Why reinvent the wheel?
http://www.editize.com/
"Jeff Cochran" <jcochran.nospam@naplesgov.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 21:04:22 GMT, "Terry Murray" <tgmurray@rogers.com>
> wrote:
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> >I have been given the task of adding a component to a control panel that
> >will act as a miniature html editor.
> >I would like to know how to determine the position of the cursor at any
> >point within a textarea that I will be using to capture the users html[/color][/color]
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> >The other thing I would like to do is insert text to that determined[/color][/color]
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> I reduced the newsgroup list you posted to to just the relevant ones (
> this isn't an IIS issue, and it's not a database issue, and you missed
> the components group anyway...).
>
> First, I'd think you'd use one of the existing components for HTML
> editing instead of reinventing the wheel. Second, if ASP.NET is a
> possibility, you'd likely be better off working in that direction.
> What you seem to want is a WYSIWYG editor, which is not an easy task
> as a stand alone, let alone a component. You may be looking at some
> kind of applet instead.
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