i think there is no property or method to restrict the number of characters
entered in a text area. You have to write u'r own function.
ram
>From: Michael Weller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: Re: Size limit for textarea
>Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 13:39:30 +0100
>
>in a <input> use <input type=text size=150 maxlength=150> but � think in a
><textarea> there's nothing similar.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>-mw
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Suresh Addagalla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 10:26 AM
>Subject: Size limit for textarea
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > My problem is specific to HTML, but I guess servlet developers would
>have
> > faced it earlier.
> >
> > I have a servlet which opens a text file for editing in a textarea
>control.
> > This works fine with small files, but due to the size limit for the
>textarea
> > component, I can not edit large files. Is there any way by which I can
> > extend the size limit for textarea?
> >
> > I can load the large files into textarea for viewing, but it doesn't
>allow
> > me to type in after the size limit is exceeded.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Suresh
> >
> >
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