<script language="javascript">

      // get the cute editor instance
      var editor1 = document.getElementById('<%=RemarksEditor.ClientID%>');
   function CE_attachEvent()
   {
    // get the cute editor instance
    if(editor1.attachEvent)
     editor1.attachEvent('onclick',CountWords);
    else if(editdoc.addEventListener)
     editor1.addEventListener('onclick',CountWords,true);
   
    //Get the editor content 
    var editdoc=editor1.GetDocument();
    // attach Event
    if(editdoc.attachEvent)
     editdoc.attachEvent('onkeypress',CountWords);
    else if(editdoc.addEventListener)
     editdoc.addEventListener('keypress',CountWords,true);
    
     CountWords();
   }  
  
   function CE_detachEvent()
   {
    // get the cute editor instance
    //var editor1 = document.getElementById('<%=RemarksEditor.ClientID%>');
   
    //Get the editor content 
    var editdoc=editor1.GetDocument();
    // detach Event
    if(editdoc.detachEvent)
     editdoc.detachEvent('onkeypress',CountWords);
    else if(editdoc.removeEventListener)
     editdoc.removeEventListener('keypress',CountWords,true);
   }
     

    //as page loads, attach it:

    //tried to do this with Page.RegisterStartupScript, but it also, only sometimes works

    //with this inline version, it works 1 of 8 times.
   CE_attachEvent();
   setTimeout(CE_attachEvent,1000);
   
      function CountWords()
      {
            // get the cute editor instance
            document.getElementById('RemarksEditorCount').innerHTML = 'Character Count = ' + editor1.getHTML().length;
      }

</script>