Phone Number Format in LightSwitch 2012

Here we will see how to format a Phone Number in LightSwitch Visual Studio 2012.

The following is the procedure for formating a Phone Number .

Step 1

Open the LightSwitch Application in Visual Studio 2012 and go to the Solution Explorer.



Right-click on the Data Source and choose Add Table.



The table appears in the table designer window. Insert the records in the following table.



Step 2

I have inserted a record named PhoneNo in the table. Click on the PhoneNo record and go to the property window under the appearance section as shown below.



Click on the "Phone Number Format" link. A "Phone Number Formats" dialog box will appear. From that you can choose a valid formats and the order that you can apply for various Phone Numbers.



Step 3

There is an empty TextBox provided in which you can enter the Phone Number to test whether it matches any of the following formats.

For example, I provided a 10-digit Phone Number, it matches the Format Number 6 as shown in the figure.



Suppose I have provided an 11-digit Phone Number, it matches the Format Number 3.



Similarly when I have a 6-digit Phone Number, it does not match any of the formats as shown below.



Now to allow a 6-digit Phone Number, we can add a new format.



Step 4

We can also change the order of the specific format by moving the format up or down using two arrows.

Move Up and Move Down



We can also delete the specific format of a Phone Number using the delete button.



The Restore Default Format Setting button is used to set the default format of the Phone Number.