Publisher review:TextBox for ASP.NET gives you an easy way to add dynamic WYSIWYG editing capabilities to your Web App without writing any code. PowerWEB TextBox for ASP.NET gives you an easy way to add dynamic WYSIWYG editing capabilities to your Web App without writing any code. Just drag-and-drop the HtmlBox control onto a web form and use the intuitive Property Builder to configure the control to your exact needs.
For the utmost in flexibility, the rich object model allows you to use code-behind or direct tag editing. Just a few of the innovative features include support for skins, table wizard, style and font configuration.
Finally, to get you up and running in the shortest possible time, the integrated Help 2.0 documentation includes over 2 dozen tutorials and a comprehensive reference guide. Replace that boring TextArea with the power of a word processor!
Standard Features - Fully compatible with all released versions of the .NET Framework (1.0, 1.1, 2.0).
- Fully compatible with Visual Studio .NET 2002, 2003 and 2005.
- Support for Netscape 7.1 and Mozilla 1.3 (both IE and Mac)
- Built-in localization for French, Spanish, and German Localization can be set with a simple property.
- Ability to add custom languages using XML Create your own XML files or alter the included Spanish, German, and French XML files to customize how text appears.
- All text fully customizable for international language support Since virtually every aspect of this product is exposed for configuration and manipulation, access to all default text is easily accessible and can be changed based on your business requirements.
- Support for XHTML A TextXhtml property will return properly formatted HTML for use in more demanding environments such as XML.
- Support for absolute positioning, including the ability to bring objects forward or backward Position objects around the screen without worrying about traditional HTML layout limitations.
- Auto-Save options AJAX technology induces automatic callbacks after a speciifed number of keystrokes or designated time interval.
- The ability to insert and configure Flash movies Add a Flash movie to your page and configure its options with just a simple button click.
- Support for Windows Media files Insert Microsoft WMA files into your page with a simple button click.
- The ability to Zoom-in and Zoom-out Zoom in for a close-up of your page or zoom out to see how everything looks; great when working with large images.
- Improved Image support with greater configuration options Previously existing images can easily be swapped and their settings altered.
- Toolbar buttons can perform traditional postbacks or AJAX callbacks
- The ability to paste into the control and strip HTML tags Pasting into the control from HTML/XML often includes unintended tags. This capability will strip the tags and preserve the text.
- The ability to remove all formatting tags when pasting rich text from Microsoft Word When pasting from Microsoft Word, XML formatting data is often included. This functionality removes all Word formatting tags and preserves the text.
- Complete support for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Style sheets can be applied to all objects, including the HtmlBox control, Toolbar, Dialogs, Menus, TextWindow, ProgressBar, TabStrip, individual buttons, etc.
- Full featured image management. Easily upload images to server, preview, then configure their placement on the TextArea. Unlike other products, the upload image technology is built into the HtmlBox control, enabling deployment and development without the need of other external files that require setup and deployment. Once uploaded, all images can be previewed before being inserted in the TextWindow.
- Compatible with ASP.NET Validation Controls Validate data from the TextWindow using any of Microsofts validation controls. Just set the ControlToValidate property to HtmlBox in any Microsoft validation control.
- Intuitive processing of directory structures. When configuring directories, such as Scripts and Images, the Directory Dialog will intuitively switch between Virtual Directory, Absolute URLs, Local Path, and Relative to Document.
- Build tables with intelligent table editing plus right-click menu support for insertion and configuration. The Insert Table button allows for the creation and insertion of custom tables, plus configuration of individual table cells. Once a table has been created, right clicking on the cell brings up a menu of options to configure the cell.
- Switch between HTML WYSIWYG editing mode or HTML tag editing mode If WYSIWYG HTML is not enough for high detail editing, just switch to HTML mode and directly edit the tags. Once you switch back to Design view, your HTML alterations are immediately updated on the screen.
- No ActiveX, Java, or client component requirement only HTML and pure Javascript. Requires just a browser to run! The powerful capabilities of PowerWEB TextBox for ASP.NET are implemented completely through Javascript manipulation and HTML generation. At no time is any ActiveX, Java, or other type of component sent to the client. This eliminates any security or client-side configuration problems. All that is required is Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher.
- No need to manipulate external XML or configuration files! Unlike other products, configuration of complex external XML files is not required to use PowerWEB TextBox for ASP.NET. The rich object model can be completely manipulated within Code Behind or ASPX. Every aspect of the product is represented by an object, allowing for complete flexibility in your design. Plus, the Property Builder lets you configure the product interactively without writing any code at all.
- Fully documented client-side API for customization To create the features in PowerWEB TextBox for ASP.NET, we first had to develop a powerful client-side JavaScript API. That API has been documented and is made available to you for your own development needs.
- Comprehensive display control: customize the toolbar to display only the tools you want the end-user to have or remove the text area and just have a customized toolbar for your site Because every aspect of the product is an abstracted object, the customization capabilities are practically unlimited. You can even turn the Html Editor into a slide puzzle game.
- Built-in Print functionality The printing capability available using the Print button activates the browsers printer functionality and prints what is in the TextWindow of the HtmlBox control.
- Cut, Copy, and Paste into the HTML editor, just like a word processor.
- Add unlimited custom fonts Custom fonts can be easily added using the Property Builder or programmatically. Each font is properly displayed to the end-user in the Font drop-down.
- Special characters and symbols easily available with a toolbar button Special characters can be easily inserted using the Special Character button. The functionality includes 16 default special characters, plus many more that can be optionally added to the list.
- Easily use code-behind to implement user roles.
- Filter the file types that can be uploaded The file upload capabilities not only allows you to create a system where your users upload files to the server, but configure the file upload mechanism to filter different file types and preview the files on the server.
- Supports secure Web servers If your web application is build using SSL communications, PowerWEB TextBox for ASP.NET has a built-in mechanism that enables proper operation in such an environment.
- Use an unlimited amount of HtmlBox controls on a web form with little added HTML/JavaScript overhead since they all share the same client side code Unlike other products, the HtmlBox control is designed to handle multiple versions on the same page. This allows you to replace all the TextBox controls on a page with the HtmlBox control, rather than forcing your users to go to a separate page when using the product.
- Integrates with IBuySpy.
- Intuitive On-line Help integrates with Visual Studio .NET Dart has always had a reputation for comprehensive documentation, and the PowerWEB TextBox for ASP.NET ships with fully integrated on-line help based on the Microsoft Help 2.0 engine. The help system is available inside your Visual Studio development environment with F1 support and dynamic help. The documentation also includes more than 2 dozen high-level tutorials. For those that are not using Visual Studio, we also provide documentation in Help 1.3 form using a chm file.
- 100% Managed Code! This product is written completely in C# and uses only .NET managed functionality
- Supports VS.NET, WebMatrix, C# Builder, and other .NET compliant development environments.
TextBox for ASP.NET 3.1.2 is a ASP.NET script for WYSIWYG Editors scripts design by Dart Communications.
It runs on following operating system: Windows.
Operating system:Windows
TextBox for ASP.NET 3.1.2 script details 
