FormAPI not working with tinymce field

JoeS

I have a simple function in the FormAPI that replaces a double quote with an html entity. It works fine in the standard text fields but nothing happens when I try to run it in a tinymce text field. What's different about this field?

 

function checkDoubleQuotes (item) {

 

var description_f = item.getName();
var description_event = IWDatacapture.getItem(description_f);
var description_val = description_event.getValue();
var special_char = """;

 

      if((description_val != null) || (description_val != "")) {

var myNewString = description_val.replace('"', special_char);

description_event.setValue(myNewString);

 }
}

Adam Stoller

I'd suggest you add some debugging / console.log'ing to your code so that you can see what's happening - but my guess would be that the regular textarea  when you type in a double-quote, you get  double-quote; whereas in the tinymce textarea, when you type in a double-quote you may be getting something else back - either it is already entitized, or it has become a "smart-quote" and thus doesn't match your regex pattern.

 

It might help you if you look at the actual saved DCR's XML (i.e.: from the file system, not through the GUI)