textarea character limits --- has this changed ?

Andy Knipp

So this *used* to work. now is failing.

validation-regex="^(.|\n){0,500}$"
I have also tried
validation-regex="^[\s\S]{0,500}$"

Now (6.7.2, Win2K, IE7) I get error opening DCR value of attribute "validation-regex"... must not contain the '<' character (which it doesn't)

Remove or escape the $ and it opens (though the regex does not work). I tried UTF-8 encoding the $, which failed as well.

Tips/pointers/RTFMs appreciated.