form validation and FCK

http://www.fckeditor.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7120&p=18975&hilit=validation#p18975

if (typeof(FCKeditorAPI)!=='undefined') {
            alert("API Not Defined");
         } else {
            alert("All good")
         }

<SCRIPT language=JavaScript type=text/JavaScript>
// global function caller to validate form
function validForm(){
alert ("hello world");
if (typeof(FCKeditorAPI)!=='undefined') {
            alert("API Not Defined");
         } else {
            alert("All good")
         }
if (
radChk ('adminForm','changeModule','Please state the changes to the module you would like to make.')&& 
hasVal ('adminForm','changeDefDoc','Please state what impact the changes is likely to have on the definitive document.')&&
hasVal ('adminForm','changeDefDoc','Please say something!')
)
{ return true;} 
else 
{return false;}         
}
</SCRIPT>
<form id="adminForm" name="adminForm" method="post" action="minorModCat1.asp?step=step4" onsubmit="return validForm()">
...
<td colspan="4">
<%
'sBasePath = "/fds/FCKEditor/"
'Dim oFCKeditor
'Set oFCKeditor = New FCKeditor
'oFCKeditor.BasePath   = sBasePath
'oFCKeditor.Value   = changeDefDoc
'oFCKeditor.Height = 200
'oFCKeditor.ToolbarSet = "Basic"
'oFCKeditor.Config("SkinPath") = "/fds/FCKeditor/editor/skins/office2003/"
'oFCKeditor.Create "changeDefDoc"
%>   
</td>

</form>

<script type="text/javascript" src="/fds/FCKEditor/fckeditor.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      window.onload = function()
      {
        var oFCKeditor = new FCKeditor( 'MyTextarea' ) ;
        oFCKeditor.BasePath = "/fds/FCKeditor/" ;
        oFCKeditor.ReplaceTextarea() ;
      FCKeditor_OnComplete()
      }
     function FCKeditor_OnComplete()
   {
   }
    </script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="javascript/valid.js"></script>
<SCRIPT language=JavaScript type=text/JavaScript>
// global function caller to validate form
function validForm(){
alert ("hello world");
if (typeof(FCKeditorAPI)!=='undefined') {
            alert("API Not Defined");
         } else {
            alert("All good")
         }
if (
radChk ('adminForm','changeModule','Please state the changes to the module you would like to make.')&& 
hasVal ('adminForm','changeDefDoc','Please state what impact the changes is likely to have on the definitive document.')&&
hasVal ('adminForm','myTextarea','Please say something!')
)
{ return true;} 
else 
{return false;}         
}
</SCRIPT>
<form id="adminForm" name="adminForm" method="post" action="minorModCat1.asp?step=step4" onsubmit="return validForm()">
...
<td colspan="4"><textarea id="MyTextarea" name="MyTextarea"></textarea></td>
...
</form>

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 15:57

bipindas

Joined: 02/06/2008

Posts: 1

Re: form validation and FCK

Hello,

In case you still have the problem mentioned. Try this. On the page hosting the fckeditor add this javascript function.

function FCKeditor_OnComplete(editorInstance)
{
alert( editorInstance.Name );
}

after that you will be able to access the editors contents using the javascript API.

var oEditor = FCKeditorAPI.GetInstance(instancename);
var contents = oEditor.GetXHTML(true);
alert(contents);

Hope this helps.

Sun, 08/03/2008 - 21:05

chetubetcha

Joined: 11/07/2008

Posts: 6

Re: form validation and FCK

I tried this solution and the only thing I got was a popup for my instance name after the page loaded. I added tge function in the HEAD and linked to the api file.

I must be missing exactly where to place the code.

Tue, 07/21/2009 - 21:33

jfortin

Joined: 21/07/2009

Posts: 1

Re: form validation and FCK

the name of the KCK editor you declare in the code like new FCKeditor('keywords') ; is the name you put in the javascript to validate that field

SO ,
var oEditor = FCKeditorAPI.GetInstance('keywords');// note keywords is the name of the new FCKeditor and has to be quoted
var contents = oEditor.GetXHTML(true);

the value of contents can then be validated as you normally would in any JS function.

Bipindas wrote:Hello,

In case you still have the problem mentioned. Try this. On the page hosting the fckeditor add this javascript function.

function FCKeditor_OnComplete(editorInstance)
{
alert( editorInstance.Name );
}

after that you will be able to access the editors contents using the javascript API.

var oEditor = FCKeditorAPI.GetInstance(instancename);
var contents = oEditor.GetXHTML(true);
alert(contents);

Hope this helps.

Sat, 08/01/2009 - 15:03

loveunit

Joined: 10/03/2008

Posts: 6

Re: form validation and FCK

I think the issue is that firefox or whatever browser is trying to connect to the API before the API is defined, i.e. before the page is fully loaded, so a simple fix is the following:

if ( typeof ( FCKeditorAPI ) == 'defined' ) { // call if defined ##

var oEditor = FCKeditorAPI.GetInstance('instancename');
var instancename = oEditor.GetXHTML(oEditor.FormatOutput);

}