Reporting Best Practices and How-To Guides
A categorized reference of best practices and how-to guides for TX Text Control MailMerge reporting and the HTML5 Web.TextControl editor. Categories cover data sources, merge fields, merge blocks, image merging, ribbon customization, getting-started guides, and demo templates.
This article collection contains best practices and how-to guides for Text Control Reporting (MailMerge) and the HTML5 based rich text editor (Web.TextControl).
| Demos | MailMerge | Web.TextControl |
|---|---|---|
| Demo Template: Historical Stock Overview Report | ✓ | |
| Expense Report with Business Objects | ✓ | |
| Expense Report Template in Detail | ✓ | |
| Creating Avery labels using Text Control Reporting | ✓ |
| Merge Blocks | MailMerge | Web.TextControl |
|---|---|---|
| Merge blocks with MergeObjects | ✓ | |
| Repeating blocks with related sub tables | ✓ | |
| Repeating blocks with breaks and without | ✓ |
| Image Merging | MailMerge | Web.TextControl |
|---|---|---|
| Image merging in Text Control reports | ✓ | |
| Merging Images from Files using SearchPath | ✓ |
Reporting
The Text Control Reporting Framework combines powerful reporting features with an easy-to-use, MS Word compatible word processor. Users can create documents and templates using ordinary Microsoft Word skills. The Reporting Framework is included in all .NET based TX Text Control products including ASP.NET, Windows Forms and WPF.
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