Creating a Custom Menu Button

[C#]
// Be sure to add "Using Dart.PowerWEB.TextBox" to the top of your code-behind class.

private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
   // Check if it is the first page request. State will be maintained for additional postbacks.
   if(!Page.IsPostBack)
   {
      // Create a custom menu button
      ToolbarMenuButton b = new ToolbarMenuButton(ToolbarMenuButtonType.Custom);
      
      // Add some new items to the menu
      b.Menu.Items.Add(new HtmlBoxMenuItem("Make Bold", "bold.gif", "pwFormat('bold', '', true);"));
      b.Menu.Items.Add(new HtmlBoxMenuItem("Make Italic", "italic.gif", "pwFormat('italic', '', true);"));
      b.Menu.Items.Add(new HtmlBoxMenuItem("Make Underline", "underline.gif", "pwFormat('underline', '', true);"));
      b.Menu.Items.Add(new HtmlBoxMenuItem("Show alert", "custom.gif", "alert('hello')"));
      
      // Add the button to the toolbar
      HtmlBox1.Toolbar.Items.Add(b);
   }
}

[Visual Basic]
' Be sure to add "Imports Dart.PowerWEB.TextBox" to the top of your code-behind class.

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

   ' Check if it is the first page request. The toolbar will maintain its state for additional postbacks.
   If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
      ' Create a custom menu button
      Dim b As New ToolbarMenuButton(ToolbarMenuButtonType.Custom)
      
      ' Add some new items to the menu
      b.Menu.Items.Add(New HtmlBoxMenuItem("Make Bold", "bold.gif", "pwFormat(""bold"", """", true);"))
      b.Menu.Items.Add(New HtmlBoxMenuItem("Make Italic", "italic.gif", "pwFormat(""italic"", """", true);"))
      b.Menu.Items.Add(New HtmlBoxMenuItem("Make Underline", "underline.gif", "pwFormat(""underline"", """", true);"))
      b.Menu.Items.Add(New HtmlBoxMenuItem("Show alert", "custom.gif", "alert(""hello"")"))
      
      ' Add the button to the toolbar
      HtmlBox1.Toolbar.Items.Add(b)
   End If
End Sub

[C#]
// Be sure to add "Using Dart.PowerWEB.TextBox" to the top of your code-behind class.

private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
   // Check if it is the first page request. State will be maintained for additional postbacks.
   if(!Page.IsPostBack)
   {
      // Create a custom dialog button
      Dim b As New ToolbarDialogButton(ToolbarDialogButtonType.Custom)
      
      ' Set the text of the dialog to whatever content you would like to display.
      Dim text As String = ""
      text = text & "<p>Click the button below to insert text from a dialog.</p>"
      text = text & "<input type='button' value='click' onclick='pwInsertText(""Blah"", false, true)' ID="Button1" NAME="Button1">"
      b.Dialog.Text = text
      
      ' Add the button to the toolbar
      HtmlBox1.Toolbar.Items.Add(b)
   }
}

[Visual Basic]
' Be sure to add "Imports Dart.PowerWEB.TextBox" to the top of your code-behind class.

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

   ' Check if it is the first page request. The toolbar will maintain its state for additional postbacks.
   If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
         
      ' Create a custom dialog button
      ToolbarDialogButton b = new ToolbarDialogButton(ToolbarDialogButtonType.Custom);
      
      // Set the text of the dialog to whatever content you would like to display.
      string text = "";
text += "<p>Click the button below to insert text from a dialog.</p>";
      text += "<input type='button' value='click' onclick='pwInsertText(\"Blah\", false, true)' ID="Button1" NAME="Button1">";
      b.Dialog.Text = text;
      
      // Add the button to the toolbar
      HtmlBox1.Toolbar.Items.Add(b);
   
   End If
End Sub

Using HtmlBox Skins

Describes how skins can be applied to enhance the HtmlBox and how to create your own skins.

Creating a Custom Button

Describes how to create a custom button to call a JavaScript function.

Creating a Custom Dialog Button

Describes how to create a custom button which launches a dialog when clicked.

Creating a Custom Menu Button

Describes how to create a custom button which opens a menu when clicked.

Creating a Custom DropDown

Describes how to create a custom dropdown box.

Creating a Custom Toolbar Image

Describes how to create a custom toolbar image.

Creating Custom Toolbar Text

Describes how to create custom toolbar text.

Customizing File Uploads

Describes the built in upload support and how it can be customized.

Integrating Spell Checking

Provides steps of how to use a spell checker with the editor.

Integrating with Mail Applications

Provides information on how to integrate the HtmlBox with PowerTCP Mail for .NET to create mail applications which are capable of mailing HTML email messages.