Hey buddy,
Thanks for your quick response.  The issue had to do with adding controls to the tool bar.  I'm trying a different approach and expect/hope the issue with Editor1.Text will go away... I want to call this form Page_Load - but can't figure out how to assign a call back for a custom pull down... see below

        public void AddControls()
        {
            CuteEditor.RichListItem ddi = new CuteEditor.RichListItem("edit");

            ddi.Click+=new EventHandler(Edit_Click);  //Error:  How do I do this?

            CuteEditor.RichDropDownList dd = new CuteEditor.RichDropDownList(Editor1);
            dd.Items.Add(ddi);
            dd.CssClass="CuteEditorDropDown";
   
            CuteEditor.ToolControl ctrl = new CuteEditor.ToolControl("WhatsThisNameFor?",dd);
        }