I don't know of a way to make this work perfectly but here is what i have done in the past:Create variable - VarCharCount. Initial value - 1024 (or whatever).Create Text box on page to show remaining characters (txtCharCount).On the entry box's select/change tab have it run the action group described below.Action Group.Action 1 - modify variable - VarCharCount- 1 - Subtract from variableAction 2 - Change Contents - txtCharCount - varCharCountTo help counteract the use of the backspace button i have another action at page level:ActionBackspace - on key - backspace - modify variable - 2 - add to variable. Condition: varCharCount < 1024.If anyone has a cleaner way to do this let me know. I guess there would be some Javascript that could do a job here.Hope this helps.