# A few qns that need answers

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-few-qns-that-need-answers/24398>\
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**Created:** [June 30, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-few-qns-that-need-answers/24398 "2003-06-30T13:27:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![eudora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f14d63/32.png) [@eudora](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eudora)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-few-qns-that-need-answers/24398/1 "2003-06-30T13:27:18Z")

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1. for an input text area is there any way to count the number of lines that was entered?

2. for something like a password box i want the characters to be \* instead… how can i do that?

thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-few-qns-that-need-answers/24398/2 "2003-07-01T04:27:31Z")

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still need help… ☹

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-few-qns-that-need-answers/24398/3 "2003-07-01T04:38:29Z")

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1. You can read the number of characters of a text field using the property TextField.length
2. Set text type as Input Text and Line Type as Password

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-few-qns-that-need-answers/24398/4 "2003-07-01T10:52:20Z")

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thanks…  
the characters dun think will work for me but still thanks… 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-few-qns-that-need-answers/24398/5 "2003-07-01T10:54:23Z")

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Why you want to get the number of characters?