BoogieLand - Obout HTML Editor

Fredrik

1/31/2008 3:53:48 PM

Hi

I am having issues with Obout HTML editor in a MS Ajax UpdatePanel. I get alot of javascript object required errors.
Any tips? Can't find any info anywhere.

fredrik.ovesson@gmail.com

BoogieMan

3/6/2008 8:35:01 PM

Just a bit of an update for anyone out there reading this, or needing help with this, I've gotten the Obout editor to work with my update panels. I've also implemented the timer extension to save a draft every minute. I will try to answer any questions you might have. Alternatively, the support at Obout is quite responsive.

Good luck!

hgjk

10/11/2008 1:10:33 PM

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BoogieMan

6/10/2009 7:34:58 PM

In case there might be people out there looking for info about the Obout HTML editor, as of May, 2009, the 3.0.30512 release of the AJAX Control Toolkit foound on asp.net now contains the Obout HTML Editor. This means if you do not need any other Obout controls, and only need the HTML Editor, you can get it for free!!! Also, I would assume this means there should be a bit more support with it. I would also guess the grid will start to fill up with more people with implementation experiences.

Good luck!

BoogieMan

6/10/2009 7:38:47 PM

Felipe

6/26/2009 8:58:53 PM

I'm having problems with AjaxControlToolkit HTMLEditor + Firefox + UpdatePanel

The chars. á é í ó ú ç for exemple (in Brazil, we use this chars), are replaced by ?, in utf or iso...

You've said in 3/6/08 that you could help?
Thanks!

BoogieMan

6/26/2009 9:43:35 PM

Hi Felipe,

I don't think the problem you are experiencing are with the HTML Editor. I've used it with other languages and unicode. Are you storing the content into MSSQL? Make sure you are using the datatype with "n" in front like ntext or nvarchar.

I have not yet tried the HTMLEditor that is now in the AJAX Toolkit since we do have a purchased one from Obout. I've been wanting to try it, but have not had the time.

If your problem is not with SQL, maybe you can explain when you are seeing the problem? Maybe you can first try pushing the content directly to a label first to see if the problem is in the Editor.

BoogieMan

7/1/2009 5:45:03 PM

Hi Felipe,

I am not sure what www.asp.net is doing with their site. I get the same behavior. However, this comment GUI is using the Obout HTML Editor. Your two past posts suggest that there is no issue with the Editor. Did you try setting up a simple page that posts the contents to a label?

Felipe Junges

7/1/2009 7:25:47 PM

Sure! The first test that I made is just a Editor, a button and a Label.
Detail: in IE, it works just fine, the problem is with Firefox.

Can you tell me if the Obout component has and what's the default value of property "NoUnicode" ?
I have changed it to "TRUE", and everything is working now (cause now he's changing some caracteres the their code). But I don't know if this is the best option, causa "false" is the default value...

Thanks a lot, and sorry for my BAD BAD english!!

4321423

7/7/2009 7:09:37 PM

I am having issues with Obout HTML editor in a MS Ajax UpdatePanel. I get alot of javascript object required errors.
Any tips? Can't find any info anywhere.

BoogieMan

9/2/2009 7:29:55 AM

Hi 4321423,

Sorry to get back to you so late. Are you still having the problems? Are you able to be more specific with the problems? I can't promise I can solve it, but I will try.

Felipe Junges

9/11/2009 12:35:11 PM

Hi BoogieMan!
Tks for your help! ;)

Well... I'm thinking in making a video and post on Youtube, because my problem is so specific that is hard to explain (on English then... ;))

Let me try to explain on the "user point": the user start to type. After 1 minuto, my Timer saves the draft on the DB (post back*). After, the most part of the users feel insecure, then they CUT and PASTE the text. Bingo! At each 72 chars, the space are cutted.

* The post back can be the action of clicking in that button that shows the html for the text.
** If you ask me: "why the users do CTRL X - CTRL V", or "why they feel insecure", or... I just can say... "I Don't know!!"

Tks a lot!!

BoogieMan

9/11/2009 4:41:24 PM

Hi Felipe,

I understand what you are having problems with now. I think you might want to try to contact Obout directly. I don't know if you are aware of this. If you select the body of text from the editor, copy it, and paste it back, the HTML changes.

You can try this.
1. Type something in the Design Mode.
2. Switch to the HTML Text.
3. Switch back to Design Mode.
4. Do the Copy-Paste you mentioned.
5. Switch to the HTML Text.

You will see the editor actually adds a lot of HTML formatting to the content. I am not sure that it's the best use model. I know it does the same thing when you copy and paste from other web pages.

My suspicion is that the combination of html and special characters is causing the problem.

Try these two things and see if your error still exists.
1. Try the copy and paste in the HTML Text mode.
2. When pasting, right-click in the Editor and use Paste Plain Text.

Another quick test might be to paste the copied content to a text editor and see if that's trimmed at 72 characters. Then you will know if the problem is in the copy or paste.

Sorry I can't solve this one for you. You might need to go to the source for this. Obout's support IS quite good though.

Drun

9/15/2009 8:53:42 AM

Hi and thank you very much for the information you provided so far for the HTML-Editor. We're also using FCKeditor for our running Website (Wiki Part on http://www.lauf-news.de/), but as we encountered problems with Firefox, we want to switch to AJAX HTML Editor. But now, that we see, that it also still brings problems with Firefox (character conversions (e.g. from "ü" to "?")) we're waiting for a fix of this circumstance in the Ajax Tool Kit.

If anybody find's a reliable solution which covers the needs for at least IE and Firefox, please send us a hint to info at LAUF-NEWS.de
or contact me (member: drun) on our website.

Greetings from germany and thank you very much,
Drun.

