Thanks a lot all of you!
I put the
member("Body").text = char 1 to 5 of member("Body").text
in the exitFrame and it seems to work. Even in Windows I hope.
on exitFrame me
checkChar
member("Body").text = char 1 to 150 of member("Body").text
go the frame
end
Tony
Tab Julius wrote:
> 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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