Limiting # of Characters

[Beres]

Situation: The program runs and the user is instructed to enter his or her name in a textbox(txtNAME)and then hit ok (cmdOK).

What code would I put in for cmdOK so that if 10 or more characters are entered in txtNAME a message box saying "Your name is too long" appears?




If you can help me out I would appreciate it.

Thanks in advance


Beres

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[HeSaidJoe]

'send a msgbox if maxlength is reached...


Private Sub Text1_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)

' dispose of the control keys

If KeyAscii < 32 Then Exit Sub

'set the max length of textbox

text1.maxlength = 10

If Len(Text1.Text) = 10 Then
MsgBox "Sorry, 10 characters is all you get."
End If
End Sub

Two ways of doing this:

Either set the MaxLength property to 10.

Private Sub Form_Load()
Text1.MaxLength = 10
End Sub

Or:

Private Sub Text1_Change()
If Len(Text1.Text) = 10 Then
Text1.Locked = True
End If
End Sub