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**Setting up Countries

You can enter the names of the countries where you do business. States or provinces, taxes, and masks are all linked to countries.

To Set up Countries

1.
From the Enterprise window, select the Administration menu and then Application Settings. The Application Settings dialog appears.
2.
On the Countries tab, click New. The Country dialog appears.
 
3.
Enter the following settings:
Setting Name
Description
Name
The name of the country. You can enter up to 50 characters.
Currency
Select the currency that is used in this country.
4.
Click New to add states or provinces to the country. For details see **Setting up States and Provinces.
5.
Select the Formatting tab.
6.
Enter masks for the telephone numbers and postal codes in the country:
Setting Name
Description
Telephone
The format to use for telephone numbers in this country. The format is defined using a mask that can be up to 15 characters long. There are 8 formatting characters that you can use:
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0 – Digit, required
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9 – Digit or space, optional
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# – Digit or space, optional. If the position is left blank, it is displayed as a space
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L – Letter, required
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? – Letter, optional
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A – Alphanumeric, optional
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< – Converts all characters that follow to lower case
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> – Converts all characters that follow to upper case
For example, the mask for telephone numbers in Canada and the United States is typically (000) 000-0000.
Postal code
The format to use for zip codes or postal codes in this country. The format is defined using a mask that can be up to 10 characters long. There are 8 formatting characters that you can use:
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0 – Digit, required
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9 – Digit or space, optional
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# – Digit or space, optional. If the position is left blank, it is displayed as a space
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L – Letter, required
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? – Letter, optional
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A – Alphanumeric, optional
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< – Converts all characters that follow to lower case
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> – Converts all characters that follow to upper case
For example, the mask for zip codes in the United States is 00000, and the mask for postal codes in Canada is LOL 0L0.
7.
Select the Taxes tab. If necessary, enter the taxes over which this country has jurisdiction. For details see Setting up Taxes.
8.
When you are finished, click OK to close the Country dialog.
9.
Repeat steps 2 to 8 for every country where you do business.
10.
Click OK to close the Application Settings dialog.