# 15 Years Word Processing Components > Text Control celebrated fifteen years in 2006. TX Text Control began as a single DLL in 1991, evolved through 16-bit and VBX versions, and grew into an enterprise suite offering .NET, ActiveX, and server components. A timeline graphic traces every major release milestone. - **Author:** Bjoern Meyer - **Published:** 2006-01-10 - **Modified:** 2026-03-05 - **Description:** Text Control celebrated fifteen years in 2006. TX Text Control began as a single DLL in 1991, evolved through 16-bit and VBX versions, and grew into an enterprise suite offering .NET, ActiveX, and server components. A timeline graphic traces every major release milestone. - **1 min read** (135 words) - **Tags:** - Corporate - **Web URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2006/01/10/15-years-word-processing-components/ - **LLMs URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2006/01/10/15-years-word-processing-components/llms.txt - **LLMs-Full URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2006/01/10/15-years-word-processing-components/llms-full.txt --- We are delighted to announce that 2006 sees the fifteenth anniversary of TX Text Control. For fifteen years, TX Text Control has been the market leader in word processing components. Released in 1991 and starting life as a single DLL, TX Text Control has made its way through 16-bit DLL and VBX versions to today's Enterprise edition with its .NET, ActiveX and server components. Customers benefit from these years of experience, large user-base and at the same time, appreciate developing with a mature and reliable product. Consider the following timeline that chronologies TX Text Control releases from its birth to the present day versions: ![Text Control](https://s1-www.textcontrol.com/assets/dist/blog/2006/01/10/a/assets/tx_timeline.webp "Text Control") Learn more about the history and development of TX Text Control over the past fifteen years. --- ## About Bjoern Meyer As CEO, Bjoern is the visionary behind our strategic direction and business development, bridging the gap between our customers and engineering teams. His deep passion for coding and web technologies drives the creation of innovative products. If you're at a tech conference, be sure to stop by our booth - you'll most likely meet Bjoern in person. With an advanced graduate degree (Dipl. Inf.) in Computer Science, specializing in AI, from the University of Bremen, Bjoern brings significant expertise to his role. In his spare time, Bjoern enjoys running, paragliding, mountain biking, and playing the piano. - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjoernmeyer/) - [X](https://x.com/txbjoern) - [GitHub](https://github.com/bjoerntx) --- ## Related Posts - [Wrapping Up 2023 and Looking Ahead to 2024: Linux, AI and PDF](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2023/12/18/wrapping-up-2023-and-looking-ahead-to-2024/llms.txt) - [New Payment Provider: Update your Credit Card Information](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2023/08/30/new-payment-provider-update-your-credit-card-information/llms.txt) - [2022 Recap: You Asked, We Answered!](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2022/12/22/2022-recap-you-asked-we-answered/llms.txt) - [Text Control and Appeon Announce Expanded Partnership to Enable Enterprise Document Processing for PowerBuilder Users](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2022/05/10/text-control-and-appeon-expanded-partnership/llms.txt) - [Celebrating 30 years of TX Text Control](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2021/04/18/celebrating-thirty-years-of-tx-text-control/llms.txt) - [What a Year! 2019 Recap and Outlook 2020](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2019/12/23/what-a-year-2019-recap-and-outlook-2020/llms.txt) - [Press Release: Text Control and Appeon Sign Agreement](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2019/05/29/press-release-text-control-and-appeon-sign-agreement/llms.txt) - [Announcing the Relaunch of our Website](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2017/09/22/website-relaunch/llms.txt) - [Meet Text Control at Developer Week 2017 (DWX) in Nuremberg](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2017/06/07/meet-text-control-at-developer-week-2017-dwx-in-nuremberg/llms.txt) - [Text Control Received SD Times 100 Award](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2017/06/06/text-control-received-sd-times-100-award/llms.txt) - [Meet Text Control at NDC London 2017: We're Changing the Way You Look at Reporting](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2017/01/03/meet-text-control-at-ndc-london-2017-were-changing-the-way-you-look-at-reporting/llms.txt) - [Text Control Named a Leader in the SD Times 100 Awards 2016...again!](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2016/06/12/text-control-named-a-leader-in-the-sd-times-100-awards-2016again/llms.txt) - [ReportingCloud: Follow the API-first Approach](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2016/05/26/reportingcloud-follow-the-api-first-approach/llms.txt) - [Text Control Announces New Cloud Product: ReportingCloud](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2016/05/25/text-control-announces-new-cloud-product-reportingcloud/llms.txt) - [What a Year 2015 - Deep Functionality. 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