maxL=260;
var bName = navigator.appName;
function taLimit(taObj) {
    if (taObj.value.length==maxL) return false;
    return true;
}

function taCount(taObj,Cnt) { 
    objCnt=createObject(Cnt);
    objVal=taObj.value;
    if (objVal.length>maxL) objVal=objVal.substring(0,maxL);
    if (objCnt) {
        if(bName == "Netscape"){	
	        objCnt.textContent=maxL-objVal.length;}
        else{objCnt.innerText=maxL-objVal.length;}
    }
    return true;
}
function createObject(objId) {
    if (document.getElementById) return document.getElementById(objId);
    else if (document.layers) return eval("document." + objId);
    else if (document.all) return eval("document.all." + objId);
    else return eval("document." + objId);
}