function FormatPhone(thisControl)
{
  var strInitial = thisControl.value
  var strFinal = new String()
  var j = 0
  var rePhone = new RegExp("[(]\\d\\d\\d[)][ ]\\d\\d\\d[-]\\d{4}$");

  if (strInitial.length > 2)
    strFinal = "(";
  // here we check for the already formatted phone number and exit if true
  if ((rePhone.test(strInitial) == true))
  {
    return true;
  }
  // strip out leading 1
  if ( (strInitial.length > 0) && (strInitial.charAt(0) == '1') )
  {
     strInitial = strInitial.substring(1);
  }
  
  // here we begin processing the field, placing the numbers into a new phone number string
  for (var i = 0; i < strInitial.length; ++i)
  {
    if ((strInitial.charAt(i) == '0') || (strInitial.charAt(i) == '1') ||
        (strInitial.charAt(i) == '2') || (strInitial.charAt(i) == '3') ||
        (strInitial.charAt(i) == '4') || (strInitial.charAt(i) == '5') ||
        (strInitial.charAt(i) == '6') || (strInitial.charAt(i) == '7') ||
        (strInitial.charAt(i) == '8') || (strInitial.charAt(i) == '9'))
    {
      j = j + 1
      if (j == 4)
      {
        strFinal = strFinal + ") ";
      }
      if (j == 7)
      {
        strFinal = strFinal + "-";
      }
      if (j < 11)
      {
        strFinal = strFinal + strInitial.charAt(i);
      }
    }
  }
  thisControl.value = strFinal;
  if (strFinal.length == 1)
	 thisControl.value = "";
	
  // here we check for an entry clearly too long or too short and flag it
  if ((strFinal.length != 14))
  {
    return false;
  }
  else
  {
    return true;
  }
}