>>I know that the most flexible option would be to give the user a memo field and let them do whatever. However, they want to keep the current "city, state zip" format intact for "domestic" companies and some alternate field(s) for others.
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>Memo field for address: bad. Formatted, validated entries: good. :)
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>>Current thoughts are to use a Country drop-down that would let us "toggle" which address fields are enabled.
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>>I really need to hear your comments and suggestions. TIA.
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>My one thought, (some will say I'm over-complicating the interface):
>I'd have them choose the country on one form (a dialog?), then go to the appropriate, separate address entering form for that country, rather than have one address-entering form which swaps different TextBoxes (or containers of TextBoxes) in and out based on the country selected on the form.
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>As you learn the various countries' formats for phone numbers and post codes, you can create TextBoxes or TextBox classes with appropriate input masks for those countries' address forms.
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>My US$.02 (or less).
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>Cheers,
>Rich.

Thanks for the feedback!<s>