>We currently have an application in development which calls mappoint 2001.
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>The problem we have is that we wish to do a call to find or findaddress using just a postcode (Zip Code). The system works great if we use full correct addresses but fails on just postcode.
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>Running mappoint interactively works with just postcode. Can anyone give any clues as to the call and parameters being used. or do i have to use a postcoding package to convert my postcode to a full address before calling mappoint.
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>Here is the code we are having to use............................
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>omapapp=createobject("mappoint.application")
>omap = omapapp.activemap
>oloc = omap.find("15 lady walk,gateford,worksop,nottinghamshire,s81 8ta")'
>oloc2 = omap.find("Edwinstowe House,High Street,Edwinstowe,Nottinghamshire,NG21 9PR")
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>*** Route
>myroute=omap.activeroute
>osloc=oloc
>odloc=oloc2
>myroute.waypoints.add(osloc)
>myroute.waypoints.add(odloc)
>myroute.calculate
>
>
>This is what we want to do.......................
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>omapapp=createobject("mappoint.application")
>omap = omapapp.activemap
>oloc = omap.find("s81 8ta")'
>oloc2 = omap.find("NG21 9PR")
>
>*** Route
>myroute=omap.activeroute
>osloc=oloc
>odloc=oloc2
>myroute.waypoints.add(osloc)
>myroute.waypoints.add(odloc)
>myroute.calculate
>
>
>Any help would be apreciated
>
>regards
>
Mark,

The problem is that the postal code isn't enough for the Find method to execute. The help states that if the address is ambiguous it won't work. While in MapPoint itself, entering a postal code will give you an area, it won't work when referencing MapPoint as a COM server. Sorry.