function doGetCaretPosition (ctrl) {

	var CaretPos = 0;
	// IE Support
	if (document.selection) {

		ctrl.focus ();
		var Sel = document.selection.createRange ();

		Sel.moveStart ('character', -ctrl.value.length);

		CaretPos = Sel.text.length;
	}
	// Firefox support
	else if (ctrl.selectionStart || ctrl.selectionStart == '0')
		CaretPos = ctrl.selectionStart;

	return (CaretPos);

}