Restricting the length of text on a Single line/Multi line textbox is not supported by the standard ASP.NET Web control. This can be done by adding the following Javascript function in your ASPX page.
- Add a javascript
At the top of your ASPX page you will see the following tag . Add the following code under this tag,
- function Count(text, long)
- {
- var maxlength = new Number(long);
- if (text.value.length > maxlength) {
- text.value = text.value.substring(0, maxlength);
- alert(" Only " + long + " characters");
- }
- }
- Change your text controls on your ASPX page
On every multi-line text box where you would like to control the length, add the following code to the asp text box control.
onKeyUp="Count(this,300)" onChange="Count(this,300)"
Your original text control before adding this code,
- <asp:TextBox ID="TESTDATA" runat="server" TextMode="MultiLine">asp:TextBox>
After adding the code
- <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" onKeyUp="Count(this,300)" onChange="Count(this,300)" TextMode="MultiLine">asp:TextBox>