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Table of Contents

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Getting Started

............................................................................................ 1

 

1.1 Requirements .......................................................................................................1

 

1.2 Installation............................................................................................................2

 

1.3 The DEMO.xls Sample Workbooks ....................................................................2

 

1.4 Technical Support ................................................................................................3

 

1.5 Printing the User’s Guide .....................................................................................3

 

1.6 PC*MILER|Spreadsheets Help Files ...................................................................3

 

1.7 Redistribution of PC*MILER|Spreadsheets ........................................................4

 

1.8 Licensing ..............................................................................................................4

 

1.9 Recent New and Enhanced Features ....................................................................4

 

Enabling and Disabling the Excel Add-In

................................................ 5

 

2.1 To Enable the Add-In Manually ..........................................................................5

 

2.2 To Enable Autoloading of PC*MILER|Spreadsheets ..........................................7

 

2.3 To Disable the Add-In Manually .........................................................................7

 

2.4 To Disable Autoloading of PC*MILER|Spreadsheets ........................................7

 

Using PC*MILER|Spreadsheets

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3.1 How to Format Cells and Enter a Formula ..........................................................8

 

3.2 Time-Saving Tips...............................................................................................10

 

3.3 Getting the miles between two points ................................................................11

 

3.4 Using Mexican Postal Codes .............................................................................14

 

3.5 Changing the “NL” Setting ................................................................................15

 

3.6 Entering SPLCs as Stops ...................................................................................16

 

3.7 Entering Latitude/Longitude Points as Stops .....................................................18

 

3.8 Worldwide Countries and European Postal Codes ............................................20

 

3.9 Changing the Region..........................................................................................20

 

3.10 Switching the Data Set .....................................................................................21

 

3.11 Entering Location Names That Contain Accents .............................................22

 

3.12 Vehicle Dimension Options .............................................................................23

 

3.13 Route Options and Default Settings .................................................................24

 

3.14 Getting State/Country Distances with Toll Costs ............................................25

 

3.15 Getting the Drive Time Between Two Points ..................................................26

 

3.16 Getting Toll Data .............................................................................................28

 

3.17 Calculating Air Distance ..................................................................................31

 

3.18 Ex Functions for Combination Route Types ...................................................31

 

3.19 Getting the City Name from a ZIP/Postal Code ..............................................33

 

3.20 Getting the ZIP/Postal Code from a City Name ..............................................34

 

3.21 Getting the Full ZIP/Postal Code and City Name ............................................35

 

3.22 Getting the City Name/State/County from a Location ....................................36

 

3.23 Getting Latitude/Longitude Points from a Location ........................................37

 

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3.24 Getting a Place Name from Lat/Long Points ...................................................38

 

3.25 Getting Latitude/Longitude Points from an Address .......................................39

 

3.26 Getting an Address from Latitude/Longitude Points .......................................39

 

3.27 Multi-Stop Routes ............................................................................................40

 

3.28 Hub Routes.......................................................................................................41

 

3.29 Getting Toll Data from Lat/Longs ...................................................................41

 

3.30 Using the Avoid/Favor/Override Roads Option ..............................................42

 

3.31 Using Hazardous Materials Compliant Routing ..............................................42

 

Trouble-shooting

....................................................................................... 43

 

4.2 Postal Codes with Leading Zeroes .....................................................................43

 

4.3 Converting Minutes to Hour:Minute Format .....................................................43

 

4.4 ‘The INI File Was Not Found’ Error .................................................................43

 

4.5 ‘Sub or Function Not Defined’ Error .................................................................43

 

4.6 ‘-1’ Error ............................................................................................................43

 

4.7 ‘Cannot Find VBAEN.OLB’ Error ....................................................................44

 

4.8 Problems Using Custom Routing from PC*MILER .........................................44

 

Appendix A: State/Province/Country Abbreviations

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Appendix B: The PCMSERVE.INI File

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1

Getting Started

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C*MILER|Spreadsheets is a high performance engine for generating point-topoint distances and drive times which can be easily integrated with Microsoft

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Excel

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. It allows spreadsheet users to easily access PC*MILER

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distance information from within their spreadsheet program.

With PC*MILER|Spreadsheets you can:

 Benefit from the flexibility of the application. This powerful product gives you the ability to customize PC*MILER for your own needs.

 Build a database and let spreadsheet functions summarize and analyze your data, including price quotes, cost analysis, driver pay, operations analysis, lane analysis, and bill auditing.

 Create new spreadsheet applications.

 Calculate distances instantly within your spreadsheet (no need to copy and paste).

 Optimize lane analyses and perform modal comparisons.

1.1 Requirements

PC*MILER|Spreadsheets requires a base installation of PC*MILER. For a complete list of PC*MILER platforms and requirements, see the PC*MILER

User’s Guide. (To access the User’s Guide, see Printing the User’s Guide below.)

Additionally, the Spreadsheets application requires:

 3 MB extra free space on your hard disk

 Microsoft Excel 97 or higher already installed and working

Optional:

 PC*MILER|Streets for street-level detail in the U.S. and Canada

 PC*MILER|Hazmat for hazardous material detail in the U.S. and

Canada

 PC*MILER|Tolls for toll cost calculations in the U.S. and Canada

 PC*MILER|Worldwide for routing in regions outside of North America

(Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Oceania, and South America)

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 Canadian Postal Codes for access to related data

 Standard Point Location Codes (SPLC) for access to related data

1.2 Installation

PC*MILER|Spreadsheets is a PC*MILER add-on product that can be installed when you install PC*MILER or at a later time. To install Spreadsheets along with PC*MILER, you simply make sure that “PC*MILER|Spreadsheets” is checked on the list of PC*MILER components when you are prompted during the installation process.

If you are adding Spreadsheets at a later time, see the printed Getting Started

Guide that came with your purchase of PC*MILER, or the PC*MILER User’s

Guide that was included with the PC*MILER installation. To access the User’s

Guide, see Printing the User’s Guide below.

1.3 The DEMO.xls Sample Workbooks

The PC*MILER|Spreadsheets installation contains sample workbooks of all

PC*MILER|Spreadsheets functions. They are a useful reference when you are learning how to use the application. These files are located in the Excel folder in the PCMILER28 folder of your PC*MILER installation. Use these workbooks as a starting point, and then further customize each workbook for your own needs.

Sample workbooks are available in the …\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\

EXCEL ... folder:

 DEMO_NA.xls – includes functions specific to general PC*MILER use

 DEMO_NA.xls – includes functions specific to PC*MILER|Tolls

(PC*MILER|Tolls must be installed)

 DEMO_WW.xls – includes functions specific to PC*MILER|Worldwide

(PC*MILER|Worldwide must be installed)

When you open one of these files, the first thing you’ll see is an introduction to

PC*MILER|Spreadsheets with instructions for setup. To go to the sample function applications, click on any other tab in the workbook. Instructions are under the spreadsheet in each tab. Any cell that displays “#NAME?” can be activated to reveal the formula in the cell, just double-click it and press <Enter>.

To copy a formula to other cells in the column, select the cell containing the formula and place the cursor over the lower right corner so that it turns into a +, then drag down. Each workbook also contains an Overview tab, listing the available function names and their definitions.

HINT:

Make a backup copy of each sample workbook before making any changes to preserve the file’s original contents, layout and formatting.

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1.4 Technical Support

ALK Technologies offers one year of free unlimited technical support to all registered users of PC*MILER. If you have any questions about

PC*MILER|Spreadsheets or problems with the software that cannot be resolved using this User’s Guide, contact our staff:

Phone: 1.800.377.6453, ext. 2 or 1.609.683.0220, ext 2

Fax: 609.252.8108

Email: [email protected]

Web Site:

www.pcmiler.com

Hours: 9:00am – 5:00pm EST, Mon-Fri

When calling, ask for “PC*MILER Technical Support”. Please be sure to have your PC*MILER|Spreadsheets Product Key Code, version number, Windows version number, and hardware configuration information (manufacturer, speed, and monitor type) available before your call. Please include this information in your message if you are contacting us by email.

1.5 Printing the User’s Guide

To print additional copies of the User’s Guide for any PC*MILER product, click the Windows Start button, then go to Programs > PCMILER 28 > PCMILER

28 and select one of the .pdf files from the sub-menu.

You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer to open the User’s

Guide. If you do not have this program installed already, a free copy can be downloaded from www.adobe.com

.

1.6 PC*MILER|Spreadsheets Help Files

Help files are available to assist you as you learn to use PC*MILER|Spreadsheets.

These files can be accessed when you select a PC*MILER|Spreadsheets function

– just click the “Help on this function” link in the lower left corner of the function window.

In the Help window that opens, the left pane will display a Contents tab that lists all available topics. Click any plus sign next to a main topic to see the related topics underneath. Double-click on any page to open it in the right pane of the help window. There is also an Index tab, and a Search tab that can be used to search all topics for a keyword.

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1.7 Redistribution of PC*MILER|Spreadsheets

Purchasing PC*MILER|Spreadsheets does not entitle you to redistribute any portions of this product. You may NOT redistribute ALK’s highway database, source code, interface definitions, or the PC*MILER|Spreadsheets Add-In or

DLL.

Your clients must purchase additional versions of the PC*MILER engine and database directly from ALK. ALK Technologies’ sales representatives can be reached at 1-800-377-MILE.

1.8 Licensing

Unless you buy additional licenses, only one copy of Excel at a time can attach to the highway database. You can connect more client applications by purchasing additional database licenses from ALK (multi-user licenses). If you plan to connect many users to a network version of the PC*MILER database, ALK has attractive pricing for LAN versions.

1.9 New in Version 28

 

New features and enhancements in Version 28 of PC*MILER|Spreadsheets include:

 The ability to use latitude/longitude points combined with street addresses.

See section 3.7. (PC*MILER|Streets must be purchased and installed to

use street addresses.)

 The PC*MILER|Spreadsheets application’s memory consumption has been reduced.

 The NEXUS toll discount program has been discontinued.

(PC*MILER|Tolls must be purchased and installed to calculate toll costs).

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2

Enabling and Disabling the Excel Add-In

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C*MILER|Spreadsheets is an Add-In for Excel Version 5.0 or greater. To complete the installation you must enable the Add-In manually from within Excel, or configure Excel to automatically load the Add-In each time you open the program.

2.1 To Enable the Add-In Manually

For Microsoft Office 2003 (or older):

1. Open Excel.

2. In the top tool bar menu, select Tools > Add-Ins… > Browse.

3. Navigate to the folder where PC*MILER is installed and go to the Excel

folder. The default location of the Excel folder is …\ALK Technologies\

PCMILER28\Excel.

4. In the …\Excel folder, click on the Pcmsrv32.xla file then click OK.

5. In the Add-Ins dialog box, "PC*MILER|Spreadsheets" will appear in the list of products with a check next to it. This confirms that the Add-In is activated.

6. Click OK to continue. The setup is now complete.

The PC*MILER|Spreadsheets functions are now ready to be used and will be available every time you start Excel.

For Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010:

1. Open Excel.

2. Click on the Microsoft symbol

in the upper left-hand corner of the screen (Excel 2007), or click on the File menu (Excel 2010).

3. In the list that opens, click on the Excel Options button at the bottom

(Excel 2007) or the Options menu option (Excel 2010).

4. In the dialog box that opens, in the left-hand column menu click on Add-

Ins.

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5. In the right-hand side of the dialog box, there's a drop down menu next to

Manage. Select Excel Add-Ins if it is not already selected, then click the

Go button to continue.

6. In the Add-Ins dialog box that opens, click Browse and navigate to the folder where PC*MILER is installed and go to the Excel folder (the default location is C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\Excel).

7. In the …\Excel folder, click on the Pcmsrv32.xla file, then click OK.

8. In the Add-Ins dialog box, "PC*MILER|Spreadsheets" will appear in the list of products with a check next to it. This confirms that the Add-In is activated.

9. Click OK to continue.

The remaining steps below are necessary only if you wish to turn off security warning messages for this spreadsheet.

10. Click on the Microsoft symbol in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.

11. In the list that opens, at the bottom click on the Excel Options button.

12. In the dialog box that opens, in the left-hand column menu listing click on Trust Center. Then click on the Trust Center Settings button on the right.

13. Click on Trusted Locations in the left-hand column menu.

14. Check if the location of the Excel folder from Step 6 is in the list of trusted locations; if not, click Add New Location… .

15. Click Browse… and navigate to the location of the Excel folder.

16. Select “Subfolders of this location are also trusted”, then click OK.

17. In the Trust Center, check “Allow Trusted Locations on my network”, then click OK. The setup is now complete.

The PC*MILER|Spreadsheets functions are now ready to be used and will be available every time you start Excel.

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2.2 To Enable Autoloading of PC*MILER|Spreadsheets

To have PC*MILER|Spreadsheets functions available without the manual Add-In process, copy the file pcmsrv32.xla from the Excel folder in your PC*MILER installation to the Excel startup folder on your computer. The startup folder is called XLSTART and is located in the folder where Microsoft

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Excel is installed.

For more information, see Excel Help under the search item “Startup folder”.

2.3 To Disable the Add-In Manually

1. Start Excel.

2. For Microsoft Office 2003:

Under the Tools menu, choose Add-Ins, then remove the check next to

“PC*MILER|Spreadsheets” and click OK.

For Microsoft Office 2007:

Click the Microsoft Office button , click Excel Options, and then click

Add-Ins. In the Manage pick list at the bottom of the window that opens, select Excel Add-Ins if it is not already selected. Then click “Go…” and remove the check next to “PC*MILER| Spreadsheets”, and click OK.

For Microsoft Office 2010:

Click File then Options to open the Excel Options dialog. On the left, click

Add-Ins. In the Manage pick list at the bottom of the window that opens, select Excel Add-Ins if it is not already selected. Then click “Go…” and remove the check next to “PC*MILER| Spreadsheets”, and click OK.

The PC*MILER|Spreadsheets functions are now removed. They will not be available the next time you start Excel.

2.4 To Disable Autoloading of PC*MILER|Spreadsheets

Remove the file pcmsrv32.xla from the Excel XLSTART folder.

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3

Using PC*MILER|Spreadsheets

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here are two ways to use PC*MILER|Spreadsheets formulas in Excel: either type them directly into a cell or use the Insert Function option. All formulas will accept strings for city name, and either strings or integers for ZIP codes.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Leading zeros are significant in numeric postal codes in many countries, for example in the USA, "504" is a 3-digit ZIP code centroid in central Wisconsin, whereas "00504" is a 5-digit ZIP code in Holtsville, New

York. For that reason, we recommend that you always enter or import

numeric postal codes as text strings (format cells as “Text” – see section 3.1 below). If you do enter or import a postal code as an integer, be aware that

Microsoft Excel will strip off leading zeros before that number gets to

PC*MILER, for example if you enter the formula =miles(00504,504),

PC*MILER will see that as =miles(504,504). In contrast, =miles("00504",504) will return the distance from the 5-digit ZIP code "00504" in Holtsville, New

York to the 3-digit ZIP code area "504" in southeast Wisconsin.

3.1 How to Format Cells and Enter a Formula

 All city/state entries in Excel MUST contain a comma between the city name and state/country abbreviation, and – if you are using PC*MILER|Streets – all street addresses MUST be separated from the preceding place name by a semicolon. Example: new york, ny;118 broadway.

NOTE:

For help with formatting street-level addresses in Spreadsheets, we provide a workbook with examples in the Excel folder of your PC*MILER installation folder (usually C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\EXCEL). Look in the “Other Formulas” tab of the DEMO_NA.xls file.

 Columns must be formatted correctly so they can be read. This is especially important when importing postal codes – if your columns are not properly formatted, the default spreadsheet format (“General”) will cause the first zero to be dropped from postal codes that begin with zero. Also, columns containing calculated distances should be formatted so the desired number of decimal places appears. To format columns:

1. Highlight a column you wish to format.

2. Right-click the column and select “Format Cells…”.

3. In the Number tab under Category, highlight “Number”, “Text”,

“Currency”, or “Special > Zip Code”, depending on the type of data

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the cells will contain.

NOTE:

All Number and Zip Code formatting accepts text too.

4. Set the options you want for each category; for example, the number of decimal places in the Number format. Click OK when done.

5. Repeat for all columns that you will be using.

 To add a PC*MILER|Spreadsheets formula to a cell using the Excel Insert

Function option:

1. Select a cell, then select the Insert > Function menu command (for

Microsoft Office 2007, Formulas tab > Insert Function) or click the

fx speed button above the column headers.

2.

IMPORTANT:

Select a formula from the User Defined function category. All PC*MILER|Spreadsheets functions available through the

Add-In are listed in this category.

3. Enter cell references or other data in the Function Arguments window, click OK when done.

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3.2 Time-Saving Tips

If you need to copy and paste columns with a large number of calculated values into another worksheet or Excel file, use the Paste Special functionality to avoid waiting for values to recalculate:

1. Select the columns you want to copy.

2. Right click on the selection and choose “Copy”.

3. Right click again and choose “Paste Special”.

4. In the Paste Special dialog, select Values and click OK.

5. Paste the selection into another worksheet or Excel file. The calculated values will be pasted without the underlying formulas.

DID YOU KNOW?

If you are new to Excel, you may not know that the contents of one or more cells can be copied into multiple cells with one click of the mouse.

Click here and drag

Formulas or values can be copied by selecting a cell or group of cells, then clicking on the square in the bottom right corner of your selection and dragging down or across the target column(s) or row(s).

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3.3 Getting the miles between two points

The prototype for the Miles function is:

=Miles (origin, destination [, routing type])

NOTE:

Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your

PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\EXCEL.

See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.

Miles returns the driving distance from the origin to the destination. The origin and destination may be designated as a city with a state abbreviation (e.g. Paris,

TX), a postal code, or a custom place created in PC*MILER. Any place name or postal code in the PC*MILER database may be used. Three-digit U.S. ZIP codes representing centralized areas are now acceptable. Canadian Postal Code and

SPLC add-on modules are also available – see section 3.6 on entering SPLC locations.

Locations can also be entered as latitude/longitude points (see section 3.7,

Entering Latitude/Longitude Points as Stops).

If you are using PC*MILER|Streets, a street address may be added, separated from the place name by a semicolon (e.g. “kingston, nj; 16 laurel avenue”) – see

NOTES below for PC*MILER|Streets users. Beginning in Version 28, latitude/longitude points can be combined with street addresses - see section 3.7.

Miles returns -1 if the origin, destination, or routing type is not valid.

Setting a routing type is optional. Available route types correspond to those in

PC*MILER (see the PC*MILER User’s Guide or Help for descriptions). The default value is Practical. Options are: Prac (Practical), Short (Shortest), Natl

(National Network), Toll (Toll Discouraged), 53Foot (53 Foot Trailer or Twins – see Note below), and Air (Air Distance). Route type entry is not case sensitive

(e.g. “TOLL” or “Toll” is valid).

NOTE:

The default routing type is determined by the setting in PC*MILER

(Route menu > Default Options > General tab) or in the PCMSERVE.INI file.

Combination routing types (for example, Shortest and 53 Foot, or shortest and

Toll Discouraged) can be accessed in Spreadsheets by 1) using “Ex” functions – see section 3.18, or 2) changing the default routing type in PC*MILER or in the

PCMSERVE.INI. See section 3.13, Route Options and Default Settings, for more on routing options and section 3.12, Vehicle Dimension Options.

The PC*MILER database contains several thousand cities and towns that share the same name. For instance, in Pennsylvania there are two towns named

“Hamlin”. If there are multiple instances of the city name you enter, the Miles function will match to the first instance of the city name it finds as it searches the

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database. For this reason, you may want to enter postal codes for the origin and destination rather than city names whenever possible.

To see the full PC*MILER spelling and the postal code for a place name, you can use the CityName or FullName function described in this manual.

Duplicate cities or towns that do not have a postal code assigned by the Postal

Service are differentiated by the names of the counties in which they are located.

The county name appears as part of the city name (e.g. Fairview, PA, Jefferson).

For more information about how PC*MILER handles duplicate or multiple city names, see the Duplicate City Names section in Chapter 3 of your PC*MILER

User’s Guide.

NOTE:

PC*MILER does NOT offer state centroid distances, you cannot get the distance from a central point in one state to a central point in another state. If states are referenced for the origin and destination in the Miles function and mileage is returned, it means that PC*MILER found locations in the database that had state names; for example, “Michigan, ND”. In general it is recommended to use the =CityName function if stop validation is needed.

NOTES for PC*MILER|Streets Users:

When stops are city names or postal codes, by default “Highway Only” routing is used. This routing uses an air distance from the midpoint of the highway segment that is nearest to the destination postal code or city/state. Routes to stops that include a street-level address are calculated to the highway-level road that is closest to the address.

If “-1” is returned, or the miles that are returned do not match those generated in

PC*MILER, try changing this option so that your route stays on local roads for as long as possible as it approaches a destination (PC*MILER will use local streets between the nearest highway segment and the stop).

To change the default for this option, in the PCMSERVE.INI file (see Appendix

B) set [Options] UseStreets=TRUE. Also see section 3.13 for more about defaults, including order of precedence.

To see an example of formatting street-level addresses into the format acceptable by PC*MILER|Spreadsheets, please see the Other Formulas tab of the

DEMO_NA.xls workbook.

MILES Function Examples:

Origin Destination Formula

H3B 1A2

Ankeny, IA;200 East 1 st

St.

