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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Sarah,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thank you so much for the quick response.... This actually works quite well and is a great example, thank you!.... I do have one more question though, this is more out of curiosity I suppose... Is there some way to store the "constraint" information as part of the field definition and make this a function which gets called?.. THe reason I ask is because I have to do this with about 150 different fields and it would get rather tedious to be cutting and pasting for each one of them.....</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Again, thank you very much for your help -- I really *REALLY* appreciate it....</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Greg Saylor</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Senior Systems Integrator</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>>I don't know that this is a very elegant solution, but it works so it can</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>get you started. Put this in the script of your text entry field.</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>on keyDown theKey</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> if the number of lines in me >= 3 and \</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the number of chars in line 3 of me >= 30 then</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> beep</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> exit keyDown</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> else</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> put word 2 of the selectedLine of me into theLine</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> if the number of chars in line theLine of me >= 30 then</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> beep</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> exit keyDown</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> end if</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> else</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> pass keyDown</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> end if</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>end keyDown</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>Cheers,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>Sarah</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> Hello, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> I am completely new to Revolution, but am very interested in using it for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> on-going projects.... My single biggest need though is to be able to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> constrain the user input to a set number of characters and lines... For</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> example, for a textbox entry they should only be able to enter 30 characters</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> of text per line and only 3 lines.....</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> Is this possible with Revolution?.. If you could provide an example I sure</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> would appreciate it.....</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> Thanks! </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> Greg Saylor </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>> Senior Systems Integrator</FONT>
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