I am looking for a free WYSIWYG editor control to be used in a Winform application. The applications primary language is VB but using C# is also an option. To clarify I need a rich text editor control that has a formatting bar. I have looked all over the web and the only options I can find are expensive control packages that have more than I need. I am not adverse to creating my own version of this control, it would just be nice to find a free and open alternative.
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In this scenario, starting with CodeProject articles seems the easiest:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/edit/editor_in_windows_forms.aspx -- Not my first recommendation, but perhaps of use if you want HTML.
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Actually it's very easy to write your own based on the RichTextBox control.
I would go that way for sure. Your biggest problem will be the icons for the edit bar.
Check this one for starter.
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Thank you this gave me a great starting point for building my own RichTextBox control. – John Chuckran Nov 05 '08 at 16:07
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That's exactly what I did. But I embedded tinyMce http://peitor.blogspot.com/2010/01/winforms-html-editor-control-source.html – Peter Gfader Feb 08 '10 at 10:50