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//  SHARED.JS
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//Place shared functions here

//Pass an html textarea object to this function and it will trim
//the text in the control to maxLen (can be used to simulate an html
//input controls maxlength attribute).
function trimTextareaInputToMaxLength(textareaObj, maxLen)
{
  if (textareaObj.value.length > maxLen){
    textareaObj.value= textareaObj.value.substring(0, maxLen);
  }
}

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