function charCheck(myLabel, myTxtArea)
{
	var charsRemainingLabel = document.getElementById(myLabel);
	var myTextArea = document.getElementById(myTxtArea);
	var charsLeft = 8000 - myTextArea.value.length;
	
	if (charsLeft < 0)
	{
		alert("You can only enter up to 8,000 characters for this text field.");
		myTextArea.value = myTextArea.value.substring(0, 8000);
		charsRemainingLabel.innerHTML = "0 characters remaining";
	}
	else if (charsLeft == 1)
	{
		charsRemainingLabel.innerHTML = charsLeft + " character remaining";
	}
	else
	{
		charsRemainingLabel.innerHTML = charsLeft + " characters remaining";
	}
}