Toronto, ON;797 Yonge St. =miles(A3,B3, “prac”)

Omaha, NE;1600 Douglas St. =miles(A4,B4, “short”)

Beverly Hills, CA Medford, OR;48 Myers Court =miles(A6,B6,”53Foot”)

Savannah, GA;25 Johnson Ct. 08528 =miles(A7,B7, “natl”)

38.962955N,79.058204W,WV 39.618763N,98.094130W,KS =miles(A8,B8, “natl”)

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El Paso, TX

H3B 1A2

Cancun, QR

Moncton, NB

Example of Practical miles using cell references:

=miles(A9,B9, “toll”)

=miles(A10,B10“air”)

Example of Shortest miles using cell references:

Example of Air miles using cell references and street addresses:

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Example of Practical miles with place names entered directly into the formula:

NOTE:

Notice in the above example that quotes are needed around the Canadian postal code “K7L 1B5” due to the space after “L”. Spaces must be entered where they exist in postal codes and quotes must be used when entering a formula manually.

3.4 Using Mexican Postal Codes

NOTE:

See section 3.13 on the order of precedence between settings in

PC*MILER, the PCMSERVE.INI file and options set directly in Spreadsheets.

Mexican Postal Codes are now accessible in the database. Since U.S. ZIP Codes and Mexican Postal Codes share a similar naming convention, to ensure that the entered ZIP/Postal Code matches the desired location, there are settings available for the PCMSERVE.INI (see Appendix B), and function prototypes in

PC*MILER|Connect. The PCMSERVE.INI settings are:

UseUSPostCodes=True/False

UseMexPostCodes=True/False

To add these setting options, do the following:

1. Open PCMSERVE.INI (this file can be found in your Windows or WINNT folder) using Notepad, Wordpad, or another text editor.

2. Find the [OPTIONS] section.

3. Under [OPTIONS] add the above lines (see below for setting combinations).

4. Save and exit PCMSERVE.INI.

The possible setting combinations are:

 UseUSPostCodes=False and UseMexPostCodes=False – Defaults to the U.S.

ZIP with no routing to Mexican postal codes

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 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”

3.5 Changing the “NL” Setting

To accommodate the use of the “NL” abbreviation to conform to ISO 2-Character abbreviation standards, PC*MILER|Spreadsheets users can now choose whether to set NL to geocode to Newfoundland and Labrador locations in Canada or to

Nuevo Leon locations in Mexico. In PC*MILER, this setting is defaulted to Use

NL for Newfoundland and Labrador. If NL for Newfoundland and Labrador is the active option and you try to enter a Nuevo Leon location as an origin or destination, you will receive a -1 error message as the formula result.

For Spreadsheets, this setting can be adjusted in the PCMSERVE.INI file as follows (this adjustment takes precedence over settings in PC*MILER, see section 3.13 on order of precedence):

1. Open PCMSERVE.INI (this file can be found in your Windows or WINNT folder) using Notepad, Wordpad, or another text editor.

2. Find the [OPTIONS] section.

3. Under [OPTIONS] add this line: UseNLAbbrevInMX=True

4. Save and exit PCMSERVE.INI.

To reset back to the default choice, change =True to =False or delete the whole line and save your changes.

NOTE:

If you are using PC*MILER|Connect, an API is available to make this setting change. The API takes precedence over the setting in the INI file, which takes precedence over PC*MILER interactive.

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3.6 Entering SPLCs as Stops

(North America only – SPLC data must be installed) To use SPLCs when entering origins/destinations, each number needs to be preceded by “SPLC”, e.g.

“SPLC191690000”. To add this text to a list of SPLC numbers, use the

CONCATENATE formula as described in the steps below:

1. To begin, all origin SPLC numbers should be listed in one column

(column A in this example).

2. Insert a new column to the left of column A.

3. In the new column, add “SPLC” to each row that has a SPLC in it. To do this quickly, type “SPLC” in cell A1, then click and drag the bottom right corner of the cell down the column (the cursor will become a plus sign).

Let go when all target cells are populated with “SPLC”.

4. Select a third column to the right (column C in this example) and make sure the cells are formatted as “General” or “Number”.

5. In cell C1, manually enter the following formula:

=CONCATENATE(A1,B1)

6. Copy the formula down the remainder of the column as in Step 3.

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7. With the third column selected, right click and select “Copy”.

8. With the column still highlighted, right click and select “Paste Special”.

9. In the dialog that opens, select Values and hit OK.

10. Delete the first two columns. Your SPLC list is now correctly formatted.

11. For the destination SPLC, follow steps 1-10 starting with column B instead of A.

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12. When you have origin and destination columns set up, enter one of the

PC*MILER calculation functions in the third column. Adjust the cell alignment and insert a header row if desired.

3.7 Entering Latitude/Longitude Points as Stops

PC*MILER|Spreadsheets enables you to enter latitude/longitude points as stops on a route. These points can be entered in degrees minutes seconds format or

decimal degrees (e.g. 0401750N,0742131W or 40.123N,100.333W).

Degrees-minutes-seconds format:

In degrees-minutes-seconds format the latitude and longitude are each 8 character strings in the following format:

Characters 1-3 specify the degrees (be sure to include leading zero if required)

Characters 4-5 specify the minutes

Characters 6-7 specify the seconds

Character 8 is either ‘N’, ‘n’, ‘W’, or ‘w’ with N’s for latitude and W’s for longitude

Latitude and longitude must be separated by a comma WITHOUT A SPACE. In general the format for a point is: dddmmssN,dddmmssW.

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Decimal degrees format:

In decimal degrees format, latitude and longitude are strings of up to 8 characters representing a decimal number with up to 3 decimal places. No leading zeros are required. The decimal point counts as one of the characters. Latitude and longitude must be separated by a comma WITHOUT A SPACE. In general the format for a point is: dddd.dddN,dddd.dddW.

Converting between formats:

To convert from degrees-minutes-seconds to decimal degrees use the following formula: dddmmssN

 ddd + mm/60 + ss/3600 .

Examples:

Here is an example of an actual lat/long near Kendall Park, NJ in both formats:

0402515N,0743340W or 40.421N,74.561W

NOTE:

To see an example of converting latitude/longitude coordinates from degrees minutes seconds to decimal degrees, please see the Other Formulas tab of the DEMO_NA.xls workbook.

Beginning in Version 28, you can also use latitude/longitude points combined with street addresses for more precise geocoding and directions. The lat/long is added before the address, followed by a semicolon. An example is:

40.211670N,74.703480W;1200 Kuser Road

This new functionality will geocode the lat/long to the nearest point on the particular street in the address, rather than to the nearest street in the direction of travel, as would be the case for a lat/long by itself. If the lat/long is more than .5 miles from the street in the address, an error message will be returned.

Here is a comparison of the results using the lat/long in the example cited above, with and without an address:

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3.8 Worldwide Countries and European Postal Codes

(For PC*MILER|Worldwide users) With PC*MILER|Worldwide data installed and the correct region specified (see section 3.13), you may specify a country outside North America using its FIPS two-letter abbreviation (for example, ‘Paris,

FR’) or a postal code (for example, ‘46001 sp’). For a list of state and country abbreviations by region, please see Appendix A.

To use another format for the country abbreviation (ISO2, ISO3, GENC2, or

GENC3) you will need to either change the format in PC*MILER or add a line to the PCMSERVE.INI file in the OPTIONS section (see Appendix B) as in the example below. An INI setting takes precedence over a setting in PC*MILER.

[OPTIONS]

CountryAbbrevType=ISO2

When you are using European postal codes as stops, you need to enter a

country abbreviation to avoid being routed to the wrong country in cases where the same postal code exists in more than one country. Enter the postal code, a comma or space, and the correct two-letter country abbreviation; e.g.

“46001 sp” or “46001,sp” for Valencia, Spain.

Canadian and Mexican locations are specified using a province or estado abbreviation after the city name. Canadian postal codes are available as an addon.

NOTE:

Postal codes are accessible in other regions, though not all states/countries within that region have data available in PC*MILER.

3.9 Changing the Region

(PC*MILER|Worldwide only) The prototype for the SetDefaultRegion function is:

=SetDefaultRegion(regionName)

NOTE:

Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your

PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\EXCEL.

See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.

To enter location data for regions outside North America, there are two ways to select a region. One way is to use the global SetDefaultRegion function in any cell of your worksheet. After a region is set using this function, all cells in the worksheet except those that already contain calculations will be affected. In other words, all cells that don’t contain PC*MILER function calculations already will only process locations that are within the indicated world region. This function

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takes precedence over the equivalent setting in the PCMSERVE.INI file (see below) and the PC*MILER graphical user interface. regionName

is a string and valid values are as follows: NA (North America – this is the default), SA (South America), Europe, Africa, Asia, ME (Middle East), or Oceania.

Alternatively, you can edit the PCMSERVE.INI file and change the region default from there. This setting takes precedence over the Route Options setting in

PC*MILER – the PC*MILER GUI region setting is active only in the absence of the SetDefaultRegion setting in Spreadsheets or the Region setting in the INI file.

Here are the steps to take to edit the PCMSERVE.INI file:

1. Find the PCMSERVE.INI file in your Windows or WINNT folder, and open it using Notepad or another text editor.

2. Find this line:

[Default]

Region=NA

(If it is only “Region=” with no value, the default value “NA” is active.)

3. Type another region after “=”. See choices for regionName above.

4. Save and close the file.

5. You must close and reopen Excel for the region change to take effect.

3.10 Switching the Data Set

The data set that PC*MILER|Spreadsheets uses to calculate routes can be changed using the PC*MILER graphical user interface. To do this, open PC*MILER then select the Map tab > Utilities group > Change Data Set > and choose a map data version from the menu. For PC*MILER (North America only), possible options in the drop-down include the base version dataset as well as any mid-year versions* that have been released since the base version, including

PC*MILER|Streets U.S. and Canadian street-level data if installed. If

PC*MILER|Energy has been purchased and installed, that dataset will also appear in the menu.

*

Only Annual Update Program (AUP) customers receive mid-year data releases.

For PC*MILER|Worldwide users, local street address data is available in the U.S. and Canada, and in many countries in worldwide regions outside North America.

Each module may be purchased separately or in combination with other data sets.

PC*MILER|Spreadsheets must be restarted to activate the new data set. The correct data set must be activated before you enter an address. Remember that the correct region must also be selected (see section 3.9 above).

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3.11 Entering Location Names That Contain Accents

Some PC*MILER location names include one or more accented letters. An example of two locations that have the same name but are differentiated by an accented letter is Felipe Angeles, CI in Mexico. The mileage difference shown below illustrates how important an accented letter can be in a location name:

1. To enter an accented letter, first type the location name in the cell and then, in the formula bar, select the letter that will be replaced (“A” in this example):

2. Now select the Excel Insert menu (not shown above) > Symbol (in Microsoft

Office 2007 or 2010, after clicking “Insert”, look for the Omega sign to the far right in the tool bar) to open the Symbol window:

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3. Select the letter that you want (in this example, “Á”) and click Insert. When you are finished, click Cancel to close the Symbol window.

NOTE:

To search for an accented letter in a different font, make a selection from the Font pick list at the top of the Symbol window.

