TAdvEdit - MaxLength vs. LengthLimit

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1

Hello,

my question is short...
What is the difference between the MaxLength and LengthLimit properties of TAdvEdit?

I didn't find anything in the "PDF manual"...

Thanks!

2

Both do the same, but we added LengthLimit long before Borland added MaxLength by default to TEdit, so we keep it for backwards compatibility.

3

Thanks!

4

Doesn't MaxLength take into account any Prefix or Suffix? If you have a prefix of, say, 'Pfx', and set MaxLength to 10, you can only type 7 characters, however if you set LengthLimit to 10 you can type 10 characters. I always use LengthLimit, and keep MaxLength=0.

5

You're correct that LengthLimit does not take the length of Prefix & Suffix in account.