function charactersRemaining(objTextarea, strTargetDiv, intMax)
{
	objTargetDiv = document.getElementById(strTargetDiv);
	objTargetDiv.innerHTML = (intMax - objTextarea.value.length) + " Characters Remaining";
	
	if (intMax - objTextarea.value.length <= 0)
	{
		objTextarea.value = objTextarea.value.substring(0,intMax);
		objTargetDiv.innerHTML = "0 Characters Remaining";
	}
}

function validate_minlength(val)
{
if (val.valValue.length < 500)
    return false;
else
    return true;
}