[Solved] ModalPopupExtender DynamicControlID telerik:RadEditor

[Jeya Annanathan]

Hi,

I'm using a RadEditor inside an asp:Panel which is displayed using an AJAX ModalPopupExtender.  In order to populate the content of the RadEditor I'm using a Web Service

Here is the ASPX code: 

<asp:LinkButton ID="lkbIntroText" runat="server">Intro Text</asp:LinkButton>
<cc1:ModalPopupExtender ID="ModalPopupExtender1" runat="server" TargetControlID="lkbIntroText"
    PopupControlID="PopUpPanel" BackgroundCssClass="modalBackground" DropShadow="true"
    DynamicServicePath="SurveyIntroText.asmx" DynamicServiceMethod="GetSurveyIntroText"
    DynamicControlID="RadEditor1" OkControlID="lbtOK" OnOkScript="onOk()">
</cc1:ModalPopupExtender>
<asp:Panel ID="PopUpPanel" runat="server" CssClass="modalPopup">
    <asp:Panel ID="pnlWindowHeader" runat="server" CssClass="modalTop">
        <div style="padding: 2px; height: 16px;">
            <asp:Literal ID="ltlLabel" runat="server"></asp:Literal>
            <asp:LinkButton ID="lbtOK" runat="server" Text="[ x ]" Style="height: 15px; float: right;
                text-decoration: none;" />
        </div>
    </asp:Panel>
    <div class="space20px">
    </div>
    <div>
        <asp:Label ID="test" runat="server"></asp:Label>
        <telerik:RadEditor ID="RadEditor1" runat="server" ToolbarMode="ShowOnFocus" ToolsFile="~/App_Data/RadControls/ConfigXML/default.xml"
            Height="200">
            <CssFiles>
                <telerik:EditorCssFile Value="~/EditorContentArea.css" />
            </CssFiles>
        </telerik:RadEditor>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: center;">
        <asp:Button ID="btnSave" runat="server" Text="Save" OnClick="btnSave_Click" />
        <asp:Button ID="btnCancel" runat="server" Text="Cancel" CausesValidation="false" />
        <asp:Button ID="btnDelete" runat="server" Text="Delete" CssClass="button_delete"
            CausesValidation="false" />
    </div>
</asp:Panel>

Here is the Web Service:

<%@ WebService Language="C#" Class="SurveyIntroText" %>

using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Web.Services;
using System.Web.Services.Protocols;
using Carswell.Web.Student.Modules.Survey;

[WebService(Namespace = "http://tempuri.org/")]
[System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptService]
public class SurveyIntroText  : System.Web.Services.WebService {

    [WebMethod]
    public string GetSurveyIntroText()
    {
        SurveyResultsDb oS = new SurveyResultsDb();
        SqlDataReader dr = oS.GetSurveyIntroText(30);
        if (dr.HasRows)
        {
            dr.Read();
            return dr["IntroText"].ToString();
        }
        else
        {
            return "";
        }
    }

}

When I assign the DynamicControlID = "RadEditor1" in the ModalPopupEditor, it doesn't populate the Content of the RadEditor.  I need the data retrieved from the Web Service to populate the RadEditor.Content

Any ideas? 

Thank you,

Jeya

[Rumen]

Hi Jeya,

We believe that your scenario works fine with a standard input / textbox controls. RadEditor is however a composite control which content area is IFRAME and this scenario is not supported out-of-the box by the control.
What you should do is to populate the content of a hidden field using a Web Service and after that to set its value in the editor on the client using the editor's set_html method.

Best regards,
Rumen
the Telerik team

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