Introduction

The Core version of TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET is a fully programmable reporting and document processing engine for use in an ASP.NET Core server environment and .NET applications. It is primarily designed to centralize reporting and digital document processing in Web, server, and service-based applications.

All tutorials and feature descriptions of the Windows-only version are primarily valid and can be used to learn more about TX Text Control functionality. This chapter explains the differences and shows how to build applications using the NuGet packages for the platform-independent version of TX Text Control.

The Core version of TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET supports the following platforms:

ASP.NET Core (.NET 8 and better)
.NET 8 and better

TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET provides two different NuGet packages with nearly the same functionality:

TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK
TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK

The TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK package contains all files compatible to Windows-only versions of TX Text Control. The TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK package contains the platform-independent version of TX Text Control.

Main Features and Typical Applications

TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET can be used in applications targeting a variety of functionality including reporting and mail merge.

Typical Applications

Feature	Description
Reporting and Mail Merge	Combine the power of a reporting tool and an easy-to-use WYSIWYG word processor - fully programmable and embeddable in your ASP.NET application.
Document Automation	Create, merge, convert, and modify documents server-side without a user interface. Use a server-side component to programmatically generate, merge, or modify documents in your controller code. Merge templates with data and generate a variety of document formats, including PDF, Office Open XML, and SVG.
Document Editing and Viewing	Integrate the most powerful MS Word compatible document editor that runs in all browsers. Based on modern browser technology, TX Text Control provides professional, out-of-the-box document editing functionality for your business applications. Use the lightweight document viewer to view any supported document type in any browser on any device.

Current Limitations

The Core version of TX Text Control .NET Server for ASP.NET supports most of the features of the Windows-only version. However, the following features are not available:

RTF import and export
DOC import and export
Dialog boxes in the Document Editor
PDF import focuses primarily on text content, form fields, and attachments, all of which are managed within the DocumentServer.PDF namespace. Please note that formatted PDF import is no longer supported in the Core version.