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DescriptorLength

The DescriptorLength property specifies whether to abbreviate street and directional descriptors when abbreviations are available in the reference data.

You can set the property at the element level and at the address level. The element-level DescriptorLength property takes precedence over the address-level property.

You can set the property to one of the following values at the address level and individually on each element:

Database: Returns the descriptor preferred by the postal authority or indicated by the common country rules. Database is the default value at the address level.
Long: Returns the expanded form of the element descriptor.
For example, Address Verification returns STREET for the input element ST.
Short: Returns the abbreviated form of the element descriptor.
For example, Address Verification returns AVE for the input element AVENUE.
Preserve: Returns the descriptor in the same form as the input.
If you select Preserve and Address Verification corrects or adds the descriptor, Address Verification returns the descriptor in the default format that reference data specifies.

You can set the following values at the element level only:

UseDefault: Returns the element descriptor in the form that the address-level property value specifies. UseDefault is the default value at the element level.

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