User`s guide

PC*MILER-AS400 User’s Guide 27
4.3 Configuring the Use of Mexican Postal Codes
Version 28 of PC*MILER includes over 25,000 Mexican postal codes in the
database that provide comprehensive coverage of Mexico. Mexico and the
United States use the same five-digit numbering scheme for their postal codes.
The two countries share a large number of common codes and care must be
taken so that users do not accidentally match a Postal or ZIP code to the wrong
country. By default, all Mexican postal codes are ignored.
To turn on access to Mexican postal codes, click the File dropdown menu,
choose AS400 Control and then Default Zip Codes and highlight your choice.
Choose between:
Use default US Zip Code: This is the default setting. All Mexican postal
codes will be ignored.
Use default Mexican Zip Code: Turns on the use of Mexican postal codes.
If a user specifies only a five-digit Postal or ZIP code as a stop, the trip will be
routed to Mexico in cases where there are duplicate codes between the US
and Mexico.
Use default US and Mexican Zip Code: The default U.S. ZIP code or
Mexican postal code will be returned. If there are U.S. and Mexican codes
with the same number, the default U.S. ZIP code will be returned. If there is
only a Mexican postal code for that number, the default Mexican code will be
returned.
The default for this setting can be changed in the PCMSERVE.INI file (see
Appendix F). If they are not already there, these lines can be added to the
[OPTIONS] section. The possible setting combinations are:
 UseUSPostCodes=False and UseMexPostCodes=False – Defaults to
the U.S. ZIP with no routing to Mexican postal codes
 UseUSPostCodes=True and UseMexPostCodes=False – Same as
above
 UseUSPostCodes=True and UseMexPostCodes=True – Defaults to
the U.S. ZIP, must pass an Estados code to get Mexican location (e.g.
“50510,EM”)
 UseUSPostCodes=False and UseMexPostCodes=True – Only
Mexican postal codes are available, in the U.S. only city-state pairs will
get U.S. location (e.g. “Chico, CA”)