function charCount(myField, countField, maxChars) {
		if (myField.value.length > maxChars) {
			alert("Maximum message length reached. Your message has been truncated at maximum");
			myField.focus();
			myField.value = myField.value.substring(0, maxChars);
		}
		countField.value = maxChars - myField.value.length;
	}

	function characterCount(formField, divName, maxNumChar){
		var maxChar=maxNumChar;
		var txtString=formField.value;
		var strLength=txtString.length;

		remainingChars = maxChar - txtString.length;

		updateHtml(divName,remainingChars);
	}