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[rdeshane]

How can I define the number of text characters that can be entered into a defined area?

[LiveOak]

What is a "defined area"?

If your question is how to limit the number of characters the user is allow to enter into a field, you can set field validation to "Length(YourFieldName)<10" or whatever your length limit is.

-bd

[rdeshane]

Thank you bd, I think you have got the right idea.

[rdeshane]

Unfortunately I am not getting what I want. I want to limit the amount of text I can put in the field. Field Validation is allowing me to enter more info that I want to allow, and then it post a message and lets me click OK or Revert. If I click OK it leaves me where I was and If I click revert it erases everything. I want to alert people when they have reached the total text the field will allow and not let them enter anymore. Is this possible?

RED

[Kurt Knippel]

That is not possible. Filemaker does not evaluate keystroke by keystroke, it evaluates after you exit the field.