Hopefully this will be an easy one, I have created many modules and deployed them without problems. I have just have the need to use the built in TextEditor Control and have come across a problem.

I have successfully added the control to my ascx page and then saved the encoded html produced by the texteditor into my database.

The problem arrises when I try to then display the results in say a gridview cell, all I get is encoded or de encoded html text depending on the selection I make in the Edit Columns... menu of the gridview and not the items it represents.

When I view the html page source all I see is the encoded text from the database. i.e "<p><img width="59" height="75" src="/Dnn_454/Portals/0/book_wrox2.jpg" alt="" /></p>"

instead of " <p><img width="59" height="75" src="/Dnn_454/Portals/0/book_wrox2.jpg" alt="" /></p>"

I have been staring at this problem for a few days now, am I missing something silly here, any pointers would be gratefully appreciated.

Hi Thanks for you help but I am struggling to understand the conept.

Whether I htmlencode in the vb code behind on bind or in the IDE menu I get the same result = text written on page only.

As I said in the original post, I can encode and de encode the html  and I then see either "&lt;p&gt;"   or "<p> shown as text on the webpage.

My problem is that I cannot send this to the browser as html, it is as if the processing is being done too late. All I see on the webpage is text.

For instance I have embedded the TextEditor into my module and have added one of the standard dnn images to a ntext field in the database. i.e

which ever way (enocode or de encode)  try to display this field in a web control on my page all I get is <img width="100" height="89" src="/Portals/25/DNNReview/Sample Verification Page.png" alt="" /> or the encoded version of this text.

The html isnt being rendered for some reason?

Sorry if this is a real dim question but I have gone code blind now from staring at the problem too long. I am obviously missing a simple part of the process.

I have used the TextEditor and loaded the resulting data as a literal control like :

 Me.celContent.Controls.Add(New System.Web.UI.LiteralControl(Server.HtmlDecode(ctlText.ToString)))

I probably originally figured this out by digging into the html/text module.