HTML Editor for Textarea fields

[Steve Wood]

I've figured out how to add a full HTML Editor to any Grid or Dialog field that is a textarea control type. See image below.

[Phil Rolf]

Re: HTML Editor for Textarea fields

Give us some details, is this part of the new software you are trying to peddle? I have been looking for something like this....

[Steve Wood]

Re: HTML Editor for Textarea fields

It's part of a new web template I have been working on that has built in facility for creating all those required pages such Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, etc. I needed an "in-line" HTML Editor otherwise the user would have to create their text in some other editor, and copy-paste the HTML to my memo fields, or they had to know basic HTML tags; and both options seemed cheap. Normal text in a Memo field, or any field for that matter, when displayed in a browser is devoid of hard returns, or any formatting at all.

What I came up with is similar to the editor we all use right here in our forum, or the HTML editor in Alpha (at the development level) it creates HTML tags in the background while you work in a WYSIWYG edit screen. If you look at the field in the table, its full of HTML. If you look at it in the browser, its fully formatted.

That other software I am "peddling" wont be ready for another few weeks, but it will include this editor also.

[Pat Bremkamp]

Re: HTML Editor for Textarea fields

Steve, I've been using an on line editor with text areas for a while now. In fact, I have four customers using it and they all love it. What I've found as the best part is the ability to quickly display the data simply by printing a variable.

Consider this. The html saves in a memo field, so, when you want to display the html, read the memo field into a variable and display the variable with <%a5 ?variable %>. No component, and it is very fast.

For a sample, see www.asq-seattle.org The home (index) page shows event information for a selected event in the center of the page that was created in an on line editor by people who can't spell html. To change the event, I just select the event from the list of events, and it displays. If you select 'ASQ Seattle events' on the menu, you 'll see a list of events and can see them by selecting 'view'. The view page does not contain any components.

If you want to compare notes, contact me by email.

[peteconway]

Re: HTML Editor for Textarea fields

Looks good Steve. Well done - Pat I had some connections issues with your site.

[Phil Rolf]

Re: HTML Editor for Textarea fields

I had connection problems as well. When clicking on View for a particular topic the page would not display. After going back to Alpha and trying to load the site again, the home page would not display.

[Pat Bremkamp]

Re: HTML Editor for Textarea fields

Phil and Pete,

I think it's a hosting problem. I have three sites with the host and all three are down.

I'll let you know when they are back up.

Pat

[Pat Bremkamp]

Re: HTML Editor for Textarea fields

The ASQ site is back up....turns out the problem wasn't the host (sorry Clive). It is an occasional problem with the WAS and SSL.

Anyway, if you want to take a look, I'd appreciate the feedback.

To see the html editor in action, go to Career Opportunities and pretend you are an employer and follow the links. Don't worry, your posting won't make it to the live page unless I approve it.

Pat

[peteconway]

Re: HTML Editor for Textarea fields

Well done - works well, good job.

Peter

[Phil Rolf]

Re: HTML Editor for Textarea fields

Pat,
how do I get details on how this was done? This is exactly what I want for several of my applications.
Phil

[peteconway]

Re: HTML Editor for Textarea fields

Me as well.

[Steve Wood]

Re: HTML Editor for Textarea fields

I'll throw you an email with instructions. Let me wait until they respond to one bug question I had and see if I can resolve that. If so, we can use the current version rather than the older version which I am currently stuck with.