How do I force phone number format

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In my windows form I have an area for the user to enter a phone number (American).
There are many different way to display this info...
(###) ###-####
###.###.####
#-###-###-#### x### (where x is an extension)

How can I force the input, no matter what the user types or pastes, to be in the format of '###-###-####'? If there is an extension it could be added at the end in format 'x###', but is not necessary.

Posted 15-May-15 6:33am

Sean Donnahoe

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Maciej Los 15-May-15 15:41pm

Sean, what you mean by saying "extension"?

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-15T07:23:00

Solution 1

You can use one or another MaskedTextBox for WPF. For example,
https://wpftoolkit.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=MaskedTextBox&referringTitle=Home[^],
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/mahesh/wpf-maskedtextbox-control[^],
WPF Maskable TextBox for Numeric Values[^].

—SA

Posted 15-May-15 7:23am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov