, with a length = 35. 

The address line fields were expanded to the following lengths and modified:

• Address line 1 = 35
• Address line 2 = 35
• Address line 3 = 40 
• City = 35
• State Code = 4, State Name length of 35
• (Zip Code is not changing place nor length)
• The Address 3 field was relabeled as “Final Address Line” and the status bar message now reads “Entry here replaces City/State/Zip Code as final address line”.
• Another address line, with a length of 35, was added after address line 2

Program Impact

The Country field entry was placed after the Name field but before the First Address Line field (to allow State look up/search to do so within the correct country) on all screens in which direct user entry of address information is available. All programs having “Final Address Line” entry now have a ‘Reset’ button to refresh the data displayed (from the city, state, zip code fields).

On screens that display the address, but do not display the entire address, hovering over any address line now displays a ‘pop up tip’ with the entire address. On screens in which the entire text of an address line is too long to display, clicking in the address line and using the arrow buttons on the keyboard allows you to ‘scroll’ and see the entire address line.

Current displays that show the ‘Final Address Line’ (address line 3) field as the concatenation of city, state, and zip code will still show that concatenation; however, it is possible to change the city, state, or zip code and not ‘reset’ the ‘final address line’ so that, in all places that display/print the ‘final address line’ there may be a discrepancy between the entered city, state, and zip code values and the values in the ‘final address line’.

On character user interface (CUI) screens with limited space, a new S-Show Addresses CUI link/short-cut displays a GUI window showing the header address(es). On CUI screens which allow user interaction with an address, when the user is on the ‘field’ that determines the address source and presses Enter, a GUI window now appears, allowing the user to make address changes/entry, as desired, and will show all the address entry lines available. If pressing F4 on a CUI screen would take the user to the last address line onscreen, pressing F4 now displays the GUI window.

Programs Affected

The Quick Vendor Add program was removed from the menu and the system.

Customer F/M

Ship to F/M

Vendor F/M

PO Ship From F/M

Temporary Ship To F/M

SO Invoice

SO Pick Ticket Print

Past Invoice Print

PO Print

Customer Label Print

Vendor Label Print

Customer Inquiry

Vendor Inquiry

SO Entry Programs

PO Entry Programs

AR Invoice Entry

These programs are specifically excluded from the Internationalization Address Enhancement:

Employee F/M in the Office Automation and Payroll modules

Company F/M

Bank F/M

Fax Directory F/M (Although some of the values default in from Customer and Vendor)

Warehouse F/M