Using RadEditor with custom Web Control

[Henry]

Hello,

I have both RadEditor features enable on a site. I confirmed that this work for the OTB editform.aspx and newform.aspx pages.

I have a custom web control developed in C# using visual studio. There is a .CS file (compiled DLL is installed in the GAC), .ASCX web control file in the CONTROLTEMPLATE folder, and then the .ASPX page in a regular folder under the root.

The web control (.ASCX) file has the following code for a description field:

 

<tr>
        <td style="width:44%" class="ms-formlabel" valign="top">
            Description
        </td>
        <td style="width:53%" class="ms-formbody">
            <asp:HiddenField ID="hdnDescription" runat="server" />
            <span>
                <span dir="ltr">
                    <textarea name="txtDescription" rows="6" cols="20" id="idDescription" title="Description" class="ms-long">
                      <%= Server.HtmlEncode(hdnDescription.Value)%>
                    </textarea>
                    <script>if (browseris.ie5up && browseris.win32 && !IsAccessibilityFeatureEnabled()){RTE_ConvertTextAreaToRichEdit("idDescription", true, true, "", "1033", null, null, null, null, null,"FullHtml", "\u002f",null,null,null,null);}else{document.write(" <br><SPAN class=ms-formdescription><a href='javascript:HelpWindowKey(\"nsfullrichtext\")'>Click for help about adding HTML formatting.</a></SPAN> <br>");};</script>
                </span>

            </span>
        </td>
        <td style="width:20%"> </td>
    </tr>

The RadEditor will not load up. The page is displayed using the OTB HTML editor. Is there anyway to fix this issue?

[Stanimir]

Hi Henry,

You should know that in general the code which replaces the OOB editor with RadEditor for MOSS is executed on the server and not on the client. Also It replaces server controls and not just a textarea field. Unfortunately there is not an easy way to achieve the desired functionality.

Greetings,
Stanimir
the Telerik team