What do you get in the DocumentServer namespace?

In the main TXTextControl.TextControl and TXTextControl.ServerTextControl classes, you will find the methods and properties to manipulate the text, to add images or to access text fields inside of the document. But in order to implement complex template merging, including nested repeating blocks with 1:n database relationships and various field types, a lot of knowledge and programming is required. For this purpose, the DocumentServer.MailMerge component can be used.

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See us at DevConnections Spring 2011 in Orlando, FL

When you can see dozens of packages, boxed hardware and brochures in our office corridor, you know it's conference time. The crates are shipped, TX Text Control demos prepared, baseball hats ordered and new announcements enclosed. On Monday (March 28), DevConnections Spring starts at the Grande Lakes JW Marriott Resort Hotel.

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Platinum Sponsor: Meet TX Text Control at Orlando Code Camp

If you are in the Orlando area in March and you can't make it to the DevConnections conference, there is another great event where you can meet us. On March 26, you can meet some of the Text Control team at the Orlando Code Camp. Currently, there are 40 speakers and more than 70 sessions scheduled.

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Converting values when binding data to the InputFormat class

In WPF, you can use a Converter to convert between types such as a String and a Color. But a converter can be also used to convert between different units - for example twips and points. Unfortunately, this concept is not provided when building .NET applications for Windows Forms. The data binding concept is quite similar, but events are required to convert between units. This sample shows how to port this concept to the Windows Forms world.

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Getting the page number at the current scroll location

When using TX Text Control in read-only mode, it might be required to display the page number of the currently visible page. But when scrolling through the pages, the actual input position is not changed, so that this property can't be used to get the page number. But thanks to the flexible and powerful class library, it is very easy to retrieve the page number of the currently visible page.

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TX Text Control is a proud sponsor of CodeStock 2011 in Knoxville, TN

Technology lovers living nearby Knoxville, Tennessee should mark down June 3rd and 4th on your calendar. Those are the days that CodeStock 2011 comes to town. We are proud to sponsor this great event.

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TX Text Control sponsors Deeper in .NET 2011 in Wisconsin

Deeper in .NET 2011 is organized and run by the Wisconsin .NET User Group and will be held on March 19, 2011 at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino. The organizer team has done a very good job to get great speakers. Mads Kristensen is going to speak about HTML5 applications with ASP.NET.

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TX Text Control sponsors Microsoft DreamSpark Yatra 2011, India

Dream today - create tomorrow. DreamSpark is a student program founded by Microsoft back in 2008 to provide students around the world with free development tools such as Visual Studio Professional, Expression Studio or SQL Server. We are proud to support these great and active people from the Rockcity .NET User Group.

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Video from our obligatory XBOX 360 raffle at BASTA! Spring 2011

Thanks to all users, user group leaders and interested attendees for stopping by at our crowded booth. Thanks for your feedback, ideas and other input - we really appreciate that. It is already a tradition that we raffle a Microsoft XBOX 360. This video shows this raffle and our booth area.

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Back from BASTA! Spring 2011 - Photo impressions

We have already published the videos from the BASTA! Spring 2011. Today, we would like to publish some more photo impressions of our booth area at BASTA! Spring 2011. Thanks again to all attendees for stopping by at our booth. The discussions were lively, very constructive and interesting. Thanks for all the input.

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