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HTMLEditor Provider - How to write a custom provider for ASP.NET 2.0

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A tutorial on how to use the Provider Templates to create your own provider.
/*
 * FCKeditor - The text editor for internet
 * Copyright (C) 2003-2006 Frederico Caldeira Knabben
 * 
 * Licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License:
 * 		http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php
 * 
 * For further information visit:
 * 		http://www.fckeditor.net/
 * 
 * "Support Open Source software. What about a donation today?"
 * 
 * File Name: fcktablehandler.js
 * 	Manage table operations.
 * 
 * File Authors:
 * 		Frederico Caldeira Knabben (fredck@fckeditor.net)
 */

var FCKTableHandler = new Object() ;

FCKTableHandler.InsertRow = function()
{
	// Get the row where the selection is placed in.	
	var oRow = FCKSelection.MoveToAncestorNode("TR") ;
	if ( !oRow ) return ;

	// Create a clone of the row.
	var oNewRow = oRow.cloneNode( true ) ;

	// Insert the new row (copy) before of it.
	oRow.parentNode.insertBefore( oNewRow, oRow ) ;

	// Clean the row (it seems that the new row has been added after it).
	FCKTableHandler.ClearRow( oRow ) ;
}

FCKTableHandler.DeleteRows = function( row )
{
	// If no row has been passed as a parameer,
	// then get the row where the selection is placed in.	
	if ( !row )
		row = FCKSelection.MoveToAncestorNode("TR") ;
	if ( !row ) return ;

	// Get the row's table.	
	var oTable = FCKTools.GetElementAscensor( row, 'TABLE' ) ;

	// If just one row is available then delete the entire table.
	if ( oTable.rows.length == 1 ) 
	{
		FCKTableHandler.DeleteTable( oTable ) ;
		return ;
	}

	// Delete the row.
	row.parentNode.removeChild( row ) ;
}

FCKTableHandler.DeleteTable = function( table )
{
	// If no table has been passed as a parameer,
	// then get the table where the selection is placed in.	
	if ( !table )
	{
		var table = FCKSelection.GetSelectedElement() ;
		if ( !table || table.tagName != 'TABLE' )
			table = FCKSelection.MoveToAncestorNode("TABLE") ;
	}
	if ( !table ) return ;

	// Delete the table.
	FCKSelection.SelectNode( table ) ;
	FCKSelection.Collapse();
	table.parentNode.removeChild( table ) ;
}

FCKTableHandler.InsertColumn = function()
{
	// Get the cell where the selection is placed in.
	var oCell = FCKSelection.MoveToAncestorNode("TD") ;
	if ( !oCell )
	    oCell =  FCKSelection.MoveToAncestorNode("TH") ;

	if ( !oCell ) return ;
	
	// Get the cell's table.
	var oTable = FCKTools.GetElementAscensor( oCell, 'TABLE' ) ;

	// Get the index of the column to be created (based on the cell).
	var iIndex = oCell.cellIndex + 1 ;

	// Loop throw all rows available in the table.
	for ( var i = 0 ; i < oTable.rows.length ; i++ )
	{
		// Get the row.
		var oRow = oTable.rows[i] ;
	
		// If the row doens't have enought cells, ignore it.
		if ( oRow.cells.length < iIndex )
			continue ;
		
		oCell = oRow.cells[iIndex-1].cloneNode(false) ;
		
		if ( FCKBrowserInfo.IsGecko )
			oCell.innerHTML = GECKO_BOGUS ;
		
		// Get the cell that is placed in the new cell place.
		var oBaseCell = oRow.cells[iIndex] ;

		// If the cell is available (we are not in the last cell of the row).
		if ( oBaseCell )
			oRow.insertBefore( oCell, oBaseCell ) ;	// Insert the new cell just before of it.
		else
			oRow.appendChild( oCell ) ;				// Append the cell at the end of the row.
	}
}

FCKTableHandler.DeleteColumns = function()
{
	// Get the cell where the selection is placed in.
	var oCell = FCKSelection.MoveToAncestorNode('TD') || FCKSelection.MoveToAncestorNode('TH') ;

	if ( !oCell ) return ;
	
	// Get the cell's table.	
	var oTable = FCKTools.GetElementAscensor( oCell, 'TABLE' ) ;

	// Get the cell index.
	var iIndex = oCell.cellIndex ;

	// Loop throw all rows (from down to up, because it's possible that some
	// rows will be deleted).
	for ( var i = oTable.rows.length - 1 ; i >= 0 ; i-- )
	{
		// Get the row.
		var oRow = oTable.rows[i] ;
		
