# Tracking Document Changes

> Record and review tracked changes in TXTextControl with IsTrackChangesEnabled, TrackedChangeKind, TrackedChangeUserName and the TrackedChangeCreated event.

- **Product:** TX Text Control ActiveX
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control ActiveX > API Reference > Programming Categories > Tracking Document Changes
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/categories/track-changes/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/categories/track-changes/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/categories/track-changes/llms-full.txt

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With track changes active, `TXTextControl` records changes of the document with their kind, the user who made them and the time. The members below read and walk through the tracked changes, delete them and report when one is created, changed or deleted, or when a change cannot be tracked.

### Properties

| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| [`TXTextControl.IsTrackChangesEnabled`](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/istrackchangesenabled-property/llms-full.txt) | Gets or sets a value indicating whether track changes is active or not. |
| [`TXTextControl.TrackedChangeEnd`](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/trackedchangeend-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns the index (one-based) of the last character of the specified tracked change. |
| [`TXTextControl.TrackedChangeKind`](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/trackedchangekind-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns the kind of tracked change. |
| [`TXTextControl.TrackedChangeStart`](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/trackedchangestart-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns the index (one-based) of the first character of the specified tracked change. |
| [`TXTextControl.TrackedChangeTime`](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/trackedchangetime-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns the date and time when the change has been made. |
| [`TXTextControl.TrackedChangeUserName`](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/trackedchangeusername-property/llms-full.txt) | Returns the name of the user who has changed the document. |

### Methods

| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| [`TXTextControl.TrackedChangeDelete`](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/trackedchangedelete-method/llms-full.txt) | This method removes a tracked change from the document. |
| [`TXTextControl.TrackedChangeNext`](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/trackedchangenext-method/llms-full.txt) | This method returns the identifier of the tracked change that follows the specified tracked change in the `TXTextControl`'s current text. |

### Events

| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| [`TXTextControl.CannotTrackChange`](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/cannottrackchange-event/llms-full.txt) | Determines how to handle a change of the document that cannot be added to the list of tracked changes. |
| [`TXTextControl.TrackedChangeChanged`](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/trackedchangechanged-event/llms-full.txt) | Occurs when the text of a tracked change has been altered. |
| [`TXTextControl.TrackedChangeCreated`](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/trackedchangecreated-event/llms-full.txt) | Occurs when a tracked change has been created. |
| [`TXTextControl.TrackedChangeDeleted`](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/trackedchangedeleted-event/llms-full.txt) | Occurs when a tracked change has been deleted. |

### Related Pages

- [Restricted Document Access](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/categories/restricted-access/llms-full.txt): edit modes, document permissions and editable regions.
- [Commenting a document](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/categories/comments/llms-full.txt): insert, reply to and delete comments.

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