Setting Field limits

[ngwaltne]

I have created my first database of any size. With your help and VTC online university it worked with only minor glitches.

I have run into a basic problem however. How do I set character limits on fields. Did not have time to work on this before it was used the first time so I used a character count. People went beyond this count. I can figure out part of this, the count, but how do I get the entry to stop. I hope this is clear.

Thank You in Advance

[mf]

Set the maximum field length in the field definition.

Select the field, click Options, Validation and set "Maximum number of characters".

[ngwaltne]

This does not, however, stop the typist at Set # of characters. It just informs them that they have entered too many characters. Can I stop their typing at # of characters?

Thanks

[IdealData]

I think this is something that all of us would like, but no joy.

Maybe there's a plug-in somewhere ?