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  • Justin Kennedy
    #1

    rich text edit control

    Hi,

    I have a client that wants to format content in Word, paste it into a
    textarea, and have the html render exactly as it matches the Word doc.

    I've tried some scripts out there that offer this, but most of them
    don't render the content exactly as it's displayed in Word.

    Do you know of any scripts/activex/applets that provide this?

    Thanks,
    -Justin
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    • Tim Van Wassenhove
      #2
      Re: rich text edit control

      In article <v78080ds7qs54r m5pa36c990asgah pndo8@4ax.com>, Justin Kennedy wrote:[color=blue]
      > Hi,
      >
      > I have a client that wants to format content in Word, paste it into a
      > textarea, and have the html render exactly as it matches the Word doc.
      >
      > I've tried some scripts out there that offer this, but most of them
      > don't render the content exactly as it's displayed in Word.
      >
      > Do you know of any scripts/activex/applets that provide this?[/color]

      Isn't it easier for them to export their document as ms-html themselves?

      --
      http://home.mysth.be/~timvw

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        • Tim Van Wassenhove
          #3
          Re: rich text edit control

          In article <v78080ds7qs54r m5pa36c990asgah pndo8@4ax.com>, Justin Kennedy wrote:[color=blue]
          > Hi,
          >
          > I have a client that wants to format content in Word, paste it into a
          > textarea, and have the html render exactly as it matches the Word doc.
          >
          > I've tried some scripts out there that offer this, but most of them
          > don't render the content exactly as it's displayed in Word.
          >
          > Do you know of any scripts/activex/applets that provide this?[/color]

          Isn't it easier for them to export their document as ms-html themselves?

          --
          http://home.mysth.be/~timvw

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            • Fred the man
              #4
              Re: rich text edit control

              On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:10:53 GMT, Justin Kennedy
              <ng@NO_SPAMmari timesource.ca> wrote:[color=blue]
              >I have a client that wants to format content in Word, paste it into a
              >textarea, and have the html render exactly as it matches the Word doc.
              >
              >I've tried some scripts out there that offer this, but most of them
              >don't render the content exactly as it's displayed in Word.
              >
              >Do you know of any scripts/activex/applets that provide this?[/color]

              Rich text for the web is not an easy problem to solve. You could have
              them upload a DOC or RTF document to their www server, and have a CMS
              application on the web server convert this to HTML. You could also
              write a light dedicated application on the client side using IE's
              DHTMLEd rich-text widget to let them type rich text, and upload the
              output HTML to the CMS.

              JD.

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                • Fred the man
                  #5
                  Re: rich text edit control

                  On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:10:53 GMT, Justin Kennedy
                  <ng@NO_SPAMmari timesource.ca> wrote:[color=blue]
                  >I have a client that wants to format content in Word, paste it into a
                  >textarea, and have the html render exactly as it matches the Word doc.
                  >
                  >I've tried some scripts out there that offer this, but most of them
                  >don't render the content exactly as it's displayed in Word.
                  >
                  >Do you know of any scripts/activex/applets that provide this?[/color]

                  Rich text for the web is not an easy problem to solve. You could have
                  them upload a DOC or RTF document to their www server, and have a CMS
                  application on the web server convert this to HTML. You could also
                  write a light dedicated application on the client side using IE's
                  DHTMLEd rich-text widget to let them type rich text, and upload the
                  output HTML to the CMS.

                  JD.

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                    • Ashmodai
                      #6
                      Re: rich text edit control

                      Fred the man scribbled something along the lines of:
                      [color=blue]
                      > On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 18:10:53 GMT, Justin Kennedy
                      > <ng@NO_SPAMmari timesource.ca> wrote:
                      >[color=green]
                      >>I have a client that wants to format content in Word, paste it into a
                      >>textarea, and have the html render exactly as it matches the Word doc.
                      >>
                      >>I've tried some scripts out there that offer this, but most of them
                      >>don't render the content exactly as it's displayed in Word.
                      >>
                      >>Do you know of any scripts/activex/applets that provide this?[/color]
                      >
                      >
                      > Rich text for the web is not an easy problem to solve. You could have
                      > them upload a DOC or RTF document to their www server, and have a CMS
                      > application on the web server convert this to HTML. You could also
                      > write a light dedicated application on the client side using IE's
                      > DHTMLEd rich-text widget to let them type rich text, and upload the
                      > output HTML to the CMS.
                      >
                      > JD.[/color]

                      I would suggest using the CMS approach. MSDHTML rich-text editing is a
                      bad choice in nine out of ten cases.
                      The best choice would, IMHO, be exporting the DOC as MSHTML (chose "Save
                      as... HTML" in Word) and let it run through a server side CMS which
                      translates the MSHTML into real HTML (and probably strips the stuff
                      which is not wanted).

                      Your best choice is to tell the client he's being irrational and doesn't
                      know jack about how the web works tho (not with these words, but try and
                      explain to them why something like what they want doesn't work -- reason
                      #1: the internet doesn't work like MS Word).
                      --
                      Alan Plum, WAD/WD, Mushroom Cloud Productions
                      http://www.mushroom-cloud.com/

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