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wpf textbox limit text
I have text box in wpf xaml and I want the user to not be able to enter more than 60 characters.. when the starts typing it should tell tem how many charcters they have left to type when they copy paste let them not paste it. I am new to wpf any help appreciated
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Angela4eva
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great solution. thank you
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William Peck
Add a label after the textbox and create an event for the textbox.TextChanged event set the Label.Text to be textbox.MaxLength - textbox.Text.Length + " Characters remaining"
With the MaxLength property set I wouldn't worry about being able to paste it will still only allow 60 chars
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Gav