var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all;

function restrictinput(maxlength,e,placeholder){
if (window.event&&event.srcElement.value.length>=maxlength)
return false
else if 
(e.target&&e.target==eval(placeholder)&&e.target.value.length>=maxlength){
var pressedkey=/[a-zA-Z0-9\.\,\/]/
if (pressedkey.test(String.fromCharCode(e.which)))
e.stopPropagation()
}
}

function countlimit(maxlength,e,placeholder) {
	var theform=eval(placeholder)
	var lengthleft=maxlength-theform.value.length
	var placeholderobj=document.all? document.all[placeholder] : document.getElementById(placeholder) 
	
	if (window.event||e.target&&e.target==eval(placeholder))
	{
		if (lengthleft<0)
			theform.value=theform.value.substring(0,maxlength)
		placeholderobj.innerHTML=lengthleft
	}
}


function displaylimit(theform,thelimit){

var limit_text='<strong><span id="'+theform.toString()+'">'+thelimit+'</span></strong> '

if (document.all||ns6)
	document.write(limit_text)

if (document.all)
{
	eval(theform).onkeypress=function()	{ return restrictinput(thelimit,event,theform)} 
	eval(theform).onkeyup=function(){ countlimit(thelimit,event,theform)}
}
else if (ns6)
{
document.body.addEventListener('keypress', function(event) { restrictinput(thelimit,event,theform) }, true); 
document.body.addEventListener('keyup', function(event) { countlimit(thelimit,event,theform) }, true); 
}

}