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the editor doesn't seem to pass its content through POST

Last post 10-20-2006, 7:47 AM by tomSymbius. 10 replies.


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08-31-2006, 11:34 AM 22253

tomSymbius
Joined on 08-31-2006
Posts 10

the editor doesn't seem to pass its content through POST

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Welcome, i have a problem concernig POST data passing from the CuteEditor under the Firefox browser (MSIE works fine).

To be more specific:
when i use the CuteEditor to add some topic, fill in the form (title, date, contents - cuteeditor) and send it to a script that should save the data to mssql database, the contents from the editor doesn't seem to be passing to that script.

When i read the data to edit them, data is taken from the database correctly, everything seem to be working fine.

I was testing if i get any data passed from the page with the form (and the editor) to the 'database insert script' throught the POST data. First time i hit the ADD button, print the data from the POST fields (script now only prints the data to the screen), the contets typed in the Editor field doesn't show up, the variable is empty; then when i hit BACK in the browser window, and click ADD again, this time the data show up as it should.

Please give me any advice or point to anything relevant.

08-31-2006, 12:40 PM 22256 in reply to 22253

Adam
Joined on 09-23-2003
Aurora, ON
Posts 18,678

Re: the editor doesn't seem to pass its content through POST

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tomSymbius,

Can you reproduce the problem in the following demo:

http://cutesoft.net/asp/todatabase.asp

If not, can you create a simple asp page which can demonstrate the problem?

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09-01-2006, 3:38 AM 22280 in reply to 22256

tomSymbius
Joined on 08-31-2006
Posts 10

Re: the editor doesn't seem to pass its content through POST

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Hello Adam,

This is in ADMIN folder of the website (the structru may be of some help: wlp/admin/CuteEditor_Files; wlp/admin/inc; wlp/admin/all_admin_asp_files)

//------------------------------------ progs_add.adp
THE FILE WITH THE FORM AND THE EDITOR



<%
    if session( "accessStatus" ) <> "granted" then
        response.redirect "index.asp"
    end if

    dim rs, query, rsCreator, rsModifier, sModifier, sModified, sContent', progID
'    progID = request( "pid" )

    call openDB()
%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
     "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <title>programme - add</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/styles.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/leftnav.css" />
    <script type="text/javascript" src="inc/additional.js"></script>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html" />
</head>
<body>
    <form action="#" method="post" name="fm_admin" id="fm_admin">
    <div id="wrapper">

        <div id="header">
            <a href="home.asp"><img src="../images/WLP_logo.gif" width="148" height="138" class="logo1" /></a>
             
        </div>
        <div id="wrapper2">
            <div id="content">
                <h1 class="set1">Add programme</h1>
                <div class="inner">
                    <table width="450" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
                    <tr>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="1"></td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="70" height="1"></td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="5" height="1"></td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="140" height="1"></td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="5" height="1"></td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="70" height="1"></td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="5" height="1"></td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="135" height="1"></td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="1"></td>
                    </tr>
                    <%
                         'take the active user firstname and surname as a creator of the programme
                        query = "SELECT * FROM wlp_users WHERE userID=" & session( "activeUserID" )
                        set rsCreator = conn.execute( query )
                    %>
                    <tr>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td align="right"><strong>Title</strong></td>
                        <td> </td><td colspan="5"><input name="title" type="text" id="title" value="" size="70" title="title of the programme" alt="title of the programme" onblur="if( this.value == '' ) alert('Please give a title for the programme.');"></td>
                        <td> </td></tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td colspan="9"><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="8"></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td align="right"><strong>Creator</strong></td>
                        <td> </td><td><%=rsCreator( "firstname" )%> <%=rsCreator( "surname" )%></td>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td> </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td align="right"><strong>Created</strong></td>
                        <td> </td><td><%=date%></td>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td> </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td colspan="9"><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="8"></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td align="right" valign="top"><strong>Meta tags </strong></td>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td colspan="5"><textarea name="metatags" cols="49" rows="4" id="metatags" title="place here the keywords from the content of the page, separate each one with a ',' sign"></textarea></td>
                        <td> </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td colspan="9"><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="8"></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td align="right" valign="top"><strong>Description</strong></td>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td colspan="5"><textarea name="description" cols="49" rows="4" id="description" title="a short description of the page contents"></textarea></td>
                        <td> </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td colspan="9"><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="8"></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td align="right"><strong>Date</strong></td>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td colspan="5"><input name="progDate" type="text" id="progDate" value="" size="25" title="type the date in format DD/MM/YYYY" alt="type the date in format DD/MM/YYYY" onblur="isDate( this.value );"></td>
                        <td> </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                    <td colspan="9"><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="8"></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td align="right"><strong>Active</strong></td>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td colspan="5"><input name="active" type="checkbox" class="radio" id="active" value="active" checked title="tick this if the event should be active" alt="tick this if the event should be active"></td>
                        <td> </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td colspan="9"><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="8"></td>
                    </tr>
                    </table>

