Rich Text auto-save

Another customization to address rising demand for auto save functionality in Rich Text fields. Per teammate’s suggestion I started with an approach that we found in our knowledge base system. I expected that some customization would be required as it was created a while back and we updated Rich Text editor since then. Here is what we’ve done to achieve the goal. The customization introduces a few changes to the following files at /sitecore/shell/Controls/Rich Text Editor folder:

• EditorPage.aspx – added some JS changes and changed class inheritance to a custom one.
• EditorPage.js – made some JS changes.
• EditorWindow.aspx – made some JS changes.

One can use any merger tool to see what changes were made to aforementioned files. I also included a link to Sitecore package that contains required customization.
Keep in mind that the package contains a DLL so that app pool will be recycled during the package installation.
Please BACKUP files listed above prior to installing the package.
Keep in mind that a Sitecore update that overrides any of the listed files will cease auto save functionality for RTE fields.
This feature was tested in Sitecore 6.4.1 Update-3 and Update-5 as well as Sitecore 6.5.0 Update-1.
Sitecore package link.