BoogieMan

9/15/2009 8:58:49 AM

Hi Drun,

Did you happen to leave that comment using IE or Firefox? If you happen to have used FF, your special ü showed up just fine. I am using Chrome to leave this message and it's fine.

BTW, I am still using a slightly older build which I got directly from Obout.

rtyhrtyy

4/1/2010 8:21:59 AM

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fghh

4/19/2010 8:25:03 AM

hi, pls help me

vamsidhar

10/4/2010 10:16:18 AM

hi, please provide me Microsoft's ajax html editor, character count

maram

11/30/2010 11:12:01 PM

HI PLS HELP ME I WANT KNOW ABOUT NASS REF NUMBER

Ramesh

8/29/2011 5:27:28 AM

Hi

I am facing a problem when using the obout combobox . when i bind a datasource to the combo i am getting the below error

The Controls collection cannot be modified because the control contains code blocks (i.e. <% ... %>).

Can anyone plz help me?

Anilkumar

5/12/2011 11:21:02 AM

Good very nice

BoogieMan

8/29/2011 6:41:49 AM

Hi Ramesh,

I've never had problems binding data to comboboxes. Are you working with the updated set of controls or old ones?

Felipe

7/1/2009 5:09:51 PM

Hi!! Thanks for the awnser!
You can see what I'm teeling in the demo page of the Control Toolkit page:
http://www.asp.net/ajax/AjaxControlToolkit/samples/HTMLEditor/HTMLEditor.aspx

If you type that chars I've told (á, é, ... (that the portuguese language are full of...)), and clic in "submit content", those letters are replaced by that ? caracter.

I tested it on a lot of machines, in Firefox... If you try, what happends?

Thanks a lot!!

FelipeJ

7/3/2009 11:57:21 AM

Hey man, sorry! I was taking a look in the comments in the post of my blog, and 'cause my blog is in Portuguese, any comment in english I consider spam.
But when I clicked "Delete" in Comments list (without really read the text), I saw your nick, but the it was too late!!

Sorry! If you want, you're invited to comment (in english) again!!

BoogieMan

9/2/2009 7:39:41 AM

Hi Felipe,

Unfortunately, I do not experience the same problem. I do not use the autosave or save draft function with the Editor. I used a timer control, and save a new draft every minute to my DB. I've wrapped the whole thing inside an Update Panel so that I don't experience problems when it saves while I am typing. However, I still experience a bit of delay in the Editor when it saves.

I used to use IE exclusively. Since the release of Chrome, I've been using Chrome and FF 99% of the time. I don't experience any difference in behavior for the different browsers. I just see a few minor layout issues, which I have not bothered to fix.

Are you seeing the error only when you postback?

BoogieMan

4/20/2010 9:06:15 PM

Hi fghh,
What is it that you need help with? I can try my best.

BoogieMan

12/1/2010 12:57:29 AM

Hi Maram,

I am sorry, but I am not familiar with NASS Ref Numbers.

BoogieMan

7/8/2009 6:56:39 PM

Hi 4321423,

Unfortunately, my computer is out of service right now. I will comment once I can revive it.

Felipe Junges

9/1/2009 12:59:53 PM

Hey, BoogieMan, it's me again!!
My AjaxToolKit HTMLEditor has a little problem, and I've downloaded Obout HTML Editor, and I noticed that both have same issue. Have you tested it:

Type a big text in the editor. Do a postback (like "Save a draft"), then, CUT the text, and Paste again. At each 72 chars, the space between the words are cutted.
Only in FF. In IE and chrome it works fine.

If you have some time, could you test in your project (in Firefox), and tell me if the same thing happends??

Tks!!!!
Felipe (Brazil)

Felipe Junges

9/15/2009 11:19:17 AM

Drun, try changing "NoUnicode" property to true, and test ü, and other chars like these!

Dan James

10/4/2009 6:55:58 PM

BoogieMan - In terms of getting the Obout control to work with an UpdatePanel - what was the solution exactly? My situation is I've got a tab page (Ajax control toolkit). One one tab is the HTML editor, and on another tab an UpdatePanel. When a control inside the UpdatePanel posts back, the editor control on the other tab dissapears. Also, occasionally with a tab if I switch back and forth between them quickly it also dissapears. Is that similar to the issue you were having? What was the solution? Thanks

Dan James

10/4/2009 6:57:36 PM

Whoops my post about the Obout HTML editor went to the wrong blog entry!! Sorry about that - Still if you have any info can you let me know. Cheers

Felipe Junges

9/14/2009 7:06:54 PM

Hey BoogieMan!
Again, thanks for your help!

I did what you suggested: typed "test" a looot of times in editor, go to HTML mode, back to editor, cut and paste, go to HTML mode: oh-oh! Some spaces are missing!

I'll wait, eventualy search on Google, cause is not a BIIG issue. If I find anything, I warn you!!

Thanks!!

BoogieMan

9/14/2009 7:13:55 PM

Thanks Felipe,

Sorry I couldn't have been more help. Any updated info would be appreciated.

BoogieMan

10/8/2009 9:50:26 PM

Hi Dan James,

Sorry for the late reply. I've been quite busy these days.

I did not use the tab control on my pages. However, I do have the multiple view control wrapping the UpdatePanel, which then contains the Obout Editor. With my pages, I do not have any problem changing from one view to the other, even after posting back. I cannot speak for tab view though.

However, with the UpdatePanel, my experience is if you are posting back, and performing some operations with the contents inside the UpdatePanel, then the Obout Editor also needs to be within the UpdatePanel if you need its values. I do experience the occasional slow rendering issues with the Obout Editor. I am contributing that to my hosting service because I do not experience it in development, only when I host it.

I am not sure if I have answered your questions. If not, try hitting up Obout. Their support is quite good.

Good luck!