can someone please provide some input? thank-you

~f

Hi Felix:

Since it is so hard to get help in these forums nowadays I figured I post the answer to my/your question.
If you want to be able to set the file browsing and uploading path on the fly for each user or group you will have to use the Application("FCKeditor:UserFilesPath") variable for FCKeditor on the Page_Init event. You can also use the Session("FCKeditor:UserFilesPath"), as a matter of fact, that is what the fckeditor documentation suggests. However, with dotnetnuke i couldnt get it to work properly using the session variable so instead I used the "Application" call, i think that this is the equivalent of using the web.config except that you are doing it dynamically. Anyhow, below is an example of how I am doing it in my site, notice that I am just checking the user name for the current logged in user, I am not checking group memberships like you want:

        Protected Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Init
            Try
                Dim userCtrlr As New UserController
                Dim user As UserInfo = userCtrlr.GetUser(PortalId, UserId)
                Application("FCKeditor:UserFilesPath") = Page.ResolveUrl("~/Portals/" & PortalId.ToString & "/Userfiles/FlyerImgs/" & user.Username & "/")
            Catch exc As Exception 'Module failed to load
                ProcessModuleLoadException(Me, exc)
            End Try
        End Sub

Make sure that you are using the "Page.ResolveUrl" otherwise the application will have problems converting the image path, and the image will not display properly.

Now, for my original question regarding changing fckconfig.js settings but only specific to the instance of the editor in a single module, there really isnt a way to do this. What i had to do was introduce the asp.net version of the fckeditor in my site as a new control with its own web.config. This way, the new settings do not affect the settings of all the other fckeditors in the site, and I have complete control of the new controls settings. I actually wanted to reall customize the control and had to change a few javascript files under the _source directory of fckeditor. For my purposes this seemed to work much better, I dont think I see how it could have worked out otherwise. Anyhow, I hope that helps someone.