Specifying maxlength for multiline textbox

Question

I\'m trying to use asp:

I want a way to spe

Answer 1

try this javascript:

function checkTextAreaMaxLength(textBox,e, length)
{

        var mLen = textBox["MaxLength"];
        if(null==mLen)
            mLen=length;

        var maxLength = parseInt(mLen);
        if(!checkSpecialKeys(e))
        {
         if(textBox.value.length > maxLength-1)
         {
            if(window.event)//IE
              e.returnValue = false;
            else//Firefox
                e.preventDefault();
         }
    }   
}
function checkSpecialKeys(e)
{
    if(e.keyCode !=8 && e.keyCode!=46 && e.keyCode!=37 && e.keyCode!=38 && e.keyCode!=39 && e.keyCode!=40)
        return false;
    else
        return true;
}

On the control invoke it like this:

You could also just use the checkSpecialKeys function to validate the input on your javascript implementation.