I'm just calculating the remaining characters (total allowed - len(this.value) and stuffing that into the caption of the label that I am using to communicate how many characters they have left to enter.
Michael Oke, II 661-349-6221 Contents of this and all messages are intended for their designated recipient. On Jan 29, 2013, at 9:47 AM, M Jarvis <[email protected]> wrote: >> Trying to provide users with a count of the characters left in an edit box. >> Calculating and displaying this from the InteractiveChange seems to make the >> cursor jump all over. Any hints on how to make this work or will I need to >> provide this information when they save? > > I'm curious - what code do you run in the InteractiveChange event? > > On a WAG t hat perhaps it is inefficient that might explain the > jumping around stuff (or not) - but it's somewhere to start... > > Are you using a combo of LEN and ATC to count the spaces, or similar? > > > -- > Matt Jarvis > Eugene, Oregon USA > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
