Replacing MS Office Automation in applications is one of the most typical use cases for document APIs such as TX Text Control. But TX Text Control is not just another "file format API" - it gives you all you need to automate your MS Word compatible documents and reports.

Using file format APIs such as the Office Open XML SDK or others is good for document conversion or simple creation processes. But it doesn't give you the full universal, comprehensive options to integrate document editing into your .NET based applications.

Using TX Text Control you can automate, edit and create documents using UI and non-UI components. The following list shows typical uses and features:

Windows
Forms		 WPF ASP.NET
WYSIWYG Document Editing (without using MS Word) Included Included Included
Document Viewer Included Included Included
Reporting and Mail Merge Included Included Included
MS Word MergeField, FormField and ContentControl support Included Included Included
PDF Engine (create and import Adobe PDF documents) Included Included Included
TX Text Control WordsTM - Template Designer* Included Included Included
Document Conversion (RTF, DOC, DOCX, PDF, HTML, XML) Included Included Included
Document File API Included Included Included
Document Rendering Engine (create images from pages) Included Included Included
Full Barcode Integration Included Included Included
Most Powerful Spell Checking Engine Included Included Included
2D and 3D Charting Support Included Included
* HTML5 Web version will be released in quarter 3 2014. Read more

All of these features are fully integrated and can be implemented with just a few lines of code. MS Word compatible Mail Merge and Reporting functionality is natively supported by TX Text Control that gives you access to flow type layout reporting features in an easy-to-use and reusable component.