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Limiting no of chars in unbound field

Hi all,

Im using an ubound form and recordsets for data update. Id like to trap
invalid entries on this form. How can i limit the number of characters the
user enters for a particular field. ?

Thanks in advance.

Gerry Abbott
Nov 13 '05 #1
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See:
Unbound text box: limiting entry length
at:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-34.html

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"Gerry Abbott" <pl****@ask.ie> wrote in message
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Im using an ubound form and recordsets for data update. Id like to trap
invalid entries on this form. How can i limit the number of characters the
user enters for a particular field. ?

Thanks in advance.

Gerry Abbott

Nov 13 '05 #2
'Beautiful................'

Many thanks,

"Allen Browne" <Al*********@SeeSig.Invalid> wrote in message
news:42**********************@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
See:
Unbound text box: limiting entry length
at:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-34.html

--
Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia.
Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org.

"Gerry Abbott" <pl****@ask.ie> wrote in message
news:HR***************@news.indigo.ie...

Im using an ubound form and recordsets for data update. Id like to trap
invalid entries on this form. How can i limit the number of characters
the user enters for a particular field. ?

Thanks in advance.

Gerry Abbott


Nov 13 '05 #3

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