I imagine this is pretty simple but couldn't see how to do it from the examples and some of the old topics on the subject.

Nevermind, I ended up creating my own copy of the button and used the __doPostBack javascript method to call my other save button's click method.

For anyone that wishes to do the same thing:

Dim Image1 As New System.Web.UI.WebControls.Image

Image1.ID = "SaveEditorContent"

Image1.ToolTip = "Save"

Image1.ImageUrl = HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath + /CuteEditor_files/Themes/OfficeXP/save.gif"

Image1.CssClass = "button"

Image1.Attributes.Add("onclick", GetPostBackEventReference(btnSave))

Image1.Attributes.Add("type", "btn")

Editor1.RegisterCustomButton(Image1)

Then you just need to instantiate the real btnSave in your page somewhere and then you'll be able to fire its click method.  I tried changing the Image1.ID to "btnSave" instead so that I wouldn't need to have another btnSave but when I did that, the editor just rejected my button and didn't display it.

the 'save' button's default onClick is: