Text Box Character counter

[trolldude]

Hi

Could anyone tell me if there is a way to add a character counter to a form text box to indictae to the user how many characters they have left to enter?
I am using Microsoft Access which has the 255 character limit and regularly get comments from users complaining about inputed text being cut off mid word.

Many Thanks

Michael

 

[ecobb]

Yep, check here: forum216



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[TruthInSatire]

if you want to do it in CF you would check the length of the field before you save it to the database.

<cfif len(form.comments) gt 255>
hey this is too long
<cfelse>
insert into query
</cfif>

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