The problem still remains.  It's very significant since it means that one cannot use javascript to confirm whether the cuteeditor txt fields have non-empty values. 

When the user hits the submit button, first we run a javascript validator against the page.  The postback is only called if the values in the cuteeditor text boxes are correct and non-empty.

How can we get the correct value from the cuteeditor text field PRIOR to a postback occurring?

Thanks,
Liz