RE: [flexcoders] How do you set the amount of characters in a text area control

The easiest way is to use the StringValidator and set the maxLength property. Then in the function that use with the user gesture call Validator.isStructureValid() This assumes that you are using mx:Model for data binding. The nice thing is it will do validation as the text area loses

Re: [flexcoders] How do you set the amount of characters in a text area control

Is there a minLength property -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go

RE: [flexcoders] How do you set the amount of characters in a text area control

There is, you can see the API here: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/15/asdocs_en/mx/validators/StringValidator.html Stephen From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 11:45 AMTo: