OL2002: Automatic Parsing of Fixed Length Phone Numbers (295010)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2002
This article was previously published under Q295010

SUMMARY

The Outlook 2002 telephone number parser takes phone numbers that you enter and parses them into country code, area code, and local number. The parser automatically parses phone numbers for countries that have fix length phone number formats.

MORE INFORMATION

The countries listed below use fixed formats for their telephone numbers and are automatically parsed by Outlook 2002 before they are sent to the Telephony Application Programming Interface (TAPI) for dialing.

CountryCountry, Area, Local Number
Australia61,99,9999-9999
Belarus375,9,99 99 99
Canada1,999,999-9999
Ecuador593,9,999-999
France33,99,99 99 99 99
Hong Kong852,V,99999999
Italy39,V,99999999
Liechtenstein423,V,999 99 99
Norway47,V,99999999
Slovenia386,999,9999
Turkey90,999,999 99 99
USA1,999,999-9999


Outlook 2002 does not parse variable length phone numbers before they are sent to TAPI for dialing. You must verify that variable length phone numbers are formatted correctly in Outlook before dialing.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/20/2001
Keywords:kbinfo KB295010
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