TX Text Control 12.0 introduces freely placeable and fully programmable text frames.
A text frame is a rectangle that can be filled with text, tables or marked text fields and may be edited just like any other text in the main word processing document. All of TX Text Control's formatting options may be applied to text in a text frame.
Text frames are a very popular feature that enable end users to design documents such as letters and invoices. End users simply need to draw a text frame at the desired position and type in some text. This is ideal to position an address field in a document.
Text frames can be positioned like images - either geometrically or as a single character. Geometrically, their position can be either relative to a paragraph or relative to a document's page.
Label Printing
Printing address labels or badges is a common task for word processing applications.
Using TX Text Control's precise text frame positioning, end users can simply create and populate a page of labels automatically. The content of the label may consist of fully formatted text, complete with images, bar codes and logos. The resulting document can be printed to standardized printer labels and / or badges.
Mail Merge
Similarly, mail merge applications can benefit from TX Text Control's text frames. Marked text fields in a text frame can be accessed independently from other fields in the current document.
This enables end users to merge all fields in a specific text frame without having to iterate through all fields in the document. This results in improved performance during the merging process and gives developers a better overview of grouped fields.
Fully Adjustable
All settings related to text frames can be accessed from program code or via the new tabbed object dialog box.
The new dialog boxes are available for images, text frames and inserted OLE objects (TX Text Control ActiveX only). As they are all very similar in style, they provide a recognizable and standardized interface for the end user.
It is possible to change the behavior of a text frame after inserting it into the document. The position, style, alignment, size or background color be adjusted using the dialog box.
The different tabs are illustrated in the screenshots below:
Layout and Position | 
Size and Distance | 
Frame and Color |
Download TX Text Control Trial Version
If you would like to try out this new or updated feature, you can download the fully-featured sixty day trial version. No features have been disabled - the only limitation is that they will expire after sixty (60) days at which point, your application will cease to function:
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If you purchased TX Text Control 11.0 four weeks previous to the release of TX Text control 12.0, you are entitled to a free update.
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Please take a look at the pricing table for update pricing information and use the TX Text Control Store to place your order online. As soon as your credit card has been charged, you will be able to download the update immediately (ESD).
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