textbox max length

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Hi every one,

I have a textbox with mode as multiline. User should not enter more than 10 characters(string type) in it. So, for this i used maxlength=10. but still user is able to exceed this range. So, any validators to be used, or to be done by javascript. what is the reason behind, that maxlength does not work as i am using asp.net 2.0. plz give suggestions or code.

thanks

Posted 23-May-10 22:20pm

gujjula swathi

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Solution 1

Use javascript to achieve this.

Google having some links,

http://www.google.co.in/search?q=maxlength+multiline+textbox+asp.net[^]

:)

Posted 23-May-10 22:56pm

Arun Jacob

Solution 3

I tend to use a variation on this script

JavaScript

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
  <!--
  function setMaxLength() {
        var x = document.forms[0].getElementsByTagName('textarea');
        for (var i=0;i<x.length;i++) {
        if (x[i]) {

              x[i].onkeyup = x[i].onchange = checkMaxLength;
              x[i].onkeyup();
        }
        }
  }

  function checkMaxLength() {
        var maxLength = 10;
        var currentLength = this.value.length;
        if (currentLength > maxLength)
        this.value = this.value.substring(0, maxLength);
  }
  //-->
</script>

Behind the scenes, ASP.NET converts a multi-line textbox into a text area, so you would run this script once the page has loaded (e.g. <body onload="javascript:setMaxLength();">). It has the advantage that it takes into account the case where somebody tries to paste text that would break your upper limit.

Posted 23-May-10 23:59pm

Pete O'Hanlon

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**Dalek Dave** · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-23T22:58:00

This is a well known problem in ASP.NET

Standard Textbox controls when set to TextMode="MultiLine" means the MaxLength property does not work.

The following is the code that will restrict the text box to maximum of 10 characters.

XML

<asp:textbox id="txtComments" runat="server" textmode="MultiLine" height="100px" width="320px" maxlength="10"></asp:textbox>
<asp:regularexpressionvalidator id="regComments" runat="server" 
ControlToValidate="txtComments" ValidationExpression="^[\s\S]{0,10}$"
ErrorMessage="Maximum 10 characters are allowed in comments box."
Text="10chrs max" >
</asp:regularexpressionvalidator>