Getting Started with Windows Forms (.NET Framework)
This article shows how to use the TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms TextControl class within a .NET Framework (4.8) application in Visual Studio 2022.
The following tutorial shows how to create a .NET Framework Windows Forms App that uses the Text
Creating the Project
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Open Visual Studio 2022 and create a new project. Select C# or Visual Basic from the Languages drop-down list, Windows from the Platform list and Desktop as the Project Type. Find the project template Windows Forms App (.NET Framework) and confirm with Next.
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Specify a project name, select .NET Framework 4.8 from the Framework drop-down list and confirm with Create.
Adding the Control
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Find the TX Text Control 31.0 toolbox tab that has been created automatically. All usable TX Text Control controls or components are listed in this tab.
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Select the icon TextControl and draw it onto the opened form.
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Click on the "Smart Tag" in the upper right corner of TextControl. In the Wizards group, click on Add a Ribbon, Add a Status Bar, Add a Ruler and Add a Vertical Ruler. Finally, click on Arrange Controls Automatically. The controls are now connected and docked to fill the container:
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On the form, select the ribbon control by clicking the blue File tab title in order to click on the "Smart Tag" in the upper right corner of the ribbon control. Click on Add a RibbonFormattingTab, Add a RibbonInsertTab, Add a RibbonPageLayoutTab, Add a RibbonViewTab and Add a RibbonProofingTab.
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Build and start the application.
Windows Forms
Text Control combines the power of a reporting tool and an easy-to-use WYSIWYG word processor - fully programmable and embeddable in your Windows Forms application. TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms is a royalty-free, fully programmable rich edit control that offers developers a broad range of word processing features in a reusable component for Visual Studio.
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