Installing TX Text Control on a Server

TX Text Control runs in server mode on Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS), which has to be installed first. IIS can run on a dedicated server, or you activate it on your development computer: then you develop and test a server application on the same computer, without access to a separate server.

At some point, you will most likely transfer the application to a dedicated server, and your TX Text Control license has to go with it. The sections below describe what the license allows and the steps of the transfer.

What the License Allows

The license agreement entitles you to have TX Text Control installed on your local computer and on a single server at the same time. After the transfer, you continue to maintain your application with the local copy of TX Text Control.

Transfer the License to a Server

1. Copy the files listed in Distributing Your Applications from your local computer to a single directory on the server. They are in the \bin subdirectory of your TX Text Control installation.
2. Copy txregsvr.exe from the \tools subdirectory of your TX Text Control installation to a directory on the server.
3. On the server, run txregsvr.exe. It is a command line tool that creates the registry keys TX Text Control needs to run on a server. It takes two parameters: the file name and path of the TX Text Control ActiveX file, and your serial number. Run without a parameter, it displays usage information.
4. Remove txregsvr.exe from the server. It isn't a redistributable file, so it must not be kept on the server.

Related Pages

• Distributing Your Applications: the files that TX Text Control needs and which of them to register.
• Server Programming: using TX Text Control on a server.
• ASP and VBScript: Active Server Pages with TX Text Control on IIS.
• System Requirements: the supported Windows versions and IIS versions.