Value missing

Hi All,
I am having some issues with FCK Value property.
I am using ASP.NET 2.0 and Ajax.

I have the need to save the FCK editor values on an event from elswhere on the page.

If I enter some text into the fck editor and then submit the update panel, the value is not present in the control

i.e. FCKeditor1.Value is always "";

If I manually set the value in code, FCKeditor1.Value ="Testing 123";, it shows in the editor.
If I change the value and submit hte update panel, the value shown is still ="Testing 123".

How can I persist the text entered into the editor for the postback.

Also, The Save button commits a full page update, is there anyway that this can only execute a callback for the update panel?

Many thanks for you assistance,
Rod