Does upgrading RadEditor and Rad Spell resolves bullet,Highlight and Spell-check?

[Maryam]

Hi,

Telerik features in our application have not been upgraded since the launch of the system (2003), and our users have cited that these functions are not user friendly and lack functionality in comparison to features available in Word.
  - RadEditor Version = 5.6.4.0
  - RadSpell.dll Version = 2.6.1.0

As we upgrade our applicaction to .net Framework 3.5, I am performing feasibility study of updating to see if the following items could be resolved ot added.

Our Issues:

1.     Bullet function is not working properly in that “round” bullets are displayed but “dashes” print out. 
2.     Users also found that Spell-check picked up too broad of a range of possible hits, and although it appeared that we once had the ability to customize the spell-check dictionary, since the .net upgrade this ability appears to be no longer accessible.
3.     Users have also expressed an interest in being able to access a highlight feature. Is it possible to access this feature within telerik and if this feature can be selectively turned on/off on the toolbar associated to the various text boxes.

I would appreciate your help on the above questions. Would you also please let me know which version of Telerix is needed to be downloaded to gain 3 above functionalities. Is theer any othe components is needed?Also could you please let me know if I need to change the code or not?


Thank you inadvance for your help.

 

[Rumen]

Hi Maryam,

RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX is multiple times better that RadEditor Classic v5.6.4 and the new editor offers extended support for all major browsers. The new editor is also faster and offers multiple new tools.

Straight to the points:
1) The first problem is most likely due to a global CSS class setting for OL / UL elements. You can fix it in both versions by setting the CssFiles property of RadEditor, e.g.
- for RadEditor Classic see: External CSS Files.
- for RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX see: Content Area Appearance Problems.

2) RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX uses the same TDF dictionaries as the classic editor. You can customize the dictionaries using the Dictionary Configurator tool. If you do not like the provided suggestion you can use another dictionary provider:

<telerik:RadEditor ID="RadEditor1" runat="server">
    <SpellCheckSettings SpellCheckProvider="EditDistanceProvider" EditDistance="2"/>
</telerik:RadEditor>

The editor could also work with the standalone dialog based RadSpell dialog as shown in this demo: Using RadSpell "Prometheus" dialog with RadEditor "Prometheus" as a custom tool.

3) Can you please explain in more details what the highlight feature is? Have you seen this feature in another web based editor? Is this a code colorizer, misspelled words highlighter or another tool that can highlight the selected text?

For ease deployment, all controls from the RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX suite and their resources are embedded in a single DLL file named Telerik.Web.UI.dll. The latest official build is Q3 2010 SP2 (version 2010.3.1317).

You can find migration instructions in the following help article: Migration from RadEditor Classic to RadEditor for ASP.NET AJAX.

Best wishes,
Rumen
the Telerik team

[Maryam]

Thank you so much for your help and answer.
Below are the result of my finding based on my investigation and the answer I have got from you.

1. The problem was converting HTMLTORTF internal function which used to coverte bullet to the wrong format.It is fixed.
2. I requested to Grand access to "every" to RadControls\Spell\TDF  folder in the project. I guess this fix so it allows the users to add customized text.Hopefully this solution fixes the issue if not then I have to go the CSS files you suggested.
3: By highlight feature i meant, user could highlight the selected text. I guess I can find this feature in the latest version ASP.NET AJAX you suggested. Am I right?

Thanks again




 

[Rumen]

Hi Maryam,

1. I am glad that the problem is fixed.
2. You can grand read/write permissions for the Network Service account. If this does not work the Everyone user should do the trick.
3. The user can use the either the ForeColor or BackColor tools to highlight the selected text.

Kind regards,
Rumen
the Telerik team