Using the TX Text Control Document Editor in a React Application
This article shows how to use the TX Text Control Document Editor in a React application. The Document Editor is a fully featured word processing component that can be used to create, edit, modify and print documents.

Prerequisites
There are two ways to evaluate the TX Text Control Document Editor. You can either host your own backend by downloading the trial version of TX Text Control .NET Server, or by creating a trial access token to use a hosted backend, valid for 30 days:
- Download Trial Version
Setup download and installation required.- Create Trial Access Token
No download and local installation required.
Creating the React Application
This tutorial shows how to create your first Angular application using the TX Text Control Document Editor.
Prerequisites
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Create your free trial access token here:
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Install Node.js® and npm, if not done before.
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Open a Command Prompt and install the create-react-app globally by typing in the following command:
npm install -g create-react-app
Setting up the Application
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Open a Command Prompt and create a new React application by typing in the following command:
npx create-react-app my-tx-document-editor-app -
Change into the newly created directory:
cd my-tx-document-editor-app -
Install the TX Text Control package:
npm install --save @txtextcontrol/tx-react-document-editor -
Open this folder in Visual Studio Code using this command:
code . -
Open the src/App.js file and replace the content with the following code:
import DocumentEditor from '@txtextcontrol/tx-react-document-editor'; import './App.css'; function App() { return ( <DocumentEditor webSocketURL="wss://backend.textcontrol.com/api/TXWebSocket?access-token=your_trial_token" editMode="Edit"> </DocumentEditor> ); } export default App;Replace your_trial_token with your actual access token you created at the beginning of this tutorial.
Running the Application
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Start the application by typing in the following command:
npm start
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