Add a Country Screen

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Description

Description

Enter the name of the country. When users enter address information in the program, this name appears in the list of available entries for the Country field.

Abbreviation

Enter an abbreviation for the country. For example, enter USA for the United States of America or AUS for Australia.

ISO 3166 two-letter code

Enter the international, standardized two-letter code for the country as set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), such as GB for the United Kingdom or US for the United States of America.

Note: To successfully process credit card transactions with the Blackbaud Payment Service, the program requires the international, standardized two-letter code for the country to be those set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). For more information, see http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes.html.

Inactive

To not have the country appear in the Country field list available in address sections in the program, select this checkbox.

You cannot mark the default country inactive.

Address format

Select a default address format for this country. For information about how to add an address format for a country, see Add Address Formats for Countries.

Phone format

Select a default format for phone numbers associated with this country. The program uses this selection to automatically format phone numbers that users enter in the program. The phone format does not include country codes. For example, if you select “###-####”, when users enter a phone number as “5550199,” the program automatically formats this number as “555-0199.”

To display the phone number exactly as users enter it, select Unformatted.

Phone country code

Enter the international calling code required for phone numbers for the country when called from your default country. When users enter phone numbers for the country, the program automatically adds this code as a prefix to selected phone format.

Address input field labels

Define the address fields available to users throughout the program. For example, in the Postcode label field, enter Postcode for the United Kingdom or ZIP Code for the United States.

 

 

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