The
Country type is used to find out the characteristics of a country. The characteristics of this country can be:
Remark: For more details on the declaration of this type of variable and the use of WLanguage properties, see
Declaring a variable.
// Retrieve information about France
oFrance is Country = CountryGet("FR")
// Display caption
STC_Country = oFrance.Name
// Display phone number prefix
STC_Phone = oFrance.PhoneNumberPrefix
// Display flag
IMG_Flag = oFrance.Flag
// Display continent
STC_Continent = oFrance.Continent.Name
// Trinidad and Tobago in English and French
MyCountry is Country = CountryGet("TT")
// Display country in English
Trace(MyCountry.Name) // Trinidad and Tobago
// Display country in French
// Change framework language
NationFramework(nationFrench)
Trace(MyCountry.Name) // Trinite-et-Tobago
Remarks
Properties specific to the description of Country variables
The following properties can be used to handle a Country variable:
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| Property name | Type used | Effect |
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| Continent | Continent variable | Continent of the country. This property is read-only. |
| Flag | Image | Flag of the country This property is read-only. |
| ISOCode2 | Character string | Two-character ISO code (ISO 3166-1 standard). This property is read-only. |
| ISOCode3 | Character string | Three-character ISO code (ISO 3166-1 standard). This property is read-only. |
| ISOCodeNum | Character string | Numeric ISO code (ISO 3166-1 standard). This property is read-only. |
| Name | Character string | Country name (in the language of framework). This property is read-only. |
| Nation | Integer | - Integer corresponding to the constant of the country for Nation.
- 0 if the country does not have a corresponding constant for Nation.
This property is read-only. |
| PhoneNumberPrefix | Character string | Prefix of country phone number. This property is read-only. |
WLanguage functions that use Country variables
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| CountryList | Returns the list of all countries or countries of a given continent according to ISO 3166-1. |
| CountryGet | Returns the Country variable corresponding to an ISO code or to the country caption according to ISO 3166-1. |
Related Examples:
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Unit examples (WINDEV): Country and Continent functions
[ + ] This example shows how to use Country / Continent variables and functions.
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