What's New in X17
We regularly release major updates to our libraries, adding new features and responding to customer requests.
4k support
DPI aware
TX Text Control .NET for WPF supports high DPI settings that makes the development for 4k+ screens easy for you. All components including toolbars, rulers, status bars and the Ribbon supports higher resolutions.
Icons
Resource provider
The new ResourceProvider of TX Text Control .NET for WPF provides access to high resolution images used in the built-in ribbon tabs and toolbars. This enables an application to use TextControl's resources in other parts of the user-interface.
UI Automation
UI Automation
TX Text Control .NET for WPF supports the UI Automation TextPattern and the UI Automation ValuePattern interfaces.
Core word processing
Text field highlight options
Text fields, such as HypertextLinks, ApplicationFields and PageNumberFields, can be highlighted with a highlight color. Each field can be highlighted with a different color which enables you to distinguish between different field types.DPI aware applications
DPI-aware support for pixel-perfect scaling on high-DPI displays. Display technology has improved by adding more pixels into the available physical space on monitor panels. The result is that the dots-per-inch (DPI) of modern displays is way higher. For years, 96 pixels was the magical number, but nowadays 300 DPI is no longer an exception.
TX Text Control .NET for WPF X17 implements DPI aware support for all controls including the document itself, rulers, status bars, and the ribbon to scale pixel-perfect and to provide a crystal clear visual experience.
High resolution icon set
New high-resolution vector icons for perfect display scaling. We created a new, vector-based icon set with 800+ illustrations for our integrated button and ribbon bars. Depending on the selected DPI, the pixel-perfect bitmap in the requested size and resolution is used for all various ribbon tabs and groups.
With TX Text Control .NET for WPF X17, you can upgrade your applications to support high resolutions without any additional efforts.
Resource provider
Access and customize high-resolution resources. The new TXText
This way, you can use all TX Text Control resources in other user interfaces to provide a consistent user experience. The ResourceProvider allows developers to request a specific resource with a custom resolution, a culture, and colors for icons that provide color settings such as "Text Color" or "Text Highlight Color".
Visual Studio 2019 compatibility
Full compatibility with Visual Studio 2019 for seamless integration. We are committed to making sure that our products work seamlessly with new versions of Visual Studio. TX Text Control .NET for WPF X17 is 100% compatible with Visual Studio 2019.
We have implemented and tested our setups, the toolbox support, help integration, IntelliSense support, and many more features to guarantee compatibility with our products.
Access TextControl with UI Automation
Access text and styles with UI Automation for testing and automation. TX Text Control .NET for WPF X17 supports various UI Automation interfaces to retrieve the textual content including the corresponding format and style attributes from an application that implements TX Text Control. This enables external applications such as screen readers or dictation software to access the content programmatically from outside the application.
Additionally, UI testing can be implemented based on UI Automation interfaces to automate UI-related tests.
Text field highlight options
Customize text field highlights with colors and transparency. Text fields, such as HypertextLinks, ApplicationFields, and PageNumberFields, can be highlighted with a highlight color using the TXText
Each field can be highlighted with a different color which enables you to distinguish between different field types.