Prerequisites

There are two ways to evaluate the TX Text Control Document Viewer. You can either host your own backend by downloading the trial version of TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET, or by creating a trial access token to use a hosted backend, valid for 30 days:

Creating your First Angular Application

This tutorial shows how to create your first Angular application using the TX Text Control document viewer.

Prerequisites

  1. Create your free trial access token here:

    Create Access Token

  2. Install Node.js® and npm, if not done before.

  3. Open a Command Prompt and install the Angular CLI globally by typing in the following command:

    npm install -g @angular/cli

This tutorial uses Visual Studio Code that can be downloaded for free.

Creating the Angular Project

  1. Open a Command Prompt and create a new project and default app by typing in the following command:

    ng new my-viewer-app

    Follow the questions in the command prompt by answering them with "y" to add Angular routing and Enter to confirm CSS as your preferred stylesheet format.

  2. Change into the created folder by typing in the following command:

    cd my-viewer-app

  3. Install the TX Text Control document viewer package by typing in the following command:

    ng add @txtextcontrol/tx-ng-document-viewer

    Supported Angular Versions

    Are you getting an error similar to this?

    ERESOLVE unable to resolve dependency tree

    You have two options here:

    1. Please check the supported Angular versions of tx-ng-document-editor and downgrade Angular and the global Angular CLI version to a version that will satisfy the requirement.

    2. Force the installation of the package. Read more about that here:
      Document Editor and Viewer with Newer Versions of Angular CLI

  4. Open this folder in Visual Studio Code by typing in the following command:

    code .

  5. In Visual Studio Code, open the file src -> app -> app.component.html, add replace the complete content with the following code, replace yourtoken with your given Trial Access Token and save it:

    <tx-document-viewer
    width="800px"
    height="800px"
    basePath="https://backend.textcontrol.com?access-token=yourtoken"
    documentData="SGVsbG8gdGhlcmU="
    dock="Window"
    [toolbarDocked]="true"
    documentPath="test.docx"
    [isSelectionActivated]="true"
    [showThumbnailPane]="true">
    </tx-document-viewer>
    view raw test.html hosted with ❤ by GitHub

    Backend Server

    In the code above, a hosted demo backend server is used specified through the basePath property. If you are hosting your own required backend server, replace the URL with your backend endpoint.

    Creating the application

  6. Back in the command prompt, start the Angular application by typing in the following command:

    ng serve --open

Next Steps

This quick start tutorial helped you to create your first Angular application using the TX Text Control Document Viewer. The following articles explain further steps that help to integrate the document viewer into your own infrastructure.

Signing Documents with the Angular DocumentViewer

The TX Text Control DocumentViewer for Angular can be used to request signatures for an electronic document signing process. This tutorial shows how to request a signature.

Read Tutorial

Building a ASP.NET Core Backend

TX Text Control for Angular requires a backend for the document editor and viewer. This step-by-step walkthrough shows how to create the ASP.NET Core backend.

Read Tutorial

JavaScript API Reference

In order to program the Angular Document Viewer, a JavaScript API is available. This API is compatible to all supported platforms including ASP.NET MVC, WebForms and Node.js.

Open Documentation

Article Collection

To find more articles, samples and tutorials, please visit the Getting Started section.

Getting Started