Professional HTML Editor Control(!) for Windows Forms integration?

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Also be aware that DevExpress is coming out with some kind of Uber rich text editing component not based on the rtf control and there are a number of word processing controls that support html and don't rely on IE as they are built from scratch. Search using that angle more than html editor or you'll get a lot of asp.net stuff.

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Uwe Keim

Thanks John, I am aware of that editor. Unfortunately they do not seem to support tables or HTML at all.

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Lost User

Give http://www.fckeditor.net/ [^] a try

emiaj

For a full list of options, you may want to check this article: http://ajaxian.com/archives/richtexteditors-compared[^] Hope this helps.

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Uwe Keim

Thanks, Richard, but web editors like these that have a server and a client part and rely on the underlying web browser exists a lot. There is even an article here (http://www.codeproject.com/KB/edit/WFtinyMCE.aspx[^]) to show how to integrate in Windows Forms. But at the end of the day, they all rely on the underlying IE.

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Uwe Keim

Thank you! Again, as the previous posters, those are all editors based on an (e.g.) IE or Firefox. I do need a stand-alone to host inside a Windows Forms app.

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Tomz_KV

Here is a commercial one: www.ektron.com.

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sj72

Here is one that supports tables http://www.textcontrol.com/products/client_side/dotnet/features/[^]

Rama Krishna Vavilala

Uwe Keim wrote:

editing HTML tables.

What exactly is the problem with that? I have IE hosted as an editor + form designer in my app and it works pretty good even for tables. The only problem I have is with the formatting of the HTML.

Uwe Keim wrote:

the editor inside VS.NET or Expression Web

It is based on FrontPage and is not licensable yet. But I agree that is the deal.

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I saw one a long time ago that did what you want, this one might be it: http://www.netrixcomponent.net/ProductPage.aspx?ProductId=8&SiteId=6[^] But the website looks unfamiliar. There are a few that are not based on interoping IE if you hunt around.

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Jim Crafton

What about http://www.terrainformatica.com/htmengine/[^] I know the author is (or was) a CP member. Here's an editor by the same group that apparently is based on their html engine: http://blocknote.net/index.shtml[^]

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Uwe Keim

Thank you for your reply. In fact, VS.2008 and Expression Web are completely new written Editor (code name "Quartz"). Editing tables inside IE compared to Word is really awfully bad implemented in IE (No column resizing e.g.)

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Jim Crafton

I notice that they claim "It is the first fully functional MSHTML implementation". Does that mean they use MSHTML, i.e. hte IWebBrowser control, which would be the same as you're doing, right?

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Uwe Keim

No. To me, this means, they implemented all the functionality of MSHTML but without MSHTML. I just tried their sample application. Table handling is much more nicer than in MSHTML.

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Ravi Bhavnani

Sorry if this is a repost, but will NikhilK's[^] HTML editor control work? The price seems hard to beat. Edit: [Ah, prolly not since it seems to be a wrapper for MSHTML] /ravi

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Uwe Keim

Thank you! Unfortunately, this is another host of the IE control.

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Ravi Bhavnani

Uwe Keim wrote:

Unfortunately, this is another host of the IE control.

Yes, that's what I figured moments after posting my reply. :-O /ravi

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