WYSIWYG HTML Entry for Portal

Question

People,
We have a requirement for a WYSIWYG HTML entry "widget" to enter in html data into portal rather than using the basic text entry field where you have to mark up the text yourself in pure html.
Internet Explorer has a ActiveX control that can be accessed through JavaScript such that the data entry on screen is looks like an editor like FrontPage/DreamWeaver but underneath it stores the actual HTML code. I would like to use this editor instead of the built in basic HTML Form based textArea.
Has anyone figured out a way to do this?
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Answer 1

If you research DHTML components and MSHTML components, you'll find the information regarding the built in object (no cost, no product -- custom coding required to build out the interface and any custom menu requirements needed.)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnmshtml/html/mshtmleditplatf.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/browser/editing/activateeditor.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vcsample/html/vcsamHTMLEdSampleWrapsInternetExplorerMSHTMLEditingControl.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/browser/mshtml/tutorials/tutorials.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcehtml/htm/ceconMSHTMLPrototypes.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcehtml/htm/ceconMSHTMLFunctions.asp
Here's a couple articles too:
http://www.euromind.com/iedelphi/EditHTML.htm
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-dhtmledit/
http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1113/byt20010806s0004/20010806_udell.html
http://activex.adsp.or.jp/english/specs/Sweeper_Object_Model.htm
What I know is that you need to search for the menu bar icons to add to the content window. Some javascript required to bring it all together.
ActiveEdit from cfdev also has promise, it deploys a JSP based HTML edition (With Source Code). Integrating it with Oracle Portal 3.0.9.n release might prove challenging as the content api is only published for PLSQL implementation.
http://www.cfdev.com/activedit/jsp.cfm
Any one interested in collaborating in building this solution let me know.