Limit number of chars in a field

[Alex Rice]

On Nov 10, 2003, at 12:08 PM, Bojsza wrote:

> I can't the field property that I can select for limiting the number 
> of characters a user may enter into a field. I have fields that I want 
> to allow up to but not exceeding 11 characters.
>
> I have opened other example scripts but they all allow more characters 
> than what the field can show?
>
> Any suggestions?

There is no property like that. Add something like this to the field's 
script:

on rawKeyDown
   if (the length of me) > 11 then exit rawKeyDown
   pass rawKeyDown
end rawKeydown

(untested script)

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