Remove the {8} from the Mask and also include the maxlength validation on that field. Something like this:
<field property="field1" depends="mask,maxlength"> <arg0 key="mykey"/> <arg1 name="maxlength" key="${var:maxlength}" resource="false"/> <var> <var-name>maxlength</var-name> <var-value>8</var-value> </var> <var> <var-name>mask</var-name> <var-value>^[a-zA-Z0-9\]*$</var-value> </var> </field> Daniel -----Original Message----- From: Marisol Opreni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:30 AM To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' Subject: Mask validation Hi. How can I specify a mask with letters, underscores and numbers with only 8 charaters in total? Something like this? <var-value>[a-zA-Z0-9]{8}$</var-value> Thanks! Marisol. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]