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Updated February 19, 1999

The Microsoft Dynamic HTML (DHTML) Editing Component allows Web authors and application developers to add HTML editing capabilities to their Web sites and applications. The editing component uses Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) technology to make editing services such as basic HTML formatting, tables, undo and redo, find, and absolute positioning readily available.

Applications that use or output HTML (for example, Web authoring, e-mail, or help applications, HTML forms) can use the DHTML Editing Component to provide rich, WYSIWYG editing capabilities. Web authors and developers can use any language, including Visual Basic® Scripting Edition (VBScript), JScript, C, C++, or Java, to access editing services and provide a user interface for editing features. They can also access the Document Object Model (DOM) to add more sophisticated, custom editing features to their applications.

For a developer's perspective on the DHTML Editing Component, read DHTML Editing Made Easy by Nancy Cluts, featured in the MSDN Online Voices.

For additional information on this new technology, visit the links below:

Feature list
FAQ

Ready to get started?
After you've reviewed the information above, you're ready to start using the DHTML Editing Component. If you are using Internet Explorer 5, you already have the component installed - it's part of the minimum installation for the browser. Read about how to use the component right here on MSDN Online, starting with the Overview.

If you're using Internet Explorer 4.01, an older version of the DHTML Editing Component is available as a downloadable Software Development Kit (SDK). See the download page for details and instructions.

About our newsgroup
DHTML Editing Component has its own newsgroup -- microsoft.public.inetsdk.programming.dhtml_editing -- for developers and authors who are planning to use the component in their applications.