Thank you for your response. I am trying to insert your code into mine, but I
am having some problems. When I insert exactly what you wrote and then run
it, the code is not executed because it is not associated with that specific
textbox (which I think is expected because I assume "textbox1" is a generic
name). However when I change that to specifically refer to the textbox (which
is named "txtPhone") I get the following compile error; Procedure declaration
does not match description of event or procedure having the same name. This
is what the code looks like when I get the compile error;

Private Sub txtPhone_KeyUp(ByVal KeyCode As MSForms.ReturnInteger,
ByValShift As Integer)
If IsNumeric(Chr(KeyCode)) Then
If Len(Me.txtPhone) = 1 Then Me.txtPhone = "(" & Me.txtPhone
If Len(Me.txtPhone) = 4 Then Me.txtPhone = Me.txtPhone & ")"
If Len(Me.txtPhone) = 8 Then Me.txtPhone = Me.txtPhone & "-"
Else
If Len(Me.txtPhone) < 0 Then
Me.txtPhone = Left(Me.txtPhone, Len(Me.txtPhone) - 1)
End If
End If
End Sub

If "textbox1" is not just a generic reference to the textbox, then you need
to know that I actually have 7 textboxes in my userform and the phone number
is 5th in the tab order, but I have no idea what number it was given when I
created it. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.



"Per Jessen" wrote:

Hi

Sure it can be done.
In addition to this I would set the MaxLength (Properties) of the TextBox to
13 to limit the number of digits after the hypen to 4.

Private Sub TextBox1_KeyUp(ByVal KeyCode As MSForms.ReturnInteger, ByVal
Shift As Integer)
If IsNumeric(Chr(KeyCode)) Then
If Len(Me.TextBox1) = 1 Then Me.TextBox1 = "(" & Me.TextBox1
If Len(Me.TextBox1) = 4 Then Me.TextBox1 = Me.TextBox1 & ")"
If Len(Me.TextBox1) = 8 Then Me.TextBox1 = Me.TextBox1 & "-"
Else
If Len(Me.TextBox1) < 0 Then
Me.TextBox1 = Left(Me.TextBox1, Len(Me.TextBox1) - 1)
End If
End If
End Sub

Regards,
Per

"JacyErdelt" skrev i meddelelsen
...
Could anyone tell me how I might be able to format a textbox to auto
format
as a person is entering data. For instance when a person is entering the
phone number (555)555-5555, the 1st 3 digits wills automatically be place
within the parenthesis and the hypen will be placed when the next 3 digits
have been entered. I know i can format the box after it has LostFocus,
but
all the time we use advanced stand-alone programs that can be setup to do
it
as the user is entering info and I thought maybe VBE could do it too. If
you
have any suggestions, let me know. Thank you.