Advanced HTML Editor 3 Manual

Tutorial: Using Advanced HTML Editor 3 with Update Record Behavior

In this tutorial we will show you how to use Advanced HTML Editor 3 with default Dreamweaver Update Record Behavior in order to update database records on submit.

*You can also check out the video.

How to do it

1. We've already inserted Advanced HTML Editor 3 on our page, created a standard Dreamweaver Recordset and a Hidden field.

2. Select the Insert Menu (1), than the Form menu item (2) and choose the Button menu item (3).

3. Once the Input Tag Accessibility Attributes window opens, add an ID for the subimit button, and Click OK.
   
   

4. Our form that contains the Advanced HTML Editor 3 and the submit button is ready. Now we're going to set up the Update Record Behavior.  Click the Add item button under Server Behaviors tab (1) and select the Update Record menu item (2).
   
   

5. The Update Record window opens. Choose a value for the 'id' column (1) and select the hidden field that was inserted earlier: FORM.hiddenField (2).

6. Select the 'content' column (3) and select a value for the 'content' column: FORM.advHTMLEdit2 item (4). You can also set a page to be redirected to after updating.

7. This is how easily you can use Advanced HTML Editor 3 with standard Dreamweaver Update Record Behavior in order to update database records on submit.