general question re non numerical character(s) in phone field

[Dave Horne]

I posted a similar question at Skype's forum some time ago but haven't
received an answer.

Let's say in an Outlook 2007 Contact I wish to denote a mobile phone number
as belonging to the spouse of the Contact within the field itself ... H for
husband, W for Wife and so forth. If Skype, for example, sees a letter in
the field the call is terminated, the reason given - an invalid number.

Are there ways to enter non numeric characters in a 'number field' which are
then ignored? Thanks, Dave Horne

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I posted a similar question at Skype's forum some time ago but haven't
received an answer.

Let's say in an Outlook 2007 Contact I wish to denote a mobile phone
number as belonging to the spouse of the Contact within the field itself
... H for husband, W for Wife and so forth. If Skype, for example, sees a
letter in the field the call is terminated, the reason given - an invalid
number.

Are there ways to enter non numeric characters in a 'number field' which
are then ignored?

I don't see how this is an Outlook issue. I can put non-numeric characters
in phone number fields in Outlook and it seems to accept them (it just won't
format the field correctly when I do). Whether or not some dialer or add-in
can use that field for some purpose is up to the add-in, not Outlook.

 

[Dave Horne]

I don't see how this is an Outlook issue. I can put non-numeric
characters in phone number fields in Outlook and it seems to accept them
(it just won't format the field correctly when I do). Whether or not some
dialer or add-in can use that field for some purpose is up to the add-in,
not Outlook.

Brian, I didn't mean to imply that this might be an Outlook issue, I just
wanted to know if there were ways to enter non numeric information in a
'number' field to get around programs that only wish to see 'numbers'.

Thanks, DH

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Brian, I didn't mean to imply that this might be an Outlook issue, I just
wanted to know if there were ways to enter non numeric information in a
'number' field to get around programs that only wish to see 'numbers'.

There's nothing in Outlook that I can think of that would suppress an
add-in's ability to see the entire value contained in the field. That would
have to be an adjustment in the add-in.