# New Sample: Display Line Numbers on the Page

> Designed for medical transcription workflows, this sample renders live line numbers along the page margin in TX Text Control. It reads line coordinates from the LineCollection class and redraws the numbering whenever the document content or the current scroll position changes.

- **Author:** Bjoern Meyer
- **Published:** 2007-11-05
- **Modified:** 2026-03-05
- **Description:** Designed for medical transcription workflows, this sample renders live line numbers along the page margin in TX Text Control. It reads line coordinates from the LineCollection class and redraws the numbering whenever the document content or the current scroll position changes.
- **1 min read** (162 words)
- **Tags:**
  - Sample
- **Web URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2007/11/05/new-sample-display-line-numbers-on-the-page/
- **LLMs URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2007/11/05/new-sample-display-line-numbers-on-the-page/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2007/11/05/new-sample-display-line-numbers-on-the-page/llms-full.txt

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I just discussed the requirements of a [medical transcription software](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_transcription "Wikipedia") with a customer. Medical transcription applications provide a special editor for fast typing transcriptionists, transcribing dictated medical results.

Typically, these dictations are stored on a central server in a compressed audio format, such as MP3. These files are downloaded and transcribed. The documents are stored back on the server automatically. These editors offer very special features for fast typing users. For example: [AutoText](https://github.com/TextControl/ "Source Code Library").

A more simple requirement is the line numbering that must be visible while the user is typing. We made a simple example that shows how easy it is to render the line numbers on the page margin. The coordinates can be easily retrieved from the [LineCollection](https://docs.textcontrol.com/textcontrol/windows-forms/ref.txtextcontrol.linecollection.class.htm "Documentation").

Read the full article here:

[https://github.com/TextControl/](https://github.com/TextControl/ "Source Code Library")

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## About Bjoern Meyer

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