In this next section, you need to tell CODE-1 Plus how to store the city name and state abbreviation. For your sample job, you want to store the city name and state abbreviation in separate fields, as they appear in the input file. CODE-1 Plus gives you the options of storing the standard 28-character form of the city name or the short (13-character) form of the city name. A short city name is the USPS-accepted abbreviation of a city. For example, the short city name for Macomb Township, MI is Macom Twp.
You only store want to the short form of a city name if the full city name exceeds the length of your city name field. In your sample file, your city name field is 20 characters long. Additionally, you want to tell CODE-1 Plus to store the return code for city/state storage in the next available position (position 255) of the return code area of your output file.
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Start at the City and State Storage screen (C1CPOD070).
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Tell CODE-1 Plus where you would like the city/state return code stored in your output file. Type 242 in the Location for City/State Return Code storage field.
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Tell CODE-1 Plus where to put the city name in your output file. Type 87 in the Location for City Nameposition field.
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Tell CODE-1 Plus the length of your city name information. Type 20 in the City Name Length field.
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Tell CODE-1 Plus the location for the state abbreviation in your output file. Type 108 in the State Abbreviation (USPS Standard) field.
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When you finish filling in the fields, page down. The City and State Storage Options screen (C1CPOD073) displays.
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Page down. The County and Congressional Storage Option screen (C1CPOD076) displays.
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Page down. The Address Match Information Storage screen (C1CPOD080) displays.