Has anyone documented the steps to upgrade the FreeTextBox editor? My install of DNN 3.1.1 has FTB version 3.0.5000.1. FTB is now at version 3.1.0.

Is it as simple as copying the FreeTextBox.dll to DotNetNuke\Bin and copying everything from FTB's aspnet_client\FreeTextBox directory to DNN's Providers\HtmlEditorProviders\Ftb3HtmlEditorProvider\ftb3 ?

Are any changes required to DNN's Ftb3HtmlEditorProvider?

Any suggestions of pointers before I start wrestling this?

I found http://forums.asp.net/1052049/ShowPost.aspx and cobbled together the following steps:

My Attempt To Upgrade FreeTextBox  (FTB) in DNN

 

 1. Download and expand FTB files from http://www.freetextbox.com/ 
 2. From FreeTextBox\bin, copy FreeTextBox.dll to DotNetNuke\bin and to DotNetNuke\Providers\HtmlEditorProviders\Ftb3HtmlEditorProvider\bin 
 3. Copy FreeTextBox\aspnet_client\FreeTextBox\*.js to DotNetNuke\Providers\HtmlEditorProviders\Ftb3HtmlEditorProvider\ftb3 
 4. Copy the directories images and Languages from FreeTextBox\aspnet_client\FreeTextBox to DotNetNuke\Providers\HtmlEditorProviders\Ftb3HtmlEditorProvider\ftb3 
 5. Copy the directories Office2000, OfficeMac, and OfficeXP from FreeTextBox\aspnet_client\FreeTextBox DotNetNuke\Providers\HtmlEditorProviders\Ftb3HtmlEditorProvider\ftb3 
 6. Recompile the a solution that includes the HtmlEditorProvider project like DotNetNuke.Providers.sln.
 7. Clear your client browser cache. I was getting JavaScript errors that said: Line 51. error. this.ftb.id is null or not an object. I think my browser had cached earlier versions of the javascript and so I had to clear these to get everything to function properly.

Now, most of it appears to be working, but unfortuantely the Text property is blank when I try to update or save text. In Ftb3HtmlEditorProvider.vb, line 98, the value of cntlFtb.Text is an empty string. Perhaps I am suffering from the problems mentioned in http://www.freetextbox.com/forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=4926 and http://www.freetextbox.com/forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=4945
and http://www.freetextbox.com/forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=4943
and http://www.freetextbox.com/forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=4905?

Anyone have any suggestions? or advice? I think I'm restoring back to FTB 3.0.5.

So, I followed my own steps and installed FTB 3.0.6. It seems to work fine. So, I think my install steps are correct.

I believe there is a  nasty bug in FTB 3.1.0 that prevents the text property from being updated if the control is created dynamically (like in DNN).