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    countries of the world

    From our web authorship we have a list in excell of all the countries of the world.

    What Id like to do is on a form have a drop down simple list showing the countries.

    Using the field rules I can of course set up a simple list but to type in all the countries would be ......

    An easy way anyone?

    thanks

    Ian

    #2
    RE: countries of the world

    create a table that has the data.
    then use a table lookup field rule.

    an easy way to create a table with the data is to use the 'new table by example' command (go to tables tab on the control panel and click the new button).

    if you have the list of countries on the clipboard, then just paste the data in here, and a5 will create a table with all of the data.

    assuming you have the data on the clipboard, it should take you all of 10 seconds.

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      #3
      RE: countries of the world

      Ian
      If you still need the country list of the world let me know I can mail it to you in an simple alphafive format.
      [email protected]
      Claudio

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        #4
        RE: countries of the world

        Hi

        Thanks but I have a country list that I use on web sites. I've managed to import it into a form and setup the choice field.

        Only thingI'm having trouble with is setting a default country

        any ideas

        Cheers

        Ian

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          #5
          RE: countries of the world

          Hi Ian,

          In the field that you are using for the countries, go to the field rules, data entry tab, simple default expression, "United States" (is what I have in mine for the default value)

          I have attached the table I created for countries in case you or anybody else would like it.

          Cheryl
          Cheryl
          #1 Designs By Pagecrazy
          http://pagecrazy.com/

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            #6
            RE: countries of the world

            cheryl

            would you mind if i used the data you posted to create a new a5 function called countries_list()?

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              #7
              RE: countries of the world

              Not at all Selwyn, help yourself. I am attaching my states table if you would like that one as well.
              Cheryl
              #1 Designs By Pagecrazy
              http://pagecrazy.com/

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                #8
                RE: countries of the world

                ok, great. thanks. i just added this for the next release:

                ?countriesOfWorld("code - name")
                = 001 - United States
                002 - Afghanistan
                003 - Albania

                ?countriesOfWorld("name")
                = United States
                Afghanistan


                ?countryLookup("angola")
                = "006"

                ?countryLookup("002")
                = "Afghanistan"

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                  #9
                  RE: countries of the world

                  Now you have to keep up with world events as countries are created and destroyed!
                  -Steve
                  sigpic

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                    #10
                    RE: countries of the world

                    Hi folks,

                    along similar lines, I created a couple of functions a while ago to strip prefixes and suffixes from names. Help yourselves if they're any use. Selwyn, feel free to include them in the app if you like them or want to modify them.

                    The functions output both the prefix/suffix as it should be as well as the version the function has trapped so you can peel away at both ends of your input text to get to the underlying name. The lists are not exhaustive. Perhaps some of our foreign friends can create lists for their respective countries? Ah the joy of collaboration!

                    Regards,
                    Trevor


                    Example:
                    dim a as c
                    dim b as c
                    a = "Rt Hon Selwyn Rabins MP"

                    findprefix(a,.t.) sets
                    actualPrefixC to " Rt. Hon."
                    unmodPrefixC to " Rt Hon"

                    findsuffix(a,.t.) sets
                    actualSuffixC to " M.P."
                    unmodSuffixC to " MP"

                    then use
                    b=substr(a,len(actualPrefixC),len(a)-len(actualPrefixC)-len(actualSuffixC))
                    ...to set b to "Selwyn Rabins"
                    END

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                      #11
                      RE: countries of the world

                      thanks very much

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                        #12
                        RE: countries of the world

                        What can I say

                        thanks a lot

                        Ian

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