3.12 Vehicle Dimension Options

Now accessible in PC*MILER|Spreadsheets are the same vehicle dimension route settings that PC*MILER Interactive and other Interface Modules have access to.

See the PC*MILER User’s Guide for more information on vehicle dimensions.

The functions =Miles, =MilesEX, =Tolls, =TollsEx, =DiscountedTolls, and

=DiscountedTollsEx have been updated to include the eight additional optional parameters that are listed below. If these fields are left blank, the default settings will be used.

English Inputs Metric Inputs

Parameters

Units

OverPerm

Default

Settings

Acceptable

0 (ENGLISH) 0/1

Values

1

Default

Settings

Acceptable

Values

0/1

0 (False - i.e. not oversized)

0/1 0 0/1

162 (inches) > 0 - 162

96 (inches) 96, 102

4.11 (meters)

2.44 (meters)

> 0 - 4.11

2.44, 2.59

Height

Width

Length

Weight

Axle

LCV

48 (feet)

80000 lbs.

5

0 (False)

> 0

2 - 14

0/1

14.63 (meters) > 0

1000 - 132000 36290 kg.

5

0

454 - 60000

2 - 14

0/1

The vehicle dimension options enable you to generate routes based on custom vehicle dimensions. Building on the foundation of PC*MILER’s previously existing routing database and routing options, users can now generate routing that conforms to the requirements of a vehicle’s height, length, width and weight.

If a vehicle weight and/or height is entered, PC*MILER route calculations will take into account restrictions on roads and bridges to ensure that the vehicle’s weight/height is below the restriction(s).

Vehicle weight, length and width information is checked against the threshold at which a truck becomes “oversized” and appropriate routing is generated.

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NOTE:

For PC*MILER|Worldwide users, you must first set the region. See section 3.9 for instructions.

Below is a sample function (=Miles) that includes vehicle dimension options:

3.13 Route Options and Default Settings

Default routing options that can be edited in the PCMSERVE.INI file include the

route type, the unit of distance used in calculations (miles vs. kilometers),

borders open/closed, the order of states/countries in the state/country summary report (alphabetical vs. travel order), and several others. See Appendix B for details about the PCMSERVE.INI. Keep reading below for additional important information on setting options.

IMPORTANT:

Excel must be closed and reopened for changes set in the INI file or PC*MILER to take effect.

Options may also be set in the Default Options dialog in PC*MILER. The order of precedence for route option settings is as follows:

1. Options that are set directly in Spreadsheets prevail over the default options set in PC*MILER and the INI file.

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2. Options set in PCMSERVE.INI prevail over those set in PC*MILER.

3. Options set in PC*MILER as defaults take effect only in the absence of settings 1 and 2.

3.14 Getting State/Country Distances with Toll Costs

The State/Country report lists toll, toll-free, ferry, and total distances by state/country. If the PC*MILER|Tolls add-on module is installed with

PC*MILER, the last column on the right in this report will also provide toll fees for each leg of a trip and the total toll amount for the whole trip.

The steps to access this report vary depending on the version of Excel you are using. With Excel open, follow the instructions below for your version:

Excel 2003:

Select an empty cell, then select PC*MILER State/Country Rpt… from the

Excel Insert menu.

Excel 2007 or 2010:

Go to the Excel Add-Ins tab and click on PC*MILER State/Country Rpt.

In the State/Country dialog box, enter a city name and state abbreviation or postal code for the origin and destination. Select a Routing type if desired (the default is Practical), then click OK. (For more on setting the route type, see section 3.3,

Getting the Miles Between Two Points.)

To have states or countries in the report listed in the order driven rather than alphabetically, change the default option in PC*MILER (Route menu > Default

Options > General Options tab).

You can also change the state/country order default using the PCMSERVE.INI file. See Appendix B for more information about the PCMSERVE.INI.

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Distances (and tolls, if the PC*MILER|Tolls add-on is installed) will be returned as in the example shown below (the generated report will use as many cells as needed in your spreadsheet).

3.15 Getting the Drive Time Between Two Points

The prototype for the DriveTime function is:

=DriveTime

(origin, destination [, routing type])

NOTE:

Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your

PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\EXCEL.

See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.

DriveTime returns the driving time (in minutes) from the origin to the destination calculated using the PC*MILER database. The origin and destination may be designated as a city/state abbreviation (e.g. Paris, TX), a five-digit postal code

(Canadian Postal Code and SPLC add-on modules are also available).

Any place name, postal code, or SPLC in the PC*MILER database may be used.

You may also enter a latitude/longitude, or a custom place name created in

PC*MILER. If you are using PC*MILER|Streets, a street address may be added, separated from the place name by a semicolon; for example, “kingston, nj; 16

laurel avenue”.

NOTE:

To see an example of formatting street-level addresses into the format acceptable by PC*MILER|Spreadsheets, please see the Other Formulas tab of the DEMO_NA.xls workbook.

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Any place name, postal code, or SPLC in the PC*MILER database may be used.

You may also enter a latitude/longitude, or a custom place name created in

PC*MILER. If you are using PC*MILER|Streets, a street address may be added, separated from the place name by a semicolon; for example, “kingston, nj; 16

laurel avenue”.

NOTE:

To see an example of formatting street-level addresses into the format acceptable by PC*MILER|Spreadsheets, please see the Other Formulas tab of the DEMO_NA.xls workbook.

DriveTime returns -1 if the origin, destination, or routing type is not valid.

Below is an example of the Shortest drive time using cell references. Time is in minutes, see “Hint” below for conversion.

The routing type is optional and corresponds to the five PC*MILER routing types

– see the PC*MILER User’s Guide or Help for descriptions of the different routing types – or an Air distance that is unique to PC*MILER|Spreadsheets.

Options are: Prac (Practical), Short (Shortest), Natl (National Network), Toll

(Toll Discouraged), 53Foot (53-Foot Trailer or Twins Routing), and Air (Air

Distance). The default value is Prac. If Air is specified, the drive time will be 0.

Route type input is not case sensitive (e.g. “SHORT” and “Short” are both valid).

Note that to display drive times as “days hours:minutes” in Excel, you must first convert minutes to days by dividing by 24*60 in the DriveTime formula. For example:

=DriveTime (A2,B2)/(24*60)

Then highlight the cells whose format you want to change, and select the

“Cells...” command in the Format menu.

In the Number tab, choose the “Custom” category then choose the applicable format or manually enter d <space> hh:mm and click OK.

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Example in days/hours/minutes:

Origin Destination Formula RESULT

(d hh:mm)

NOTE for PC*MILER|Streets Users:

When stops are city names or postal codes, by default “Highway Only” routing is used. This default can be changed in the PCMSERVE.INI file (see Appendix B). See the note for Streets users in section 3.3, Getting the Miles Between Two Points.

3.16 Getting Toll Data

(In North America Only) If the PC*MILER|Tolls add-on module is installed with

PC*MILER, Spreadsheets will include two functions that calculate accurate, upto-date toll charges in the U.S. and Canada. A sample spreadsheet using the Tolls functions is included in the EXCEL directory of the PC*MILER|Spreadsheets installation, the DEMO_NA_TOLL.xls file.

The Tolls function works in the same way as the Miles function, with an extra parameter to indicate if discounted tolls should be used. The prototype is:

=Tolls (origin,destination,discount [,routeType])

NOTE:

Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your

PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\EXCEL.

See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.

Tolls returns the total toll amount (in dollars) from the origin to the destination. If

discount is set to FALSE, all cash tolls will be used. If set to TRUE, discount programs that are activated in PC*MILER (Options dialog > Tolls tab) will be

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used where they apply in computing tolls. RouteType is an optional parameter that defaults to “Practical”. (See section 3.3 for routing type examples.)

The DiscountedTolls function returns the portion of the tolls for the trip attributable to the specified discount program. If discountProgram is set to

“Cash”, it returns the cash portion; if set to “EZPass” it returns the EZPass portion, etc. The prototype is:

=DiscountedTolls (origin,destination,discountProgram

[,state][,routeType])

Currently supported values for discountProgram are:

Discount Program Valid In Discount Program Valid In

407 ETR Transponder

ON Canada

A25 Transponder

QC Canada

A30 EXPRESS

Transponder

QC Canada

BreezeBy

C-Pass

OR

FL

GA

Cruise Card

Downbeach Express

Pass

NJ

GO-PASS

I-Pass

K-Tag

Laredo Trade Tag

LeeWay

MACPASS

NC Quick Pass

CO

IL

KS

TX

FL

NS Canada

NC

E-Pass

TX

NEXPRESS TOLL

MI

ON Canada

E-Pass Canada

NS Canada

Palmetto Pass

(PAL PASS)

SC

ExpressPass

EXpressToll

EZ Tag

EZPass

EZPass-NJ

EZPass-WV

FAST LANE

FasTrak

GeauxPass

Good To Go

NY, ON Canada

CO

TX

DE, IL, IN, ME, MD,

MA, NH, NJ, NY, NC,

OH, PA, RI, VA, WV

NJ

WV

MA and all E-ZPassequipped facilities

CA

LA

WA

PikePass

Quickpass

Smart Tag

StraitPASS

SunPass

TollTag

TReO

TxTag

Wabash Pass

GA

OK

BC Canada

VA

PEI Canada

FL

LA, TX

BC Canada

TX

IN

SPECIAL NOTE:

The “EZPass-WV” or “EZPass-NJ” options apply to those who purchased the EZPass service in West Virginia or New Jersey.

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The following discount programs have been discontinued in the database:

Discontinued

Program

State Versions

Available

Version

Discontinued

Reason

NEXUS NY,

Discontinued

ON

NH Tokens

21-26

Replaced by EZPass

17-25 Toll discontinued

17-23

Replaced by EZPass

NH 17, 18 19 Replaced by EZPass

21-23 Absorbed into SunPass

Ready Toll OH 17, 18 19 There is no discount associated with this program, it’s simply a “debit card” used to pay tolls

Replaced by EZPass

The discountProgram values must be spelled as shown in the Options window >

Tolls tab in the PC*MILER application. (Spaces and dashes must be entered exactly as they appear there, but case does not matter (e.g. “B-Pass” or “b-pass” are both acceptable). If a state is specified, only the tolls in that state are returned.

If the state is missing or an empty string, all states are included. In the example below, the toll costs in New Jersey using EZPass are calculated.

NOTE:

Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your

PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\EXCEL.

See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.

NOTE:

To get toll costs by state for a whole route, use the State/Country Report described in section 3.14.

NOTE:

There are no settings available in PC*MILER|Spreadsheets to calculate time-based toll costs. The reported toll costs are at the highest rate, or the peak rate for the route.

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3.17 Calculating Air Distance

PC*MILER|Spreadsheets is now able to calculate the straight line or “Air” distance between two points. “Air” is a sixth route type option for the Miles routing function, in addition to Short, Prac, Natl, Toll, and 53Foot.

