Limit the number of characters of a textbox

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I want to limit the number of characters of a text box.

For this i used

<asp:textbox id="txtAdmissionDate" runat="server" MaxLength="5"> </asp:textbox>

It's working fine. But when i add TextMode="MultiLine" attribute to it, the maxlenth is not working.

Please Help

Thank you. i will check those questions. – Ranadheer Reddy Jul 12 '12 at 04:24 — Ranadheer Reddy, Jul 12 '12 at 04:24

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 12 '12 at 04:22

Call the following javascript function on "onchange" event of textbox:

function CheckTextLength(text, long) {
    var maxlength = new Number(long); // Change number to your max length.
    if (text.value.length > maxlength) {
        text.value = text.value.substring(0, maxlength);
        alert(" Only " + long + " characters allowed");
    }
}

 <asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txtAdmissionDate" Width="450px" TextMode="MultiLine"
            onKeyUp="CheckTextLength(this,5)" onChange="CheckTextLength(this,5)"></asp:TextBox>

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 12 '12 at 04:22

If you want to let the user know if he exceeded the amount of characters as he writes, you could use a javascript function attached to keypress event. This function would test the length of the input and cancel the character rendering if the maxlenght was reached.

Another option is to use RegularExpressionValidator control to validate the input on submit.

In my opinion, the first option is much more better.

I'm not adding any code since google is full of examples for all tastes, this is a very common task.

Here you have a sample search that might help.

or you can get more info from Here also

Thank you very much. am reading the article now.. – Ranadheer Reddy Jul 12 '12 at 04:25 — Ranadheer Reddy, Jul 12 '12 at 04:25

Limit the number of characters of a textbox

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