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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Yeah well the code above should work. returning false to the onsubmit handler should prevent the form from submitting. onSubmit="return textLimit(this.form.body, 150);" That's not right you actually just want onSubmit="return textLimit(this.body, 150);" You may want to stick some alerts in there to debug [code] function textLimit(field, maxlen) { alert(field.value); if (field.value.length > maxlen) { field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlen); alert("You have exceeded 150 characters"); return false; } else { return true; } } [/code] [img]http://www.bitdamaged.com/graphics/bitsig.gif[/img] .:[ Never resist a perfect moment ]:. Loading...
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