validation for fck:editor

I am using struts2.In a form I have used a fck editor and in its validation file I have used a I used a validator to check whether the length of the data entered is more than 6000 characters or not.But the validation is not working.If you enter more that 6000 characters no message is shown,and the form is also not submitted.What can be the problem?

The <fck:editor tag also does not have any name attribute,which is needed in validation file(xml file).

Is my question unclear,if it is so please ask whatever information you need

Here in the jsp file I m using fck editor,I want to validate cw.daCatalog.description

Now the code is from validation file(xml)

But its not working

cw.dsCatalog.description
cw-object of CatalogWrapper Class
dsCatalog-another object inside CatalogWrapper which has String description

and instead of that smiley I wanted to use a : and a p
i.e. a : and property
<s: property

Please help I am stuck in middle of something due to this issue

I guess not many people are familiar with fck:editor. Is this what you are using: http://www.fckeditor.net/? I also take it that you are using Struts 2.

Does this editor submit the contents of the text editor as part of the html post? I took a glance at the fckeditor site and came across this page: http://wiki.fckeditor.net/Developer%27s_Guide/Integration/Java

That page make it seem like the contents of the fckeditor were treated like a file upload. If that is the case I can understand why your validation would not work. Is everything except the validation working? Have you asked your question on the fckeditor forums?

- Brent

Yes,everything except the validation is working,even the validation is working if I am using a method for validation.But my application contains fckeditor in many pages so I can't go with writing validation methods for every page.