After searching for clues on javascript on the Remedy KB site, I've found a possible easy solution for my version of mid-tier, however, it doesn't seem to work. Am I doing something wrong? Their solution: Add an active link, firing on Window Loaded, which performs a single run-process action:
javascript:document.FormFields.F<FID>.maxLength=<value> ..where <FID> is the database fieldId of the related character field, and <value> is the maximum length of text allowed to be typed in the field. My version of this is: javascript:document.FormFields.F8.maxLength=254 When I put this in place on my dev environment, there is no hard stop. Am I missing something? ARS 5.1.2 p 1313 MidTier 5.1.2 p 1388 Thanks, Bruce ======================================================================== ===================== Shawn, I've never done this before with version 5.1.2. I'm guessing that I would add the script directly to the web form via the Insert > Script tool in the Admin Tool. How do you reference fields within the form to the script? DB Name or Number? Here is what I'm trying to do (I think this script will work). <script <http://december.com/html/4/element/script.html> language="javascript1.2" type="text/javascript"> <!-- var maxChars = 254; function charsleft() { theInputBox = document.getElementById('Sht_Description'); theCountBox = document.getElementById('numCount'); var currentChars = theInputBox.value.length; theCountBox.value = Math.max((maxChars - currentChars),0); if(currentChars > maxChars) { theInputBox.value = theInputBox.value.substring(0,maxChars); } } --> </script> The field references Sht_Description and numCount are the DB Names for the short description field (which I am counting remaining spaces down from 254) and the count result field which displays the remaining number of spaces in the short description field. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Bruce _____ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pierson, Shawn Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 2:04 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Character Counter ** If you're doing this on the mid tier, you may want to look at embedding some Javascript onto the web view of your form instead. -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Scott Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 3:40 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Character Counter ** List, Late in January, there was a discussion regarding using Interval on an Active Link, for example in a counter to indicate the number of spaces remaining in a field the user was typing in. I have cut an excerpt from that discussion around which my question revolves. Has anyone made this work on mid-tier? If so, what version? Thank your for any help you can provide. Bruce Scott Application Developer - Remedy SSG, PetSMART, Inc. Office: 623.587.2340 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Blair Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 4:08 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Workflow All, Funny that this subject would come up like this, but just Monday I got a request to build the three second interval counter to show characters remaining. Works. I was concerned about performance too, so my test form has one active link that calculates the remaining space in 16 character fields (set fields X = 255 - LENGTH($field$) every three seconds (one set field action, 16 fields). The integer fields have no label, disabled change flag, and is displayed as text adjacent to each character field. If you watch closely Aruser's CPU was up by a (one) percent when this window is open, but you're only typing in one field at a time. 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