is there a way to count the number of chars in a formatted text box?

[Former Member]

I have a formatted text box in my web dynpro for comments pertaining to workflow.

in the backend, this is mapped to a char200 field.

is there a way to have a running counter to let the user know how many chars are left? I'm not sure if there's an event to use for that.

thanks,

robert.

[ChrisPaine · Accepted solution]

Hello Robert,

There is no way to get a running total of characters typed by the user - if you really need this functionality - consider creating an Adobe Flash Island.

There was in the last year another thread which covered pretty much the same theme - it could be worth looking at that - although you will find that the eventual solution is the same as I suggest above.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

thanks.. i figured there wasn't a control to do that.

Unfortunately, our netweaver stack is only 7.0 and it's my understanding Islands aren't supported until 7.0.1- we just upgraded to 7.0.1 in our sandbox - it won't be until late this year until we move to 7.0.2

Edited by: robert phelan on Oct 6, 2010 8:10 PM