Phone Number

I am trying to check and make sure that the User has entered a proper format Phone number

555-555-5555
or
555-5555

i tried to use the

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textbox.text<>format(textbox.text,"###-####)

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and

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textbox.text<>format(textbox.text,"###-###-####)

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but if i enter 1234-55
it says that it is valid. How can i make sure that all the pos-holders are filled

thanks

you would do better to use the MaskeditControl
with it you specify a mask ###-###-####
and that is what you get

or your just allow the user to enter 9 digits and format it in your code.
If len(text1.text) = 9 then
myVariable = format(text1.text,"###-###-####")
else
msgbox "Sorry, you need 9 digits
Endif

as an additive, I personally would store my phone numbers as 9 digit numbers without the - I use a masked edit box but I don't store 905-555-6666 I store 9055556666

here is some code I wrote to check for validation for a 7 digit phone number if you need nine, just change the position of the "-" and add more cases

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Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim Bln(7) As Boolean
Dim TheLetter As String
Dim TheWhole As Boolean

  TheWhole = True

  For i = 1 To Len(Text1)
    TheLetter = Mid$(Text1, i, 1)
    Select Case i
       
      Case 1
        If IsNumeric(Val(TheLetter)) Then
          Bln(i - 1) = True
        End If
      Case 2
        If IsNumeric(Val(TheLetter)) Then
          Bln(i - 1) = True
        End If
      Case 3
        If IsNumeric(Val(TheLetter)) Then
          Bln(i - 1) = True
        End If
      Case 4
        If TheLetter = "-" Then
          Bln(i - 1) = True
        End If
      Case 5
        If IsNumeric(Val(TheLetter)) Then
          Bln(i - 1) = True
        End If
     
      Case 6
        If IsNumeric(Val(TheLetter)) Then
          Bln(i - 1) = True
        End If
 
      Case 7
        If IsNumeric(Val(TheLetter)) Then
          Bln(i - 1) = True
        End If
 
      Case 8
        If IsNumeric(Val(TheLetter)) Then
          Bln(i - 1) = True
        End If

    End Select
  Next

  For i = 0 To 7
    If Bln(i) = False Then
      TheWhole = False
    End If
  Next

  If TheWhole = False Then
    MsgBox "wrong format"
  End If

End Sub

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Or even better, case 1 to 8!

we need to skip 4, so 1 to 8 wouldnt work.

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IF textbox.text Like "###-###-####" or textbox.text like "###-####" then Msgbox "proper number"

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