Character count display problem in IE

Hi all,
I have implemented a character counter in ADF using Javascript (referencing this http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/adf/learnmore/10-char-input-counter-169133.pdf).
The problem that I am facing is: when my character counter becomes 0 (can no longer enter any text, the maxlimit of the input field is reached) then on IE browsers, it does not show the character '0'. It displays a blank. On Firefox and Chrome, however, the UI gets displayed as expected i.e. 0 characters left.
Let me know how to fix this on IE. Have tested with IE versions 8,9. JDev version is 11.1.1.7.0.
Thanks,
Anu.

Hi,
debugging the JavaScript to see what the value of the variable really is is a good start. If it turns out that it is becoming null, then you could use a if() case in that whenever the value is null you set it to 0. If the value however is correct but just doesn't render then you can try and transform it to a character instead of a number to see if the numeric output is the problem. This is how I would address the problem
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