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  • C Christopher Duncan

    Hey, guys. FCKEdit looks like the most mature bolt on for this need, but since they're Penguins, I either have to agree to one of the open source licenses (it's a commercial app, I can't do that) or pay nearly $900 to license. It's probably worth the 900 bucks from what I've heard, but that kind of expenditure just isn't going to happen at the moment. Naturally, I first searched the CP articles. The rich text editor blocks I found were Winform based, so no go there. Anyone know of a C# / ASP.NET rich text edit control that's free or on the cheap which doesn't require me selling my soul to the Penguins?

    Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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    I've used openwysiwyg[^] a bit (though not too extensively), but I found it very robust and user friendly.

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      I've used openwysiwyg[^] a bit (though not too extensively), but I found it very robust and user friendly.

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      Looks interesting, but it's got a Penguin license (LGPL).

      Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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      • C Christopher Duncan

        Hey, guys. FCKEdit looks like the most mature bolt on for this need, but since they're Penguins, I either have to agree to one of the open source licenses (it's a commercial app, I can't do that) or pay nearly $900 to license. It's probably worth the 900 bucks from what I've heard, but that kind of expenditure just isn't going to happen at the moment. Naturally, I first searched the CP articles. The rich text editor blocks I found were Winform based, so no go there. Anyone know of a C# / ASP.NET rich text edit control that's free or on the cheap which doesn't require me selling my soul to the Penguins?

        Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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        I haven't found a really good one yet. I'm hoping the new offering (new as in it'll be out in a few weeks) from Developer Express will be as good as their other controls. Meanwhile I've been using Cute Editor[^] which has worked out fairly well. Cheers, Drew.

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          Thanks, Douglas. You know, I looked at that one but was scared off by the series of comments that gave an impression of a somewhat buggy venture. Have you used it with good results?

          Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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          I have not personally used it No; I'll ask the ASP guys here and see what they say (they had previously pointed me to it, as "the only free ASP .NET RTE control" they knew of). I'll let you know what they say ...


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          • C Christopher Duncan

            Looks interesting, but it's got a Penguin license (LGPL).

            Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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            And whats wrong with LGPL? LGPL is not the same as GPL, no need to opensource your stuff or anything..

            Blog: http://www.rogeralsing.com Projects: http://www.puzzleframework.com

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              I have not personally used it No; I'll ask the ASP guys here and see what they say (they had previously pointed me to it, as "the only free ASP .NET RTE control" they knew of). I'll let you know what they say ...


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              Christopher Duncan
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              In fairness, I just took another look and realized that they haven't yet put out their first release candidate. It's not entirely fair to judge the quality of software while the cooks still have their fingers in the pot. :)

              Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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              • C Christopher Duncan

                In fairness, I just took another look and realized that they haven't yet put out their first release candidate. It's not entirely fair to judge the quality of software while the cooks still have their fingers in the pot. :)

                Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                Christopher Duncan wrote:

                while the cooks still have their fingers in the pot

                Ok, I don't know what places you eat at, but please give me a list, because I want to avoid them ... :~ :-D


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                  Christopher Duncan wrote:

                  while the cooks still have their fingers in the pot

                  Ok, I don't know what places you eat at, but please give me a list, because I want to avoid them ... :~ :-D


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                  :laugh: Then you clearly don't want to know about the clumsy, knife weilding sushi chef who likes to put a little of himself into his work... :)

                  Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                  • C Christopher Duncan

                    Hey, guys. FCKEdit looks like the most mature bolt on for this need, but since they're Penguins, I either have to agree to one of the open source licenses (it's a commercial app, I can't do that) or pay nearly $900 to license. It's probably worth the 900 bucks from what I've heard, but that kind of expenditure just isn't going to happen at the moment. Naturally, I first searched the CP articles. The rich text editor blocks I found were Winform based, so no go there. Anyone know of a C# / ASP.NET rich text edit control that's free or on the cheap which doesn't require me selling my soul to the Penguins?

                    Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                    I hate all of them. Keep meaning to write my own, but... yeah, time.

