# Meet Text Control at the Philly Code Camp 2012 > After exhibiting at .NET Cologne and Carolina Code Camp, Text Control headed to Philly Code Camp at Penn State Abington. The team previewed TX Text Control 18.0 features including enhanced PDF import, object z-order, transparent TextFrames, and a new RibbonBar mail merge designer. - **Author:** Bjoern Meyer - **Published:** 2012-05-08 - **Modified:** 2026-07-17 - **Description:** After exhibiting at .NET Cologne and Carolina Code Camp, Text Control headed to Philly Code Camp at Penn State Abington. The team previewed TX Text Control 18.0 features including enhanced PDF import, object z-order, transparent TextFrames, and a new RibbonBar mail merge designer. - **3 min read** (418 words) - **Tags:** - Conference - **Web URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2012/05/08/meet-text-control-at-the-philly-code-camp-2012/ - **LLMs URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2012/05/08/meet-text-control-at-the-philly-code-camp-2012/llms.txt - **LLMs-Full URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2012/05/08/meet-text-control-at-the-philly-code-camp-2012/llms-full.txt --- Last weekend, we exhibited at two conferences: [.NET Cologne](http://www.dotnet-cologne.de/) in Germany and [Carolina Code Camp](http://codecamp.developersguild.org/) in Charlotte, NC. Both code camps were fantastic: Perfect organization, great attendees and a lot of fun at our tables. Thanks to all for stopping by. Below are some pictures of both conferences: [![TX Text Control at Carolina Code Camp](https://s1-www.textcontrol.com/assets/dist/blog/2012/05/08/a/assets/tx_charlotte_cc_1_zoom.webp "TX Text Control at Carolina Code Camp")](https://s1-www.textcontrol.com/assets/dist/blog/2012/05/08/a/assets/tx_charlotte_cc_1_zoom.webp) [![TX Text Control at Carolina Code Camp](https://s1-www.textcontrol.com/assets/dist/blog/2012/05/08/a/assets/tx_charlotte_cc_2_zoom.webp "TX Text Control at Carolina Code Camp")](https://s1-www.textcontrol.com/assets/dist/blog/2012/05/08/a/assets/tx_charlotte_cc_2_zoom.webp) [![TX Text Control at Carolina Code Camp](https://s1-www.textcontrol.com/assets/dist/blog/2012/05/08/a/assets/tx_cologne_1_zoom.webp "TX Text Control at Carolina Code Camp")](https://s1-www.textcontrol.com/assets/dist/blog/2012/05/08/a/assets/tx_cologne_1_zoom.webp) [![TX Text Control at Carolina Code Camp](https://s1-www.textcontrol.com/assets/dist/blog/2012/05/08/a/assets/tx_cologne_2_zoom.webp "TX Text Control at Carolina Code Camp")](https://s1-www.textcontrol.com/assets/dist/blog/2012/05/08/a/assets/tx_cologne_2_zoom.webp) [![TX Text Control at Carolina Code Camp](https://s1-www.textcontrol.com/assets/dist/blog/2012/05/08/a/assets/tx_cologne_3_zoom.webp "TX Text Control at Carolina Code Camp")](https://s1-www.textcontrol.com/assets/dist/blog/2012/05/08/a/assets/tx_cologne_3_zoom.webp) [![TX Text Control at Carolina Code Camp](https://s1-www.textcontrol.com/assets/dist/blog/2012/05/08/a/assets/tx_cologne_4_zoom.webp "TX Text Control at Carolina Code Camp")](https://s1-www.textcontrol.com/assets/dist/blog/2012/05/08/a/assets/tx_cologne_4_zoom.webp) Next weekend, we are exhibiting at the [Philly Code Camp](http://codecamp.phillydotnet.org/2012-1/SitePages/Home.aspx) which is held at the Penn State campus in Abington, PA. This new venue gives even more developers the chance to attend this high quality event. If you are attending this community conference, stop by our booth and see the impressive improvements our developers made regarding our PDF document import filter. Get also a sneak preview of the other upcoming features in version 18.0: Object z-order, a new Windows Forms RibbonBar mail merge template designer, transparent TextFrames and many more. Simply ask for a demo. See you in Philly! --- ## 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 - [Meet Us at BASTA! 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