The toolbar items needed to be disabled going to this string. Example DisabledItems="Bold, New, Delete"
<% Dim rte Set rte=new RichTextEditor rte.Text="Type here" rte.DisabledItems="Bold, New, Delete" rte.ID="Editor1" rte.MvcInit() Response.Write(rte.GetString()) // use Request.Form("Editor1")to retrieve the data %>