window.onload = init;
var maxedOutText = "No more characters left";

function init() {
	//maxchars = 850;
	//document.getElementById('countArea').innerHTML = maxchars-document.getElementById('text').value.length;
}

function updateCounter(field,maxlength,id,counter) {
	var totalLength = field.value.length;
	if(totalLength >= maxlength)
		field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlength);
	document.getElementById(counter).innerHTML = maxlength-field.value.length;
}