It is very easy to use FCKeditor in your AFP web pages. All the integration files are available in the official distributed package. To start the integration follow the instructions below.
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[hide]Integration step by step
Step 1
Suppose that the editor is installed in the /fckeditor/ path of your web site. The first thing to do is to create an unique session file for the AFP - e.g. a file called fck.afpa
<application ID="fck"/>
Step 2
Now the FCKeditor is available and ready to use. So, just insert the following code in your page to create an instance of the editor inside a <FORM>:
<form action="sampleposteddata.afp" method="post" target="_blank">
<%
sBasePath="/fckeditor/" && <-- Change this to your local path
lcText=[This is some <strong>sample text</strong>. You are using ]
lcText=lcText+[<a href='http://www.fckeditor.net/'>FCKeditor</a>.]
oFCKeditor = CREATEOBJECT("FCKeditor")
oFCKeditor.fckeditor("FCKeditor1")
oFCKeditor.BasePath = sBasePath
oFCKeditor.cValue = lcText
? oFCKeditor.Create()
%>
"FCKeditor1" is the name used to post the editor data on forms.
Step 3
The editor is now ready to be used. Just open the page in your browser to see it at work.
Sample code
The complete sample without HTML Overhead - find the full sample in your Samples directory.
<html><head></head><body>
<form action="sampleposteddata.afp" method="post" target="_blank">
<%
sBasePath="/fckeditor/" && <-- Change this to your local path
lcText=[This is some <strong>sample text</strong>. You are using ]
lcText=lcText+[<a href='http://www.fckeditor.net/'>FCKeditor</a>.]
oFCKeditor = CREATEOBJECT("FCKeditor")
oFCKeditor.fckeditor("FCKeditor1")
oFCKeditor.BasePath = sBasePath
oFCKeditor.cValue = lcText
? oFCKeditor.Create()
%>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body></html>
Handling the posted data
The editor instance just created will behave like a normal <INPUT> field in a form. It will use the name you've used when creating it (in the above sample, "FCKeditor1"). So, to retrieve its value you can do something like this:
lcData=request.form("FCKeditor1")
Additional information
- You can find some samples on how to use the editor in the "_samples/afp" directory of the distributed package. Also there is a complete class template for Integration in a class
- Please notice, that the edited texts can not be larger than 64KB due to Browser post restrictions.