Try:
<arg0 name="maxlength" key="${var:maxlength}" resource="false"/>
The number after "arg" is the position in the message to replace so you
need a 0.
David
--- Sgarlata Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm having some trouble using the maxlength validation and I was hoping
> someone could give me some help. I have a form with one required field
> and one field with a maximum length of 2000 characters. When input
> validation fails for both fields I get the following messages (text in
> parentheses I added):
>
> Bin Name is required. (good!)
> null can not be greater than 2000 characters. (not good)
>
> I'm actually using the same key to test both though. Here is my
> validation.xml file:
>
> <form-validation>
> <formset>
> <form name="bin">
> <field
> property="title"
> depends="required">
> <arg0 key="label.bin.title"/>
> </field>
> <field
> property="description"
> depends="maxlength">
> <arg0 name="fieldname" key="label.bin.title"/>
> <arg1 name="maxlength" key="${var:maxlength}"
> resource="false"/>
> <var>
> <var-name>maxlength</var-name>
> <var-value>2000</var-value>
> </var>
> </field>
> </form>
> </formset>
> </form-validation>
>
> Any ideas anyone? Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
>
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