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Is there a 3rd party text editor control that is approx as scripable as Word?

Author
15 Oct 2007 3:55 PM
sandal
Does anyone have exposure to a programmable asp.net editor control that
can approximate basic aspects of Word's programability? I have an
existing system that utilizes Word and vba to build a customized
document out of text snippets and then let the user complete the
editing.

The kinds of things that I need to be able to do

- create a doc from a template (starting point)
- alter header info and logo to match the org creating the doc
- replace placeholder text with text from database
- insert values from db into bookmarks
- allow the user to select and then insert text snippets with formatting
into the doc. In word, a dialog box opens which presents a list of text
snippets (each snippet has a title, the title is presented in the list)
and when the user selects a list item it's data (paragraph(s) or phrase)
is inserted into the document.
- save completed doc as pdf

Author
15 Oct 2007 4:47 PM
Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]
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"sandal" wrote:

> Does anyone have exposure to a programmable asp.net editor control that
> can approximate basic aspects of Word's programability? I have an
> existing system that utilizes Word and vba to build a customized
> document out of text snippets and then let the user complete the
> editing.
>
> The kinds of things that I need to be able to do
>
> - create a doc from a template (starting point)
> - alter header info and logo to match the org creating the doc
> - replace placeholder text with text from database
> - insert values from db into bookmarks
> - allow the user to select and then insert text snippets with formatting
> into the doc. In word, a dialog box opens which presents a list of text
> snippets (each snippet has a title, the title is presented in the list)
> and when the user selects a list item it's data (paragraph(s) or phrase)
> is inserted into the document.
> - save completed doc as pdf
>

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