Let Textbox support Maxlength when in Multiline mode

 Asp.net doesn't support Maxlength when in Multiline mode by default.

Below is a good solution:

<asp:textbox name="TextArea" rows="10" cols="20" id="TextArea"
οnkeypress="LimitInput(this)" onbeforepaste="doBeforePaste(this)"
οnpaste="doPaste(this)" οnmοusemοve="LimitInput(this)" maxLength="105"
style="width:300px;"></textarea>

The javascript event handlers doBeforePaste and doPaste are only implemented in Internet Explorer. These event handlers are used to check the length of characters that are pasted by using a mouse in Internet Explorer. Unfortunately, doBeforePaste and doPaste event handlers are not defined in other browsers and we cannot catch a mouse paste in browsers other than IE. Therefore, I added an onmousemove event handler in order to check the length of characters that are pasted by using a mouse after a mouse move. The onkeypress event handler handles the standard character input.

function doBeforePaste(control)
{
   maxLength = control.attributes["maxLength"].value;
   if(maxLength)
   {
       event.returnValue = false;
   }
}
function doPaste(control)
{
   maxLength = control.attributes["maxLength"].value;
   value = control.value;
   if(maxLength){
        event.returnValue = false;
        maxLength = parseInt(maxLength);
        var o = control.document.selection.createRange();
        var iInsertLength = maxLength - value.length + o.text.length;
        var sData = window.clipboardData.getData("Text").substr(0,iInsertLength);
        o.text = sData;
    }
}
function LimitInput(control)
{
    if(control.value.length > control.attributes["maxLength"].value)
    {
        control.value = control.value.substring(0,control.attributes["maxLength"].value);
    }
}; 

The code is tested on Firefox, IE 6.0 and IE 7.0.