                    <table width="450" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
                    <tr>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="5" height="1"></td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="440" height="8"></td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="5" height="1"></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="5" height="8"></td>
                        <td>
                        <%

                            dim editor
                            set editor = New CuteEditor
                            editor.ID = "rte1"
                            editor.Text = sContent
                            editor.FilesPath = "CuteEditor_Files"
                            editor.ImageGalleryPath = "/db_images/"
                            editor.MaxImageSize = 512
                            editor.ThemeType="Office2003"
                            editor.AutoConfigure = "wlp"
                            editor.EditorWysiwygModeCss = "edit.css"
                            editor.Width = 440
                            editor.Height = 200
                            editor.Draw()

                        %>
                        </td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="5" height="8"></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td colspan="3"><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="8"></td>
                    </tr>
                    </table>

                    <table width="450" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
                    <tr>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="1"></td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="70" height="1"></td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="5" height="1"></td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="140" height="1"></td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="5" height="1"></td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="70" height="1"></td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="5" height="1"></td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="135" height="1"></td>
                        <td><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="1"></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <td> </td>
                        <td colspan="7" align="center" valign="top">
                            <input name="progID" type="hidden" id="progID" value="<%=progID%>">
                            <input type="button" name="Button" value="Cancel" onClick="location.href='progs.asp'; return false;">
                            <input type="button" name="Button" value="Add" onClick="if( document.fm_admin.title.value == '' ) alert( 'Please give this event a title' ); else { document.fm_admin.action='progs_add_create.asp'; submit(); return false; }"></td>
                        <td> </td>
                    </tr>
                    <%
                        rsCreator.close
                        set rsCreator = nothing
                    %>
                    </table>
                </div>
            </div>

            <div id="nav">
            <%
                'build left navigation menu
                call displayNavigation( "progs" )
            %>
            </div>
        </div>

        <div id="extras">
        <%
          'inline help for the user
            call displayInlineHelp( "progsA" )
        %>
        </div>
    </div>

    <div id="footer">
        <div class="copy"></div>
    </div>
</div>
</form>

</body>
</html>
<%
    call closeDB()
%>

//------------------------------------------- progs_add_create.adp
THE FILE THAT ADDS THE DATA: now only displays the POST data for debug...


<%
    if session( "accessStatus" ) <> "granted" then
        response.redirect "index.asp"
    end if

    response.write( "TITLE: " & request( "title" ) )
    response.write( "<br>DATE: " & request( "progDate" ) )
    response.write( "<br>METATAGS: " & request( "metatags" ) )
    response.write( "<br>DESC: " & request( "description" ) )
    response.write( "<br>RTE1: " & request( "rte1" ) )
    response.write( "<br>ACTIVE: " & request( "active" ) )

%>

I have tested that on two machines, i am running Win2k, the other machine runs XP. The situation is the same on both: MS IE displays all the data from the POST, the FIREFOX needs to go back and click ADD second time to display the data.

Not sure what more info can i give you.

Regards

09-12-2006, 8:17 AM 22621 in reply to 22280

robw83
Joined on 09-12-2006
Posts 1

Re: the editor doesn't seem to pass its content through POST

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I am having exactly the same problem.

Works fine under IE, but not under Firefox.

Am using the latest version of Firefox.

First time you submit the form and submit the data, an old version of the content (the version that was loaded into the editor when the page was loaded) is displayed.

Press back, and submit again, and the new text you added is there

Help!?!?!

09-14-2006, 11:12 AM 22712 in reply to 22621

Adam
Joined on 09-23-2003
Aurora, ON
Posts 18,678

Re: the editor doesn't seem to pass its content through POST

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robw83:

I am having exactly the same problem.

Works fine under IE, but not under Firefox.

Am using the latest version of Firefox.

First time you submit the form and submit the data, an old version of the content (the version that was loaded into the editor when the page was loaded) is displayed.

Press back, and submit again, and the new text you added is there

Help!?!?!

Which version of Cute Editor are you using?

Can you try the following example?

http://cutesoft.net/asp/todatabase.asp

Keep me posted

09-21-2006, 6:34 PM 22926 in reply to 22712

Kevin Rogers
Joined on 08-22-2006
Posts 14

Re: the editor doesn't seem to pass its content through POST

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I am having the same problem. I also posted this under a different topic. Any help would be appreciated.

09-27-2006, 9:31 AM 23111 in reply to 22253

comdev
Joined on 07-12-2006
Posts 2

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Hi all

I have the same problem with CuteEditor in my application. It works with MSIE but not with Firefox.
The cutesoft demo works fine in both editors.