		// If the cell to be removed is the first one and the row has just one cell.
		if ( iIndex == 0 && oRow.cells.length == 1 )
		{
			// Remove the entire row.
			FCKTableHandler.DeleteRows( oRow ) ;
			continue ;
		}
		
		// If the cell to be removed exists the delete it.
		if ( oRow.cells[iIndex] )
			oRow.removeChild( oRow.cells[iIndex] ) ;
	}
}

FCKTableHandler.InsertCell = function( cell )
{
	// Get the cell where the selection is placed in.
	var oCell = cell ? cell : FCKSelection.MoveToAncestorNode("TD") ;
	if ( !oCell ) return ;

	// Create the new cell element to be added.
	var oNewCell = FCK.EditorDocument.createElement("TD");
	if ( FCKBrowserInfo.IsGecko )
		oNewCell.innerHTML = GECKO_BOGUS ;
//	oNewCell.innerHTML = "&nbsp;" ;

	// If it is the last cell in the row.
	if ( oCell.cellIndex == oCell.parentNode.cells.length - 1 )
	{
		// Add the new cell at the end of the row.
		oCell.parentNode.appendChild( oNewCell ) ;
	}
	else
	{
		// Add the new cell before the next cell (after the active one).
		oCell.parentNode.insertBefore( oNewCell, oCell.nextSibling ) ;
	}
	
	return oNewCell ;
}

FCKTableHandler.DeleteCell = function( cell )
{
	// If this is the last cell in the row.
	if ( cell.parentNode.cells.length == 1 )
	{
		// Delete the entire row.
		FCKTableHandler.DeleteRows( FCKTools.GetElementAscensor( cell, 'TR' ) ) ;
		return ;
	}

	// Delete the cell from the row.
	cell.parentNode.removeChild( cell ) ;
}

FCKTableHandler.DeleteCells = function()
{
	var aCells = FCKTableHandler.GetSelectedCells() ;
	
	for ( var i = aCells.length - 1 ; i >= 0  ; i-- )
	{
		FCKTableHandler.DeleteCell( aCells[i] ) ;
	}
}

FCKTableHandler.MergeCells = function()
{
	// Get all selected cells.
	var aCells = FCKTableHandler.GetSelectedCells() ;
	
	// At least 2 cells must be selected.
	if ( aCells.length < 2 )
		return ;
		
	// The merge can occour only if the selected cells are from the same row.
	if ( aCells[0].parentNode != aCells[aCells.length-1].parentNode )
		return ;

	// Calculate the new colSpan for the first cell.
	var iColSpan = isNaN( aCells[0].colSpan ) ? 1 : aCells[0].colSpan ;

	var sHtml = '' ;
	var oCellsContents = FCK.EditorDocument.createDocumentFragment() ;
	
	for ( var i = aCells.length - 1 ; i >= 0 ; i-- )
	{
		var eCell = aCells[i] ;
		
		// Move its contents to the document fragment.
		for ( var c = eCell.childNodes.length - 1 ; c >= 0 ; c-- )
		{
			var eChild = eCell.removeChild( eCell.childNodes[c] ) ;
	
			if ( ( eChild.hasAttribute && eChild.hasAttribute('_moz_editor_bogus_node') ) || ( eChild.getAttribute && eChild.getAttribute( 'type', 2 ) == '_moz' ) )
				continue ;
			
				oCellsContents.insertBefore( eChild, oCellsContents.firstChild ) ;
		}
		
		if ( i > 0 )
		{
			// Accumulate the colspan of the cell.
			iColSpan += isNaN( eCell.colSpan ) ? 1 : eCell.colSpan ;

			// Delete the cell.
			FCKTableHandler.DeleteCell( eCell ) ;
		}
	}
	
	// Set the innerHTML of the remaining cell (the first one).
	aCells[0].colSpan = iColSpan ;
	
	if ( FCKBrowserInfo.IsGecko && oCellsContents.childNodes.length == 0 )
		aCells[0].innerHTML = GECKO_BOGUS ;
	else
		aCells[0].appendChild( oCellsContents ) ;
}

