JXHTMLEDIT

Name	JXHTMLEDIT
Version	2.0.002 DEMO
Date	2003-05-26
Author	Nicola Asuni
Copyright	Tecnick.com S.r.l. Via Ugo Foscolo n.19 09045 Quartu Sant'Elena (CA) ITALY www.tecnick.com
License	jxhtmledit_license_eng.pdf

[ limitations | description | features | example | setup ]

Limitations

A warning message will be added to generated pages.

Description

JXHTMLEDIT is a browser-based HTML/XHTML content authoring tool based on the Java 2 Platform that allows WYSIWYG editing on multiple platforms (require the Sun Java^TM Plug-in 1.4 or higher installed on client).

WYSIWYG is the acronym of What You See Is What You Get, in other words, JXHTMLEDIT provides word processor-like user interface that allows to edit the document directly in the final form (as will be rendered). This empower non-technical users to become content contributors without any knowledge of HTML or XHTML.

JXHTMLEDIT outputs to your choice HTML or well-formed XHTML which can be easily parsed and automatically transformed using XSLT. Note that JXHTMLEDIT is specifically designed and optimized to edit only the <body> portion of HTML/XHTML page and not the entire structure.

JXHTMLEDIT preload the HTML/XHTML content during startup from a specified form field (e.g.: <textarea>) where it also save generated code.

JXHTMLEDIT is flexible and could be used to easily integrate WYSIWYG authoring functionality into existing products or services as CMS (Content Management System), CRM (Customer Relationship Management), KMS (Knowledge Management Systems), or e-Learning.

Main Features

platform independent, works on most Operating Systems available today
browser-based and cross-browser Java Applet, works fine with any Javascript-enabled internet browser that support Sun Java^TM Plug-in 1.4 or higher
applet is less than 90 KB, loads quickly
WYSIWYG and source code editing
customizable charset encoding, support international character sets (require appropriate OS/browsers)
customizable buttons images and UI (User Interface) appearance
help tooltips on buttons (popup descriptions that appear when mouse pointer is over the button)
output HTML or well-formed XHTML to your choice
support XHTML indentation (to increase readability) or compact mode (to reduce code size)
could be launched as popup window
support copy, cut-n-paste, undo, redo, search and select-all
quick buttons for main functions (e.g.: links, images, tables, lists, paragraphs, fonts)
contain special menu that allows you to insert whatever HTML element and define all of it's attributes

Example

To view this demo, you must have the Sun Java^TM Plug-in 1.4 or higher installed. If this plug-in is not yet installed, you can download it from: http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/index.html

As soon as you have installed the plug-in you can start the JXHTMLEDIT demo clicking the [Edit] button below.

Setup

To load the JXHTMLEDIT applet on your page use the following syntax:

<object 
	classid="clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93"
	codebase="http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/autodl/jinstall-1_4_0-win.cab"
	codetype="application/x-java-applet;version=1.4"
	standby="Loading JXHTMLEDITOR ..."
	width="640"
	height="480"
	hspace="0"
	vspace="0"
	align="middle"
	border="0"
	name="jxhtmledit"
	id="jxhtmledit"
>

<param name="java_codebase" value="java" />
<param name="java_archive" value="jxhtmledit.jar" />
<param name="java_code" value="jxhtmledit.jxhtmledit.class" />
<param name="java_type" value="application/x-java-applet;version=1.4" />
<param name="scriptable" value="true" />

<param name="license_number" value=".: EXAMPLE :." />
<param name="param_Copyright" value="Tecnick.com s.r.l. - www.tecnick.com" />
<param name="param_page_encoding" value="iso-8859-1" />
<param name="param_encoding" value="iso-8859-1" />
<param name="param_separate_window" value="true" />
<param name="param_callingform" value="test_form" />
<param name="param_callingfield" value="testarea" />
<param name="param_xhtml" value="true" />
<param name="param_indent" value="false" />
<param name="param_buttons_images_path" value="java/buttons/" />
<param name="param_images_path" value="java/images/" />
<param name="param_images_list" value="_blank.png:image1.gif:image2.jpg" />
<param name="mayscript" value="mayscript" />

<!-- // embed code for netscape browser (that do not render object tag) -->
<embed 
	codebase="java" 
	archive="jxhtmledit.jar" 
	code="jxhtmledit.jxhtmledit.class" 
	type="application/x-java-applet;version=1.4" 
	pluginspage="http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/index.html#download" 
	mayscript="mayscript" 
	width="640" 
	height="480" 
	hspace="0" 
	vspace="0" 
	align="middle" 
	name="xhtml_editor" 
	id="xhtml_editor" 
	param_Copyright="Tecnick.com s.r.l. - www.tecnick.com" 
	license_number="..:: AIOCP Bundle ::.." 
	param_encoding="iso-8859-1" 
	param_page_encoding="iso-8859-1" 
	param_separate_window="true" 
	param_callingform="test_form" 
	param_callingfield="testarea" 
	param_xhtml="true" 
	param_indent="false" 
	param_buttons_images_path="java/buttons/" 
	param_images_path="java/images/" 
	param_images_list="_blank.png:image1.gif:image2.jpg">
</embed>

</object>

The following tables illustrates the meaning of customizable object parameters (or embed parameters). Please leave other parameters as they are.

Customizable Parameters

name	values	default	required
java_codebase (codebase)	relative path to applet archive directory (e.g.: "../java/")		yes
width	applet width in pixels		yes
height	applet height in pixels		yes
hspace	applet horizontal space		no
vspace	applet vertical space		no
align	applet alignment left right top middle bottom		no
name	applet name		no
id	applet id		no
license_number	enter here your software license number		yes
param_Copyright	Tecnick.com s.r.l. - www.tecnick.com		yes
param_page_encoding	encoding character set of the html page where the applet is loaded	iso-8859-1	no
param_encoding	encoding character set of the document to edit	iso-8859-1	no
param_separate_window	true the applet is on a popup window false the applet is on the same page of the <form> specified on the following parameter "param_callingform"	true	no
param_callingform	name of the <form> containing the field indicated on the following parameter "param_callingfield"		yes
param_callingfield	name of the <form> field (e.g.: <textarea>) from where to load and where to save HTML/XHTML document		yes
param_xhtml	true output XHTML code false output HTML code	true	no
param_indent	true indent XHTML output code false compact XHTML output code	false	no
param_buttons_images_path	relative path to directory containing buttons images		yes
param_images_path	absolute URL path to directory containing images that could be inserted on document (e.g.: http://www.mysite.com/images/)		yes
param_images_list	colon-separated list of images filenames contained on the directory specified by previous parameter "param_images_path"		yes