I've looked through the source code for the latest FCKEditor release...does anyone know where it actually saves your link settings (Track clicks, Log each click, Open in new window, etc.) in the code?

I have an older site (DNN 4.9.0) and from all appearances I can't set those flags in the database using the FCKEditor.  It doesn't even save the URL to the URLs table so the LinkClick.aspx link doesn't work because it can't find the URL in the database.

In another site using DNN 5.04.04 it looks like the embedded core controls (UrlControl, etc.) have been changed so that when you click the 'Track Clicks' checkbox it immediately stores the URL to the database.  Which seems like an ugly patch on top of the root FCKEditor problem.  AFAIK there's no way to log clicks to UrlLog in this version because there's only one checkbox.

Surely someone else has gone through this if they're trying to track clicks for links in the FCKEditor.  Has anyone experienced these problems?

 

Ultimately I'll be writing a site log report to show the click information.  My problem, however, is that the FCKEditor does not contain code that actually stores the url logging flags (the LogActivity and TrackClicks columns in the UrlTracking table).  Those flags will NEVER be set by FCKEditor.  I believe this is also true in the latest version of DNN because the FCKEditor code hasn't changed in two years.  

It works somewhat in the current DNN version because there appears to be code in the URLControl.ascx that you mention that automatically inserts the URL into the URL table when you click the 'Track Clicks' checkbox.  A new row is inserted into URLTracking every time you change the URL in the linkgallery textbox and toggle the "Track Clicks" checkbox.  I see no way to enable click logging, however, you can only enable the click counter.

I didn't look into the latest URLControl.ascx code to see what's actually happening when you toggle that checkbox but I'm pretty sure my assumption is correct.