inline js to check if max length of a multi line textbox has been met
onkeypress="return this.value.length<200 || event.which ===8" onpaste="return this.value.length<200 "
function enforceMaxLengthForMultilineTextbox(textBox, maxLength) {
var numberOfLineBreaks = 0;
var tmpTextBox = textBox;
tmpTextBox.value = textBox.value.substr(0, maxLength);
numberOfLineBreaks = ((tmpTextBox.value.match(/\n/g) || []).length);
if ((textBox.value.length + numberOfLineBreaks) > maxLength) {
textBox.value = tmpTextBox.value.substr(0, maxLength - numberOfLineBreaks);
}
}