The following should be of some help to you....
function limitArea(){
content = document.form_name.text_area_name.value;
len = content.length;
if (len > 500) {
content = content.substr(0,500);
alert('Your input is limited to 500 characters.');
document.form_name.text_area_name.value = content;
}
}
<textarea name="text_area_name" cols="40" rows="5"
onKeyUp="limitArea();return true;" ...>
Feel free to modify the limitArea() function to optimize it a little bit...
Happy coding,
-Darron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Varner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 4:32 PM
Subject: textarea
> Since there is not a cftextarea, how do I through up an alert in
javascript
> telling the user they have entered to many characters in a textarea. I
know
> this is off subject but any help would be appreciated.
>
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