GENRL Phone Parameters Control Maintenance Records
The following control maintenance records belong to the GENRL (General)
category and apply to phone parameters.
Index Entity's Full Phone #
Indicate whether to use all 10 digits of a new customer's phone number
to see if it matches that of an existing customer. 
More:
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Options
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Outcome
of setting this control record
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Use this record
to prevent the creation of duplicate customer records.
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Default
Value(s)
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No
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Action
if set to Null
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Same as if set
to No.
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Additional
Information
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None
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Phone Format
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Important:This record
is only used during conversion from Release 6 to Release 7. Do
not use this after your company converts to Release 7.
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Specify the format in which phone numbers entered in Contact Maintenance
display. The default format is ###-###-###-#### ext #####. More:
Use pound signs (#) to represent numbers. Use dashes, spaces, and
text to indicate the formatting of the numbers when displayed.
The first set of pound signs represents the country code, the second
set represents the area code, the third set represents the local exchange,
and the fourth set represents the last four digits of the phone number.
This is followed by the abbreviation for extension and pound signs
that represent the extension number. When entering a phone number,
the third and fourth sets of pound signs are required. The extension
is optional.
You can change the number of pound signs in each group, the characters
between or around the groups, and the abbreviation for extension.
You must have four groups of numbers, not including the extension.
Valid Phone Codes
Enter telephone codes, up to five characters long, and the corresponding
descriptions, up to 36 characters long, for the telephone numbers assigned
to contacts. More:
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Options
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Free
form text.
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Outcome
of setting this control record
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The codes you enter
here are available to identify phone numbers you enter in
Contact Maintenance.
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Default
Value(s)
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None
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Examples
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MAIN, FAX, CELL
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Action
if set to Null
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No codes are available
for selection in the Codes
field in Contact maintenance.
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Additional
Information
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Map Palm device
phone codes to these phone codes in the Map
Palm Phone Codes To Eclipse Phone Codescontrol maintenance record.
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