--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/uifw/AvKon/src/aknquerydata.cpp	Tue Feb 02 01:00:49 2010 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2002 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+*
+* Initial Contributors:
+* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+*
+* Contributors:
+*
+* Description:
+*
+*/
+
+
+#include "aknquerydata.h"
+
+/**
+ * Used to encapsulate the rules of how long the string is 
+ * NB for a stringlength to be valid it must be <= Maxlength of descriptor.
+ */
+EXPORT_C TInt GetMaxTextLength(const CAknQueryControl* aControl, const TDes& aDataText,TInt aApiValue) 
+	{
+    // Case 1:  If we have an aApiValue and it is valid, use this.
+    if (aApiValue>0 && aApiValue<= aDataText.MaxLength()) 
+        return aApiValue;
+    // Case  2:  If we have a value set from resource and it is valid, use this.
+    if (
+        aControl && // there is a control
+        aControl->GetTextEntryLength()!=0 && // a value has been set for this control
+        aControl->GetTextEntryLength()<=aDataText.MaxLength() //the value set is valid
+        )
+        return aControl->GetTextEntryLength();
+    return aDataText.MaxLength();
+    }
+
+// End of File