Hi Gary, No javascript expert myself, but just a quick FYI, html does not allow nested forms.
Good luck Kathryn Ciceri | Explorer Software Inc -----Original Message----- From: Gary Strommen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: September 20, 2006 4:27 PM To: CF-Newbie Subject: Real Time Character Count (Word Count) I found some code, I think javascript (which I am not familiar with) on another website. The code builds a text area box and counts the words that you type. I have successfully been able to edit it to count characters instead. I have run into a snag however. It works great by itself as seen here: <form name="form_count"> <textarea rows="8" name="word_input" cols="60" wrap="virtual" onkeyup="f=document.form_count; f.word_count.value=f.word_input.value.length;"> </textarea> <p> <input type="text" name="word_count" size="20"> </p> </form> When I place this code inside of my code, where I want it, it doesn't work anymore. It has some thing to do with putting it in another form. Can you have nested forms? Here is the code I am working with now: <table border="0" width="600"> <cfform method="post" preservedata="yes"> <tr> <td> <form name="form_count"> <textarea rows="8" name="word_input" cols="60" wrap="virtual" onkeyup="f=document.form_count; f.word_count.value=f.word_input.value.length;"> </textarea> <p> <input type="text" name="word_count" size="20"> </p> </form> </td> </tr> </cfform> </table> Any thoughts on what I might be doing wrong or what I need to adjust? Thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Newbie/message.cfm/messageid:2069 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Newbie/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.15
