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GetDocumentSource adds unwanted HTML
Posted by: Eric (66.100.119.---)
Date: Tuesday, 14-Oct-2003, 17:06:14
I have two forms, each with an instance of the HTMLEditor control.
Form1's HTMLEditor has IsDesignMode = False
Form2's HTMLEditor has IsDesignMode = True
Form1 opens Form2 and then..
Form2.HTMLEditor.LoadDocument(Form1.HTMLEditor.GetDocumentSource)
then the source is fine... but after editing in form2, when I set a string to equal the Form2.HTMLEditor.GetDocumentSource I get a bunch of extra HTML including DOCTYPE declaration and a GENERATOR meta tag.
Why does the same method (GetDocumentSource) have different results for the two controls? How do I get the method to NOT add the extra HTML?
I've tried setting IsDesignMode = False before calling GetDocumentSource, but then, the only source I get is <HTML></HTML>
Thanks
Form1's HTMLEditor has IsDesignMode = False
Form2's HTMLEditor has IsDesignMode = True
Form1 opens Form2 and then..
Form2.HTMLEditor.LoadDocument(Form1.HTMLEditor.GetDocumentSource)
then the source is fine... but after editing in form2, when I set a string to equal the Form2.HTMLEditor.GetDocumentSource I get a bunch of extra HTML including DOCTYPE declaration and a GENERATOR meta tag.
Why does the same method (GetDocumentSource) have different results for the two controls? How do I get the method to NOT add the extra HTML?
I've tried setting IsDesignMode = False before calling GetDocumentSource, but then, the only source I get is <HTML></HTML>
Thanks
Re: GetDocumentSource adds unwanted HTML
Posted by: Tim (---.server.ntli.net)
Date: Tuesday, 14-Oct-2003, 17:17:04
Mshtml does NOT do source preservation. Thus, it feels entitled to add the GENERATOR tag, change tags to upper case, etc, when in design mode.
Very annoying, but I don't know any way around it. Other than to parse HTML after the event.
The old DHTMLEdit ActiveX does sourse preservation, and so do apps like FrontPage (not sure if this uses MSHTML) so there must be a way...
Tim
Very annoying, but I don't know any way around it. Other than to parse HTML after the event.
The old DHTMLEdit ActiveX does sourse preservation, and so do apps like FrontPage (not sure if this uses MSHTML) so there must be a way...
Tim
Re: GetDocumentSource adds unwanted HTML
Posted by: Eric (66.100.119.---)
Date: Tuesday, 14-Oct-2003, 17:24:41
Thanks for replying 
It's just weird that the same method call against essentially identical controls produces 2 different results. The first GetDocumentSource does what I want, the 2nd one doesn't... something has to be allowing the 1st call to do what I want, I just can't find it.
It's just weird that the same method call against essentially identical controls produces 2 different results. The first GetDocumentSource does what I want, the 2nd one doesn't... something has to be allowing the 1st call to do what I want, I just can't find it.
Re: GetDocumentSource adds unwanted HTML
Posted by: Tim (---.server.ntli.net)
Date: Wednesday, 15-Oct-2003, 10:08:24
If the DesignMode is False, then there's no need for MSHTML to reformat the code.
Tim
Tim
Re: GetDocumentSource adds unwanted HTML
Posted by: Eric (66.100.119.---)
Date: Wednesday, 15-Oct-2003, 15:04:08
that's just it, when I set DesignMode to false, then GetDocumentSource only returns "<HTML></HTML>"
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Re: GetDocumentSource adds unwanted HTML
Posted by: Tim (---.server.ntli.net)
Date: Wednesday, 15-Oct-2003, 15:19:19
That's actually a separate issue. It clears the document.
You could try commenting out the line:
this.LoadDocument("<html></html>");
in the setter for IsDesignMode, but I think you'll find the doc. often gets cleared anyway. The code is there is make it consistent.
But even if it didn't clear the doc, I think you'll find that the MSHTML-generated changes persist once DesignMode has been used.
Tim
You could try commenting out the line:
this.LoadDocument("<html></html>");
in the setter for IsDesignMode, but I think you'll find the doc. often gets cleared anyway. The code is there is make it consistent.
But even if it didn't clear the doc, I think you'll find that the MSHTML-generated changes persist once DesignMode has been used.
Tim
Re: GetDocumentSource adds unwanted HTML
Posted by: Eric (66.100.119.---)
Date: Wednesday, 15-Oct-2003, 15:28:50
Yes, I did find your last statement to be true... I tried getting a handle on my HTML tag then grabbing the OUTERHTML, but it still contained the GENERATOR META tag.
Since my application of this is only concerned with what's in the BODY tag, I did this...
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Dim collHTML As mshtml.IHTMLElementCollection = HtmlEditor2.Document.getElementsByTagName("BODY")
Dim elem As mshtml.IHTMLElement = collHTML.item(0)
Dim s As String = s = elem.outerHTML.Trim
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and that gave me my text that I wanted.
Thanks again for making this!
Since my application of this is only concerned with what's in the BODY tag, I did this...
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Dim collHTML As mshtml.IHTMLElementCollection = HtmlEditor2.Document.getElementsByTagName("BODY")
Dim elem As mshtml.IHTMLElement = collHTML.item(0)
Dim s As String = s = elem.outerHTML.Trim
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and that gave me my text that I wanted.
Thanks again for making this!