For the Air distance, points are specified the same way as in other

PC*MILER|Spreadsheets distance calculations, as either city/state, five digit U.S.

ZIP [Canadian Postal Code and SPLC add-on modules are also available], or latitude/longitude. This is an example of Air distance using cell references:

3.18 Ex Functions for Combination Route Types

Four ‘Ex’ functions have been added to PC*MILER|Spreadsheets to make using combination route types easier (for example, Shortest with Toll-Discouraged routing).

=MilesEx(origin, destination [, routing type])

=DriveTimeEx(origin, destination [, routing type])

=TollsEx(origin,destination,discount [,routing Type])**

=DiscountedTollsEx(origin,destination,discountProgram

[,state][,routing Type])**

**

These functions are only available if the PC*MILER|Tolls add-on module is installed.

NOTE:

Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your

PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\EXCEL.

See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.

Previous to Version 20, to use combined route types in Spreadsheets the

CalcType setting had to be altered in the pcmserve.ini file (see Appendix B). This still works and is the only way to set the default route type across functions.

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



However, the Ex functions shown above now provide the ability to use any of the combination route type parameters listed below:

 prac|toll (Practical and Toll Discouraged)

prac|53foot (Practical and 53-Foot Trailer or Twins)

prac|natl (Practical and National Network)



prac|toll|53foot (Practical, Toll Discouraged, 53-Foot Trailer or Twins)





prac|toll|natl (Practical, Toll Discouraged, National Network)

short|toll (Shortest and Toll Discouraged)



short|53foot (Shortest and 53-Foot Trailer or Twins)





short|natl (Shortest and National Network)

short|toll|53foot (Shortest, Toll Discouraged, 53-Foot Trailer or Twins)



short|toll|natl (Shortest, Toll Discouraged, National Network)

The pipe symbol ( | ) is created by holding down the Shift key and the backslash key ( \ ) on your keyboard at the same time.

Examples:

Origin Destination Formula

08540 02205 =MilesEx(A2,B2,

08540 02205 =DriveTimeEx(A3,B3,“prac|toll”)/(24*60)

08540 02205 =TollsEx(A4,B4,TRUE,

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3.19 Getting the City Name from a ZIP/Postal Code

The prototype for the CityName function is:

=CityName

(ZIPCode)

NOTE:

Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your

PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\EXCEL.

See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.

CityName returns the city name and state or country abbreviation corresponding to the given postal code. (Canadian Postal Codes, SPLC, and 3-digit U.S. ZIP codes representing centralized areas are now valid with this function, as are international postal codes if you are a PC*MILER|Worldwide customer.)

CityName returns -1 if the postal code you entered is invalid.

CityName Function Examples:

Input

80903

Formula

=cityname(A2)

SPLC191690000 =cityname(A3)

H3B 1A2 =cityname(A4)

RESULT

Colorado Springs, CO

Newark Airport, NJ

Montreal, QC

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3.20 Getting the ZIP/Postal Code from a City Name

The prototype for the ZIPCode function is:

=ZIPCode

(City,State)

NOTE:

Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your

PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\EXCEL.

ZIPCode returns the postal code corresponding to a place name. The place name is a city with a state or country abbreviation (e.g. Austin, TX or Sion, FR). Any place in the PC*MILER database may be used, with the exception of Canadian place names. ZIPCode returns a -1 if the place name you entered is invalid.

The ZIPCode function can be used to test if a given number is a valid postal code.

For example, the following Excel command will return TRUE if cell B2 contains a valid postal code and FALSE if it does not:

=NOT (EXACT(-1,ZIPCode(B2)))

Neither postal codes outside of the U.S. nor SPLC’s can be derived from this function. However, Canadian and Worldwide codes can be found using the

Location Lookup dialog. The steps to access the Location Lookup vary depending on the version of Excel you are using:

Excel 2003:

In Excel 2003, select Insert menu > PC*MILER Location Lookup…, then enter a city/state (example: ‘Montreal, QC’ – see below) and click Lookup.

Make a selection from the pick list.

Excel 2007 or 2010:

Click the Add-Ins tab and select PC*MILER Location Lookup…, then enter a city/state (example: ‘Montreal, QC’ – see below) and click Lookup. Make a selection from the pick list.

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3.21 Getting the Full ZIP/Postal Code and City Name

The prototype for the FullName function is:

=FullName

(ZIPCodeOrCityState)

NOTE:

Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your

PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\EXCEL.

See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.

FullName returns the postal or SPLC code, city/state abbreviation, and county name corresponding to the given location. Any place name, postal code, or SPLC in the PC*MILER database may be used (Canadian Postal Codes included in

PC*MILER, and international postal codes are additionally available for

PC*MILER|Worldwide customers). FullName returns -1 if the PC*MILER place you entered is invalid.

HINT:

If a Canadian city, Canadian postal code, or SPLC is entered in the function, it will return the city/state without a code.

FullName Function Examples:

Location

52802

Hershey, PA

Formula

=fullname(A2)

=fullname(A3)

R3L 0B5 =fullname(A4)

SPLC301120002 =fullname(A5)

=fullname(A5) Paris, FR

RESULT

52802 Davenport, IA, Scott

17033 Hershey, PA, Dauphin

R3L 0B5 Winnipeg, MB

301120002 Canal, MI, Chippewa

Paris, FR, Paris

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3.22 Getting the City Name/State/County from a Location

The prototype for the CityNameWithCounty function is:

=CityNameWithCounty

(placeName)

NOTE:

Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your

PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\EXCEL.

See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.

The function CityNameWithCounty takes a PC*MILER location (city-state, postal code, six-digit Canadian Postal Code, PC*MILER|Worldwide international postal code, SPLC, PC*MILER custom name) and returns the city name with state and county. Any place name, postal code, or SPLC in the PC*MILER or database may be used. Returns -1 if the PC*MILER place you entered is invalid.

CityNameWithCounty Function Examples:

Location

Knoxville, IA

12345

Formula

=citynamewithcounty(A2)

=citynamewithcounty(A3)

RESULT

Knoxville, IA, Marion

General Electric, NY, Schenectady

SPLC401167000 =citynamewithcounty(A4) Barco, NC, Currituck

Omaha, NE;1600 Douglas St. =citynamewithcounty(A5) Omaha, NE, Douglas

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3.23 Getting Latitude/Longitude Points from a Location

The prototype for the CityToLatLong function is:

=CityToLatLong

(CityStateOrZipcode)

NOTE:

Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your

PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\EXCEL.

See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.

The function CityToLatLong takes a PC*MILER location (city-state, postal code, SPLC, truck stop, PC*MILER custom name) and returns the latitude/longitude of a point central to the location in degrees, minutes, seconds format (dddmmssN,dddmmssW). CityToLatLong returns -1 if the PC*MILER place name you entered is invalid.

CityToLatLong Function Examples:

Location Formula RESULT

Hershey, PA =citytolatlong(A3) 0401707N,0763859W

R3L 0B5 =citytolatlong(A4) 0495251N,0970830W

Ankeny, IA;200 East 1 st

St. =citytolatlong(A5) 0414400N,0933640W

IMPORTANT NOTE for PC*MILER|Worldwide Users:

The appropriate region must be set in PC*MILER to match the input locations. Also, when entering abbreviations for countries outside North America (for example, Paris,

FR), the format must match the setting in PC*MILER (Tools menu > Country

Abbreviations) – either FIPS 2-character, FIPS 3-character, or ISO 2-character.

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3.24 Getting a Place Name from Lat/Long Points

The prototype for the LatLongToCity function is:

=LatLongToCity

(LatLong)

NOTE:

Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your

PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\EXCEL.

See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.

The function LatLongToCity takes a latitude/longitude (degrees, minutes, seconds or decimal degrees format) and returns the miles from the PC*MILER place name at the closest end of the closest road segment. This may be either a city-state or a road intersection. This function connects latitude/longitudes to the highway network as if you were routing to or from the latitude/longitude.

LatLongToCity returns a -1 if the lat/long format is invalid or is more than 200 miles from a road in the PC*MILER highway network.

The CityToLatLong and LatLongToCity functions may be, but are not necessarily reversible, because not all PC*MILER place names are located at the end points of road segments.

LatLongToCity Function Examples:

Location Formula RESULT

0401707N,0763859W =latlongtocity (A2) 0.0 PA State Univ-Hershey Medical, PA, Dauphin

0495255N,0970818W =latlongtocity 0.1 E Winnipeg, MB

IMPORTANT NOTE for PC*MILER|Worldwide Users:

The lat/longs entered must match the region set in PC*MILER. In North America, city returns will include state, province, or estado but not country. In all other regions, the city and country will be returned, with the country abbreviation being a FIPS 2character, ISO 2-character, or FIPS 3-character, depending on the setting in

PC*MILER (Tools menu > Country Abbreviations).

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3.25 Getting Latitude/Longitude Points from an Address

=AddressToLatLong

(Address)

NOTE:

Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your

PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\EXCEL.

See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.

(In North America with PC*MILER|Streets only) This function takes a

PC*MILER|Streets address and returns the latitude/longitude in degrees, minutes, seconds format (dddmmssN,dddmmssW). AddressToLatLong returns -1 if the place name you entered is invalid. The function may be, but is not necessarily reversible. For a decimal format return, see Appendix B on the PCMSERVE.INI.

3.26 Getting an Address from Latitude/Longitude Points

=LatLongToAddress

(LatLong)

NOTE:

Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your

PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\EXCEL.

See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.

(In North America with PC*MILER|Streets only) This function takes a latitude/longitude (degrees, minutes, seconds or decimal degrees format) and returns the address. This function connects latitude/longitudes to the highway network as if you were routing to or from the latitude/longitude.

LatLongToAddress returns a -1 if the lat/long format is invalid or is more than

200 miles from a road in the PC*MILER|Streets highway network. The function may be, but is not necessarily reversible.

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3.27 Multi-Stop Routes

A good way to calculate a multi-stop route is to put all stops along the route, including the origin and destination, in the same column.

In the example below, the origin is in cell B3, the first stop is in B4, second stop in B5, etc. The Miles formula was entered in cell C4 to get the mileage from

08540 to Baltimore, MD; i.e. =Miles(B3,B4). This formula was then dragged from C4 down the length of the stop list to obtain leg mileages. (To replicate a formula down a column, click and hold the small square in the bottom right corner of the cell that contains the formula and drag down over the other cells in the column. See Excel Help for more about this and other Excel spreadsheet capabilities.) For more examples, see the “Demo*.xls” files in the Excel folder of your PC*MILER installation.

Total mileage was added at the bottom using the Excel function =SUM(C4:C9) to add up all miles in the “Mileage” column.

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3.28 Hub Routes

Using the same principle as for multi-stop routing above, Hub mileage (mileage from one “hub” location to multiple destinations) can be derived by entering the hub location at the top of a column and placing multiple destinations under it in the same column.

