# Obsolete Properties, Methods and Events

> Obsolete TX Text Control ActiveX members: EnableHyperlinks, RTFExport, RTFImport, TextExport, TextImport, the View hyperlink members and VT Speller support.

- **Product:** TX Text Control ActiveX
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** TX Text Control ActiveX > API Reference > Obsolete Properties, Methods and Events
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/llms-full.txt

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The properties, methods and events below are obsolete members of `TXTextControl`: the hyperlink members of the View family, the separate RTF and text import and export methods, and the support for the VT Speller spell checker, which is no longer available.

### Obsolete Members

| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| [EnableHyperlinks Property (Obsolete)](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/enablehyperlinks-property/llms-full.txt) | This property must be set to True to enable special actions for pieces of text that function as hyperlinks. After loading a document that contains hyperlinks the user receives [ViewClicked](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/viewclicked-event/llms-full.txt) and [ViewWordDblClicked](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/viewworddblclicked-event/llms-full.txt) events and can use the [ViewSection](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/viewsection-property/llms-full.txt) and [ViewNextHighlight](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/viewnexthighlight-method/llms-full.txt) properties and methods. With enabled hyperlinks a Text Control cannot be edited. |
| [RTFExport Method (Obsolete)](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/rtfexport-method/llms-full.txt) | Writes the contents of a Text Control to a file with the specified name using the Rich Text Format. |
| [RTFImport Method (Obsolete)](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/rtfimport-method/llms-full.txt) | Loads the contents of an RTF file with the specified name into a Text Control. |
| [TextExport Method (Obsolete)](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/textexport-method/llms-full.txt) | Writes the selected text to a file in ANSI format. |
| [TextImport Method (Obsolete)](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/textimport-method/llms-full.txt) | Loads text in ANSI format and inserts it at the current caret position. |
| [ViewClicked Event (Obsolete)](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/viewclicked-event/llms-full.txt) | Occurs when a marked text field for which hyperlink data has been stored, is clicked on. It occurs only if the [EnableHyperlinks](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/enablehyperlinks-property/llms-full.txt) property is set to True. |
| [ViewImagePath Property (Obsolete)](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/viewimagepath-property/llms-full.txt) | When importing text data files which contain references to image files, the ViewImagePath property can be used to specify a different path for the images. |
| [ViewNextHighlight Method (Obsolete)](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/viewnexthighlight-method/llms-full.txt) | Scrolls to the next highlight. |
| [ViewSection Property (Obsolete)](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/viewsection-property/llms-full.txt) | Jumps to a specified text position. See TX Info Artist description for details. |
| [ViewWordDblClicked Event (Obsolete)](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/viewworddblclicked-event/llms-full.txt) | Occurs when a word is double-clicked with the mouse. It occurs only if the [EnableHyperlinks](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/enablehyperlinks-property/llms-full.txt) property is set to True. |
| [VTSpellCheck Method (Obsolete)](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/vtspellcheck-method/llms-full.txt) | Starts the spellchecker. This method is only available if the VT Speller tool from VisualTools has been installed. VT Speller is not part of the Text Control package. Note that VT Speller is no longer available. |
| [VTSpellDictionary Property (Obsolete)](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/vtspelldictionary-property/llms-full.txt) | Determines the file name of the dictionary which is used by VT-Speller. Text Control uses this property only if the VT-Speller tool from VisualTools has been installed. VT Speller is not part of the Text Control package. Note that VT Speller is no longer available. |

### Related Pages

- [Working with Files](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/load-save/llms-full.txt): loading and saving RTF, text and other formats with `Load` and `Save`.
- [Hypertext Links](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/document-editor/fields/hyperlinks/llms-full.txt): hypertext links and targets with marked text fields.
- [TXTextControl](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/llms-full.txt): all current properties, methods and events of the control.

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## In This Section

- [EnableHyperlinks Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/enablehyperlinks-property/llms-full.txt): Obsolete property that enables hyperlink actions in a Text Control, with the ViewClicked and ViewWordDblClicked events; the control can't be edited then.
- [RTFExport Method](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/rtfexport-method/llms-full.txt): Obsolete method that writes the contents of a Text Control to a file in Rich Text Format (RTF) and returns True when the data has been written to the file.
- [RTFImport Method](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/rtfimport-method/llms-full.txt): Obsolete method that loads an RTF file into a Text Control at the caret position, or with Extended set to 1 in a Viewer mode with hypertext information.
- [TextExport Method](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/textexport-method/llms-full.txt): Obsolete method that writes the selected text of a Text Control to a file in ANSI format, overwriting an existing file, and returns True on success.
- [TextImport Method](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/textimport-method/llms-full.txt): Obsolete method that loads text in ANSI format from a file and inserts it at the current caret position of a Text Control, returning True on success.
- [ViewClicked Event](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/viewclicked-event/llms-full.txt): Obsolete event that occurs when a marked hyperlink field is clicked while EnableHyperlinks is True, passing the field type code and the field contents.
- [ViewImagePath Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/viewimagepath-property/llms-full.txt): Obsolete property that sets a different path for the images referenced in imported text data files, as a String; the property is available at run time only.
- [ViewNextHighlight Method](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/viewnexthighlight-method/llms-full.txt): Obsolete method that scrolls to the next highlight after RTFImport with Extended set to 1, and returns False when the last highlight has been reached.
- [ViewSection Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/viewsection-property/llms-full.txt): Obsolete write only property that jumps to a text position by section number, valid only after RTFImport was used with the Extended parameter set to 1.
- [ViewWordDblClicked Event](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/viewworddblclicked-event/llms-full.txt): Obsolete event that occurs when a word is double-clicked while EnableHyperlinks is True, passing the selected word; it is sent before the DblClick event.
- [VTSpellCheck Method](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/vtspellcheck-method/llms-full.txt): Obsolete method that starts the VT Speller spellchecker from VisualTools if it is installed, returning True if it started; VT Speller is no longer available.
- [VTSpellDictionary Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/obsolete-members/vtspelldictionary-property/llms-full.txt): Obsolete property that sets the dictionary file name used by the VT Speller tool from VisualTools, as a String; VT Speller is no longer available.

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- **Previous:** [Remove Method](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/xmlelements/remove-method/llms-full.txt)
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