>>What is the controlsource of this editbox?
>>If its the thisform.myProperty, you dont have to update it programmatically.
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>The controlsource is something else. The reason I store this.value to thisform.myProperty is so I can do a check for the number of lines entered in the edit box. I do this check in the interactivechange() of the editbox. If the line number exceeds myMaxLineNumber then I notify the user and set this.value=thisform.myProperty and this.refresh
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>I have tried commenting out every thing from the interactivechange() except
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>thisform.myProperty=this.value
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>Is there maybe a different way of doing what I want to do?
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>Einar

First advise: use the forward slash in the ending "pre" tag :-)
(I have adjusted your post)

What do you mean when you said that the char entered was not exactly after the last one...?
A space inserted between each chars?