Drop-downs on the interactive form?

Hello
I put a drop-down field (its lables is COUNTRY OF VISITOR ) on the interactive form (my_form_of_visitor_info) and bound it to a data source, which data source is passing USA, UK, fine, working well. It should always ALLOW only 3 characters max. length
I also gave a ability to modify/input end-user own value in this drop-down field by checking "Allow Custom Text Entry" box of the field tab of the object palette, fine.
To accommidate all the label(COUNTRY OF VISITOR) of the field, i gave the WIDTH as 5 inches.
But, now user is entering CANADA, but It should always ALLOW only 3 characters max. length. I did not see any MAX.CHARACTERS ALLOWED feature for the drop-downs as like TEXT FIELDS!
Pls. let me know, How can i get it done this rquirement that systsem should allow ONLY 3 characters in this field? I saw some VALIDATION PATTERN for Zipcode, Tele #..but, i am not sure can i use it for my drop-down field? if so, How?
Thank you

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