Simply set the origin in the =Miles formula in each cell to the stop at the top of the list; in the example below, to get miles from 08540 to Atlanta,GA, cell C6 contains the formula =Miles(B3,B6).

NOTE:

Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your

PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\EXCEL.

See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.

3.29 Getting Toll Data from Lat/Longs

If PC*MILER|Tolls was purchased and installed, toll data can be calculated in

PC*MILER|Spreadsheets using latitude/longitude points.

In the example below, the Discount parameter is set to TRUE so that discount programs that are activated in PC*MILER (Options dialog > Tolls tab) will be used where they apply in toll calculations. The RouteType optional parameter is missing and therefore defaults to Practical routing. See section 3.16 for more on the Tolls function.

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NOTE:

Sample workbooks using this function are in the Excel folder of your

PC*MILER installation, usually in C:\ALK Technologies\PCMILER28\EXCEL.

See section 1.3 for a description of the provided workbooks.

3.30 Using the Avoid/Favor/Override Roads Option

If the “Custom” option is turned on in the PCMSERVE.INI file (see below),

PC*MILER|Spreadsheets will use the avoid/favor/override road settings created in PC*MILER. Note that favoring a road does not absolutely guarantee that it will be used (see the PC*MILER User’s Guide or Help for a description of avoiding, favoring, and overriding roads).

This option can also be set by changing the CustomRoute setting to TRUE in the

PCMSERVE.INI

file located in your Windows or Windows NT folder. The default is FALSE. See Appendix B for more about the .INI file.

=CustomRoute=TRUE

3.31 Using Hazardous Materials Compliant Routing

(North America only) If the separate PC*MILER|HazMat add-on module has been purchased, PC*MILER|Spreadsheets can calculate routes that are hazardous material compliant for various types of hazardous material

.

See the PC*MILER

User’s Guide or Help for a description of the following available PC*MILER hazmat route types:

 In North America: None, General, Explosive, Inhalant, Radioactive,

Corrosive, or Flammable.

 In Europe and Oceania (PC*MILER|Worldwide must be installed): None,

General, Explosive, Flammable, HarmfultoWater

The hazardous material routing type can be set as the default in the PCMSERVE.INI file (HazRoute setting). See Appendix B for more about the .INI file.

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4

Trouble-shooting

4.1 Postal Codes with Leading Zeroes

If you enter a postal code with a leading zero (e.g. 08540) Excel may interpret it as a number and remove the leading zero. To correct this problem, either type an apostrophe in front of the postal code (e.g. ‘08540) or format the field as text

(“Text” category of the “Format Cells” command).

NOTE:

In North America, the database also includes 3-digit U.S. ZIP Codes.

4.2 Converting Minutes to Hour:Minute Format

The DriveTime function returns the drive time between two points in minutes, but sometimes it is convenient to see the time in hour:minute format. To display drive times as “days hours:minutes” in Excel, you must first convert minutes to days by dividing by 24*60. For example:

=DriveTime (A2,B2)/(24*60)

4.3 ‘The INI File Was Not Found’ Error

When loading the Add-In for the first time, this error may sometimes appear. Exit and re-enter Excel.

4.4 ‘Sub or Function Not Defined’ Error

When making calls to PC*MILER|Spreadsheets from a macro sheet, you may see this error message. To fix the problem, from the Tools menu select References and make sure that pcmsrv.xla is checked on.

4.5 ‘-1’ Error

This error occurs when the user enters a location (postal code or a city/state place name) that is not a valid PC*MILER location.

NOTE:

If you add or change custom locations in PC*MILER using “Import

Custom Places” or “Manage Custom Places,” Excel will not recognize those

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changes until you exit PC*MILER to save the changes on disk, as well as shut down Excel and restart it.

This error can also occur if the Add-In was not able to correctly load the

PC*MILER database.

4.6 ‘Cannot Find VBAEN.OLB’ Error

NOTE:

We do not support making modifications to this file. Please make a backup copy before making any changes

Excel will attempt to access this file when it tries to load the Add-In. First, make sure that the file vbaen.olb exists. It should be either in the Windows folder or the

SYSTEM

sub-folder inside the Windows folder. If the file does not exist, you must re-install Windows.

If the file exists, then the problem is in the Windows Registration File (reg.dat).

The location of vbaen.olb is saved in the reg.dat. Make sure the path to this file in the reg.dat points to the correct location. You can run REGEDIT /V to view/edit the reg.dat.

Look for the key "TypeLib". Look for the Win17 selection. Under this section should be a complete path to the vbaen.olb. Ensure the full path is correct.

4.7 Problems Using Custom Routing from PC*MILER

If you have problems using custom routing that you created in PC*MILER, set the value of the following item in the PCMSERVE.INI file to TRUE. The

PCMSERVE.INI file is located in your Windows or Winnt directory.

CustomRoute = TRUE

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A

Appendix A:

State/Province/Country Abbreviations

Jurisdictions in the United States, Canada, Mexico & Australia

States/Provinces in the United States & Canada

(For country abbreviations in North America, see “North America” in the Country Codes section of this appendix)

AL Alabama

AK

AB

Alaska

Alberta

AZ

AR

BC

CA

Arizona

Arkansas

British Columbia

California

CO Colorado

CT

DE

DC

FL

Connecticut

Delaware

Dist. of Columbia

GA

ID

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

IL

IN

IA

KS

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

KY Kentucky

LA Louisiana

ME Maine

MB

Manitoba

MD Maryland

MA Massachusetts

MI Michigan

MN Minnesota

MS Mississippi

MO

Missouri

MT Montana

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NE

NV

NB

NH

Nebraska

Nevada

New Brunswick

New Hampshire

NJ New Jersey

NM

New Mexico

NY New York

NL

NC

Newfoundland & Labrador

North Carolina

ND

NT

North Dakota

Northwest Territory

NS

Nova Scotia

NU*

Nunavut

OH Ohio

OK Oklahoma

ON

OR

PA

Ontario

Oregon

PE

QC

RI

SK

SC

SD

TN

TX

UT

Pennsylvania

Prince Edward Island

Quebec

Rhode Island

Saskatchewan

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

VT

VA

Vermont

Virginia

WA Washington

WV West Virginia

WI Wisconsin

WY Wyoming

YT Yukon Territory

* The same FIPS code, NU, is used for Nicaragua and the province of Nunavut, Canada in the

PC*MILER database.

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Mexican Estados

AG

BJ

BS

CP

Aguascalientes

Baja California

Baja California Sur

Campeche

Chiapas

Chihuahua

CH

CI

CU

CL

DF

DG

Coahuila de Zaragoza

Colima

Distrito Federal

Durango

GJ

GR

HG

JA

EM

MH

MR

NA

NX *

OA

PU

QA

QR

SL

SI

SO

TA

TM

TL

VZ

YC

Guanajuato

Guerrero

Hidalgo

Jalisco

Mexico (Estado)

Michoacan de Ocampo

Morelos

Nayarit

Nuevo Leon

Oaxaca

Puebla

Queretaro Arteaga

Quintana Roo

San Luis Potosi

Sinaloa

Sonora

Tabasco

Tamaulipas

Tlaxcala

Veracruz

Yucatan

ZT

Zacatecas

* Please note that by default, “NX” is used for Nuevo Leon because the province of

Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada already utilizes “NL” in the database. However, there is an option that sets “NL” as the abbreviation for Nuevo Leon: in the File application menu, select Application Settings… . In the NL Abbreviation drop-down, select Use for Nuevo Leon and click Save.

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Australian Jurisdictions

When using the Streets Oceania data set, use the state or territory abbreviations below instead of the “AS” country code to enter stops in Australia.

ACT

NSW

NT

QLD

SA

TAS

VIC

WA

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Country Codes For All Worldwide Regions

Africa

COUNTRY NAME 

Algeria 

FIPS  ISO2  ISO3  GENC2  GENC3 

AG  DZ  DZA  DZ  DZA 

Angola 

Benin 

Botswana 

Burkina Faso 

Burundi 

Cameroon 

Cape Verde 

Central African Republic 

AO  AO 

BN  BJ 

AGO  AO 

BEN  BJ 

BC  BW  BWA  BW 

UV  BF  BFA  BF 

BY  BI  BDI  BI 

CM  CM  CMR  CM 

CV 

CT 

CV 

CF 

CPV 

CAF 

CV 

CF 

Chad 

Comoros 

CD  TD  TCD  TD 

CN  KM  COM  KM 

Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa)  CG  CG 

Congo, Republic of the (Brazzaville)  CF  CD 

COD 

COG 

CD 

CG 

Djibouti 

Egypt 

Equatorial Guinea 

Eritrea 

DJ 

EG 

EK 

ER 

DJ 

EG 

GQ 

ER 

DJI 

EGY 

GNQ 

ERI 

DJ 

EG 

GQ 

ER 

Ethiopia 

Gabon 

Gambia 

Ghana 

Guinea 

Guinea‐Bissau 

Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) 

Kenya 

ET  ET 

GB  GA 

ETH  ET 

GAB  GA 

GA  GM  GMB  GM 

GH  GH  GHA  GH 

GV  GN  GIN  GN 

PU  GW  GNB  GW 

IV 

KE 

CI 

KE 

CIV 

KEN 

CI 

KE 

TCD 

COM 

COD 

COG 

DJI 

EGY 

GNQ 

ERI 

AGO 

BEN 

BWA 

BFA 

BDI 

CMR 

CPV 

CAF 

ETH 

GAB 

GMB 

GHA 

GIN 

GNB 

CIV 

KEN 

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COUNTRY NAME 

Lesotho 

Liberia 

Libya 

Madagascar 

Malawi 

Mali 

Mauritania 

Mauritius 

Mayotte 

Morocco 

Mozambique 

Namibia 

Niger 

Nigeria 

Reunion 

Rwanda 

Saint Helena 

Sao Tome and Principe 

Senegal 

Seychelles 

Sierra Leone 

Somalia 

South Africa 

South Sudan 

Sudan 

Swaziland 

Tanzania 

Togo 

Tunisia 

Uganda 

Western Sahara 

Zambia 

 

 

Zimbabwe 

 

Asia

Afghanistan 

Armenia 

Azerbaijan 

Bangladesh 

Bhutan 

Brunei  

Burma (Myanmar) 

