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paul - 1/18/2010 3:32:39 AM

FCK Editor 2.6.3 issue. Manual upgrade supported?

Our users are experiencing an issue when using FCK editor in Kentico CMS: when they try to edit the properties of a table by right clicking in a table cell they get the pop up menu (options: cut, copy, paste, cell, row, column, delete table, table properties). Now when they move their mouse over any of the options that provide a second level menu (options: cell, row or column) this second level menu overlaps the first level menu instead of appearing to the right of it.

I've confirmed that this is an issue with FCK editor v2 and not any specific Kentico configuration by downloading the version of FCK editor that Kentico 4.1 currently uses (v2.6.3) and trying to reproduce the behavior in the included samples.

I've also confirmed that the issue is fixed in the latest version of FCK Editor v2 (v2.6.5), again by checking the included samples.

My question is: can I safely update the code in /KenticoCms/CMSAdminControls/FCKEditor to the latest release of FCK Editor v2 (v2.6.5) downloaded from the FCK webite to fix this issue or do I have to wait for Kentico to release a hotfix that supports this new version? In case I have to wait for a Kentico hotfix: can you provide a estimated date for support of FCK Editor v2.6.5 in Kentico 4.1 so I can pass this along to our users?

Note that Kentico v5 seems to use the latest version of FCK Editor (v2.6.5) so it shouldn't be a problem in that version. An upgrade to Kentico v5 is not an option for our customer at the moment.

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kentico_jurajo - 1/18/2010 6:23:51 AM

RE:FCK Editor 2.6.3 issue. Manual upgrade supported?

Hi,

Regrettably the update can be done only with the access to source code of the web project and its assemblies. In this case you will need to upgrade once the upgrade procedure will be released and once the customer will be ready to upgrade.

This cannot be simply fixed in hotfix package since it requires many changes in the system and in regards to other customers we need to keep the compatibility and consistence within the version. I am sorry for this inconvenience.

Best Regards,
Juraj Ondrus

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paul - 1/18/2010 6:52:40 AM

RE:FCK Editor 2.6.3 issue. Manual upgrade supported?

Juraj: I'm not sure you understand my question: I'm talking about upgrading only the FCK Editor javascript files. The way I understand it based on my research on the FCK site the upgrade from FCK 2.6.3 to 2.6.5 is a non-breaking bug fix update so I don't see which assemblies you would have to modify on your end. I have the source for the web project so I could just overwrite the relevant FCK files. What kind of changes would you have to make to "the system" to implement this change that would make the upgrade impossible?

Are you saying there are no plans to upgrade the FCK editor in Kentico 4.1 to 2.6.5 at any time even though it is a just a point release with bug fixes? This would basically mean -from the perspective of my customer- that they will have to learn to work with a "broken" HTML editor.

I understand moving from FCK v2 to v3 would be a major operation that I couldn't ask you to perform, but I expect bug fixes in components used by Kentico to be rolled into the Kentico hotfixes as well. Especially for a component that is so central to what Kentico does.

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kentico_jurajo - 1/19/2010 7:45:26 AM

RE:FCK Editor 2.6.3 issue. Manual upgrade supported?

Hi,

It is not as simple as it looks. In 4.1 there are for example new dialogs in the HTML editor and there were necessary some changes in the FCK and these changes are in the DLL files. Also, there is some personalization and other things added to the code for the HTML editor and this is in the DLL. Basically, you can try to change the javascripts, but I cannot guarantee that everything will work. So, please make backups before you do any changes.

Yesterday was released last hotfix for 4.1 version. Next hotfixes will be only for 5.0 version. The upgrade procedure should be released within few days.

Best Regards,
Juraj Ondrus