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+package WebGUI::Form::Textarea;
+
+=head1 LEGAL
+
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  WebGUI is Copyright 2001-2007 Plain Black Corporation.
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  Please read the legal notices (docs/legal.txt) and the license
+  (docs/license.txt) that came with this distribution before using
+  this software.
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  http://www.plainblack.com                     info@plainblack.com
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=cut
+
+use strict;
+use base 'WebGUI::Form::Control';
+use WebGUI::International;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Package WebGUI::Form::Textarea
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Creates a text area form field.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+This is a subclass of WebGUI::Form::Control.
+
+=head1 METHODS 
+
+The following methods are specifically available from this class. Check the superclass for additional methods.
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 definition ( [ additionalTerms ] )
+
+See the super class for additional details.
+
+=head3 additionalTerms
+
+The following additional parameters have been added via this sub class.
+
+=head4 width
+
+The width of this control in pixels. Defaults to 400 pixels.
+
+=head4 height
+
+The height of this control in pixels.  Defaults to 150 pixels.
+
+=head4 style
+
+Style attributes besides width and height which should be specified using the above parameters. Be sure to escape quotes if you use any.
+
+=head4 profileEnabled
+
+Flag that tells the User Profile system that this is a valid form element in a User Profile
+
+=head4 resizable 
+
+A boolean indicating whether the text area can be reized by users. Defaults to 1.
+
+=cut
+
+sub definition {
+	my $class = shift;
+	my $session = shift;
+	my $definition = shift || [];
+	my $i18n = WebGUI::International->new($session);
+	push(@{$definition}, {
+		formName=>{
+			defaultValue=>$i18n->get("476")
+			},
+		height=>{
+			defaultValue=> 150
+			},
+		width=>{
+			defaultValue=> 400
+			},
+		style=>{
+			defaultValue => undef,
+			},
+		resizable => {
+			defaultValue => 1,
+			},
+		profileEnabled=>{
+			defaultValue=>1
+			},
+        dbDataType  => {
+            defaultValue    => "LONGTEXT",
+        },
+		});
+        return $class->SUPER::definition($session, $definition);
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 toHtml ( )
+
+Renders an input tag of type text.
+
+=cut
+
+sub toHtml {
+	my $self = shift;
+ 	my $value = $self->fixMacros($self->fixTags($self->fixSpecialCharacters($self->get("value"))));
+	my $width = $self->get('width') || 400;
+	my $height = $self->get('height') || 150;
+	my $style = "width: ".$width."px; height: ".$height."px; ".$self->get("style");
+	my $out = '<textarea rows="#" cols="#" id="'.$self->get('id').'" name="'.$self->get("name").'" style="'.$style.'" '.$self->get("extras").'>'.$value.'</textarea>';
+	if ($self->get("resizable")) {
+		$out = '<div style="border: 0px; width: '.$width.'px; height: '.$height.'px;" class="yresizable-pinned" id="'.$self->get('id').'_wrapper">'.$out.'</div>';
+		my ($style, $url) = $self->session->quick(qw(style url));
+		$style->setScript($url->extras("yui/build/yahoo/yahoo-min.js"), {type=>"text/javascript"});
+		$style->setScript($url->extras("yui/build/event/event-min.js"), {type=>"text/javascript"});
+		$style->setScript($url->extras("yui/build/dom/dom-min.js"), {type=>"text/javascript"});
+		$style->setScript($url->extras("yui/build/dragdrop/dragdrop-min.js"), {type=>"text/javascript"});
+		$style->setLink($url->extras("extjs/resources/css/ext-all.css"), {type=>"text/css", rel=>"stylesheet"});
+		$style->setScript($url->extras("extjs/adapter/yui/ext-yui-adapter.js"), {type=>"text/javascript"});
+		$style->setScript($url->extras("extjs/ext-all.js"), {type=>"text/javascript"});
+		$out .= qq|
+		<script type="text/javascript">
+			YAHOO.util.Event.addListener(window, 'load', function () {
+                    var resizableTextarea = new Ext.Resizable('|.$self->get('id').qq|_wrapper', {minWidth:300, minHeight:150, wrap:false, resizeChild:true, disableTrackOver:true, multiDirectional:false, pinned:true, width:|.$width.qq|, height:|.$height.qq|, dynamic:false });
+				});
+		</script>
+		|;
+	}
+	return $out;
+}
+
+
+
+1;
+