# Press Release: Text Control and Appeon Sign Agreement > Text Control and Appeon partnered to integrate TX Text Control as the built-in rich text editor in PowerBuilder 2019. The OEM version ships at no cost across all PowerBuilder editions and provides backward compatibility with RTF documents from SAP PowerBuilder version 12.6 and earlier. - **Author:** Bjoern Meyer - **Published:** 2019-05-29 - **Modified:** 2026-07-17 - **Description:** Text Control and Appeon partnered to integrate TX Text Control as the built-in rich text editor in PowerBuilder 2019. The OEM version ships at no cost across all PowerBuilder editions and provides backward compatibility with RTF documents from SAP PowerBuilder version 12.6 and earlier. - **2 min read** (316 words) - **Tags:** - Corporate - Partnership - Press Release - Reporting - **Web URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2019/05/29/press-release-text-control-and-appeon-sign-agreement/ - **LLMs URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2019/05/29/press-release-text-control-and-appeon-sign-agreement/llms.txt - **LLMs-Full URL:** https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2019/05/29/press-release-text-control-and-appeon-sign-agreement/llms-full.txt --- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECharlotte, NC, United States(May 29, 2019)- Text Control, a vendor of professional document processing and reporting software, and Appeon, a provider of software for accelerating the development of cloud business applications, announced a partnership that gives PowerBuilder users access to the leading word processing component, TX Text Control. Thanks to this new partnership, Appeon's customers will now benefit from Text Control's innovative, stable and renowned products. A special OEM version of TX Text Control is incorporated as a built-in rich text editor in PowerBuilder. This is provided in all editions of PowerBuilder at no additional cost to Appeon customers. It can also be used to offer backwards compatibility for RTF documents to existing PowerBuilder projects using SAP PowerBuilder version 12.6 or older. > We are very happy that TX Text Control is being offered to the large customer base of PowerBuilder and the innovative roadmap Appeon has planned. > > Bjoern Meyer, President of Text Control, LLC USA > We wanted to give our users access to a powerful and time-tested RichTextEdit so we are thrilled about our partnership with Text Control. > > Armeen Mazda, CEO of Appeon TX Text Control is part of PowerBuilder 2019, which is scheduled to release on May 31, 2019. ### More About Text Control Text Control helps companies integrate document processing and reporting to client, web and cloud solutions to gain the largest competitive advantage. TX Text Control, the flagship product, is used by more than 80,000 developers in over 80 countries around the world. For more information, visit [www.textcontrol.com](https://www.textcontrol.com/) ### More About Appeon Appeon helps software developers build faster, better, business applications. PowerBuilder, the flagship product of the company, has been used by over 18,000 organizations worldwide, and has a long history of being relied on for mission-critical systems. Appeon's products simplify and accelerate the development of data-rich applications for Windows, iOS, and Android. For more information, visit [www.appeon.com](https://www.appeon.com). --- ## 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 - [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) - [What a Year! 2019 Recap and Outlook 2020](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2019/12/23/what-a-year-2019-recap-and-outlook-2020/llms.txt) - [What We Are Working on - See It at DevIntersection, Las Vegas](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2014/11/03/what-we-are-working-on-see-it-at-devintersection-las-vegas/llms.txt) - [Text Control Consulting and Training Services](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2014/10/28/text-control-consulting-and-training-services/llms.txt) - [HTML5: Press Coverage in SD Times, May 2014](https://www.textcontrol.com/blog/2014/05/01/html5-press-coverage-in-sd-times-may-2014/llms.txt)