The following tutorial shows how to create a .NET 6 ASP.NET Core web application that uses the Server ╰ TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET
╰ TXTextControl Namespace
╰ ServerTextControl Class
The ServerTextControl class implements a component that provide high-level text processing features for server-based applications. class and Mail ╰ TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET
╰ DocumentServer Namespace
╰ MailMerge Class
The MailMerge class is a .NET component that can be used to effortlessly merge template documents with database content in .NET projects, such as ASP.NET web applications, web services or Windows services. to create documents.
Creating the Application
Make sure that you downloaded the latest version of Visual Studio 2022 that comes with the .NET 6 SDK.
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In Visual Studio 2022, create a new project by choosing Create a new project.
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Select ASP.NET Core Web App (Model-View-Controller) as the project template and confirm with Next.
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Choose a name for your project and confirm with Next.
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In the next dialog, choose .NET 6 (Long-term support) as the Framework and confirm with Create.
Adding the NuGet Package
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In the Solution Explorer, select your created project and choose Manage NuGet Packages... from the Project main menu.
Select Text Control Offline Packages from the Package source drop-down.
Install the latest versions of the following package:
- TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK
Using ServerTextControl and MailMerge
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Find the HomeController.cs file in the Controllers folder. Replace the Index() method with the following code:
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characterspublic IActionResult Index() { using (TXTextControl.ServerTextControl tx = new TXTextControl.ServerTextControl()) { tx.Create(); // adding static text TXTextControl.Selection sel = new TXTextControl.Selection(); sel.Text = "Welcome to Text Control\r\n"; sel.Bold = true; tx.Selection = sel; // adding merge fields TXTextControl.DocumentServer.Fields.MergeField mergeField = new TXTextControl.DocumentServer.Fields.MergeField() { Text = "{{company}}", Name = "company", TextBefore = "Company name: " }; tx.ApplicationFields.Add(mergeField.ApplicationField); // alternatively load a template //TXTextControl.LoadSettings ls = new TXTextControl.LoadSettings() { // ApplicationFieldFormat = TXTextControl.ApplicationFieldFormat.MSWord //}; //tx.Load("template.docx", TXTextControl.StreamType.WordprocessingML, ls); // merge fields with MailMerge engine using (TXTextControl.DocumentServer.MailMerge mailMerge = new TXTextControl.DocumentServer.MailMerge()) { mailMerge.TextComponent = tx; mailMerge.MergeJsonData("[{\"company\": \"Text Control, LLC\" }]"); } // return result as HTML string result = ""; tx.Save(out result, TXTextControl.StringStreamType.HTMLFormat); // alternatively save as PDF //byte[] baPdf; //tx.Save(out baPdf, TXTextControl.BinaryStreamType.AdobePDF); ViewBag.Document = result; } return View(); }
Displaying the Results
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Find the Index.cshtml file in the Views -> Home folder. Replace the complete file with the following code:
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters. Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters@{ ViewData["Title"] = "Home Page"; } @Html.Raw(ViewBag.Document)
Compile and start the application.