# Getting Started > Start with TXTextControl in Visual Basic 6: a first word processor tutorial, the TXWords, mail merge and database samples, and ASP samples for VBScript. - **Product:** TX Text Control ActiveX - **Section:** Documentation - **Kind:** Topic - **Path:** TX Text Control ActiveX > Getting Started - **973 words** - **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/getting-started/ - **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/getting-started/llms.txt - **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/getting-started/llms-full.txt --- If TX Text Control ActiveX is new to you, start with a working program. The Visual Basic tutorials of the product build word processors and mail merge applications from sample projects step by step, and the ASP samples use `TXTextControl` in server-side scripts on Microsoft Internet Information Server. The first tutorial takes you from an empty Visual Basic project to a small word processor. ### Where to Start 1. Install TX Text Control as described in the [Installation Guide](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/installation/llms-full.txt), then work through [Creating a Simple Word Processor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/getting-started/first-application/llms-full.txt). It places `TXTextControl`, `TXButtonBar`, `TXRulerBar` and `TXStatusBar` on a form, connects them and adds menus for formatting, the clipboard and files. 2. Continue with [A Word Processor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/word-processor/llms-full.txt), the TXWords sample, which adds page setup, printing, search and replace, paragraph frames and color dialog boxes. 3. Open the tutorial of the feature you need from the table below. ### Find the Right Page The other Visual Basic tutorials of the old Visual Basic User's Guide are now in the sections of the features they cover: | If you want to | Read | |---|---| | Build a first word processor in Visual Basic | [Creating a Simple Word Processor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/getting-started/first-application/llms-full.txt) | | Choose a file format for loading and saving | [Working with Files](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/load-save/llms-full.txt) | | Load files that users drop on the control | [File Drag and Drop](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/drag-drop/llms-full.txt) | | Set title, author and other document properties | [Document Properties](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/properties/llms-full.txt) | | Study a complete MDI word processor | [A Word Processor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/word-processor/llms-full.txt) | | Insert images and text frames | [Using Images](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/images/llms-full.txt), [Using Text Frames](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/text-frames/llms-full.txt) | | Work with marked text fields, hyperlinks and Word fields | [Using Marked Text Fields in Visual Basic](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/fields/tutorial/llms-full.txt), [Hypertext Links](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/fields/hyperlinks/llms-full.txt), [Using Microsoft Word Fields](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/fields/microsoft-word/llms-full.txt) | | Add headers and footers | [Headers and Footers](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/headers-footers/llms-full.txt) | | Edit XML documents | [XML Basics](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/xml/basics/llms-full.txt) | | Print documents | [Printing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/printing/llms-full.txt) | | Store documents in a database | [Connecting to Databases](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/mail-merge/databases/llms-full.txt) | | Merge database data into a template | [Mail Merge](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/mail-merge/llms-full.txt), starting with [Merging Database Data and Text](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/mail-merge/merging-data/llms-full.txt) | | Use TX Text Control in ASP and VBScript | [Simple Sample Programs](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/integration/asp/samples/llms-full.txt) | ### Visual Basic Tutorials The tutorials describe how to use TX Text Control with Microsoft Visual Basic. Most of them explain a sample program whose source code is in a directory below *Samples\\vb6*, such as *Samples\\vb6\\Simple* for the first tutorial and *Samples\\vb6\\TXWords* for the word processor. - **Document Editor.** The tutorials in [Document Editor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/llms-full.txt) cover files, drag and drop, document properties, images, text frames, headers and footers, fields, XML and printing. - **Mail Merge.** The three steps of [Mail Merge](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/mail-merge/llms-full.txt) insert the contents of database fields at specified positions in a prepared document, print more than one record and generate templates dynamically. [Connecting to Databases](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/mail-merge/databases/llms-full.txt) stores the entire contents of a `TXTextControl` in a database field. ### ASP Samples [Simple Sample Programs](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/integration/asp/samples/llms-full.txt) create `TXTextControl` in a server-side script and generate dynamic content: a PDF file, a table, formatted text and tables, merged documents and a printed document. [ASP and VBScript](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/integration/asp/llms-full.txt) lists the prerequisites and an advanced online store example. ### Pages in This Section - [Creating a Simple Word Processor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/getting-started/first-application/llms-full.txt): a Visual Basic word processor with rulers, a status bar and menus. --- ## In This Section - [Creating a Simple Word Processor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/getting-started/first-application/llms-full.txt): Build a Visual Basic 6 word processor: place TXTextControl, button bar, rulers and status bar on a form, connect them and add Format, Edit and File menus. --- ## Nearby - **Previous:** [Specifying a Serial Number in C++](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/installation/licensing/llms-full.txt) - **Next:** [Creating a Simple Word Processor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/getting-started/first-application/llms-full.txt)