Long ago I used an Infragistics ASP control that provided a full-features word processor. Very nice. Probably like the control I am typing into right now.
I need the same for forms-based coding.
I see there is an UltraForrmatedTextEditor. Is this the right control to use?
It doesn't seem to have a full user interface, like toolbars. Do I have to code that? Are there any existing tools to aid in coding the toolbars or menus?
Hi,
There really isn't anything like that in the current suite of WinForms controls. The UltraForrmatedTextEditor is the closest thing to it, but it's really not designed for large amounts of text and it doesn't have any built-in toolbar support.
That seems like a pretty huge omission. (Given that you have it for ASP, which is certainly a bigger challenge.)
Does the editor have a way that I can control the basic formatting options from a toolbar that I write? like bold/italic/underine/ font etc?
I'm not sure I understand what you are asking. The XML is in the Value property of the control.
UltraFormattedTextEditor has no support for HTML - although the XML format we use is very similar to HTML in many respects.
Ok, so that is my last question on this topic :
How do I retrieve the XML formatted output from the UltraFormattedTextEditor so as to push it into an UltraFormattedLinkLabel and have the same formatted text in both controls?
I only find an HTML output from my text editor.
No, I think you would have to implement the UI for this yourself using a toolbar or something like that.
Thank you for your quick answer, but I think i'm to develop my own word processor for OpenEdge Gui.NET though I can't use the Infragistics.SupportDialogs Assembly in OE Architect.
And every component made for .NET applications that I try to use are made for VS or are not compatible with OE architecture.
Is there any way to use an Infragistics component that would manage light features of a word processor like
.Font
.Bold & Italic
.simple Formatting etc...
Thanx for your answers....
It's not a control, so there's no way to show this on a form as far as I know. You might be able to contain the dialog inside another dialog, but in my experience, this causes all sorts of problems in DotNet and I would not recommend it.
The code to show the dialog is very simple. You just need a reference to the SupportDialogs assembly and then you create an instance of the dialog, set it's Value (optionally) and show it:
FormattedTextUIEditorForm formattedTextUIEditorForm = new FormattedTextUIEditorForm(this.ultraFormattedTextEditor1); formattedTextUIEditorForm.Value = this.ultraFormattedTextEditor1.Value; DialogResult result = formattedTextUIEditorForm.ShowDialog(this); if (result == DialogResult.OK) { this.ultraFormattedTextEditor1.Value = formattedTextUIEditorForm.Value; }