In the controls OnChange event, use the following code:
Dim intCharCount as Integer
intCharCount=len(ActiveControl.Text)
Quote:
>-----Original Message-----
>I would like to display a running character count of the
>length of text in a text box. The events don't reflect
the
>count until leaving the control.
>Another option would be to limit the field length (it's
an
>unbound control) but I haven't seen a setting for that
>either.
>Thanks for the help.
>.
running character count