ProtoPad V 0.50
ProtoPad V 0.50 An Open Source Rich Text WYSIWYG Editor
For Internet Explorer 5.5+
Copyright (C) 2002
Kenneth Heimbuch

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ABOUT   DESIGN   USING   LICENSE   TOOLBAR   PROTOPAD  







About ProtoPad V0.50;

ProtoPad V0.50 is essentially a what-you-see-is-what-you-get rich text editor, designed primarily for webmasters, and anyone who needs to generate content where a lot of the other online editors and text boxes just won’t do. This application lets you both generate content and the HTML output in a word processor-styled interface. This is also the perfect application for someone who is interested in generating online content but doesn't know HTML.

About the design ;

The interface is designed to toggle back and forth between design and code mode, showing you the code that defines your content as you type. It has full support for OLE objects, images, Flash/Swish objects, applets, hyperlinks and anything else you would need to put into a HTML file, plus sample a ASP page ("sample.asp") for you to configure to your needs. Some of ProtoPad's features include; "open" and "save" dialogs, quick table wizard, calculator, dynamic calendar, FTP wizard, Color Palette, HTML quick reference, email support, file browser and of course all of the standard text editing toolbar functions.

Using ProtoPad;

ProtoPad is what is known as an hta application, which is to say that it basically is an "HTML" application. It uses the power of the Active X scripting control known as the "commonDialog DLL". The content in the hta file writes to the commonDialog via the "comdlg.lpk" LPK file, which MUST remain in the root directory for the app to work. There are however some concerns about using Active X controls on websites, such as websites that could run "malicious" script on your machine. One of the things that you will notice is that if you are running Norton AV, you will definitely get a warning alert from that program when you either try to "OPEN" or "SAVE", advising you to cancel the script. If you dont have any concerns about running the dialogs through the Active X controls, then what I would suggest is to select an option in your AntiVirus software that can allow the AV software to give you access to the dialogs. In Norton AV for eg, the drop-down list gives you an option of "Allow This Once". This is what you should select. And not be alarmed when you are greeted with a big red dialog, warning you of "Malicious Script".

But... if this bothers you, I have included an alternative. In the folder marked "forHTML_only", there are some files that you can use to replace the hta file called, "protopad050.hta" which is the editor itself with "protopad050.html" So all that you must do is remove "protopad050.hta", and the file called "source.js" which are in the root directory with "protopad050.html" and the "source.js" FROM THE "forHTML_only" FOLDER. This .js file is designed only to work with the pure HTML version, "protopad050.html". And also put "open.html" and "protopad.html"in the root directory after removing the other files above.

The important thing to note when launching ProtoPad as an HTML page rather than an hta application, is to activate the file, "protopad.html" in your Internet Explorer. What this will do is launch the editor the way that it was intended in full-screen view. Alternately, you could launch the file, "protopad050.html" from within, which is the actual editor's file itself, BUT, this will cause the editor to be displayed within the window of the browser, and not in its own full-screen window. This then, is the whole purpose of the splash page, "protopad.html" - to allow the editor to assume itself as a separate window instance.

About the License;

It is GNU General Public License as published by; The Free Software Foundation Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
For details as to your rights, my rights etc, please refer to license.html

About the Toolbar;

images/new.gif new
images/open.gif open
images/save.gif save
images/print.gif print
images/harddrive.gif browse your hard-drive
images/tog.bmp toggle design & code view
images/del.gif delete
images/select.gif select all
images/cut.gif cut
images/copy.gif copy
images/paste.gif paste
images/bold.gif bold
images/italic.gif italic
images/underline.gif underline
images/strike.gif strikethrough
images/left.gif align left
images/center.gif align center
images/right.gif align right
images/ordlist.gif insert ordered list
images/bullist.gif insert bulleted list
images/deindent.gif indent
images/inindent.gif unindent
images/upper.gif make text uppercase
images/lower.gif make text lowercase
images/super.gif make text superscript
images/subs.gif make text subscript
images/forecol.gif select text color
images/bgcol.gif select text background color
images/url2.bmp insert hyperlink; http,mailto, ftp, etc.
images/img.gif insert image file
images/hr.bmp insert a horizontal line
images/table.gif create table
images/calc.gif invoke calculator
images/calendar.gif dynamic calendar
images/email.gif invoke email client
images/ftp.gif ftp files to/from remote host via browser
images/help.bmp help file
images/quik.gif quick html reference
images/about.gif about protopad v0.50
images/exit.gif exit protopad