The CuteEditor is used in ASP as follows:
        Set editor = New CuteEditor
        editor.ID = "xtextbox"
        editor.Text = ""
        editor.FilesPath = "../../../include/external/CuteEditor_Files"
        editor.MediaGalleryPath = "../../images"
        editor.FlashGalleryPath = "../../images"
        editor.TemplateGalleryPath = "../../images"
        editor.FilesGalleryPath = "../../images"
        editor.ImageGalleryPath = "../../images"
        editor.Draw()

Here is the request logged withe the HTTP Debugger (fiddler) for both browser.

IE:

POST /Watch5/UpApplications/UpTables/tabletest/__UpDataPump.asp?rq_strIdStack=-1&rq_lAppId=255&rq_lTargetId=2953&rq_lSenderId=2951&rq_lMode=4&rq_lLevelCount=-1&rq_strTarget=00&rq_bDelete=0&rq_bBack=0&rq_lClosePopUp=0&rq_lReloadOpener=0&rq_bIsPopup=0 HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/x-shockwave-flash, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/msword, */*
Referer: http://ent03/Watch5/UpApplications/UpTables/tabletest/editform.asp?rq_strIdStack=-1&rq_lAppId=255
Accept-Language: de-ch,de;q=0.7,en-us;q=0.3
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---------------------------7d69f174e0624
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Host: ent03
Content-Length: 1244
Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
Pragma: no-cache
Cookie: UserName=administrator; SelectedLCID=1031; UpGantt%5F254=ZoomFaktor=50; CookieCheckup=Intrapact; ASPSESSIONIDCCDACTDT=CNCFNAJAFFDJLBPAMFEIMKFB
X-ProcessAndThread: iexplore.exe [1940; 3888]

-----------------------------7d69f174e0624
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fr_strMailSendTo"

-----------------------------7d69f174e0624
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="lid"

-1
-----------------------------7d69f174e0624
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="dtedit"

27.09.2006 16:19:52
-----------------------------7d69f174e0624
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="dtcreation"

27.09.2006 16:19:52
-----------------------------7d69f174e0624
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="luserid"

1
-----------------------------7d69f174e0624
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="lcreatorid"

1
-----------------------------7d69f174e0624
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="lownerid"

-1
-----------------------------7d69f174e0624
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="leditid"

-1
-----------------------------7d69f174e0624
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="lviewid"

-1
-----------------------------7d69f174e0624
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="xname"

Test MSIE
-----------------------------7d69f174e0624
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="xtextbox"

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This is a Text in the CuteEditor.</span>

-----------------------------7d69f174e0624--

Firefox (you can see, the part for hte field xtextbox is empty):
OST /Watch5/UpApplications/UpTables/tabletest/__UpDataPump.asp?rq_strIdStack=-1&rq_lAppId=255&rq_lTargetId=2953&rq_lSenderId=2951&rq_lMode=4&rq_lLevelCount=-1&rq_strTarget=00&rq_bDelete=0&rq_bBack=0&rq_lClosePopUp=0&rq_lReloadOpener=0&rq_bIsPopup=0 HTTP/1.1
Host: ent03
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060909 Firefox/1.5.0.7
Accept: text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
Accept-Language: de-de,de;q=0.8,en-us;q=0.5,en;q=0.3
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate
Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7
Keep-Alive: 300
Proxy-Connection: keep-alive
Referer: http://ent03/Watch5/UpApplications/UpTables/tabletest/editform.asp?rq_strIdStack=-1&rq_lAppId=255
Cookie: CookieCheckup=Intrapact; UserName=administrator; ASPSESSIONIDCCDACTDT=BNCFNAJAFMPDGAMOHEIAMKBE
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---------------------------23281168279961
Content-Length: 1184

-----------------------------23281168279961
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fr_strMailSendTo"

-----------------------------23281168279961
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="lid"

-1
-----------------------------23281168279961
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="dtedit"

27.09.2006 16:24:29
-----------------------------23281168279961
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="dtcreation"

27.09.2006 16:24:29
-----------------------------23281168279961
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="luserid"

1
-----------------------------23281168279961
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="lcreatorid"

1
-----------------------------23281168279961
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="lownerid"

-1
-----------------------------23281168279961
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="leditid"

-1
-----------------------------23281168279961
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="lviewid"

-1
-----------------------------23281168279961
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="xname"

Test Firefox
-----------------------------23281168279961
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="xtextbox"

-----------------------------23281168279961--

I hope the log helps.

Best regards

Daniel

09-28-2006, 1:32 AM 23133 in reply to 22253

comdev
Joined on 07-12-2006
Posts 2

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Hi all

Here is the ASP-file I use with CuteEditor. The CuteEditor save button is disabled and a page submit button is used.

