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================STEP 1 - ADD THE BELOW INTO THE HEADER===================
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
function textCounter(field, countfield, maxlimit)
{if (field.value.length > maxlimit)
field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit);
countfield.value = maxlimit - field.value.length;}
// End -->
</script>
================STEP 1 - ADD THE ABOVE INTO THE HEADER===================

================STEP 2 - ADD THE BELOW INTO THE BODY=====================
<form name=myform action="YOUR-SCRIPT.CGI">( You may enter up to 125 characters. )<br>


<textarea name=message wrap=physical cols=28 rows=4
onKeyDown="textCounter(this.form.message,this.form.remLen,125);"
onKeyUp="textCounter(this.form.message,this.form.remLen,125);">
</textarea><br>


<input readonly type=text name=remLen size=3 maxlength=3 value="125"> characters left</form>
================STEP 2 - ADD THE ABOVE INTO THE BODY=====================