TX Text Control ActiveX

Server Programming

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Scripting engines such as Windows Scripting Host or Internet Information Server can use TX Text Control ActiveX as an automation server. Read on for the method that turns it on and the members a script cannot use while it runs this way.

Enable the Automation Server

Important
Call EnableAutomationServer First. After your script creates the TXTextControl automation object, the first call must be EnableAutomationServer. It returns True if the control now works as an automation server and False otherwise.

All properties and methods of TXTextControl can then be used, except those that need a visible surface: dialog boxes, toolbars and all features that change how a document is displayed.

Members You Cannot Use

The following properties and methods cannot be used when TXTextControl works as an automation server:

Member	Description
BackStyle	Returns or sets a value indicating whether the background of the control is transparent or opaque.
ButtonBarHandle	Specifies the button bar control to be used with the control.
CanCopy	Informs whether a part of the document has been selected and can be copied to the clipboard.
CanPaste	Informs whether the clipboard contains a format that can be pasted into the document.
Clip	Performs clipboard operations.
ClipChildren	Determines whether child controls are excluded from the update area.
ClipSiblings	Determines whether sibling controls are excluded from the update area.
ControlChars	Specifies whether control characters are visible.
DataText	Enables the control to be used as a bound control.
DataTextFormat	Determines the data format when the control is used as a bound control.
Enabled	Returns or sets a value that determines whether the control can respond to user-generated events.
FindReplace	Displays a Find or Replace dialog box.
FontDialog	Invokes the built-in font dialog box.
FormFieldDialog	Invokes the built-in dialog box for setting formatting attributes of form fields.
GetLineFromPoint	Returns the index of the line which contains a given point.
hWnd	Returns a handle to the control.
InputPosFromPoint	Returns the text input position belonging to a certain geometric position.
ListAttrDialog	Invokes the built-in dialog box to set the attributes of bulleted and numbered lists.
LockWindowUpdate	Disables or reenables redrawing.
MousePointer	Returns or sets a value indicating the type of mouse pointer.
PageNumberDialog	Invokes the built-in dialog box for setting formatting attributes of page numbers.
ParagraphDialog	Invokes the built-in paragraph attributes dialog box.
Refresh	Forces a complete repaint of the control.
RulerHandle	Specifies the horizontal ruler control to be used with the control.
SaveToMemory	Returns a byte array containing text data in a specified format. Use SaveToMemoryBuffer instead.
ScrollBars	Returns or sets a value indicating whether the control has horizontal or vertical scroll bars.
ScrollPosX	Specifies the position of the horizontal scroll bar.
ScrollPosY	Specifies the position of the vertical scroll bar.
SizeMode	Specifies whether the control can be moved or resized at run time.
StatusBarHandle	Specifies the status bar control to be used with the control.
StyleDialog	Invokes the built-in dialog box for creating, deleting and modifying formatting styles.
TabDialog	Invokes the built-in dialog box that enables tabs to be set.
TableAttrDialog	Invokes the built-in table attributes dialog box.
TableInsertDialog	Invokes the built-in table insert dialog box.
VerticalRulerHandle	Specifies the vertical ruler control to be used with the control.
ZoomFactor	Specifies the zoom factor for the control.