FIPS  ISO2  ISO3  GENC2  GENC3 

LT  LS  LSO  LS  LSO 

LI 

LY 

LR 

LY 

LBR  LR 

LBY  LY 

MA  MG  MDG  MG 

MI  MW  MWI  MW 

ML  ML  MLI  ML 

MR  MR  MRT  MR 

MP  MU  MUS  MU 

MF  YT  MYT  YT 

MO  MA  MAR  MA 

MZ  MZ  MOZ  MZ 

WA  NA 

NG  NE 

NAM 

NER 

NA 

NE 

NI 

RE 

NG 

RE 

NGA  NG 

REU  RE 

RW  RW  RWA  RW 

SH  SH  SHN  SH 

TP 

SG 

SE 

SL 

SO 

SF 

SO 

ZA 

OD  SD 

SU  SD 

ST 

SN 

SC 

SL 

STP  ST 

SEN  SN 

SYC  SC 

SLE  SL 

SOM  SO 

ZAF  ZA 

SDW  SS 

SDN  SD 

WZ  SZ 

TZ  TZ 

TO  TG 

TS  TN 

SWZ  SZ 

TZA  TZ 

TGO  TG 

TUN  TN 

UG  UG 

WI  EH 

ZA 

ZI 

ZM 

ZW 

UGA 

ESH 

ZMB 

ZWE 

UG 

EH 

ZM 

ZW 

SWZ 

TZA 

TGO 

TUN 

UGA 

ESH 

ZMB 

ZWE 

STP 

SEN 

SYC 

SLE 

SOM 

ZAF 

SSD 

SDN 

MAR 

MOZ 

NAM 

NER 

NGA 

REU 

RWA 

SHN 

LBR 

LBY 

MDG 

MWI 

MLI 

MRT 

MUS 

MYT 

AF  AF  AFG  AF 

AM  AM  ARM  AM 

AJ  AZ  AZE  AZ 

BG  BD 

BT  BT 

BGD  BD 

BTN  BT 

BX  BN  BRN  BN 

BM  MM  MMR  MM 

AFG 

ARM 

AZE 

BGD 

BTN 

BRN 

MMR 

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COUNTRY NAME 

Cambodia 

China 

Georgia 

Hong Kong 

India 

Indonesia 

Japan 

Kazakhstan 

Korea, North 

Korea, South 

Kyrgyzstan 

Laos 

Macao 

Malaysia 

Maldives 

Mongolia 

Nepal 

Pakistan 

Papua New Guinea 

Philippines 

Singapore 

Sri Lanka 

Taiwan 

Tajikistan 

Thailand 

Timor‐Leste 

Turkmenistan 

Uzbekistan 

 

 

Vietnam 

 

Europe

Akrotiri 

Albania 

Andorra 

Austria 

Belarus 

Belgium 

Bosnia and Herzegovina 

Bulgaria 

Croatia 

Cyprus 

Czech Republic 

AX  ‐‐  ‐‐  QZ 

AL  AL  ALB  AL 

AN  AND  AND  AD 

AU  A 

BO  BY 

BE 

BK 

B 

AUT 

BLR 

AT 

BY 

BEL  BE 

BIH  BIH  BA 

BU  BG 

HR  HR 

CY 

EZ 

CY 

CZ 

BGR  BG 

HRV  HR 

CYP  CY 

CZE  CZ 

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FIPS  ISO2  ISO3  GENC2  GENC3 

CB  KH  KHM  KH  KHM 

CH  CN 

GG  GE 

HK  HK 

IN  IN 

ID 

JA 

ID 

JP 

KZ  KZ 

KN  KP 

CHN  CN 

GEO  GE 

HKG  HK 

IND  IN 

IDN  ID 

JPN  JP 

KAZ  KZ 

PRK  KP 

KS  KR  KOR  KR 

KG  KGZ  KGZ  KG 

LA  LA  LAO  LA 

MC  MO  MAC  MO 

MY  MY  MYS  MY 

MV  MV  MDV  MV 

MG  MN  MNG  MN 

NP  NP  NPL  NP 

PK 

PP 

RP 

SN 

PK 

PG 

PH 

SG 

PAK  PK 

PNG  PG 

PHL  PH 

SGP  SG 

CE  LK  LKA  LK 

TW  TW  TWN  TW 

TI 

TH 

TJ 

TH 

TJK 

THA 

TJ 

TH 

TT 

TX 

‐‐  TMP  TL 

TM  TKM  TM 

UZ  UZ 

VM  VN 

UZB 

VNM 

UZ 

VN 

PAK 

PNG 

PHL 

SGP 

LKA 

TWN 

TJK 

THA 

TMP 

TKM 

UZB 

VNM 

KOR 

KGZ 

LAO 

MAC 

MYS 

MDV 

MNG 

NPL 

CHN 

GEO 

HKG 

IND 

IDN 

JPN 

KAZ 

PRK 

XQZ 

ALB 

AND 

AUT 

BLR 

BEL 

BIH 

BGR 

HRV 

CYP 

CZE 

50

COUNTRY NAME 

Denmark 

Latvia 

Liechtenstein 

Lithuania 

Luxembourg 

Macedonia 

Malta 

Moldova 

Monaco 

Montenegro 

Netherlands 

Norway 

Poland 

Portugal 

Romania 

Russia 

San Marino 

Dhekelia 

Estonia 

Faroe Islands 

Finland 

France 

Germany 

Gibraltar 

Greece 

Guernsey 

Hungary 

Iceland 

Ireland 

Isle of Man 

Italy 

Jersey 

Kosovo 

Serbia 

Slovakia 

Slovenia 

Spain 

Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 

Sweden 

Switzerland 

Turkey 

Ukraine 

United Kingdom 

FIPS  ISO2  ISO3  GENC2  GENC3 

DA  DK  DNK  DK  DNK 

DX 

EN 

FO 

FI 

FR  FR 

GM  D 

GI  GI 

GR  GR 

‐‐  ‐‐  XD 

EST  EST  EE 

FO  FRO  FO 

FIN  FIN  FI 

FRA 

DEU 

GIB 

GRC 

FR 

DE 

GI 

GR 

IM 

IT 

JE 

KV 

GK  ‐‐ 

HU  H 

IC 

EI 

IS 

IE 

‐‐ 

I 

‐‐ 

‐‐ 

‐‐ 

ISL 

IRL 

GG 

HUN  HU 

IS 

IE 

IMN  IM 

ITA  IT 

‐‐  JE 

XKS  XK 

LG 

LS 

LH 

LU 

LV 

FL 

LT 

L 

LVA  LV 

LIE  LI 

LTU  LT 

LUX  LU 

MK  MK  MKD  MK 

MT  M  MLT  MT 

MD  MD  MDA  MD 

MN  MC  MCO  MC 

MJ  MNE  MNE  ME 

NL  NL  NLD  NL 

NO  N 

PL  PL 

NOR 

POL 

NO 

PL 

PO  P 

RO  RO 

PRT  PT 

ROU  RO 

RS  RUS  RUS  RU 

SM  RSM  SMR  SM 

RI 

LO 

SI 

SP 

SV  SJ 

SW  S 

SZ 

TU 

CH 

TR 

SRB  SRB  RS 

SK  SVK  SK 

SLO  SVN  SI 

E  ESP  ES 

UP  UA 

UK  GB 

SJM 

SWE 

CHE 

TUR 

UKR 

GBR 

XR 

SE 

CH 

TR 

UA 

GB 

MNE 

NLD 

NOR 

POL 

PRT 

ROU 

RUS 

SMR 

LVA 

LIE 

LTU 

LUX 

MKD 

MLT 

MDA 

MCO 

SRB 

SVK 

SVN 

ESP 

XSV 

SWE 

CHE 

TUR 

UKR 

GBR 

GGY 

HUN 

ISL 

IRL 

IMN 

ITA 

JEY 

XKS 

XXD 

EST 

FRO 

FIN 

FRA 

DEU 

GIB 

GRC 

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COUNTRY NAME 

Vatican City 

FIPS  ISO2  ISO3  GENC2  GENC3 

VT  V  VAT  VA  VAT 

Middle East

Bahrain 

Gaza Strip 

Iran 

Iraq 

Israel 

Jordan 

Kuwait 

Lebanon 

Oman 

Palestinian Territory 

Qatar 

Saudi Arabia 

Syria 

United Arab Emirates 

West Bank 

Yemen 

    

 

North America

Bermuda 

Canada 

Greenland 

Guantanamo Bay 

Mexico 

Puerto Rico* 

Saint Pierre and Miquelon 

United States 

Virgin Islands, U.S. 

BA 

GZ 

IR 

BH 

‐‐ 

IR 

BHR  BH 

XGZ  XG 

IRN  IR 

IZ 

IS 

IQ 

IL 

IRQ  IQ 

ISR  IL 

JO  JO  JOR  JO 

KU  KW  KWT  KW 

LE  LB  LBN  LB 

MU  OM  OMN  OM 

‐‐  PS 

QA  QA 

PSE 

QAT 

PS 

QA 

SA 

SY 

SA 

SY 

AE  AE 

WE  ‐‐ 

YM  YE 

SAU 

SYR 

ARE 

XWB 

YEM 

SA 

SY 

AE 

XW 

YE 

BD  BM  BMU  BM 

CA 

GL 

CA 

GL 

CAN 

GRL 

CA 

GL 

‐‐  ‐‐  ‐‐  A2 

MX  MX  MEX  MX 

PR*  PR 

SB  PM 

PRI 

SPM 

PR 

PM 

US  US 

VQ  VI 

USA  US 

VIR  VI 

 

 

* Note: “PR” for Puerto Rico is a USPS code, not a FIPS code. 

 

Oceania

American Samoa  AQ  AS  ASM  AS 

Australia* 

Cook Islands 

Fiji 

French Polynesia 

AS 

FJ 

FP 

AU 

CW  CK 

FJ 

PF 

French Southern and Antarctic Islands  FS 

Guam  GQ 

TF 

GU 

AUS  AU 

COK  CK 

FJI  FJ 

PYF  PJ 

ATF  TF 

GUM  GU 

BMU 

CAN 

GRL 

AX2 

MEX 

PRI 

SPM 

USA 

VIR 

ASM 

AUS 

COK 

FJI 

PYF 

ATF 

GUM 

LBN 

OMN 

PSE 

QAT 

SAU 

SYR 

ARE 

XWB 

YEM 

BHR 

XGZ 

IRN 

IRQ 

ISR 

JOR 

KWT 

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COUNTRY NAME 

Kiribati 

Marshall Islands 

Micronesia, Federated States of 

Midway Island 

Nauru 

New Caledonia 

New Zealand 

Niue 

Norfolk Island 

Northern Mariana Islands 

Palau 

Pitcairn Islands 

Samoa (Western Samoa) 

Solomon Islands 

Tokelau 

Tonga 

Tuvalu 

Vanuatu 

Wake Island 

Wallis and Futuna 

FIPS  ISO2  ISO3  GENC2  GENC3 

KR  KI  KIR  KI 

RM  MH  MHL  MH 

FM  FM  FSM  FM 

MQ  UM  ‐‐ 

NR  NR  NRU 

QM 

NR 

NC  NC 

NZ  NZ 

NE 

NF 

NU 

NF 

NCL 

NZL 

NIU 

NFK 

NC 

NZ 

NU 

NF 

BP 

TL 

TN 

TV 

CQ  MP  MNP  MP 

PS  PW  PLW  PW 

PC  PN  PCN  PN 

WS  WS  WSM  WS 

SB 

TK 

TO 

TV 

SLB 

TKL 

TON 

TUV 

SB 

TK 

TO 

TV 

NH  VU  VUT  VU 

WQ  WQ  XWK  QW 

WF  WF  WLF  WF 

KIR 

MNP 

PLW 

PCN 

WSM 

SLB 

TKL 

TON 

TUV 

MHL 

FSM 

XMW 

NRU 

NCL 

NZL 

NIU 

NFK 

VUT 

XWK 

WLF 

* When using the Streets Oceania data set, use state or territory abbreviations  instead of the country abbreviation for locations in Australia – see the Jurisdictions  section at the beginning of this appendix. 