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                      I haven't found a really good one yet. I'm hoping the new offering (new as in it'll be out in a few weeks) from Developer Express will be as good as their other controls. Meanwhile I've been using Cute Editor[^] which has worked out fairly well. Cheers, Drew.

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                      Thanks, man. Looks interesting, and the $129 license price is much more bearable than FCKEdit's pricing.

                      Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                        :laugh: Then you clearly don't want to know about the clumsy, knife weilding sushi chef who likes to put a little of himself into his work... :)

                        Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                        Douglas Troy
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                        now that's a kind Maki I could do without ... X|


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                        • C Christopher Duncan

                          Hey, guys. FCKEdit looks like the most mature bolt on for this need, but since they're Penguins, I either have to agree to one of the open source licenses (it's a commercial app, I can't do that) or pay nearly $900 to license. It's probably worth the 900 bucks from what I've heard, but that kind of expenditure just isn't going to happen at the moment. Naturally, I first searched the CP articles. The rich text editor blocks I found were Winform based, so no go there. Anyone know of a C# / ASP.NET rich text edit control that's free or on the cheap which doesn't require me selling my soul to the Penguins?

                          Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                          I've used FreeTextBox with a few projects http://freetextbox.com/default.aspx[^]

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                            And whats wrong with LGPL? LGPL is not the same as GPL, no need to opensource your stuff or anything..

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                            Thanks, man. What are the requirements to use LGPL in a commercial app, then? (There must be some constraints, else there would be no need for the license).

                            Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                              Thanks, man. Looks interesting, and the $129 license price is much more bearable than FCKEdit's pricing.

                              Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                              Christopher Duncan wrote:

                              Thanks, man. Looks interesting, and the $129 license price is much more bearable than FCKEdit's pricing.

                              Heh, no kidding. I checked out a bunch of them a year ago. Cute Editor won because it supports custom file providers so I could store images etc. in a database and still have access through the editor. The $129 license for a $5k website worked for me too. Cheers, Drew.

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                                Thanks, man. What are the requirements to use LGPL in a commercial app, then? (There must be some constraints, else there would be no need for the license).

                                Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                                Basically you need to license any derived work under the same license, LGPL. So if you had to add a toolbar, and that facility was not directly available via the API, and you have to modify the code of the LGPL object, you would have to make it publicly available under the LGPL.

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                                  Basically you need to license any derived work under the same license, LGPL. So if you had to add a toolbar, and that facility was not directly available via the API, and you have to modify the code of the LGPL object, you would have to make it publicly available under the LGPL.

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                                  IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 2 out now

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                                  Christopher Duncan
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                                  Thanks, Leppie. And with no disrespect intended towards those who wear formal attire, that's what I mean by not wanting to sell my soul to the Penguins. :-D

                                  Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                                    Christopher Duncan wrote:

                                    Thanks, man. Looks interesting, and the $129 license price is much more bearable than FCKEdit's pricing.

                                    Heh, no kidding. I checked out a bunch of them a year ago. Cute Editor won because it supports custom file providers so I could store images etc. in a database and still have access through the editor. The $129 license for a $5k website worked for me too. Cheers, Drew.

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                                    Christopher Duncan
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                                    Well, I've downloaded the trial version, and if I can bolt it on and get it working without any major adventures (their forums indicate there may be some), I'll probably be whipping out the credit card before the day is through. Even if they do use X| PayPay. :) Thanks, man!

                                    Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                                      Thanks, Leppie. And with no disrespect intended towards those who wear formal attire, that's what I mean by not wanting to sell my soul to the Penguins. :-D

                                      Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                                      Christopher Duncan wrote:

                                      that's what I mean by not wanting to sell my soul to the Penguins

                                      Its a virus, it infects all your code.

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                                      • C Christopher Duncan

                                        In fairness, I just took another look and realized that they haven't yet put out their first release candidate. It's not entirely fair to judge the quality of software while the cooks still have their fingers in the pot. :)

                                        Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Coming soon: Got a career question? Ask the Attack Chihuahua! www.PracticalUSA.com

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                                        And it wouldn't be fair to your clients to bet their business on it ;)

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                                          I hate all of them. Keep meaning to write my own, but... yeah, time.

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                                          We kinda did...didn't we? ;P

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