Getting Started: ServerTextControl and MailMerge in a .NET 8 Console Application on Linux with Docker and WSL

​using (TXTextControl.ServerTextControl tx = new TXTextControl.ServerTextControl())
{
    // Create a new ServerTextControl instance
    tx.Create();

    // Adding static text with formatting
    TXTextControl.Selection sel = new TXTextControl.Selection
    {
        Text = "Welcome to Text Control
", // Static welcome message
        Bold = true // Apply bold formatting
    };
    tx.Selection = sel;

    // Adding a merge field for dynamic data insertion
    TXTextControl.DocumentServer.Fields.MergeField mergeField = new TXTextControl.DocumentServer.Fields.MergeField
    {
        Text = "{{company}}", // Placeholder text in the document
        Name = "company", // Internal name for the merge field
        TextBefore = "Company name: " // Prefix text before the field
    };

    // Add the merge field to the document
    tx.ApplicationFields.Add(mergeField.ApplicationField);

    // ---- Optionally load a template ----
    // If a predefined document template is available, uncomment the following lines
    /*
    TXTextControl.LoadSettings ls = new TXTextControl.LoadSettings
    {
        ApplicationFieldFormat = TXTextControl.ApplicationFieldFormat.MSWord // Preserve Word field format
    };
    tx.Load("template.docx", TXTextControl.StreamType.WordprocessingML, ls);
    */

    // Perform mail merge using JSON data
    using (TXTextControl.DocumentServer.MailMerge mailMerge = new TXTextControl.DocumentServer.MailMerge())
    {
        mailMerge.TextComponent = tx; // Link MailMerge engine to the text component

        // JSON data to be merged into the document
        string jsonData = "[{\"company\": \"Text Control, LLC\" }]";
        mailMerge.MergeJsonData(jsonData); // Merge the provided JSON data
    }

    tx.Save("results.pdf", TXTextControl.StreamType.AdobePDF);

    Console.WriteLine("Document created: results.pdf");
}