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Text Counter working with Editor.js

seupb
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Aug 10, 2007, 3:43 AM

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Hi Guys,

I'm new to this forum so I'm not sure if this is the correct area to post this. After downloading the editor.js applet to implement into a form I'm designing at work. I had a text counter beforehand, which basically showed how many characters an employee had left to type. After the implemention of the editor.js applet..the counter has stopped counter but still saves the correct amount of characters left when the person saves but doesn't dynamically update whilst the person is typing.

Any one have any ideas on how I can get it working again?

Many Thanks,

MIchael

Donna
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Aug 11, 2007, 2:30 PM

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Re: [seupb] Text Counter working with Editor.js [In reply to]	Can't Post

Hi there,

While we're not really able to help with JavaScript issues like this... you may want to mention which program (and therefore, which WYSIWYG editor) you're using.

Hope this helps. :)

Donna

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seupb
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Aug 13, 2007, 12:14 AM

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Re: [Donna] Text Counter working with Editor.js [In reply to]	Can't Post

Hi Donna,

Many Thanks for the reply, I am actually using the text editor by interactive tools. Any help given will be much appreciated,

Many Thanks,

Michael

Jake
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Aug 13, 2007, 1:53 PM

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Hi Michael,

Thanks for your reply. Smile

Are you using htmlArea on its own, or was this counter set up through one of our other products (ie. Job Manager, News Manager, Page Publisher). Is there any way you can provide us to a link to the page that you're having trouble with?
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seupb
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Aug 14, 2007, 12:43 AM

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Re: [Jake] Text Counter working with Editor.js [In reply to]	Can't Post

Hi Jake,

Thanks for the reply. The text counter I have is just a separate javascript function I got from the web, which I modified slightly. It's not part of any other package or anything. At the moment I'm just playing about with different text editors to see, which ones I found more efficient. Unfortunately I can't link you the page or anything but I can show you the text counter coding,

<script language="javascript">
function textCounter(field,cntfield,maxlimit)
{
if (field.value.length > maxlimit) // if too long...trim it!
field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit),
alert('You Have Reached The Limit of 8000 Characters!'),
alert('Please Delete Some Characters Before Adding More!');
// otherwise, update 'characters left' counter
else
cntfield.value = maxlimit - field.value.length;
}</script>

I have howeber, managed to find out what the problem is, which involves event handling issues of some sort.

Any help is much appreciated.

Many Thanks,

Michael

Donna
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Aug 14, 2007, 1:53 PM

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Re: [seupb] Text Counter working with Editor.js [In reply to]	Can't Post

Hi there,

Thanks for your email! :)

Although htmlArea has been around for a while it became clear that the project wasn�t progressing the way that it was intended, so we've decided to discontinue it.

htmlarea.com has now been re-launched directory of WYSIWYG editors. So instead of being able to choose from just htmlArea, you'll have an entire directory of WYSIWYG editors to choose from.

We do not offer any support or assistance for htmlArea.

If you have any other questions please feel free to let me know! :)

Donna

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