There have been alot of how to questions on the list lately so here is 
another one for the Edit Field Experts.

How can I restrict the number of characters that a user can type into an
edit field. Using _framedNoCR gives us a field that can be typed into,
let's say we only want the user to type 50 characters or at most stop at
the width of the field. If you hadn't noticed you can keep typing beyond
the length of the visible field and when you grab the contents it has
the extra there.

Using LEFT$ is no good as that is an after the event type process.

I want to be able to tell them as they are typing enough is enough.

In GFA BASIC for PC the edit field does the job.

Any suggestions

Fitzy