>Hi Phil,
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>I just don't format them at all. Most of my clients have international contacts and extensions to worry about so I gave up on formatting. I just bind them to a big 'ol character field and let them enter it however they want.
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>>Anyone care to share their favorite method of formatting text box for US phone numbers? I've been using Format "R" and InputMask "(999) 999-9999". Is that the preferred method?
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>>TIA

We have both types - US and Intl. For the majority of the numbers, its nice to have the formatting so you don't ahve to look up and can enter it from the 10 key.....but, I like your idea of "user freedom" (aka easy to code)....<eg>

Thanks to both of you.