https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/39.aspxNew to InfoPath? Search to see if your question has already been answered. If it has not, then ask it here or the appropriate topic forum.enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/104902.aspxFri, 11 Dec 2015 16:42:03 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:104902javicartin0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/104902.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=104902<p>Hi, what could be the best and easy way to setup a column format for a single line of text field like below, to use a data entry pattern rule using a formating rule or data validation and how to configure it?</p><p>xxx/xx-xx-xxx-xxWx</p><p>Where the /, - and W are pre-defined placeholders in the string, so, when the user starts typing, all values will populated appropriately following that format. The x on the string could be letters or numbers.<br /></p><p>How to use the data validation or should I use data entry pattern? what could be the solution format to that?</p><p>Thank you for your help. <br /></p>