Hi,

I am totally new to ASP.NET but have programmed before in ASP. I am currently reading up on ASP.NET to get up to speed and should start my development soon.

I have a user who requires me to build a 'Rich Text Edit Box' component that would enable
online editing of text i.e. Bold Itakic, underline, centre/left/right indent etc. (very similar to an email box in hotmail or this box but simpler).

They also specify that it would be good if the component could work on most platforms and browsers i.e. Unix, MS, Apple, IE4/.0 and above and netscape.

My plelimenary research has shown that these components are available on the web for purchase but I think they only work properly on a MS platform/newest versions of IE.

I was wondering if anyone knows if it is infact possible to build such a component that works on all platforms etc .......

....... If so how would I go about it? What to use (language/tools/components etc)?
....... Are there any .NET components/libraries that would be useful to me?

...... If it is not possible on all platforms is it possible/worthwhile for me to build the component for the MS platform using .NET libraries etc?

I suspect that this is a client side scripting porblem .....
..... Can this still be done in ASP.NET or would I have to use JavaScript?


I would appreciate any help or pointers to material where I could find some answers.


Many Thanks,

Nitin

Nitin