Do you constantly checkChar()? Like in a loop, or an exitFrame?
Because if they never get a chance to make it SHORTER then it will always
give you the alerts - possibly over and over.
Either you need to make it shorter, or give them a chance to.
You can trim it by doing:
member("body").text =char 1 to 150 of member("body").text
At 08:01 PM 2/5/02 +0100, Tony �str�m wrote:
>Hi List ,
>
>when I paste for example 200 characters into the member("Body") it went
>completey crazy. Alert,
>alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert , alert
>.............
>How can I prevent this and auto. delete the character(s) after the 150 ?
>
>I use the lingo belowe:
>
>on checkChar
> if member("Body").text.length > 150 then
> if gLang = "eng" then
> alert "Max 150 characters. Should you need more then please state
>it in your e-mail."
> else if gLang = "fra" then
> alert "Max 150 caract�res. Si vous avez besoin de plus de place,
>contacter nous par E-mail."
> end if
> end if
>end
>
>TIA
>Tony
>
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