    

 

South America

Anguilla 

Antigua and Barbuda 

Argentina 

Aruba 

Bahamas 

Barbados 

Belize 

Bolivia 

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba 

Brazil 

Caribbean Netherlands 

Cayman Islands 

Chile 

Colombia 

Costa Rica 

Cuba 

Curacao 

AV  AI 

AC  AG 

AIA  AI 

ATG  AG 

AR  AR  ARG  AR 

AA  AW  ABW  AW 

BF 

BB 

BS 

BB 

BH  BZ 

BL  BO 

BHS 

BRB 

BLZ 

BOL 

BS 

BB 

BZ 

BO 

‐‐ 

BR 

NT 

CJ 

CI  CL 

CO  CO 

CS  CR 

CU  CU 

UC  ‐‐ 

‐‐ 

BR 

AN 

KY 

‐‐ 

BRA 

BES 

CYM 

CHL 

COL 

CRI 

CUB 

‐‐ 

BQ 

BR 

BQ 

KY 

CL 

CO 

CR 

CU 

CUW 

BES 

BRA 

BES 

CYM 

CHL 

COL 

CRI 

CUB 

CUW 

AIA 

ATG 

ARG 

ABW 

BHS 

BRB 

BLZ 

BOL 

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COUNTRY NAME 

Dominica 

Dominican Republic 

Ecuador 

El Salvador 

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 

French Guiana 

Grenada 

Guadeloupe 

Guatemala 

Guyana 

Haiti 

Honduras 

Jamaica 

Martinique 

Montserrat 

Nicaragua* 

Panama 

Paraguay 

Peru 

Saint Barthalemy 

Saint Kitts and Nevis Islands 

Saint Lucia 

Saint Martin 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 

Sint Maarten 

Suriname 

Trinidad and Tobago 

Turks and Caicos Islands 

Uruguay 

Venezuela 

Virgin Islands, British 

FIPS  ISO2  ISO3  GENC2  GENC3 

DO  DM  DMA  DM 

NS 

TD 

TK 

UY 

VE 

VI 

PA 

PE 

TB 

SC 

ST  LC 

RN  ‐‐ 

VC  VC 

NN  ‐‐ 

PY 

PE 

‐‐ 

KN 

SR 

TT 

TC 

UY 

VE 

VG 

DR  DO 

EC  EC 

ES 

FK 

SV 

FK 

FG 

GJ 

GF 

GD 

GP  GP 

GT  GT 

DOM  DO 

ECU  EC 

SLV  SV 

FLK  FK 

GUF  GF 

GRD  GD 

GLP  GP 

GTM  GT 

GY  GY 

HA  HT 

HO  HN 

JM  JM 

GUY  GY 

HTI  HT 

HND  HN 

JAM  JM 

MB  MQ  MTQ  MQ 

MH  MS  MSR  MS 

NU*  NI 

PM  PA 

NIC 

PAN 

NI 

PA 

PRY  PY 

PER  PE 

BLM  BL 

KNA  KN 

LCA  LC 

MAF  MF 

VCT  VC 

SXM  SX 

SUR  SR 

TTO  TT 

TCA  TC 

URY  UY 

VEN  VE 

VGB  VG 

DMA 

SUR 

TTO 

TCA 

URY 

VEN 

VGB 

PRY 

PER 

BLM 

KNA 

LCA 

MAF 

VCT 

SXM 

GUY 

HTI 

HND 

JAM 

MTQ 

MSR 

NIC 

PAN 

DOM 

ECU 

SLV 

FLK 

GUF 

GRD 

GLP 

GTM 

 * The same FIPS code, NU, is used for Nicaragua and the province of Nunavut, Canada in the PC*MILER  database. 

Official Sources

FIPS Country Codes: http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp

and http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/4250.htm

ISO2 Country Codes: http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166_code_lists/english_country_names_and_code_elements.htm

and http://www.iso.org/iso/english_country_names_and_code_elements#s

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ISO 3 Country Codes: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49alpha.htm

GENC2 and GENC3 Country Codes (Geopolitical Entities, Names and Codes):

Issued by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency https://www1.nga.mil/Pages/default.aspx

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B

Appendix B:

The PCMSERVE.INI File

You can modify the PCMSERVE.INI file to set default trip options so that these options are active each time you use PC*MILER|Spreadsheets. The INI file is in your Windows or Windows NT folder, and can be opened using Notepad,

Wordpad, or another text editor.

Note that trip options can also be set using the PC*MILER|Spreadsheets Excel functions or in the PC*MILER graphical user interface. See section 3.13, Route

Options and Default Settings, for the order of precedence between route options set in the PC*MILER graphical user interface, those set using Spreadsheets functions, and those set using the PCMSERVE.INI.

Settings in the INI that can be added or edited are listed below. If you open the

INI file, you won’t see all of these settings in it. If any key doesn’t have a value or is not found in the INI file, it assumes the default value or the value set in

PC*MILER interactive.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Excel must be closed and reopened for INI file setting changes to take effect.

KEY

[Engine]

Valid Values Description

ShowEngine= 0

1

[Logging]

Should Connect automatically start the engine (1) or not (0).

Default = 0

Enable= 0

1

Should log files be generated (1) or not (0).

Default = 0

File= Path/file name of log file.

Append= 0

1

Append to old file (1) or write over (0). Default = 0

DisplayTi me=

0

1

When DisplayTime = 1, date/time are shown on each line in the log file.

Default = 0

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[Defaults]

CalcType= Practical

Shortest

National

AvoidToll

Air

FiftyThree

Units= Miles

Kilometers

ChangeDest= TRUE

FALSE

Borders= TRUE

FALSE

HubMode= TRUE

FALSE

AlphaOrder= TRUE

FALSE

FerryMiles= TRUE

FALSE

Set the default routing type: most

Practical, Shortest by distance, favor National Network highways, avoid tolls, Air

(straight line), or 53' Trailer.

Default = Practical

Note: Toll-Discouraged,

National, and 53' routing are all based on Practical miles.

Note Also: When 53' Trailer routing is selected, the National

Network is automatically included – but not necessarily vice versa.

What unit of measure should distance be shown in.

Default = Miles

When optimizing the route, should the trip’s destination be optimized also (T).

Default = False

Should the engine try to keep routes within the United States

(F), or can they cross and recross the borders at will (T).

Default = True

Calculate the routes from the origin to each stop (T), not through each stop (F).

Default = False

List the states in the State Report in alphabetical order (T) or in the order driven (F).

Default = True

Use ferry distances in mileage and cost calculations (T), or don’t use (F).

Default = True

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LightVehicle= TRUE

FALSE

Should the DLL use Light Vehicle routing (available if Streets data is

installed with PC*MILER – see the

PC*MILER User’s Guide for more

on routing types).

MAPPING TRUE (AS/400 parameter)

FALSE

Default = False

Default = False

[Options]

CustomRoute= TRUE

HazRoute=

(only with the

PC*MILER|Hazmat add-on)

PartialCityMatch= TRUE

HistoricalRoadSpe eds=

FALSE

FALSE

None

General

Explosive

Inhalant

Radioactive

Corrosive

Flammable

HarmfultoWater

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

TranslateAlias= TRUE

FALSE

Default = False

Should PC*MILER|Connect use

Custom routing.

Default = False

Hazardous material routing types for North America are: none

(hazmat routing disabled), general, explosive, inhalant, radioactive, corrosive, or flammable. For Europe or

Oceania, hazmat route types are: none, general, explosive, flammable, or harmful to water.

Default (all regions) = None

Enables the return of a city match on a partial match of 28 characters.

Default = False

Toggles activation of traffic data for use in time-based routing.

Equivalent to the “Traffic

Enabled” option in PC*MILER.

Default = False

This setting pertains to geocoding in PC*MILER|FuelTax. It changes “*” and “()” in a custom place name to a “Zip-City-State;

Address” format.

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UseUSPost

Codes=

UseMexPos tCodes=

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

UseStreets=

(only if Streets data is installed

with PC*MILER)

TRUE

FALSE

UseNLAbbrevInMX TRUE

FALSE

LatLonFormatDecim al=

TRUE

FALSE

CountryAbbrevType

=

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FIPS

ISO2

ISO3

GENC2

GENC3

When set to TRUE, if a 5-digit postal code might be a U.S. or a

Mexican code, the U.S. code will be used.

Default = True (see note below)

When set to TRUE, if a 5-digit postal code might be a U.S. or a

Mexican code, the Mexican code will be used.

Default = False

NOTE:

If UseUSPostCodes and UseMexPostCodes are both FALSE, or are not in the INI, the default U.S. code will be used.

Should street-level (T) or highway-only (F) routing be used when stops are city names or postal codes.

Default = False

When set to TRUE, the “NL” abbreviation geocodes to Nuevo

Leon in Mexico.

Pertains to the function

PCMSAddressToLatLong()

, causing the function to return lat/longs in decimal degrees (e.g.

40.348848N,74.662703W).

When this line is not included in the .INI or is included but

=FALSE, the function returns degrees, minutes, seconds (e.g.

0402056N,0743946W).

Default = False (Note: when this line is not present, default = false)

For PC*MILER|Worldwide, this option sets the country code format that will be accepted when using city name/country abbreviations as locations in regions other than North America.

Default = FIPS

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[ConnectOptions]

AvoidFavorAutoSa ve=

GeofenceAutoSave

=

[MappingOptions]

AvoidFavorAutoSa ve=

GeofenceAutoSave

=

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

TRUE

FALSE

[Defaults]

Region= NA

SA

Africa

Asia

Europe

ME

Oceania

ProductName= PC*MILER

ProductVersion= 28

DLLPath= Usually

C:\ALK

Technologies\

PCMILER28\app

(PC*MILER|Connect) This option can be set to TRUE to autosave avoids/favors on shutdown.

Default = False (Note: when this line is not present, default = false)

(PC*MILER|Connect) This option can be set to TRUE to autosave geofence data on shutdown.

Default = True (Note: when this line is not present, default = false)

(PC*MILER|Mapping) This option can be set to TRUE to autosave avoids/favors on shutdown.

Default = False (Note: when this line is not present, default = false)

(PC*MILER|Mapping) This option can be set to TRUE to autosave geofence data on shutdown.

Default = True (Note: when this line is not present, default = false)

Region default is NA (North

America). Other regions available with PC*MILER|Worldwide.

Current version of PC*MILER.

Path to the current installation of

PC*MILER.

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