[Solved] Get reference to editor using MVC

[Dave]

Hi,

I need to set some properties of the editor at run-time such as the SpellCheckSettings-DictionaryPath and the ImageManager-ViewPaths
However I am not sure how to get a reference to the serve control?

Using version 2009.1.311.35

I have tried

1) http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/editor_getingreferencetoradeditor.html   client side but this does not seem to work and I am not sure I can even set these properties using JavaScript?

2) Adding code behind class to reference it.

Code behind

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            RadEditor1.ImageManager-ViewPaths= this.ViewData["imagePath"].ToString();
        }

Controller

public ActionResult Index( )
        {
            ViewData["imagePath"] = "~/Content/RadEditor/mypics/1";
            return View("Index");
        }

View

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Index.aspx.cs"  Inherits="mynamespave.Index"  %>

When I do this the editor does not appear at all and I get the following JavaScript error:

Telerik.Web.UI.Editor is undefined

Telerik.Web.UI.Editor.CommandList... function(commandName, editor, args) {\r\n

a is undefined

Function.__typeName="Function";Function....Class("Sys.UI.Control",Sys.Component);\r\n

How do I set properties dynamically when using MVC?
Is their a new version MVC friendly version of the editor coming ?

Also

Why does this work

<%
    RadEditor1.Content = (string)ViewData["Content"]";
%>

but every other property appart from content seems not to work for example the below has no effect

<%
    RadEditor1.EditModes = EditModes.Design;
%>

[Rumen]

Hello Dave,

You can use server script tags to configure RadEditor, e.g.

<telerik:RadEditor ID="RadEditor1" DialogHandlerUrl="~/Telerik.Web.UI.DialogHandler.axd" runat="server">
</telerik:RadEditor>

<script type="text/C#" runat="server">
    public void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
        RadEditor1.EditModes = EditModes.Design;
        RadEditor1.ImageManager.ViewPaths = new string[]{ "~/Images"};
    }
</script>

For your convenience I have attached my test project.

Kind regards,
Rumen
the Telerik team

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