Address Block Definition Window

Use this window to specify properties for a new address block or to edit the properties of an existing one.

To access this window, select Address Blocks from the Table Design ribbon.

To display the properties of an existing address block, select it on the Address Blocks selector.

For more information on using and creating Address Blocks refer to Using Address Blocks.

 

Name and Postal Code Formats

Field

Description

Name

Enter the name you want to assign to the address block.

USA ZIP and ZIP+4

Select to enable the address block to handle postal codes of the US.

Canada

Select to enable the address block to handle postal codes of Canada.

Australia/New Zealand

Select to enable the address block to handle postal codes of the Australia and New Zealand.

UK

Select to enable the address block to handle postal codes of the United Kingdom.

Dublin, Ireland

Select to enable the address block to handle postal codes of Dublin, Ireland.

Continental Europe

Select to enable the address block to handle postal codes of continental Europe.

India

Select to enable the address block to handle postal codes of India.

Brazil

Select to enable the address block to handle postal codes of Brazil.

6-digit at end of line

Select to enable the address block to handle postal codes with 6 digits at the end of the line.

3-digit at end of line

Select to enable the address block to handle postal codes with 3 digits at the end of the line.

2-digit at end of line

Select to enable the address block to handle postal codes with 2 digits at the end of the line.

1-digit at end of line

Select to enable the address block to handle postal codes with 1 digit at the end of the line.

 

Input Fields

Field

Description

Available Fields

Lists the available input fields, which are determined by the fields available in the table.

Clear

Clears the Selected Fields list of all fields.

Add

Adds the field selected in the Available Fields list to the Selected Fields list.

Add Nearby Fields

Add fields adjacent to the selected input field to the Selected Fields list, if multiple character fields were necessary to extract the address information (using a single memo field capturing the entire address block text is the preferred method).

Remove

Removes the highlighted field from the Selected Fields list.

Selected Fields

Lists the available fields that will be used in the process of extracting the address information.

 

Output Fields

Field

Description

Address line 1

Outputs the first line of data extracted from the input information.

Address line 2

Outputs the second line of data extracted from the input information, provided it is not recognized as a City, Region or Postal Code.

Address line 3

Outputs the third line of data extracted from the input information, provided it is not recognized as a City, Region or Postal Code.

Address line 4

Outputs the fourth line of data extracted from the input information, provided it is not recognized as a City, Region or Postal Code.

Address line 5

Outputs the fifth line of data extracted from the input information, provided it is not recognized as a City, Region or Postal Code.

Address line 6

Outputs the sixth line of data extracted from the input information, provided it is not recognized as a City, Region or Postal Code.

City

Outputs the City name extracted from the input information.

Region

Outputs the Region name (State, County, etc) extracted from the input information.

Postal Code

Outputs the Postal Code extracted from the input information.

Country

Outputs the Country name extracted from the input information.

Error Code

Outputs the error code, if any are generated by the Address Block engine when parsing the input information. See Using Address Blocks for more information on Address Block error codes.

Prefix For Default Names

Enter a default field name prefix to be applied to all of the output fields. If you don’t change the field name prefix, the Address Block wizard automatically assigns the prefix to be the name of the Address Block. Field names are created by default, based upon their item name, e.g. The address line 1 of an Address Block called "Test" would be TestLine1.

Clear

Click to clear the field names displayed under the Output Field Name heading.

 

 

 

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