Textarea Maxlength Validation:
123456789
Code:
Place in the <HEAD>:
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<script language=javascript> function CheckMaxLength(){ var maxChar = 5 if (document.form1.field.value.length > maxChar) { diff=document.form1.field.value.length - maxChar; if (diff>1) diff = diff + " characters"; else diff = diff + " character"; alert("This field is limited to " + maxChar + " characters\n" + "Please reduce the text by " + diff); document.form1.field.focus(); return (false); } } </script>
Place in the <BODY>:
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<form Name="form1"> <!--TEXTAREA rows=5 cols=40 name=field>123456789</TEXTAREA--><br> <input type="submit" onclick="return CheckMaxLength()"> </form>
*Un-comment <TEXTAREA> tag