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TX Text Control .NET Feature Overview
TX Text Control .NET is available in Standard, Professional and Enterprise editions. Compare the features below to see which edition best meets your development needs.
Build word processing applications you can count on with TX Text Control .NET.
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| Common Word Processing Features | ||||
| Feature | Feature Description | Standard | Professional | Enterprise |
| Bullets and Numbered Lists | Bullets and numbered lists can be inserted, incremented and numbered from program code or manually using the built in dialog box. | | | |
| Character and Paragraph Formatting | Rich character and paragraph formatting is standard in all editions. All formatting options expected from a word processor are available. | | | |
| Clipboard Operations | All clipboard operations are built in and require no programming effort. ASCII, HTML and RTF are used for maximum interoperability. | | | |
| Document Sections | Documents can be divided into an unlimited number of different sections, each one of which may be individually formatted. | | | |
| Find and Replace | Find and replace functions are available from built-in dialog boxes and programmatically, so that can be used without end-user interaction. | | | |
| Headers and Footers | Accessible from program code or built in dialog box, headers and footers can be created programmatically, loaded from and saved to MS Word or RTF files. | | | |
| Hypertext Links | Hyperlinks can be defined within a TX Text Control .NET document, loaded from and saved to HTML files. | | | |
| Images | Images can be positioned as characters or given a specific page position. Text flow around images can be set directly from program code. Images are scalable. | | | |
| Integrated Dialog Boxes | All editions ship with multiple end-user dialog boxes. Dialog boxes can also be accessed from program code and are fully localizable. | | | |
| Loading from and saving to databases | Read from and write to databases, independent of the type of database or interface, using all formats supported by TX Text Control .NET. | | | |
| Multi-Level Undo / Redo | Programmers can add multiple levels of undo and redo to their applications, providing end-users an easy path to correct mistakes they may make. | | | |
| Page and Document Settings | Page settings define the on-screen display of a document. Document settings include page size, orientation, margins etc. | | | |
| Printing and Print Preview | Printing and print preview are available in all editions. A single function call is required to print documents, complete with graphics, tables, page numbers etc. | | | |
| Spell Checking | The spell checking aspect of TX Text Control .NET has been delegated to a number of specialists in the field of spell checking components. | | | |
| Stylesheet Formatting | All document formatting can be stored in stylesheets. Stylesheets can be defined using the built in dialog boxes or from program code. | | | |
| Tables | Tables can be inserted into documents. Cell contents can contain virtually any kind of formatting. Borders and shading can be set for individual cells. | | | |
| Text Frames | Freely placeable and programmable text frames can be inserted and positioned as a character or geometrically relative to a paragraph or a page. | | | |
| Zooming | End-users can zoom in and out in steps of 1% - from 10% up to 400%. All word processing functions are available at all zoom levels. | | | |
| Advanced Programming Capabilities | ||||
| Feature | Feature Description | Standard | Professional | Enterprise |
| 64 bit Version | 64 bit processors can handle much more memory and larger files than their 32 bit pendants. | | | |
| Control Settings | Control settings are available to set border styles, pagination, scrollbar and many more document appearance and behavior characteristics. | | | |
| Line and Character Operations | Line operations allows developers to process text line-by-line, access statistics such as number of characters in a line of text or the number of lines in a document. | | | |
| Marked Text Fields | Marked text fields enable developers to build applications such as mail merge, where for example, (formatted) text is retrieved from a database. | | | |
| Microsoft Word Merge Fields | Import documents, containing Microsoft Word merge fields into TX Text Control .NET based applications. | | | |
| Stylesheet Programming | In addition to the dialog boxes available in all editions, TX Text Control .NET Enterprise offers a rich set of methods to programmatically manipulate stylesheets. | | | |
| Text Selections and Character Input | Two classes to manipulate text. The former enables developers to change font characteristics and the later returns information about the current position of the caret. | | | |
| Toolbars | Fully configurable status bar, button bar and ruler can be included in applications by simply connecting them to TX Text Control .NET. | | | |
| XML Programming | Developers can access a rich set of properties and methods to manipulate XML documents, while end-users can edit XML in a standardized WYSIWYG environment. | | | |
| Localization | ||||
| Feature | Feature Description | Standard | Professional | Enterprise |
| Multi-Language Support | Shipped in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian all dialog boxes can be localized using the included resource files. | | | |
| Unicode | TX Text Control .NET offers full Unicode support, thus building applications for eastern languages is as simple as for the English / European languages. | | | |
| Supported File Formats | ||||
| Feature | Feature Description | Standard | Professional | Enterprise |
| Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) | Export directly to PDF with no further software or third party printer drivers. Exporting to PDF is as easy as saving to DOC, RTF etc. | | | |
| Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) | TX Text Control .NET uses CSS to render XML files. Different views of a document can be created by simply specifying another CSS file. | | | |
| Document Type Description (DTD) | When working with XML, TX Text Control .NET loads the corresponding DTD to ensure the end-user enters only data that is permitted in the DTD. | | | |
| Extensible Markup Language (XML) | XML truly separates content from formatting. TX Text Control .NET supports XML in conjunction with DTDs and CSS stylesheets. | | | |
| Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) | HTML documents and be loaded and saved, just as easily as other file formats. Use TX Text Control .NET to create true Intranet and Internet applications. | | | |
| Image Formats | Most popular image file formats are supported. Amongst others: TIFF, WMF, BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF. | | | |
| Microsoft Office Open XML (DOCX) | Load and save documents from and to Microsoft Office Open XML (DOCX) format. | | | |
| Microsoft Word (DOC) | Load and save documents from and to DOC format. All Word versions from v6, Wordpad to Word XP are supported. | | | |
| Rich Text Format (RTF) | RTF offers unmatched interoperability with other word applications. Load and save documents to and from RTF. | | | |
| Supported Programming Languages | ||||
| Feature | Feature Description | Standard | Professional | Enterprise |
| Microsoft C# .NET (VS 2005, 2008) | TX Text Control .NET is a Windows Forms control that has been designed from scratch for the Visual Studio .NET framework. | | | |
| Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VS 2005, 2008) | TX Text Control .NET is a Windows Forms control that has been designed from scratch for the Visual Studio .NET framework. | | | |
