Limits on text typed in fields

[Richard Gaskin]

Kristen.Billings at med.va.gov wrote:

> I am working on a program that requires users to type answers into fields,
> which are later sent to fields on another page that is printed. I need to
> limit the amount users can type into the fields, as opposed to the scrolling
> that occurs now (even with a rectangular field instead of a scrolling one),
> so that the answers will fit into the printed fields.


in the field script:

 on keydown
   if the number of chars of me > 100 then
      beep
   else
      pass keydown
   end if
end keydown


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