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 Mike,
I did not understand the way to show the designer dialog at run time, and I really need it. Could you show me a sample of code just to make it appear on my form?
I'm using Openedge Architect with infragistics components, so most of the examples I see are in C# or VB and I then "traduce" them in OpenEdge.
Thanx for your support.
Yes. In fact, this is how the designer for the control works. I think what you want to do is use the EditInfo object on the control. There's a method on there called ApplyStyle which is what the designer uses.
By the way, the designer dialog that comes up when you click the ellipsis on the Value property at design-time can be shown at run-time. It's in the Infragistics.SupportDialogs assembly.
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?
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.