# Press Release: The Imaging Source Has Become A Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) > Text Control has joined the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program to deepen integration of TX Text Control with Visual Studio .NET 2005 and 2008. The partnership ensures long-term version compatibility and access to Microsoft development ecosystem resources. - **Author:** Bjoern Meyer - **Published:** 2008-09-09 - **Modified:** 2026-03-05 - **Description:** Text Control has joined the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program to deepen integration of TX Text Control with Visual Studio .NET 2005 and 2008. The partnership ensures long-term version compatibility and access to Microsoft development ecosystem resources. - **2 min read** (244 words) - **Tags:** - Press Release - **Web URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2008/09/09/press-release-the-imaging-source-has-become-a-microsoft-visual-studio-industry-partner-vsip/ - **LLMs URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2008/09/09/press-release-the-imaging-source-has-become-a-microsoft-visual-studio-industry-partner-vsip/llms.txt - **LLMs-Full URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2008/09/09/press-release-the-imaging-source-has-become-a-microsoft-visual-studio-industry-partner-vsip/llms-full.txt --- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECharlotte, NC, United States(September 9, 2008)- The Imaging Source, manufacturer of the software component TX Text Control, today announces participation in the Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program. With their engagement in the Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program, The Imaging Source is continuing its mission to seamlessly integrating the word processing component TX Text Control into Visual Studio .NET 2005 and 2008. Bjoern Meyer, product manager at The Imaging Source stated: > This relationship with Microsoft allows an unprecedented support of our development tools in Visual Studio. Furthermore, it helps ensure compatibility with future versions of TX Text Control and Visual Studio." > > Bjoern Meyer, product manager at The Imaging Source The Imaging Source is one of more than two hundred industry market leaders in the VSIP program, which develops and markets premium products for Visual Studio. Joe Marini, director of the VSIP program in the Developer Tools Ecosystem team at Microsoft Corp. stated: > We are delighted to announce The Imaging Source's participation in the VSIP program. TX Text Control's support for Visual Studio helps enable our mutual customers to more quickly build applications on the Windows platform. > > Joe Marini, director of the VSIP program in the Developer Tools Ecosystem team, Microsoft Corp. With TX Text Control, The Imaging Source manufacturers software components to edit, convert and create standard word processing document formats, such as Office Open XML, DOC and RTF. Product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. --- ## 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 - [ComponentSource Announces Master Distribution Agreement for Text Control in Japan and South Korea](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2023/06/06/componentsource-announces-master-distribution-agreement-for-text-control-in-japan-and-south-korea/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) - [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) - [Press Release: TX Text Control X15 and TX Spell .NET 7.0 Released](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2017/12/13/press-release-tx-text-control-x15-and-tx-spell-net-70-released/llms.txt) - 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