The user can specify a default format, which he can override for each individual contact. The format is stored in a separate memo field, unless it's the default format.

>The customer/user selects a format for each individual contact/customer record in the app, or is the selected format applied based on a country?
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>>We use a combo with predefined formats taken from a table. The combo shows how a sample phone number will appear, and it gives the customer the possibility to add his own format.
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>>>Tore - i run into the same thing. How are you letting the customer choose between formats? Can they pick multiple formats? Are you tracking formats by country?
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