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For example, this is an input mask for a telephone numbers in the U.S. format: (999) 000-000;0;-: The mask uses two placeholder characters, 9 and 0. The 9 indicates an optional digit (which makes it optional to enter an area code), and each 0 indicates a mandatory digit.
The Telephone Mask can be very useful if you would like to store telephone numbers in a table in your database, not only does it format the field as a telephone number would be displayed, but it also helps with the entry of the information.
There are two ways to create an input mask: Use the Input Mask Wizard to create the input mask for you (the fast and easy way). The only problem with the Input Mask Wizard is that it can only help you create input masks for phone numbers, Social Security Numbers, ZIP codes, and date and time fields.
This procedure becomes very useful when you need to deal with phone numbers from varying regions. If you only will ever deal with a preset phone number format then I recommend using the input mask.
28 gru 2021 · In this video, I will teach you how to use an Input Mask in your Microsoft Access tables and forms. We will create input masks for telephone numbers, ZIP cod...
7 lut 2019 · When you setup your profile fields and want to format phone fields, you can either allow them to enter their phone numbers in way they like, or you can add a phone input mask to automatically format the number based on a predefined template.
6 wrz 2013 · You can use an Input mask on the table level to control how manually entered data looks.
