text.maxCharacters

Availability

Flash MX 2004.

Usage

text.maxCharacters

Description

Property; an integer that specifies the maximum number of characters the user can enter in this Text object.

This property works only with input text; if used with other text types, the property generates a warning.

Example

The following example sets the value of the maxCharacters property to 30:

fl.getDocumentDOM().selection[0].maxCharacters = 30;