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One possible solution is to add a TextListener to the field which creates an
instance of a delegation class with the textValueChanged method. The
textValueChanged method is invoked automatically for each new character
entered into the corresponding text field.

During each invocation of the textValueChanged method, do a getText() on the
field, count the characters, and at five block further data entry--along
with a beep from the Toolkit, perhaps.

Hope this helps.

HDW
Adam Silverthorne wrote in message <3544C34B.7324BAC@slip.net>...
>How does one stop text from continuing past a certain point in a text
>field?  I only want the user to be able to enter up to five characters,
>but textfields let users enter as many as they want, even if you
>setColumns(5).
>
>ideas greatly appreciated!
>