What's New in X18
We regularly release major updates to our libraries, adding new features and responding to customer requests.
Electronic documents
Form fields
MS Word-compatible form fields such as checkboxes, date fields, drop-down boxes and form text fields can be added to a document.
Unicode
Full unicode support
TX Text Control is fully Unicode enabled and allows all string properties to accept Unicode characters.
Text fields
Enhanced document targets
TX Text Control allows document targets to be nested within other text fields, as well as multiple targets at one input location.
64-bit
64-bit version
TX Text Control ActiveX can address much larger memory space, thus enabling developers to build high-performance word processing applications.Form fields
Create and process MS Word-compatible form fields for documents. With TX Text Control ActiveX X18, we introduced form field processing functionality to create and deploy forms including MS Word-compatible fields such as checkboxes, date fields, drop-down boxes, and form text fields.
It is possible to create documents with fillable form fields for data collection from end-users. As part of digital transformation processes, paper-based forms can be migrated to electronic documents with many advantages, such as validation and automated data analysis.
Documents created in MS Word, containing legacy form fields and content control form fields, can be imported into TX Text Control.
Screenshot shows a .NET product of TX Text Control.
Form field export to Adobe PDF using AcroForms
Export form fields to Adobe PDF and collect data from completed forms. TX Text Control ActiveX X18 is able to export documents with form field elements to Adobe PDF. A form is created in an MS Word-inspired interface, which makes it easy for users to create complex forms in MS Word-compatible applications. These forms can be deployed to all platforms, including Windows applications, cross-browser, cross-platform web and mobile applications, and as Adobe PDF documents that can be completed using standard software packages such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
When end-users complete the forms filling process, the form data can be collected from these platforms. If a form has been completed in a PDF, TX Text Control ActiveX can read that data and provide them as ready-to-use data objects.
Screenshot shows a .NET product of TX Text Control.
MS Word form field import and export
Import and export MS Word form fields, including Content Controls. TX Text Control ActiveX X18 imports form fields from MS Word documents including RTF, DOC, and DOCX. MS Word provides two different field types that can be imported: Content Control elements and Legacy Forms. Both can be imported and are converted to FormField objects available in the FormFieldCollection.
Existing form elements in documents can be exported to Content Controls in MS Word in all supported formats.
Screenshot shows a .NET product of TX Text Control.
Enhanced document targets
Nest multiple document targets at the same input location. TX Text Control ActiveX X18 allows document targets to be nested within other text fields, as well as multiple targets at one input location. This allows different use cases where targets are used to mark locations within a document without the limitation of having just one target at the same input location.
This way, you can use targets to mark positions within the text independent of other elements such as TextFields, ApplicationFields, or SubTextParts at the same position.
Screenshot shows a .NET product of TX Text Control.