This is how I do this in my system I have a memo field (edit1) and a text field (text3) As the user types in the memo, in the interactivechange event
thisform.text3.value=len(alltrim(This.value)) thisform.text3.Refresh() On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:01 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC < [email protected]> wrote: > On 1/29/2013 1:56 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > >> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Michael Oke, II <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> 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. >>> >>> -------------------- >>> >> >> Why not just get the position in the change event? Subtract that from >> total and use that. >> >> A lot easier in jquery because you are never leaving the control. >> > > > What about using the Keypress event to keep track? > > > -- > Mike Babcock, MCP > MB Software Solutions, LLC > President, Chief Software Architect > http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com > http://fabmate.com > http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/**listinfo/profox<http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox> > OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/** > listinfo/profoxtech <http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech> > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/**search/profox<http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox> > This message: http://leafe.com/archives/**byMID/profox/51081C84.5010206@** > mbsoftwaresolutions.com<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. > > Report [OT] Abuse: http://leafe.com/reportAbuse/**51081C84.5010206@** > mbsoftwaresolutions.com<http://leafe.com/reportAbuse/[email protected]> > -- Kind regards Sytze de Boer Kiss Software --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ 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/CAG1nNy8cpUBSXXjcaSO44o=4+FB3ww=0Q=mxppaeqltjmwu...@mail.gmail.com ** 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.
