This is a Very Basic Custom Tag for HTML based Textarea, a Simple Progress Bar indicator is also provided with this textarea that with every count, it will increase the progress bar. works with CSS all versions also, Any further Customization of this Product.

This is a Very Basic Custom Tag for HTML based Textarea, a Simple Progress Bar indicator is also provided with this textarea that with every count, it will increase the progress bar. works with CSS versions. Now fading effect is also supported, Images build on the fly in Coldfusion for the Fading effect. Animation is fully supportive, Validation is supported. Debugging is Supported.

Basic Usage of the tag is just very simple like the below Tag

<cf_cfmtextarea 
    placement="below" - optional, if not used it will be placed above the textarea
    name="info" required - The Name of the textarea
    id="info" - Required - The Id of the textarea
    isScript="Yes" - Optional. If want to use a Simple textarea or jquery Powered one
    animate="No" - optional, only works if isScript is set to 'Yes' & includeJquery=yes
    supportAttributes="Yes" - Additional attributes which are passed to the textarea as collection=tab:1,title=abc
    collection=accesskey:t,tabindex:2 - Optional & required only if the SupportAttribute is set to Yes
    cols="45" - Optional
    title"title" - optional  
    rows="5" - optional
    info="blue" - optional
    error="red" - optional
    counting="120" - optional, default set to 120
    defaultVal="" - required value [can be optional also] 
    btn - required only, if you want to add the validation for the textarea, Pass the ID of the submit button here  
    needed- optional [If sets to true, it enables validation but uit also required the btn Attribute to work] 
    DebugMode - optional 
    fadeffect - This will overwrite the info and the error attributes if they are also used because if fadeffect is set to yes, it will the fadein and fadeout attributes - optional 
    fadeout - The Color Code to be used with fading - required only if the fadeffect is set to yes. Used the HEX values 
    fadein - The Coder code to be used in for fadein - required only if fadeffect is set to yes. used the hex values 
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You can always check the demo, how i had made it below as:

<form name="updateData" id="updateData">
 <table align="center" width="100%">
  <tr><td>Name: </td>
  <td><input type="text" name="information" id="information"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr><td>Information</td>
  <td<cf_cfmtextarea placement="below" name="info" id="info" isScript="Yes" 
      animate="yes" supportAttributes="Yes" collection=accesskey:t,tabindex:2 cols="45" rows="5" 
      fadein="ffffff" fadeout="ffcc00" fadeffect="yes" defaultVal="Please Write Something..."></td> 
  </tr>
  </table>
</form>

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upgrading will be totally free. 

I would like your suggestions also, if you do have. Please send your personal suggestions to the following address:

gavy@randhawaworld.com. Wherever You use Just keep my Information Intact in the Custom tag

Thanks