<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>

</head>

<body>

<form name="__UpForm" id="__UpForm" enctype="multipart/form-data" method=POST>
<script language="JavaScript">
function SubmitForm()
{
window.document.__UpForm.action = "__UpDataPump.asp?rq_strIdStack=-1&rq_lAppId=255&rq_lTargetId=2953&rq_lSenderId=2951&rq_lMode=4&rq_lLevelCount=-1&rq_strTarget=00&rq_bDelete=0&rq_bBack=0&rq_lClosePopUp=0&rq_lReloadOpener=0&rq_bIsPopup=0";
document.forms[0].submit();

return;
}
</script>
    <input type=hidden value="" name="fr_strMailSendTo" ID="Hidden1">
<table width="98%" align="left" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 ID="Table1">
    <tr>
      <td> </td>
      <td valign="top">
        <table width="100%" border=0 cellspacing=2 cellpadding=2 ID="Table2">
          <tr>
            <td width="10%"><img src="../../../images/10pxtrans.gif" width=150 height=1 border=0></td>
            <td width="50%"><img src="../../../images/10pxtrans.gif" width=10 height=1 border=0></td>
            <td width="40%"><img src="../../../images/10pxtrans.gif" width=10 height=1 border=0></td>
          </tr>

                    <input value="-1" type="hidden" id="lid" name="lid">
                    <input value="<%= Now() %>" type="hidden" id="dtedit" name="dtedit">

                <tr>
            <td class="h1" colspan="3">
             CuteEditor Test
              <hr>    <br>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <th valign="top">
              Name
            </th>

            <td nowrap valign="top">
              <input name="xname" value="" />
            </td>

            <td class="OnlineHelp">
            </td>
          </tr>

                <tr>
                    <th valign="top">
                        Textbox
                    </th>

                    <td colspan="2" valign="top">
<%
        Set editor = New CuteEditor
        editor.ID = "xtextbox"
        editor.Text = ""
        editor.FilesPath = "../../../_UpInclude/external/CuteEditor_Files"
        editor.MediaGalleryPath = "../../images"
        editor.FlashGalleryPath = "../../images"
        editor.TemplateGalleryPath = "../../images"
        editor.FilesGalleryPath = "../../images"
        editor.ImageGalleryPath = "../../images"
        editor.Draw()
%>
                        </td>
                    </tr>

            <tr>
              <td>
              </td>
              <td colspan="2" nowrap align="center">
                <input onClick="SubmitForm();" value="Save" type="button" id="Save" name="Save">
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </td>
    </tr>
</table>
</form>

</script>

</body>
</html>

10-12-2006, 12:50 PM 23525 in reply to 22280

rcroeder
Joined on 06-21-2004
Fremont, CA
Posts 149

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maybe i am missing something in your code, but you are using

editor.Text = sContent

where are you getting sContent from? You dim it, but I cannot see that you get it (no pun intended)

also i have found if the CuteEditor_Files/include_CuteEditor.asp is not the first include, i tend to have problems.

10-20-2006, 5:12 AM 23733 in reply to 23525

tomSymbius
Joined on 08-31-2006
Posts 10

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Hi RC,
good point, i must admit that the sContent was not in use here, as this form only ADDs data to the db.

Even when i cleared the code of it, result were the same. I even tried to POST the form to itself (i mean - self-page), and use
editor.Text = Request.Form("my_cute_editor_id")
and it does not pass anything!
When i set the editor.Text to, lets say: "..." it appears in the form, and is passed to the next-step-what-ever-it-is.

I can not use the cute include as the first line, because admin set config for session and others.

Guys, it is not only problem with my form, as you can see, there are other people with the same problem. I am just thinking , how is it possible, that the POST data from the editor field is not passed the first time form is submitted and is submitted when you go back a page and submit it again...?
I can go-back-and-submit 5... even 10 times... and still receive the previous-submit POST data instead of the current.

I can not build admin CMS tools for a client, who would have to submit once, go back and submit second time to get it right, can i?

This all firefox issue is silly...

I never had any problems that frustrating... actually i never had problems with POST or GET.

10-20-2006, 7:47 AM 23737 in reply to 23733

tomSymbius
Joined on 08-31-2006
Posts 10

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Hi all...

i have just found what was making all the trouble.

I was using a button and some javascript as a mechanism to call submit on the form.

I have replaced this bit of code:
<input type="button" name="Button" value="Add" onClick="if( document.fm_admin.title.value == '' ) alert( 'Please give this programme a title' ); else { document.fm_admin.action='progs_add_create.asp'; submit(); return true; }">

with this...
<input type="submit" name="Button" value="Add" onClick="if( document.fm_admin.title.value == '' ) { alert( 'Please give this programme a title' ); return false; } else { document.fm_admin.action='progs_add_create.asp'; return true; }">

I was getting nowhere really, comparing the default.asp example with my web page and looking at it... Everything seem to be fine, form has a name, method, id, action... form fields have unique names,ids...

Then i have noticed the submit-calling-code and changed it, works for me!

Regards