which control may be used to display rich text editor data

Question

User1623409651 posted

Hi all,

I have data in letter format in rich text editor like tinymce and storing that data in database . now can any body suggest which data binding control may be use to display the data like in this forum display.

Thanking you,

Answer 1

User-1509636757 posted

You can use Label control to display HTML text. But you can also use tinymce itself as readonly and remove menu, toolbar, statusbar to display the HTML content:

<script type="text/javascript">
tinymce.init({
    selector: "textarea",
    readonly: true,
	mode : "textareas",
	menubar: false,
    statusbar: false,
    toolbar: false

});
</script>

<form method="post">
    <textarea name="content">test</textarea>
</form>

Example: http://fiddle.tinymce.com/HVfaab/1

You can further work on CSS, to even remove the borders.

<style>
.mce-tinymce, .mce-edit-area { border: none!important }
</style>

Answer 2

User1623409651 posted

Thanks for reply,

Basically i have to generate letters based on stored employee data. for that purpose i have to define the letter text once and store into database using tinymce.

Now i have two queries

1. all letter once

2. employee name will be from employee table

please suggest the way . may we pass placeholders in tinymce?

Answer 3

User-1509636757 posted

1. all letter once

2. employee name will be from employee table

Use PlaceHolders (#EmployeeName# for example) and replace these PlaceHolders with actual value from database while displaying it on page.

Answer 4

User1623409651 posted

Thanks for quick response ,

for display may i  need to use the data-bind control ?

Thanks

Answer 5

User-1509636757 posted

for display may i  need to use the data-bind control ?

I don't think data control is required to display HTML content by replacing PlaceHolders. I believe all you need to do is get the HTML from database, replace the PlaceHolders and display/use the updated HTML. Here is a somewhat similar kind of example that replaces the PlaceHolders and trying to use the HTML content to send email:

//-- I am reading the html from a file, but in your case it will be from database, i guess.
string emailBody = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(Server.MapPath("~/EmailTemplates/SubmitDetailTemplate.htm"));

emailBody = emailBody.Replace("#FirstNameInputByUser#", tblEmployeeRec.FirstName);
emailBody = emailBody.Replace("#MiddleInputByUser#", tblEmployeeRec.MiddleName);
emailBody = emailBody.Replace("#LastNameInputByUser#", tblEmployeeRec.LastName);
...
...
//-- now use this emailBody to display or send email. Above PlaceHolder must exist in html to replace them with database values.

Answer 6

User1623409651 posted

Thanks for reply,

After replacing the placeholders  i have to show the all generated letters for print thatswhy i am talking about databind control or some thing similar to show the generated letter to end user.

again thanks for your continuous support in this regard.

Thanks

Answer 7

User-1509636757 posted

 i have to show the all generated letters for print

you can relate this thread: Printing the values inside the PANEL control only | The ASP.NET Forums. Alternatively, you may try using <div /> tag and set the HTML letter to div and then print the div.