Custom maximum number of values

The ability to specify a number of items is provided by CCK, not FileField. You'd see the same behavior no matter what kind of field it was. In the past I've seen this limitation overcome by using a custom module and hook_form_alter() to change the options in the select list to include a greater number. CCK has no problem with setting the option to some arbitrary number, but it requires modifying the form to allow that number. I haven't seen a contrib module that provides this functionality, a custom module is probably the best route to take here.

I need this exact same thing. Can anyone post the actual snippet, using hook_form_alter() to make this happen?
I need to have values of 1-24 before going to "Unlimited". Any help is greatly appreciated!!

@xstatic I ended up having the same need as you so I can paste in what I did. In my case it involves CCK Multigroup forms so is slightly different but you should be able get the gist of it

if ($form_id == 'fieldgroup_group_edit_form' && $form['group_name']['#default_value'] == 'group_learning_ratings') {
    $form['settings']['multigroup']['multiple']['#options'] = array(1 => t('Unlimited'), 0 => 1) + drupal_map_assoc(range(2, 20));
}

Hi Jaydub,

Where exactly did you paste that?

Thanks

@manoloka you would add the code in a hook_form_alter anywhere in a custom module.

e.g. I have a module called csm_education_rating and I add a form alter hook to a custom module:

function csm_education_rating_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {
  if ($form_id == 'fieldgroup_group_edit_form' && $form['group_name']['#default_value'] == 'group_learning_ratings') {
    $form['settings']['multigroup']['multiple']['#options'] = array(1 => t('Unlimited'), 0 => 1) + drupal_map_assoc(range(2, 20));
  }
}