Event handling

I have one jtextarea component in my GUI.I have to limit the maximum row size is 5.What i have to do?

I dont want to move the cursor.I tried with
evt.dispatchEvent(evt);

But its throwing some exception.

I tried with the following code using KeyTyped Event like,

private void tfBannerKeyTyped(java.awt.event.KeyEvent evt) {
if(tfBanner.getText().length() > 10)
evt.consume();
}

But i can copy and paste to the textfield.I don't want to do that.I have to limit the length.What i have to do?

Hey subhvi,

These links should help you:

Text Component Features (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing > Using Swing Components)

Java JTextArea - limiting amount of characters entered - LinuxQuestions.org