>I am about to embark on an idea that has been bothering me for several
>years. I deal with international addresses in almost all of my applications
>and want to create an editing/entry system that looks localized based on
>the country norms.
>
>This is not a request for technical assistance, it is more of a request for
>creative input. I am wondering if anyone else would like to help me develop
>this "super class".
>
>I will upload my thoughts in the next day or two and hope some others want
>to help.
Probably you'd need a country code to be chosen first, then some code to
rearrange the order the zip code, city, street, number etc appear, and
change their taborders and input masks accordingly. The part for my
country should go like this:
thisform.lockscreen=.t.
do case
....
case countrycode="YU"
with thisform.zipcode
.inputmask="99999"
.tabindex=4
.top=thisform.vpositions(4)
endwith
with thisform.city
.inputmask=""
.tabindex=5
.top=thisform.vpositions(5)
endwith
with thisform.street
.inputmask=""
.tabindex=2
.top=thisform.vpositions(2)
endwith
with thisform.houseno
.inputmask=""
.tabindex=3
.top=thisform.vpositions(3)
endwith
....
endcase
thisform.lockscreen=.f.
thisform.refresh
This way the fields get rearranged according to the country preferences;
you can call this code from any suitable method in countrycode. Some
countries have zipcode + city, some city + zipcode; some have
number+street, some street+number, sometimes you should put city row
after street row, sometimes before. You should probably need to set up
some array of .left and .top coordinates (I've supposed you had
thisform.vpositions already arranged); you should arrange the labels too
as you move the textboxes. Finally, you don't have to keep all of this
info in code, you can put it into the country lookup table (provided you
issue some defaults) and have very little code to arrange elements as
you pick another country. Ah, another one - this code should fire only
if country changes.
