Hi All,
Anyone have a response to my questions below?
David Rodgers
> Hi Dave,
>
> Looks like your idea will work also. It does involve going into define
> field to change that last part of the calculation to display (using the
> MIDDLE command) to add the additional character. The hyphens don't bother
> me much either way.
>
> It might be nice to know if any of this is being addressed in Ver 2 and
> how it is being done. I hope they are adding more consideration for
> international numbers, etc. The dialers on the home screen are US domestic
> only also. If I set this up and Ver 2 is doing it differently it could
> make conversion a bit challenging.
>
> Does anyone that knows Ver 2 know the answer to the above?
>
> David Rodgers
> Institute for Individual and World Peace
>
> > >What is the proper way to enter international telephone numbers.
> >
> > If you have a bunch of these it might be worth changing the
> > validation criterion of the phone number field to accept 8 digits.
> > You would also have to change the display field to put the hyphen in
> > the right place. This works only if you have FileMaker, and can
> > change the layouts and field definitions.
> >
> > >Take for
> > >instance we have Australian numbers that have the format:
> > >
> > >61 - 2 - 1234 - 5678
> > >
> > >61 is the Country code (in the US it is 1)
> > >2 is the city code (US area code equivelent)
> > >the last 8 digits are is the telphone number (7 digits in the US)
> > >
> > >So the end result is I end up with one more number than will fit into the
> > >field. In some countries the city code is two digits so I would have even
> > >more.
> > >
> > >One way I can see to enter this and to see the result on the HOME screen
> > >is to put the country code (62) the city code (2) and number of the eight
> > >digit telephone number into thethe HOME AREA CODE field and then change
> > >the HOME layout to extend HOME PHONE field display size to show all the
> > >numbers.
> > >
> > >I can't add the 8 digit number into the HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER field
> > >because it only excepts 7 digits in the current layout.
> > >
> > >Is there a better way? Has someone figured this out yet?
> > >
> > >David Rodgers
> > >Institute for Individual and World Peace
> > >
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