It may be known, but it's not an issue. A multiline textbox generates an
HTML <textarea> which has no maxlength attribute.

You will have to do as T-Bone suggested and check the length
programmatically.

Bob Lehmann

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Hi Peter..

Thanks a lot for the help
I did make use of the code snippet in my usercontrol
I am yet facing a strange problem out here
The TargetObject returns a nul
The error message is "document.forms.0.myForm1.tbxNotesToVendor is null or not an object"
I am attaching the ascx HTML file for ur reference

Regards
Sujit

<%@ Control Language="c#" AutoEventWireup="false" Codebehind="OrderEntryDetails.ascx.cs" Inherits="Adecco.Commerce.Controls.OrderEntryDetails" targetSchema="http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie5"%

<SCRIPT language="javascript"
function CheckLength(TargetObject

alert(TargetObject.value)
LenString = TargetObject.value.length
if (LenString > 255

TargetObject.value = TargetObject.value.substring(0,255)


</SCRIPT

<table cellSpacing="0" cols="2" cellPadding="0" width="100%"
<tr
<td colSpan="2"><span id="OrderSubmissionDetailsLabel"></span></td
</tr
<tr
<td class="stdWarningSmall" colSpan="2"><asp:literal id="lblErrorMessage" runat="server"></asp:literal></td
</tr
<tr
<td colSpan="2"
<table class="stdCleanDataTable" cellSpacing="0" cols="3" cellPadding="4" width="100%"
<tr
<td class="stdTextLabel" colSpan="3"><asp:literal id="lblSubmitForEmail" runat="server"></asp:literal></td
</tr
<tr
<td colSpan="3"><asp:textbox id="tbxSubmitForEmail" runat="server" Width="300" OnTextChanged="OnSubmitEmailChange"></asp:textbox></td
</tr
<tr class="stdTextLabel"
<td><asp:literal id="lblSubmitForFirstName" runat="server"></asp:literal></td
<td><asp:literal id="lblSubmitForMiddleName" runat="server"></asp:literal></td
<td><asp:literal id="lblSubmitForLastName" runat="server"></asp:literal></td
</tr
<tr
<td><asp:textbox id="tbxSubmitForFirstName" runat="server"></asp:textbox></td
<td><asp:textbox id="tbxSubmitForMiddleName" runat="server"></asp:textbox></td
<td><asp:textbox id="tbxSubmitForLastName" runat="server"></asp:textbox></td
</tr
<tr class="stdTextLabel"
<td><asp:literal id="lblCostCenter" runat="server"></asp:literal></td
<td colSpan="2"><asp:literal id="lblSubmitForPhone" runat="server"></asp:literal></td
</tr
<tr
<td><asp:textbox id="tbxCostCenter" runat="server" OnTextChanged="OnCostCenterChange"></asp:textbox></td
<td colSpan="2"><asp:textbox id="tbxSubmitForPhone" runat="server"></asp:textbox></td
</tr
<tr
<td class="stdTextLabel" colSpan="3"><asp:literal id="lblApprovalManager" runat="server"></asp:literal></td
</tr
<tr
<td colSpan="3"><asp:dropdownlist id="drpApprovalManager" runat="server" Width="300"></asp:dropdownlist></td
</tr
<tr
<td class="stdTextLabel" colSpan="3"><asp:literal id="lblMACNumber" runat="server"></asp:literal></td
</tr
<tr
<td colSpan="3"><asp:textbox id="tbxMACNumber" runat="server" Width="300" MaxLength="49"></asp:textbox></td
</tr
<tr
<td class="stdTextLabel" colSpan="3"><asp:literal id="lblShippingMethods" runat="server"></asp:literal></td
</tr
<tr
<td colSpan="3"><asp:dropdownlist id="drpShippingMethods" runat="server" Width="300"></asp:dropdownlist></td
</tr
<tr
<td class="stdTextLabel" colSpan="3"><asp:literal id="lblNotesToManager" runat="server"></asp:literal></td
</tr
<tr
<td colSpan="3"><asp:textbox id="tbxNotesToManager" runat="server" MaxLength="255" TextMode="MultiLine" width="100%" height="75px"></asp:textbox></td
</tr
<tr
<td class="stdTextLabel" colSpan="3"><asp:literal id="lblNotesToVendor" runat="server"></asp:literal></td
</tr
<tr
<td onkeydown="javascript:CheckLength(this)" onkeyup="javascript:CheckLength(this)" colSpan="3"><asp:textbox id="tbxNotesToVendor" runat="server" MaxLength="255" TextMode="MultiLine" width="100%" height="75px"></asp:textbox></td
</tr
</table
</td
</tr
</table
<br
<table cellSpacing="0" cols="2" cellPadding="0" width="100%"
<tr
<td><span id="DeliveryInformationLabel"></span></td
<td vAlign="bottom" align="right"><IMG src="Skins/SectionHide.jpg" onload="RegisterListener( this, 'shipperDetails', 'on' )" name="toggleShipping">
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="shipperDetails">
<td colSpan="2">
<table class="stdCleanDataTable" cellSpacing="0" cols="3" cellPadding="4" width="100%">
<tr class="stdTextLabel">
<td><asp:literal id="lblDeliveryContactName" runat="server"></asp:literal></td>
<td colSpan="2"><asp:literal id="lblDeliveryContactPhone" runat="server"></asp:literal></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><asp:textbox id="tbxDeliveryContactName" runat="server" Width="200px"></asp:textbox></td>
<td colSpan="2"><asp:textbox id="tbxDeliveryContactPhone" runat="server" Width="200px"></asp:textbox></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="stdTextLabel" colSpan="3"><asp:literal id="lblDeliveryAddressName" runat="server"></asp:literal></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colSpan="3"><asp:textbox id="tbxDeliveryAddressName" runat="server" Width="200px"></asp:textbox></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="stdTextLabel" colSpan="3"><asp:literal id="lblDeliveryAddressLine1" runat="server"></asp:literal></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colSpan="3"><asp:textbox id="tbxDeliveryAddressLine1" runat="server" Width="200px"></asp:textbox></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="stdTextLabel" colSpan="3"><asp:literal id="lblDeliveryAddressLine2" runat="server"></asp:literal></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colSpan="3"><asp:textbox id="tbxDeliveryAddressLine2" runat="server" Width="200px"></asp:textbox></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="stdTextLabel" colSpan="3"><asp:literal id="lblDeliveryAddressLine3" runat="server"></asp:literal></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colSpan="3"><asp:textbox id="tbxDeliveryAddressLine3" runat="server" Width="200px"></asp:textbox></td>
</tr>
<tr class="stdTextLabel">
<td><asp:literal id="lblDeliveryCity" runat="server"></asp:literal></td>
<td><asp:literal id="lblDeliveryState" runat="server"></asp:literal></td>
<td><asp:literal id="lblDeliveryZipcode" runat="server"></asp:literal></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><asp:textbox id="tbxDeliveryCity" runat="server" Width="200px"></asp:textbox></td>
<td><asp:textbox id="tbxDeliveryState" runat="server" Width="50px"></asp:textbox></td>
<td><asp:textbox id="tbxDeliveryZipcode" runat="server" Width="100px"></asp:textbox></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="stdTextLabel" colSpan="3"><asp:literal id="lblDeliveryCountry" runat="server"></asp:literal></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colSpan="3"><asp:textbox id="tbxDeliveryCountry" runat="server" Width="50px"></asp:textbox></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<br>


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