Ektron® eWebEditPro Developer's Reference Guide

ActiveX Control
Web masters can exert control over eWebEditPro’s functionality and content
through modifying the ActiveX control properties and methods.
This section explains the properties, methods and events of the eWebEditPro
ActiveX control. It covers the following topics.
• Accessing the ActiveX Control
• ActiveX Properties, Methods and Events
Accessing the ActiveX Control Using JavaScript
There are several ways to access the eWebEditPro ActiveX control using
JavaScript. Choose the methods that are most convenient for your situation.
Do not confuse the ActiveX control with the eWebEditPro JavaScript object and
the Instance JavaScript object. The JavaScript objects wrap the ActiveX control,
making it very easy to integrate into a Web page. Without them, a developer
would need to write the integration code that moves content in and out of the
editor, detects the browser, and displays a textarea field if the ActiveX control is
not supported.
See ”ActiveX Properties, Methods and Events” on page 246 to learn about
methods, properties, and events associated with the ActiveX control.
See ”JavaScript Objects” on page 236 to learn which methods, properties and
events are associated with JavaScript objects.
eWebEditPro JavaScript object
The eWebEditPro JavaScript object is accessed directly in JavaScript. It is a
single object that is automatically created when a Web page includes the
ewebeditpro.js file.
IMPORTANT! The eWebEditPro JavaScript object is not the ActiveX control. It is required to
access the ActiveX control, but the ActiveX methods (for example, pasteHTML)
are not methods of the eWebEditPro JavaScript object.
eWebEditPro ActiveX control
eWebEditPro
See Also: ”eWebEditPro Object” on page 4
Below are examples how to access the eWebEditPro ActiveX control in
JavaScript. In these examples
• the name of the editor is "MyContent1"
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