Constraints Aren't Working For Large Text Fields

Marc_Patti

Hi All,

I'm trying to input a constraint on a survey form with text questions of varying field length. Basically, I want the form to throw up a message whenever the user enters a note that exceeds a certain character limit. I've managed to make this work for smaller text fields with the following line:

string-length(string(${notes43}))<256

However, when I use a similar line (outlined below) for large text boxes that can hold 1000 characters, I don't get the constraint message at all when the limit is exceeded:

string-length(string(${notes43}))<1001

Anyone know where I'm going wrong here?

[Edit]: The text fields are configured with a multiline appearance, if that matters at all. 

dougbrowning

Did you set a longer field length in bind::esri:fieldLength column?  Just making sure.

No need to have string() in there.  I would also add a space between < and 1001 as it can confuse html at times.

So like this string-length(${notes43}) < 1001

Just a guess.