diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Form/HTMLArea.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Form/HTMLArea.pm
index 21505afa4..10bb1bb3e 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Form/HTMLArea.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Form/HTMLArea.pm
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ Renders an HTML area field.
 sub toHtml {
 	my $self = shift;
 	my $i18n = WebGUI::International->new($self->session);
-	my $richEdit = WebGUI::Asset::RichEdit->new($self->session,$self->get("richEditId"));
-	if (defined $richEdit) {
+	my $richEdit = eval { WebGUI::Asset::RichEdit->newById($self->session, $self->get("richEditId")); };
+	if (! Exception::Class->caught() ) {
        $self->session->style->setScript($self->session->url->extras('textFix.js'),{ type=>'text/javascript' });
 	   $self->set("extras", $self->get('extras') . ' onblur="fixChars(this.form.'.$self->get("name").')" mce_editable="true" ');
 	   $self->set("resizable", 0);
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Form/SelectRichEditor.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Form/SelectRichEditor.pm
index cd6f73c9b..3477db95e 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Form/SelectRichEditor.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Form/SelectRichEditor.pm
@@ -139,15 +139,16 @@ Renders the form field to HTML as a table row complete with labels, subtext, hov
 =cut
 
 sub toHtmlWithWrapper {
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $editor = WebGUI::Asset::RichEdit->new($self->session,$self->getOriginalValue);
-    if (defined $editor && $editor->canEdit) {
+    my $self    = shift;
+    my $session = $self->session;
+    my $editor  = eval { WebGUI::Asset::RichEdit->newById($session, $self->getOriginalValue); };
+    if (! Exception::Class->caught() && $editor->canEdit) {
         my $returnUrl = '';
-        if (defined $self->session->asset && !$self->session->asset->isa("WebGUI::Asset::RichEdit")) {
-            $returnUrl = ";proceed=goBackToPage;returnUrl=".$self->session->url->escape($self->session->asset->getUrl);
+        if (defined $session->asset && !$session->asset->isa("WebGUI::Asset::RichEdit")) {
+            $returnUrl = ";proceed=goBackToPage;returnUrl=".$session->url->escape($self->session->asset->getUrl);
         }
-        my $buttons = $self->session->icon->edit("func=edit".$returnUrl,$editor->get("url"));
-        $buttons .= $self->session->icon->manage("op=assetManager",$editor->getParent->get("url"));
+        my $buttons = $session->icon->edit("func=edit".$returnUrl,$editor->get("url"));
+        $buttons   .= $session->icon->manage("op=assetManager",$editor->getParent->get("url"));
         $self->set("subtext", $buttons . $self->get("subtext"));
     }
     return $self->SUPER::toHtmlWithWrapper;
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Form/Template.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Form/Template.pm
index e95bed1ef..6982b95ee 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Form/Template.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Form/Template.pm
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ sub toHtml {
     my $templateList = WebGUI::Asset::Template->getList($self->session, $self->get("namespace"), $onlyCommitted);
     #Remove entries from template list that the user does not have permission to view.
     for my $assetId ( keys %{$templateList} ) {
-        my $asset = WebGUI::Asset::Template->new($self->session, $assetId);
+        my $asset = WebGUI::Asset::Template->newById($self->session, $assetId);
         if (!$asset->canView($self->session->user->userId)) {
                 delete $templateList->{$assetId};
         }
@@ -168,10 +168,10 @@ Renders the form field to HTML as a table row complete with labels, subtext, hov
 =cut
 
 sub toHtmlWithWrapper {
-    my $self = shift;
-    my $session = $self->session;
-    my $template = WebGUI::Asset::Template->new($session,$self->getOriginalValue());
-        if (defined $template && $template->canEdit) {
+    my $self     = shift;
+    my $session  = $self->session;
+    my $template = eval { WebGUI::Asset::Template->newById($session, $self->getOriginalValue()); };
+        if (!Exception::Class->caught() && $template->canEdit) {
             my $returnUrl;
             if (defined $session->asset && ref $session->asset ne "WebGUI::Asset::Template") {
                 $returnUrl = ";proceed=goBackToPage;returnUrl=".$session->url->escape($self->session->asset->getUrl);