FCKTableHandler.SplitCell = function()
{
	// Check that just one cell is selected, otherwise return.
	var aCells = FCKTableHandler.GetSelectedCells() ;
	if ( aCells.length != 1 )
		return ;
	
	var aMap = this._CreateTableMap( aCells[0].parentNode.parentNode ) ;
	var iCellIndex = FCKTableHandler._GetCellIndexSpan( aMap, aCells[0].parentNode.rowIndex , aCells[0] ) ;
		
	var aCollCells = this._GetCollumnCells( aMap, iCellIndex ) ;
	
	for ( var i = 0 ; i < aCollCells.length ; i++ )
	{
		if ( aCollCells[i] == aCells[0] )
		{
			var oNewCell = this.InsertCell( aCells[0] ) ;
			if ( !isNaN( aCells[0].rowSpan ) && aCells[0].rowSpan > 1 )
				oNewCell.rowSpan = aCells[0].rowSpan ;
		}
		else
		{
			if ( isNaN( aCollCells[i].colSpan ) )
				aCollCells[i].colSpan = 2 ;
			else
				aCollCells[i].colSpan += 1 ;
		}
	}
}

// Get the cell index from a TableMap.
FCKTableHandler._GetCellIndexSpan = function( tableMap, rowIndex, cell )
{
	if ( tableMap.length < rowIndex + 1 )
		return null ;
	
	var oRow = tableMap[ rowIndex ] ;
	
	for ( var c = 0 ; c < oRow.length ; c++ )
	{
		if ( oRow[c] == cell )
			return c ;
	}
	
	return null ;
}

// Get the cells available in a collumn of a TableMap.
FCKTableHandler._GetCollumnCells = function( tableMap, collumnIndex )
{
	var aCollCells = new Array() ;

	for ( var r = 0 ; r < tableMap.length ; r++ )
	{
		var oCell = tableMap[r][collumnIndex] ;
		if ( oCell && ( aCollCells.length == 0 || aCollCells[ aCollCells.length - 1 ] != oCell ) )
			aCollCells[ aCollCells.length ] = oCell ;
	}
	
	return aCollCells ;
}

// This function is quite hard to explain. It creates a matrix representing all cells in a table.
// The difference here is that the "spanned" cells (colSpan and rowSpan) are duplicated on the matrix
// cells that are "spanned". For example, a row with 3 cells where the second cell has colSpan=2 and rowSpan=3
// will produce a bi-dimensional matrix with the following values (representing the cells):
//		Cell1, Cell2, Cell2, Cell 3
//		Cell4, Cell2, Cell2, Cell 5
FCKTableHandler._CreateTableMap = function( table )
{
	var aRows = table.rows ;
	
	// Row and Collumn counters.
	var r = -1 ;
	
	var aMap = new Array() ;
	
	for ( var i = 0 ; i < aRows.length ; i++ )
	{
		r++ ;
		if ( !aMap[r] )
			aMap[r] = new Array() ;
		
		var c = -1 ;
		
		for ( var j = 0 ; j < aRows[i].cells.length ; j++ )
		{
			var oCell = aRows[i].cells[j] ;
		
			c++ ;
			while ( aMap[r][c] )
				c++ ;
			
			var iColSpan = isNaN( oCell.colSpan ) ? 1 : oCell.colSpan ;
			var iRowSpan = isNaN( oCell.rowSpan ) ? 1 : oCell.rowSpan ;

			for ( var rs = 0 ; rs < iRowSpan ; rs++ )
			{
				if ( !aMap[r + rs] )
					aMap[r + rs] = new Array() ;
					
				for ( var cs = 0 ; cs < iColSpan ; cs++ )
				{
					aMap[r + rs][c + cs] = aRows[i].cells[j] ;
				}
			}
			
			c += iColSpan - 1 ;
		}
	}
	return aMap ;
}

FCKTableHandler.ClearRow = function( tr )
{
	// Get the array of row's cells.
	var aCells = tr.cells ;

	// Replace the contents of each cell with "nothing".
	for ( var i = 0 ; i < aCells.length ; i++ ) 
	{
		if ( FCKBrowserInfo.IsGecko )
			aCells[i].innerHTML = GECKO_BOGUS ;
		else
			aCells[i].innerHTML = '' ;
	}
}

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Todd Davis has been working in web and application development for several years, using Silverlight, ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#, C++ and Javascript, as well as a great deal of work with SQL server and IIS.

He currently works for Virtual Radiologic in Eden Prairie, MN, however he is better known for his varied work in the open source community, especially the DotNetNuke project for which he provided several world-renowned training videos and modules. A huge advocate of open source and open knowledge sharing, everything on his website (www.SeaburyDesign.com) is always offered for free.

Whenever he is not actively coding at his laptop (a rarity to be sure), he can be found woodworking, walking with his wife and kids, or motoring along the back roads of MN on his Harley Davidson Fatboy.

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