Editor has some client-side events: 

Client-side event	Description
onChange	Occurs when Editor contents changed.
onChangeMode	Occurs when the user moves the mouse pointer into a tab in the TabConrol.
onSpellCheck	Occurs when SpellCheck command in Editor called.
onCommand	Occurs when any command in Editor called.
onCustomCommand	Occurs when custom command in Editor called.

This provides full support for server-side events and allow for extended programmatic access to the editor's event model. API commands allows users to insert, modify, get or set text into editor.

 

Editor API functions: 

Function name	Description
al_Editor_InsertHtml(clientID, html)	Inserts HTML at the current cursor position.
al_Editor_SurroundHtml(clientID, before, after)	Surrounds the currently selected text (and HTML) with the given strings.
al_Editor_GetHtml(clientID)	Returns the HTML currently in the editor.
al_Editor_SetHtml(clientID, html)	Sets the HTML in the editor.
al_Editor_SetVisible(clientID, isVisible)	Shows or hides the control with identifier clientID, new state depends on isVisible attribute
al_Editor_ExecuteCommand(clientID, commandName,      middle, commandValue)	Executes commands based on the MSHTML (for IE) and Midas (for Firefox) specifications
al_Editor_QueryCommandValue(clientID, commandName)	Queres the state of the current cursor position
al_Editor_Focus(clientID)	Sets the focus on the current editor clientID - identifier of the Editor (use args.ClientID field)
al_Editor_ChangeMode(clientID, mode)	Changes the mode of the Editor control with identifier clientID. Use mode attribute to define new mode type: 0 - Design mode; 1 - HTML mode; 2 - Preview mode

Controls: Editor

 

 

---

© 2002-2007 Astron Digital. All Rights Reserved.