function textCounter(field,counter,maxlimit,linecounter) {
        // text width//
        var fieldWidth =  parseInt(field.offsetWidth);
        var charcnt = field.value.length;

        // trim the extra text
        if (charcnt > maxlimit) {
                field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit);
        }

        else {
        // progress bar percentage
        var percentage = parseInt(100 - (( maxlimit - charcnt) * 100)/maxlimit) ;
        document.getElementById(counter).style.width =  parseInt((fieldWidth*percentage)/100)+"px";
        document.getElementById(counter).innerHTML="Limit: "+percentage+"%"
        // color correction on style from CCFFF -> CC0000
        setcolor(document.getElementById(counter),percentage,"background-color");
        }
}

function setcolor(obj,percentage,prop){
        obj.style[prop] = "rgb(80%,"+(100-percentage)+"%,"+(100-percentage)+"%)";
}