Knowledge Base

XCLN: Richedit Max Chars Allowed Does Not Recognize Zero

Article ID: 146516

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

Microsoft Exchange Client 5.5
Microsoft Exchange Client 5.0
Microsoft Exchange Client 4.0
Microsoft Exchange Client 5.0

This article was previously published under Q146516

SYMPTOMS

If you change the Maximum Characters Allowed setting in the Format tab of the Rich Entry Field to 0, user input will not be limited to none. What actually happens is that you can enter as many characters as you want in that Rich Entry Field. The Maximum Characters Allowed setting does not seem to effect data entry when it has a value of zero. If the value of the maximum allowed characters is set to anything other than zero, it works correctly.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft Exchange version 4.0 Windows 3.x, Windows 95, and Windows NT clients. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

To have the Rich Entry Field visible but not accept any user input, follow the steps below:

Go to the General tab of the Rich Entry Field.
Check the 'Field is: Locked' option on that tab.
Regenerate and reinstall the form.
The Rich Entry will now be visible, but will not allow any user input.

Additional query words: Rich entry limit zero

Keywords: KB146516