function getCaretPos(obj)
{
  obj.focus();
  
  if(obj.selectionStart) return obj.selectionStart;//Gecko
  else if (document.selection)//IE
  {
    var sel = document.selection.createRange();
    var clone = sel.duplicate();
    sel.collapse(true);
    clone.moveToElementText(obj);
    clone.setEndPoint('EndToEnd', sel);
    return clone.text.length;
  }
  
  return 0;
}