Country region ISO code "BR" and source code tag "GBR" relationship

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Posted on by Pete Alberts

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I have come across a few places in MS code where a section is commented as <GBR> someCode </GBR>, but then the code tests for country region ISO code BR.

According to me, GBR refers to the United Kingdom and BR is the ISO code for Brazil. Which is confusing.

Does GBR mean something else in this context? Or some other explanation? I'm just interested.

Thanks for your attention

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Blue Wang on at

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Hi Pete,

I believe that you saw a code like this:

// BrazilParameters brazilParameters; if (isCountryRegionBR) { brazilParameters = BrazilParameters::find(); } //

I don't think GBR here stands for the UK.

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Pete Alberts 3,542 on at

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Yes that is what I am talking about. Another example would be in PurchTableType line 2431:

PurchTable.createVendTrans_BR() has everything to do with Brazil - nothing about GBR.

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Eugen Glasow 6,359 on at

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The abbreviations are at least 10 years old, close to 15.

If the old layer was called GLS = GLobal Solutions, then GBR surely meant Global solution for BRazil.

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Hi Pete,

I consulted some people to confirm, as Eugen said.
G means Global, other letters represent the country .
<GBR> means Brazil.
Others such as <GTH> indicate Thailand and so on.

When used in code, the code part will also have characters representing the country.
For example, the <GEERU> code you mentioned is as follows

// <GEERU>
     If (countryRegion_RU)
     {
         bankAdvancedTransType = BankTransType::find(ledgerJournalTrans.BankTransType).BankAdvancedTransType_RU;

         If (bankAdvancedTransType == BankAdvancedTransType_RU:: None)
         {
             element.accountNumModifiedPost();

             ledgerJournalEngine.initVendPostingProfile(ledgerJournalTrans);
         }
         journalFormTrans.enableOrderPaymentFields_RU();
     }
     // </GEERU>

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Pete Alberts 3,542 on at

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Thank you very much Eugen and Blue!

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