Try: <arg0 name="maxlength" key="${var:maxlength}" resource="false"/>
The number after "arg" is the position in the message to replace so you need a 0. David --- Sgarlata Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm having some trouble using the maxlength validation and I was hoping > someone could give me some help. I have a form with one required field > and one field with a maximum length of 2000 characters. When input > validation fails for both fields I get the following messages (text in > parentheses I added): > > Bin Name is required. (good!) > null can not be greater than 2000 characters. (not good) > > I'm actually using the same key to test both though. Here is my > validation.xml file: > > <form-validation> > <formset> > <form name="bin"> > <field > property="title" > depends="required"> > <arg0 key="label.bin.title"/> > </field> > <field > property="description" > depends="maxlength"> > <arg0 name="fieldname" key="label.bin.title"/> > <arg1 name="maxlength" key="${var:maxlength}" > resource="false"/> > <var> > <var-name>maxlength</var-name> > <var-value>2000</var-value> > </var> > </field> > </form> > </formset> > </form-validation> > > Any ideas anyone? Thanks, > > Matt > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]