Formatting text form fields

[Guest]

Hello,
Can anyone tell me how to format a text form field for social security
numbers? I formatted it this way:
Type = Number
Max length = 12
Number format = 000-00-0000

When I enter 999-99-9999, a warning dialog prompts me for a 'valid number'.
When I enter 999999999, it displays 999999999-0000-.

Please help!

Mindy

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Try ###-##-#### instead (there are hyphens between the # characters).

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[Graham Mayor]

If you want the hyphens to show then you'll probably need:

\# "###'-'##'-'#### "

See also http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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[Graham Mayor]

Oops!

Form fields - I was thinking of Word fields and thus my answer is probably
irrelevant.

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