Overwrite contents of textarea

[bgruha]

Hi

I have a text area and a label.

label(cntfieldld) represents the number of characters that still can be entered in the text area(xtxExpertise).

I have written the following code:

function textCounter (txtExpertiseId, cntfieldId, maxlimit)
{
Count = cntfieldId.value;
If (txtExpertiseId.value.length > 2000)
cntfieldId.value=0
else
cntfieldId.value = maxlimit - txtExpertiseId.value.length;
if (txtExpertiseId.value.length > maxlimit) // if too long...trim it!
{
ab= window.confirm (" Please enter fewer than 2000 characters");
if (ab == true )
txtExpertiseId.value = txtExpertiseId.value.substring (0, maxlimit);
else
txtExpertiseId.value = txtExpertiseId.value.substring (0, maxlimit-count);
}
}


The code is working fine but i am getting a problem when i overwrite(by pasting) the contents of the textarea , two events are getting invoked-onkeyPress and onPaste events.

Can anyone help me to resolve this....

Thanks in advance

[kenobewan]

What errors do you receive? You state that the code works fine, but there appear to be syntax errors.

[Plater]

This is javascrupt? For a webbased page?
HTML textboxes can get a maxlength value assigned to them, so it will not allow more then X amount of characters. That should help.

Then you just worry about counting how many more characters they have left.

function UpdateLabel()
{
   var maxlimit=2000;
   mylabal.value=(maxlimit - mytextbox.value.length);
}
 

Call that in an onkeypress event?

[bgruha]

What errors do you receive? You state that the code works fine, but there appear to be syntax errors.

confirm box is opening two times simultaneously.one when im pressing the ctrl key and the other when im pressing 'v'

[Plater]

confirm box is opening two times simultaneously.one when im pressing the ctrl key and the other when im pressing 'v'

Check the keyvalue before doing anything?