Wow it's been a while since this thread was given attention. I was searching for how to do this and figured it out. The answer to the question above is
there are two lines to cancel out ( add // to the beginning of it)
1 is
PHP Code:
$tmp_html = ' <input disabled="disabled" type="text" . '" size="3" maxlength="3" value="' . $products_options_names->fields['products_options_length'] . '" /> ' . TEXT_MAXIMUM_CHARACTERS_ALLOWED . '<br />';
the 2nd is
PHP Code:
$tmp_html = ' <input disabled="disabled" type="text" name="remaining' . TEXT_PREFIX . $products_options_names->fields['products_options_id'] . '" size="3" maxlength="3" value="' . $products_options_names->fields['products_options_length'] . '" /> ' . TEXT_MAXIMUM_CHARACTERS_ALLOWED . '<br />';