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How to Integrate CKEditor with ASP.NET

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This is meant for easy integration of CKEditor with ASP.NET
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<!--
Copyright (c) 2003-2012, CKSource - Frederico Knabben. All rights reserved.
For licensing, see LICENSE.html or http://ckeditor.com/license
-->
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
	<title>Replace DIV &mdash; CKEditor Sample</title>
	<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="content-type" />
	<script type="text/javascript" src="../ckeditor.js"></script>
	<script src="sample.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
	<link href="sample.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
	<style id="styles" type="text/css">

		div.editable
		{
			border: solid 2px Transparent;
			padding-left: 15px;
			padding-right: 15px;
		}

		div.editable:hover
		{
			border-color: black;
		}

	</style>
	<script type="text/javascript">
	//<![CDATA[

// Uncomment the following code to test the "Timeout Loading Method".
// CKEDITOR.loadFullCoreTimeout = 5;

window.onload = function()
{
	// Listen to the double click event.
	if ( window.addEventListener )
		document.body.addEventListener( 'dblclick', onDoubleClick, false );
	else if ( window.attachEvent )
		document.body.attachEvent( 'ondblclick', onDoubleClick );

};

function onDoubleClick( ev )
{
	// Get the element which fired the event. This is not necessarily the
	// element to which the event has been attached.
	var element = ev.target || ev.srcElement;

	// Find out the div that holds this element.
	var name;
	do
	{
		element = element.parentNode;
	}
	while ( element && ( name = element.nodeName.toLowerCase() ) && ( name != 'div' || element.className.indexOf( 'editable' ) == -1 ) && name != 'body' )


	if ( name == 'div' && element.className.indexOf( 'editable' ) != -1 )
		replaceDiv( element );
}

var editor;

function replaceDiv( div )
{
	if ( editor )
		editor.destroy();

	editor = CKEDITOR.replace( div );
}

	//]]>
	</script>

</head>
<body>
	<h1 class="samples">
		CKEditor Sample &mdash; Replace DIV with CKEditor on the Fly
	</h1>
	<div class="description">
	<p>
		This sample shows how to automatically replace <code>&lt;div&gt;</code> elements
		with a CKEditor instance on the fly, following user's doubleclick. The content
		that was previously placed inside the <code>&lt;div&gt;</code> element will now
		be moved into CKEditor editing area.
	</p>
	<p>
		For details on how to create this setup check the source code of this sample page.
	</p>
	</div>
	<!-- This <div> holds alert messages to be display in the sample page. -->
	<div id="alerts">
		<noscript>
			<p>
				<strong>CKEditor requires JavaScript to run</strong>. In a browser with no JavaScript
				support, like yours, you should still see the contents (HTML data) and you should
				be able to edit it normally, without a rich editor interface.
			</p>
		</noscript>
	</div>
	<p>
		Double-click any of the following <code>&lt;div&gt;</code> elements to transform them into
		editor instances.</p>
	<div class="editable">
		<h3>
			Part 1</h3>
		<p>
			Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Cras et ipsum quis mi
			semper accumsan. Integer pretium dui id massa. Suspendisse in nisl sit amet urna
			rutrum imperdiet. Nulla eu tellus. Donec ante nisi, ullamcorper quis, fringilla
			nec, sagittis eleifend, pede. Nulla commodo interdum massa. Donec id metus. Fusce
			eu ipsum. Suspendisse auctor. Phasellus fermentum porttitor risus.
		</p>
	</div>
	<div class="editable">
		<h3>
			Part 2</h3>
		<p>
			Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Cras et ipsum quis mi
			semper accumsan. Integer pretium dui id massa. Suspendisse in nisl sit amet urna
			rutrum imperdiet. Nulla eu tellus. Donec ante nisi, ullamcorper quis, fringilla
			nec, sagittis eleifend, pede. Nulla commodo interdum massa. Donec id metus. Fusce
			eu ipsum. Suspendisse auctor. Phasellus fermentum porttitor risus.
		</p>
		<p>
			Donec velit. Mauris massa. Vestibulum non nulla. Nam suscipit arcu nec elit. Phasellus
			sollicitudin iaculis ante. Ut non mauris et sapien tincidunt adipiscing. Vestibulum
			vitae leo. Suspendisse nec mi tristique nulla laoreet vulputate.
		</p>
	</div>
	<div class="editable">
		<h3>
			Part 3</h3>
		<p>
			Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Cras et ipsum quis mi
			semper accumsan. Integer pretium dui id massa. Suspendisse in nisl sit amet urna
			rutrum imperdiet. Nulla eu tellus. Donec ante nisi, ullamcorper quis, fringilla
			nec, sagittis eleifend, pede. Nulla commodo interdum massa. Donec id metus. Fusce
			eu ipsum. Suspendisse auctor. Phasellus fermentum porttitor risus.
		</p>
	</div>
	<div id="footer">
		<hr />
		<p>
			CKEditor - The text editor for the Internet - <a class="samples" href="http://ckeditor.com/">http://ckeditor.com</a>
		</p>
		<p id="copy">
			Copyright &copy; 2003-2012, <a class="samples" href="http://cksource.com/">CKSource</a> - Frederico
			Knabben. All rights reserved.
		</p>
	</div>
</body>
</html>

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Software Developer Cefalo
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Hi,

I am Palash Debnath. I have been working on windows technologies since 2008. I started with ASP.NET. Then I moved to Windows Form and from the last year I have been working with Windows 8 app development. Work with Windows 10 apps development as well. Now I have been working with Microsoft Azure. I have completed my Undergraduate from Khulna University of Engineering in Computer Science & Engineering. Currently working as a Senior Software Engineer at Cefalo.

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