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Property MaxLength

Namespace
Alternet.Editor.Wpf
Assembly
Alternet.Editor.Wpf.v9.dll

MaxLength

Specifies the maximum number of characters that can be entered into the edit control.

public virtual int MaxLength { get; set; }

Property Value

int

Examples

Here is how to use a MaxLength in the C# code:

using System;
using System.Windows;
using Alternet.Editor.Wpf;

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    private TextSource textSource;
    private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        var textEdit1 = new TextEditor();
        textSource = new TextSource();
        textSource.LoadFile("myfile.txt");

        textSource.MaxLength = 100;
        textEdit1.Source = this.textSource;
    }
}

Here is how to use a MaxLength in the Visual Basic code:

Imports System
Imports System.Windows
Imports Alternet.Editor.Wpf

Partial Public Class MainWindow
    Inherits Window

    Private textSource As TextSource

    Private Sub Window_Loaded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
        Dim textEdit1 = New TextEditor()
        textSource = New TextSource()
        textSource.LoadFile("myfile.txt")

        textSource.MaxLength = 100
        textEdit1.Source = Me.textSource
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

Set MaxLength property to limit the maximum length of the text stored by TextSource object.

Setting this property limits how many characters the user can enter in the TextEditor control linked to this TextSource object.